November 16, 2009 I celebrated my 4 year cancerversary in style. I had acupuncture, lunch with a friend, massage, dinner with a friend and Rufus Wainwright at the Paramount (thank you, Carol for the tickets.) I'm listening to The Fray and Augustana as I blog because I bought the songs from itunes as a gift to myself.
November 22, 2009 was my 33rd birthday. It's so ironic because I really thought that 29 was going to scare me but cancer happened right before my 29th birthday. My birthdays do not scare me anymore. It's really an opportunity to live and to make a difference in this world...a celebration of life. I'm so fortunate to have friends to celebrate my birthday with. I loved my phone call from Ben and Ryan with their sweet voices. I loved the overwhelming birthday wishes on Facebook. I loved all the voicemails my out of town friends left for me. The above picture is dinner at NXNW with friends. For my birthday weekend I slept in, worked out, read at Starbucks, had dinner with listened to a cover band with friends. I also had brunch, watched a movie, went for a bike ride and dinner with a friend. Simply perfect!
The last time I was in Albuquerque for Thanksgiving was the year I was diagnosed. My sisters flew me out there to tell my parents in person that I was just diagnosed with breast cancer. I was thankful they did that. I was able to spend time with Ryan and tell both my parents and my friends face to face. Most of my Thanksgivings are spent with random friends since I am considered an "orphan" during Thanksgiving in ATX. In Austin I've spent it with RJ, Rock, Rob & Bev, Shell and Cara's family. This year I was thankful I was invited to four Thanksgivings. I spent Thanksgiving with Cara and her mom's side of the family. They had six different desserts, three turkeys (two breasts but more than enough turkey,) salad, fruit salad, rolls, potatoes, dressing, cranberries and gravy. Great food, great company! I'm thankful to have spent the day with them.
Shell surprised me by making a small Thanksgiving at her house on Friday. We were just supposed to catch up and for me to play with Nicole, her adorable almost two year old. I was able to do that, spend time with her parents and help her put up her Christmas tree. Since I've known Shell we've always decorated her house together. Well, I think I may have missed a year but it's been a nice tradition for us!
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