Photos with captions...

Susie blessed me with the Monday night (slumber party) shift and Sam is a tireless Tuesday morning driver and breakfast BFF.
Here's when they did the responsiblity hand-off. I love laughing with these two!! I love my friends 110%!!!

My mom and Erin. Erin is so sweet, she came by with delicious items after a long day of teaching at the middle school we usually inhabit together. It is such a treat to get to spend time with her and I'm so excited about the fact that she and her hubby have bought a house just about a mile away from mine.

This is me pre-rad with Mateo, he was born on 2-13-2011! His parents, Gabe and Koali, they treated me with Thai and their company.
Fantastic!

Here Gary D. and I are in St. John's. This is on a Saturday about 3 weeks ago. I was really impressed and feeling happy that I was able to attend a science teacher workshop at PSU for most of that day. Science teacher friends attended the workshop and were extremely helpful in making it a successful day for me. Gary D. drove me back and forth and was happy for me too, because he knew it would make me feel accomplished. It was a treat to be productive and then to meet up with friends afterward. It felt like real life and I can still live it! I love it!

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Leslie took me to get my zip zaps in a ZipCar...I felt this a treat for the alliteration and the opportunity to show you the "reserved for radiation treatment patients" parking spots.

Michael and Desiree made my week last Thursday by bravely driving themselves and their fresh to the world son, Colin Patrick (born March 28th, 2011), to visit with me. I really appreciate them taking a chance and driving all the way here from Yamhill County with their new addition. So brave, huge TREAT. It was a nice long visit and I'm still smiling from remembering it!!!!

That's me and the linear accelerator that I spend time with Monday through Friday at 9:06 AM.

Susie VOTES!

Lilly Lasky, my parents' dog, visits. She's pretty handy for walks.

Scott and Kiyoe have generously given me a key to their house so I can visit Eastwood during the day. I haven't gotten to see him as much as I'd like to, due to my demanding napping schedule, but we've had some great playtimes in his backyard and we took him to Forest Park for a short hike. That's fun and a definite cheer-us-all-up treat.

Saturday was Hanna's 30th party...which means that she hosted her friends to celebrate at the Historic Kenton Firehouse. It was a Tretti Ars, which is a traditional Swedish celebration for the 30th birthday. It was amazing. I napped all day Saturday until 4:30pm so I could go, and it was worth it! Gary and I got all dressed up.  Amazing friends to catch up with, an exuberant and loving friend to celebrate, the food was WOW!, and I will stop now, I don't want to be too much of a braggart. It was amazing and I'm thinking of making up a Swedish festival for the age 34 for my birthday in September.

The beautiful birthday girl Hanna, Gary D., and moi saying our end of the (my) night; out living our lives! I am pretty sure I didn't get to bed until after 10...what a thrill!