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Time for another update
Well, the birthday party was great! Wonderful day at the beach, lots of good people and Cadence was a doll all day long. Can't ask for much more than that. The day was a good day, not too tired, no pain, etc.
Monday was Jewelry class, I was tired, but got really good work done on my piece. Left early as I had to get packed and ready to go to Vancouver, BC. We left on Tuesday morning, the flight was half-empty, which was great had a seat in the middle left empty. I tried out my new compression sleeve for the flight. It is surprisingly comfortable. The sleeve is to help prevent lymphedema, which is a delightful "syndrome" that I could possibly get because all the lymph nodes in my left arm were removed.
Got into Vancouver and 10 minutes after getting to our room wound up going to dinner with a couple of folks from the conference at our favorite place in the city. Delilah's --they make the best martini's ever! The food was terrific as well. So lovely evening.
The next day David did conference and I went and got my head shaved! The hair was beginning to come out in clumps on the back side of my head. The stylist asked why I wanted it shaved, so I pulled out a handful for her. Having your head shaved is a truly weird experience. It is really cold and after just a buzz shaver really stubbly.
After that experience I went exploring. I decided to walk the West End (area our hotel was in). I think I did several miles just window shopping and exploring, really fun day. Was feeling really good that day. We had a really fun meal at a Tapas restaurant with a new friend and an old friend - Love meeting new people. Got over the possible fear of showing off my bald head as the scarf got really itchy and hot about halfway through the evening. So I just whipped it off. Got some interesting looks, but hey I don't care. I really do have a nicely shaped head with no scars or lumps and bumps, just like my hairdresser said.
Thursday we went exploring on Granville Island, which is a large artist community and home to a very large public market. It did decide to rain on us, but in spite of that we found all the goodies we needed for supper on the plane - yummy meats and cheeses. Also went down Railspur Alley and viewed the Studio/Store sites located there. Really lovely concept of working where you sell - or selling where you work with the designers right there on the premises. David and I had a quiet dinner (just the 2 of us) of really wonderful fish (arctic char is now on my list of favorite fishes).
Friday dawned up bright and glorious, only white fluffy clounds, cold (48) but gorgeous. Decided I needed to get out and about, so took the car and did the Stanley Park drive; then made my way (via Chinatown) to the cruise ship terminal/ convention center that is on the harbor. Had a wonderful lunch (arctic char again) with a panoramic view of the harbor. It was great. Got tired by about 3:00 pm so decided to go back and rest. Our final night we had dinner with a friend from Orange County, it was an adventure because we didn't make reservations for dinner on a Friday night - big mistake. The first place just turned us away, saying they were completely booked for the entire evening! The next 2 places were completely inaccessible for David (large flights of stairs and no elevators and no apologies either). We ate a wonderful little place that was about 2 blocks from the hotel (after driving all over town) called Raincity Grill. The food was phenomenal. It was a great close to a really nice trip.
Saturday was travel day. Left Vancouver around 10:00 am and it took until 3:00 pm to get to the airport in Seattle. The border crossing was 90 minutes. (Thank you paranoid President Bush) We got on a 5:00 pm flight and got home about 10:30pm last night - I was exhausted, but so was David. All in all a lovely trip and I felt really close to normal for the whole thing!
This morning we got to go have breakfast with good friends from Portland, OR. They missed a summer vacation with their kids because of a broken leg, so decided to do a trip to San Diego this month. It was wonderful to see them and the Old Town Mexican Cafe was great, as usual. Have spent most of the rest of the day running errands and writing! I am starting to have some anxiety over my treatment on Wednesday. I have been nearly normal for the last week and am not looking forward to being fuzzy & icky again. But this too shall pass and we'll have one more treatment over and done with.
Well, I'm sure you all are tired of reading, so I will sign off now. Love to you all & thanks for the thoughts and e-mails, I really do look forward to them.
Love Janice
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| From: | (Anonymous) |
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| Date: | October 8th, 2007 12:42 am (UTC) |
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| | Happy Belated Birthday, Sweetheart! | (Link) |
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Honey,
So glad the trip went well. Really excited knowing I'll see you very soon in NYC. We'll get some serious woman-time in during this trip. Love to you both, and hugs from New York to the entire extended family and friends.
Gwen
| From: | (Anonymous) |
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| Date: | October 10th, 2007 10:20 pm (UTC) |
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| | You amaze me | (Link) |
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Miss Janice,
Your attitude is wonderful, your strength inspiring and your outlook, positive. Thank you for sharing your blog... and for being the Janice I love. Hugs/kisses to you and David, from your favorite So Cal Claims Adjuster, traveling buddy and most importantly, friend, Alida XOXO |
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