monday

good evening one and all :)

this will be short, because i am freaking tired...  but i felt i should write :)  

i had a good day yesterday- felt good all day!  i went to pick n save in the morning- something i hadn't done in ages.  i took gil with me to push the cart and do all the heavy lifting.  it's good to have 2 husbands :)  which translates to: thanks gil!!  then i went to open house in the afternoon.  for those readers that aren't seegers or daubs or their extensions- that's what we call our family reunions.  they used to be every month... these days we have about 5/year.  it was really good to see everyone.  

we did a cookie bake-off to replace my late gma's famous chocolate chip cookies that she brought to every single open house for all of our lives.  it was really nice- there were nine people brave enough to try (i ended up not being one of them even though i bought all the ingredients.  it was, in fact, the sole reason for the aforementioned pns trip.  then i lost my energy and was told to go rest.).  they were all delicious, but in a hidden ballot (the cookies were all put into identical containers and given numbers) my gpa and uncle won!!  so, apparently gma had her hand in picking the winners ;)  someone said it was the oven... i'm positive it was the aura.  standing there with the whole family, in my gma's house, with everyone laughing and eating cookies, i suddenly caught a glimpse of an awesome picture of my gma on the top of the tv.  she was smiling her beautiful smile, and like a fool i started crying.  but i miss her, so i guess that's my excuse.  i often wonder what she would say to me, or be doing to try and make all of this go away.  because i know that she would be doing everything she could.  as is everyone else :)  

here are a few new thank you's:

auntie kathryn bought me a beautiful plant that i'm going to try really hard not to kill :)  thanks so much!  it's really pretty :)

lindz and erik bought me an adorable little peace sign necklace as a "you're done with chemo" gift.  so sweet, and i heart it muchly.

mrs. douglas sent me a really nice card and book via michelle- thank you!  i look forward to reading it :)

shawon made me coffee at school today when i was running too late to make my chai- yum- she even sent down creamer so i could add my own :)

i have my mri on thursday, not sure if there will be any news before the weekend or not, but we'll keep our fingers crossed!