So, the next day...

 Lots of tasks in the morning, then went over to the blood center and got them to work through the problem. They were able to schedule an appointment for the scan that day, on13th street and 7th of all places. This is the small medical set up that replaced Saint Vincent's hospital across the street, sold to developers for luxury apartments. All went well; it was nice to be somewhere not on the upper west side or by Lenox Hill. On Wednesday I received the results: eveything is "stable" and treatment with chemo pills should continue for another three months. And what then...? No one is saying---welcome to the world of "limbo", cityboy.On one hand it gives me some time to focus on the present---that is tutoring and maybe doing some subbing---don't have to worry about an operation. On the other...what is the endgame here..? I see the blood oncologist on Friday, will ask...not much else I can do.

Tutoring going well---Friday  a very upbeat day---first took the subway to my bank near Union Square. Then decided not to return to the upper west side, which is what I usually do after visiting that bank, but took the M train to 53rd and 5th and checked out the 53rd street library---the one that replace the amazing Donnell Library---and browsed and found some books. Nice and refreshing to be somewhere else. After check out I walked to 59th and Broadway to the nearest subway back to the apartment. Wow! Did not realize how long that walk would be---still, I had no trouble doing it. Something about that trip---maybe just because it was different---enlivened me, as if something happy and fertile had exploded inside o me. Was it just because I had chosen a new path, to be in a different place..? Maybe, but it carried me through the whole day.

This afternoon I am going to Bushwick---a long trip for me---to a block party hosted by the Bushwick Starr theater company at their new space---or at least outside their new space. Should happen unless the light rain around now becomes serious. I am expecting to see a lot of my theater community friends whom I have not seen since the beginning of the pandemic. Should be fun---and meaningful. Do I tell them about my "condition"? Will have to play that by ear---anyway, the action should be fast and furious---the kind of party that I enjoy.