I know, it is February and I haven't blogged since December, so Happy New Year!
We stayed in with the kids and had a quiet New Years Eve. That is until Psy came on Dick Clark's Rockin New Years Eve and we had to Gangnam! That was a sight and fortunate for me there were no cameras around to capture it. Ruby and I thought we looked like this.
Anyways. after the break it was back to work and a new semester for me and my college students. I absolutely love work. I love the people I work with, I love the students, I love being able to have interactions with the parents, and I love feeling like I am making a difference in these young adult lives.
I am fortunate to have great parents nearby that make it possible for me to work and for my kids to still be able to follow their passions too. Ruby has really gotten into Gymnastics and is usually at the gym 4 days a week, 3 hrs. a day after school. My Mom has become her driving service, thanks Mom! Ruby has started competing and is doing great for just having started last Spring. Her is her team after taking second place at a meet in January.
Rex decided to focus on school and is working very hard on all his merit badges and project for his Eagle rank in boyscouts. He has become such a young, responsible man and it is awesome seeing him run the boyscout meetings and teaching the younger boys. They all look up to him and respect him so much. When I was younger I always thought being a boyscout was kinda geeky, but seeing it in action as a parent and seeing the man my boy has become because of it is an amazing thing.
My husband has been crazy busy with work which is a great thing and this time it is even better because it is fun, creative work with very nice clients. but you gotta have some fun sometimes, so he helped organize and participated in the 4th annual Polar Bear Plunge, burrrrr......
ok, enough about everyone else, let's get back to me, that's why you are all here and what you really want to hear about, right?
I am physically doing very well. I had my three month follow up with Radiation Oncology and it went well. My skin is all back to normal and no permanent problems from the radiation. I have gained a few pounds from the Tamoxifen, but no other Side Effects from that. I am due back for my 3 month follow up with the Plastic Surgeon in March and we will discuss having an MRI. March will mark the one year anniversary of the last MRI that saved my life.
Yes, the hair is growing, not fast enough for me, but everyone else thinks it is pretty quick. It is quite curley. My stylist said everyone she has known post chemo has these curls initially and then once it gets trimmed the first time it seems to relax it a bit. I am going for my first trim in March sometime, until then it is this short, curly mess style. I am dying not having bangs to cover my gigantic forehead and all those wrinkles there.
I had some fun myself in January and went skiing with Ruby and my neice and nephew. They are just learning to ski this year and they are doing fabulous and going to the top of the mountain already. Here is Ruby, Maddy, and I on chairlift.
That's about it for January. The boys are up at the castle this weekend, so I will be able to blog on that soon. I stayed back with Ruby cause she got the tummy bug and needed to stay close to the bathroom if you know what i mean, both ends! Poor thing. So it is back to the couch and watching movies for us girls!
