Good times, good times.
This weekend was so fun!
I took off early Saturday, as Erica and Brettany were staying the night at my place. We went to Origami for dinner, then made a couple of loaves of banana-peanut butter cup bread (for the recipe http://cookiesandcups.com/reeses-peanut-butter-banana-bread/ ), and then sat up watching The IT Crowd and jabbering. It was super fun!
Then Sunday, Erica and I picked up Erin and met Brettany and Shayne for lunch at Mandola’s for a nice long lunch full of cheese and gelato! mmmmmmmmmm my favorite things! It is probably a good thing I don’t live closer to any of their locations. I really like their pizzas, and the gelato and bakery items are divine.
After lunch Shayne had to go to work, and the rest of us headed over to Kim’s for my henna. Let me just say that she is an amazing woman. No one makes me feel more welcome or sends more love out into the world than Kim. She just has the best energy, and is so loving of everyone she meets. We sat around and talked and laughed for a couple of hours then got started on my head. Then got a great surprise as our good friend Hez and his lovely wife Heidi stopped in for a visit! They are in town from Ohio for a wedding, and were in the neighborhood and decided they couldn’t just drive past without stopping. Talk about a pleasant surprise!
Having Kim apply henna is always a great experience, and her art is truly beautiful. To have her apply it to my chemo scalp was something new and amazing altogether. it felt so good, and I could really feel the love and care she was putting into it. So soothing and calming. I am very lucky to have someone like her in my life. I wish I was able to see her on a more regular basis just to hang out and have a good time. She does so many fun and amazing things, and really embraces life with a zest that is uncommon. I really admire her.
Anyhow- we finished up around 9PM and this is the amazing result:
Today is chemo, and Wendy is supposed to come visit in the afternoon if I am feeling good. Also, John and I should be getting some Thai food for dinner. While the chemo is no fun, today should still be a really great day.
I love my friends and John, and am a lucky woman to have such wondrous and beautiful people in my life. I wasn’t always this lucky, and made several bad decisions and had a lot of unkind people in my life in the past. I am glad that things have changed and that I have learned to recognize that love and kindness trump everything else.
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