Valentines Day...whatever!

How's this for anti-climatic, we're postponing Valentines day until Saturday.  It used to be that Mat would take the day off and we'd go to lunch while the kids were at school.  He's much too busy for that now, it's too hard to prep for a sub with festivals and tour coming up.  I called him after school yesterday to tell him we're all off the hook until the weekend!  Besides, Maddie is coming home for the weekend (HOORAY!), so she'll be here too.

I went to the breast mets support group today.  Mets just means "metastatic."  I hear the term all the time, brain mets, liver mets, bone mets, etc.  First of all, I was calm and happy to be there.  Remember last month when I was having a crack up?  We had a large group today because we discussed brain mets with one of the specialists there at Huntsman.  Many of the women that came have brain mets.  One of those times I'm counting my cancer blessings.  I don't have brain mets!  We had a nice lunch and discussion on the subject.  My new friend, Tina, that I met at the retreat last weekend was there too, so that was fun!  They're a great group of women, very supportive and accepting of everyone that walks through the door.

This is my friend Diane.  She's been my friend for since the late 90's, first as a gardening guru that I looked up to so much!  I remember when I was just getting into the gardening stuff, she gave me a seedling of Caryopteris (Blue Mist Spirea) in a plastic cup.  She dug it up from her yard and was excited to share it with me! I had no idea what it was or what it would do.  She's changed careers twice since then.  Now she's my favorite masseuse!  I had my monthly massage today.  Her hands are magical, and I always come away from her house so relaxed and rejuvenated!

This is the "Michelle" I'm used to!

Tonight I went to see my friend Michelle.  Do you remember me talking about her?  She's disabled, she has cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and a host of other problems.  We've been friends for about 25 years.  She's always had a great attitude, she's happy and funny.  Except for the last 5 months.  We both fell apart at the same time!  I got my diagnosis, she got a highly contagious C. diff. infection and was in the hospital and rehab 3 times, and had 2 fecal transplants before it was taken care of.  Yes they do that.  She's been in so much pain, so miserable.  I was forbidden from going to see her in my condition.  I did break the rules a handful of times, and was very careful about what I touched and scrubbed my hands after I left.  But mostly we talked on the phone.  I felt so helpless because I couldn't really help her through a really rough time!  The C. diff. has finally cleared up, and she is back to her normal, cheerful self.  It was GREAT to see her!