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So I made it though the holiday season. What a crazy ride that was. We have been slammed with so many things like our elf Lola arriving and keeping us on her toes with all her fun little surprises. My mini did a photshoot in the "rain" which was exciting. Thanksgiving sucked since I had chemo round 19 literally the day before. Hosted a baby shower for my Sister & soon-to-be niece along with a mini photoshoot for her business. Went ten rounds with the dealership about my car (still not finished there). Then my birthday was also the day after chemo round 20. Fortunately, I was feeling pretty good for most of Hanukkah and Christmas. I got to watch the kiddos open gifts and light the candles. We even got to have our Santa drop-in all together too! This year was so vastly different from last year. I am very thankful for that for so many reasons. Mainly, I just was thankful that some of the messy drama had subsided and we were all able to be together. No more judges, private investigators, guardians and no contact orders. My life has been on the up and up and somehow I always manage to find myself in some sticky situation or another perosnally. I am just glad that it has passed for the most part and I was able to come out on the other side with minimal damage. It pays the stand tall and just be a good person sometimes. One would think getting cancer might be a get out of jail free card, but no sir. Not with this one. Definitely a story for another time. I will give you fair warning to obtain a bottle (or two!) of wine for that storyline! 

Also.....we're almost to the chemo finish line! One more round to go. One. More. I am so excited and so nervous. Because then what? What will I do with all this free time? Will I feel better? I keep hearing from everyone that I will be surprised by all the energy I will have after I'm done. When I think about it, I haven't really slowed down. I may be sluggish the few days post chemo and after I have been sitting for long periods of time. Overall though, I have not missed anything. I make sure to be there for birthdays, holidays and even wine night with my girls! I have yet to take a day off from work. It's been nice having the distraction from all the drama that is involved with being a patient. I know this is the beginning of my next chapter. I will hopefully grow out of this hair stage. It currently looks like my 70 year old neighbor and I go to the same salon. We likely have the same amount of gray hair as well! Thank goodness gray is the new "in" color. It's rare that I am ahead of the game on the fashion front. I actually look forward to going through my closet and getting rid of all the clothes that no longer fit me like they used to. It will be a purging of sorts. Getting rid of the person I used to look like and making room for things that are the me I am today. I think the thing I am most dissapointed in, is the fact I have not gained any profound patience through this process. I was half expecting to wake up and find everything everyone did around me lovely. I had this idea in my head that I would never raise my voice unless I was expressing how happy I was. What Hallmark movie did I fall out of right? It was worth a shot I guess. When in reality, I am stuck with an exhausted body who has so many hormone blockers running through it that it doesn't know if I am prepping from IVF or in menopause. That's likely because I am on meds that cause both! Now I get to stop chemo, but not these lovely little parting gifts. Better than cancer though. That's gonna be my catch phrase I think. Slightly sarcastic and a little dark. Just like me. 


-Oh and my 8 year old who is afraid of even talking about ear piercing or anything along those lines involving self inflicted pain decided she needed her eyebrows waxed! So yeah that happened too. I think I aged 10 years right then. Oh but the belly laugh we got from watching the videos after was worth it! She was so proud of herself for making it through. When I asked her if she will do it again, she said she was happy to wait till she was a woman. My sweet determained (hard-headed mini).






Lola messing around

Christmas Magic with Santa

Freeze Tag with Santa


Rain Photoshoot

Lola showing off at Elf Twister

The girls decorating the tree




Hope all of you were able to enjoy this holiday season no matter how you celebrate! 


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