I guess I left yall hanging. All scans and blood tests were clear in February. I have bloodwork coming up at the end of May.
The excitements since January:
—2 birthday parties for Colette’s 14th. One with a Broadway theme and one with a “Retro” rom-com theme. Yes, retro was late 90s and early 2000s
—A Broadway trip to New York that was delayed due to my cancer last year, but truly ended up being serendipitous in its timing.
—Colette’s last exhibition of middle school and William’s last exhibition of elementary school. Like always, they both nailed it. They definitely got their public speaking genes from @cleverdevil.
—A bucket list trip to Tahiti. Ever since I learned Tahiti existed when I was in 7th grade in French class, I set my heart on going there one day. I had fantasized about it for my honeymoon one day, but the reality of getting married at age 22 didn’t exactly include such funds. But, 21 years later, we got there!
—Official neurology testing to make sure that my peripheral neuropathy and slight balance issues are a result of chemo and not anything else. It has been confirmed as such, however, it’s basically still a wait and see to see if anything changes, ever. But again, I will take this over cancer any day!
—And currently, I am writing this from my car waiting to go into Colette’s 2nd of 6 shows this weekend. I bet you never knew H&H Salesgirl in Legally Blonde could be such a pivotal role. However, with her one squirt of Love by Chanel, and a line so perfectly delivered, Emmett and Elle’s fate was sealed. I’m super proud of Colette for managing her pain and for her commitment to her role and to making sure everyone in the cast and crew is supported.
It seems as though I owe some posts about Costa Rica, New York, and Tahiti. I’ll get to those.
As for the cancer side of things, I’ve recently decided it’s time to find someone to process the experience with me. I seem to have created a wall of numbness to the world that has been rarely broken through since diagnosis. While I’d like to work through some of that, the wall also feels a bit necessary at this point in our global timeline. So, I don’t think I’ll be doing any Kool-Aid Man style processing.
