what a week!

i have been very busy! i keep meaning to do an entry, and then end up going to bed and not getting to it. so here goes :)

i did well last friday- i was able to do all the stuff i had on my agenda. lindz and i set up my room, for the most part, and kj and i went out to dinner with tracy and jay. it was a wonderful day :) unfortunately, saturday sucked. i was in pain, and tired, and soooooooo crabby. i turned into an awful dragon lady. and poor amy got to witness it along with my girls, and kj. ugh. i'm embarrassed. once again, it only lasted a day, and on sunday i was much better. not sure what i'm going to try this week to combat it all. maybe go into hiding? with a lot of advil. cuz tylenol sure wasn't cutting it.

i'm glad sunday was a feel good day, though, because that was the big bday party day. which, let me just start off by saying, was made 1000 times easier by the fact that we had our house cleaned on wednesday (thank you again to the amazing cousins!!!). i will never ever throw another party without getting my house cleaned. it was soooo much easier. i love it. and the party went well. we did a tinkerbell theme this year, and symma loved it. i'll have pics up on my flickr page some time this week, i hope! i can't believe she's 5 already. the time has gone so fast!

monday i took izzy back to daycare for the first time since june. she did really well. a bit too well if you ask me- she didn't even care when i left! she could at least have shed a tear or 2 for her old mom, couldn't she? she went again today, and did fabulously again. i'm really glad that she has fun there- symma was always a really hard drop off and it broke my heart. though it was good to feel needed :) oh well, i know izzy loves me- when i pick her up at the end of the day i get big hugs and kisses. and that can't be beat!

tonight we had symma's back-to-school social. which is also *my* back-to-school social. ugh. i can' believe it's here already. but it was good to see my students. they were very happy to see some hair on my head :) and the social always gets me going for the coming year. so, now i'll start making name tags, and planning lessons for the first week. which is going to be a very interesting first week. i typically stay at school till 6 or so every night for the first week or 2 getting my schedule figured out, and planning, and organizing, etc... between chemo, and pt, and boob appts that is not going to be an option. i have to be out by 4 every day! i'm not sure what i'm going to do... i'll be a giant ball of stress, that's for sure!

speaking of boobs, i'm getting near the end of the fillings, i think. my doctor says it's completely up to me, but in his opinion, one or 2 more should do the trick. i have to start trying on some of my work clothes to see if i like the way they look or not. unfortunately, i've gained so much weight this summer, that i'm not going to like the way anything looks, so this could prove to be interesting. blurg.

i'm also nearing the end of my pt. i have almost complete range of motion on my right side, and am just a tad behind on my left due to the infection i had. i have moved into resistance training with a band, rather than just stretching, and will be going into weights next week. as much as i like my physical therapist, i guess it will be good not to have to fit in those appts anymore...

tomorrow is taxol treatment number 3. i'm looking for reading suggestions. anyone got a light, casual, non-educational book idea for me? something to keep my mind off of chemo... that i can still follow when i'm high on benedryl... if you get your suggestions in fast enough, i may be able to get to the library tomorrow so i can start it :) otherwise, i'll just be bringing a stack of magazines that i've been neglecting. or maybe i'll bring the camera/laptop and catch up on some photo editing and downloading. in any event, tomorrow's chemo day, so i get to start the cycle all over again. let's hope this one goes w/o a day of pain!