Patience...

Hello... First of all, thank you to everyone for your beautiful comments... they meant a lot.

I want everyone to know, that Scott's appointment today really told us nothing. The number stayed exactly the same. It shouldn't have gone up last time, and we were certainly hopeful that it would go down this time, but it didn't. He was supposed to be on an every six month check schedule, but instead he's now going to be checked every three months.

I won't say no news is good news, but since it isn't any worse, we consider that something to be thankful for. Perspective is everything.

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Now... on a happier note. I've been reading that book "Buying a Piece of Paris" that I mentioned in a previous post. I have read most of it aloud to Scott, so we can stop and analyze each and every paragraph, and try and relate it to our situation. We talked and talked... BUT... once I read the part where the woman mentions that their Paris apartment will be bought with an inheritance, we kinda lost momentum. We thought there was some secret way they afforded it... we were ready to be let in on it. Come to find out, they are related to money... a lot of it! I continued reading the book, which is hilarious each time she describes dealing with a french real-estate person. Basically, they got maybe 10 minutes in each apartment. If they decided not to make an offer, the response was, "I do not understand madame et monsieur, if you didn't want to make an offer, why did you want to come look at the apartment?"

Can you even imagine? They really expect you to buy if you look.

I finally just looked at Scott and said,

"Let's stop killing ourselves trying to figure it all out. Let's focus on returning as often as possible. As soon as our youngest is old enough, let's expand our trips to a month, two months, and finally three. That would be perfect...remain in America, yet live the Parisian life as often as humanly possible."

He looked at me with an uncertain grin and said, "Whatever." He was not impressed. I went to bed that night with relief. No more torturing myself. The decision was made. That was Saturday.

AND THEN...

Last night, we relaxed on the couch and Scott told me to put a movie in. We chose Julie and Julia... this was a bad move. As soon as scenes of Paris danced across the screen in HD, we immediately looked at each other...

"What was that you were saying?" Scott asked...

So basically, just like Scott's cancer, we have no answers. Sorry to disappoint, I'm sure some of you were waiting for the gameplan! There just isn't one...we are just going to keep doing what we are doing, and be on the lookout for opportunities... you just never know! (Bummer of all bummers... the company Scott works for has branches all over Europe... in every country except one... FRANCE).

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I also said in a recent blog I have a new product video for you... it's not very pretty, not romantic, and actually kind of clinical... but I wanted to share it anyway. I tell you in the video that I got the product at Walmart... it was actually Target. It is not a lotion... not sure what's in it... probably some unknown Chinese Herb...but again, I am not their spokesperson! I just like it...

It worked for me overnight, but it might take a few extra applications depending on your situation. I plan to use it once a week just to keep my feet chic!

So... Bonne Chance!