Cancer ... what else? -vl

In 2008, a company called Twitter was still in its infancy. Our new president, Barack Obama, had been the first presidential candidate to embrace the power of social media—but it was still unclear exactly how best to leverage this Twitter thing.

Obama's team started a Twitter handle when he was a candidate, @barackobama. It was widely known that this handle was manned by Obama's staff on behalf of him, but most tweets were not written by Obama himself. Yet every once in a while, Obama wanted to send a particular tweet himself—mostly when he wanted to wish Michelle a happy anniversary. Or a happy Valentine's Day. Or a happy birthday. (That guy really loves his wife.) And in these instances, he wanted people to know he actually wrote that tweet. I mean, who wants people to think he has his staff write love notes to his wife?

This is going somewhere, I swear.

So they came up with the idea that if he actually wrote the tweet and pressed "send," he would "sign" the tweet "-bo."

It is in that spirit that we start that tradition on this blog. That's right. Victor R. Love himself has written another blog post! And as you can see in the subject line, he has "signed" it -vl.

Of course, the part of the post that he wrote will be much shorter than the story above—but therein lies the difference between me and my husband.

So without further ado, Vic's blog post!

Hi!

And so it begins … or continues. Endless appointments with doctors, medical assistants, nurses, lab techs and various other hospital staff.

It's not that I don't appreciate their help. I just don't think my sister's house is big enough for the influx of new family members for holiday dinners.

Bye for now.

Vic

P.S. My adorable wife has also had to assume the job of emotional support dog. Not an easy feat. She's great most of the time, but she gets a little surly when I scratch her behind the ears or pat her on the head.

Love out

P.P.S. I forgot to add the requisite images! I'm new. I wanted to add a video of our foster dog, Andy, being all squeaky on a Sunday morning, but my "adorable wife" said I had to add a picture, so I'm doing both. Mwah ha ha! That'll show her.

I recommend turning on the sound for this. It's worth it.

Love out. Again.