I don't know why, it has only been 5 months!
This is what I have been up to the last few months.
Summer was awesome and crazy busy!
The kids, Ryan and I were all constantly going in different directions.
Swim lessons, dance camps, girls camp, summer school, water sports camps, movies in the park, camping at Palisades, a surprise 40th birthday party, trips to the river and farm, Camp Kesem, playing at the lake and sand dunes...
Then, in the middle of it all,
June 17th came.
And went.
I tried not think about the events of "that" day.
Or at least not for very long.
I saw my oncologist.
Everything is good.
Just a DEXA - bone density scan - in December.
And, at my request, I asked if I could see him again in 6 months.
For no reason at all.
It is just reassuring knowing he is still there, keeping tabs on me.
At the end of June I took the kids to Salt Lake and showed them all the sites I went to as a kid, but that we usually don't have time for when we are up that way. We did lots of hiking - Bridal Veil, Silver Lake, Lisa and Hidden Falls, Donut and Battle Creek Falls, 5th Springs and Stewart Falls. Plus Seven Peaks, Trafalga, Lindon Aquatic Center and ice skating. We also visited This Is The Place, the State Capitol, Temple Square, Ensign Peak, Kennecott and Lagoon! ALL IN ONE WEEK.
(Thanks to my awesome sister and brother and their families for hanging out with us and letting us crash at their homes.)
In July, Alyssa was able to join Kaden and Abby at Camp Kesem this year. So while they played at camp, I dropped Gage off with my mom and went on a vacation with my friend, Michelle, to Seattle. She was so good to let me plan the whole thing. And I packed in a lot, as per my usual. From the coast to Olympia and Tacoma to Seattle. She was an awesome travel buddy - we had a ton of fun.
In August, my whole side of the family headed to Lake Powell for a week. It has been a decade since I was there last and it still never ceases to amaze me how beautiful it is. It was a fantastic trip - no one got to seriously hurt or sunburned. (I did however drop my phone in the lake on the second to last day, which I am still pretty sad about.)
And finally, just a few weeks ago I went to Boston with my mom on our annual trip. It did remind me a little of Philadelphia - lots of people, little streets, no parking and so much history to see. We covered a lot of ground, literally. Walking and driving. From Plymouth, Cape Cod, Downtown Boston to Harvard and Salem. I got home and needed a day to rest from all my vacationing.
So why have I rambled on forever about all the things I have been doing?
Just that - I am doing.
(Plus I thought maybe you would rather see pictures
than just me talking - blah, blah, blah.)
I am feeling great and enjoying life.
I am not in treatments or tied down by one doctor appointment after another.
I am still learning to not let fear control me,
and how to handle stress better.
The other day as I was scrolling through Facebook,
I saw this quote.
It immediately stopped me in my tracks.
I read it, and re-read it.
This is where I feel like my life is at right now.
Just breathe...
And, on a different note, I am still having a lot of fun with my purple hair.
Don't know if I would have ever dared dying my hair purple before cancer!?
(It has officially been 5 years since my last chemo treatment - October 20th)
Before Chemo
5 Years After Chemo
Having fun trying to look like my bitmoji.
;)