My Name is Not Cancer Girl

Congratulations to Amy for submitting the winning name, Lola. We haven’t gotten used to calling Lola by name, but I’m sure we will. And thank you to everyone for taking your time to come here and post. It was a wonderful diversion and made more special by all of you playing with us.

Now for the apology for taking so long to get back on here. Last week, without putting any sugar-coating on this, was awful, and it took a lot longer for me to get back on my feet. I’d say that the fog descended on Wednesday and didn’t completely go away until Monday evening. One of these days, I’ll write a post about the fog, but that’s for another time.

After herceptin on Monday, we did sneak away with the kids for a few days. We took the boys to a wonderful bed and breakfast in Asheville, The Bridle Path Inn for the night. Fred and Carol, the owners, were delightful, and we had such a good time being back in that great city. As an added bonus, we had dinner on Monday night at my favorite veggie restaurant, The Laughing Seed. We had let Fred and Carol know that we were vegetarians, so our breakfast was prepared meat-free too. Fred made some delicious applesauce with added cranberries, which I may have to try when I make my pear-applesauce next time. We also had eggs, cinnamon buns, watermelon with dill(!) and pumpkin loaf.

Shortly after breakfast, we left for the Great Wolf Lodge in Charlotte. This is an indoor waterpark which was perfect for the boys to run, play and wear themselves out. I called some good friends who live in Charlotte, and S and the kids were able to join us for dinner on Tuesday night. Thank you for driving out to see us, S. I am so happy we were able to catch up for a bit. By happenstance, we ran into a neighbor, so the boys had a few friends there to run and swim with as well.

We headed home yesterday and that brings us to today, New Years Eve Day. My cousins and their families are headed in from both Savannah and Orlando to celebrate the holiday with us. J’s 10th birthday is on Saturday, so the family will be with us to eat cake and watch my oldest enter the next decade of his life.

And, as is fitting on this last day of December, I wish you all a happy, healthy 2010.