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Great day today, not just because my eyebrows are coming back though...

Intended to do the bike this am, but that 5 minute doze turned into an hour, and then the whole family was in our bed, so there's no way you want to leave that to pedal on a bike...

We had a light breakfast because we were going to a brunch with my parents and brother and Kristine for a belated celebration of their 40th wedding anniversary. After breakfast we played a bit, and then got ready, and headed off to the restaurant. I see my brother's truck and my parent's suv in the parking lot when we get there - that's good. We see the matre de, and he has a bit of a confused look as I ask him where they're seated, but Alex walks out and greets us, and escorts us into the room - where I see lots of yellow balloons, my in-laws, brother in-law and his wife, my Aunt and Uncle, my cousin and his wife, my mother, annd of course Kristine. Mind you, this was just supposed to be Alex, Kristine, Mom & Dad, and our family.

So... Yeah, turns out Alex and Kristine planned a celebration for me that was a complete surprise, very uncalled for, but very appreciated! It was very cool. Great to see everyone in one place and catch up. It was just awesome, and Alex and Kristine really outdid themselves. As you've seen throughout the site, Alex has been awesome with rides to the hospital at odd hours, helping out with any and everything around the house, and just doing anything he could. Kristine was of tremendous support, coming to Hackensack with and without Alex, playing games with me, bringing me puzzles, reading material (I still have to return her stuff), and general encouragement. She even brought her best friend Jenny to see me once (Jenny's a really nice girl that's got an amazing job that I don't even think I can talk about, but...) and Jenny has been very supportive as well - saying my name out loud at her local Synagogue when it's time for intentions. If you've gone through something like this, you know you can't repay people for what they've done to support you, but they should realize how much it means - I certainly hope you two do.

Yet another really cool thing though - I got a really neat gift from my cousin. I got a Tour of Hope hat, signed by 3 members of the 2005 Discovery Channel team, and a cycling jersey as well. There’s a whole story behind it, but it’s late, and I’ll need some time to try to capture the whole essence of the story as it was conveyed to me.

Awesome time, many thanks to everyone for coming, and looking forward to more family get-togethers - just for the heck of it though!
Alex and Kristine set this up!

Some of the festivities:

more festivities:

just cheesy...

how do you take a pic?: