Still chuggin' on

I was worried I'd be really sick this week since I got all three drugs on Monday and not just the one, but I actually have been doing really well!! Tuesday was great, no symptoms at all and my fastest run since surgery :) That was super exciting for me. Wednesday I still felt pretty good but running was a little harder. But I was running up the canyon and this guy when he passed me said "You're beautiful!" and it really made my day :) Cuz I wouldn't pass bald old me and think I'm pretty.

Today running was....well a nice jog with a lot of rests haha. It was partly hard because I went at 10:30 when it was already hot, but I think mostly it was hard because of the treatment. Luckily other than running being a lot harder and being pretty tired yesterday I haven't really had any other side effects! I still have my awesome fuzzy head :) Its kind of fun to play with, all soft and short. Wonder if having a completely bald head will be as much fun? Guess I will find out!

I forgot about these pictures I was going to include in my last post....

This had a really pretty sunset behind us, but it got lost :(

Wooo!!! Long hair! I took this the day we left for Powell

And of course I couldn't forget about Kiki! (That is Monkey's name now). She begged me to go to Lake Powell even pulled the "but you have to take me, I have cancer!!" So she got to come and she even got to drive the boat! She wasn't much good seeing as she can't even reach the steering wheel :)

Well, off to my for real last day of class! Can't wait to be done with it! Then I really will be free allllllll day :) Tomorrow I am speaking at my in-law's youth conference and then I'm going to my cousin's drag race! Saturday I'm thinking a pool party or something :) 

Lake Powell: Land of Red Rock and Short Hair

Man, there is something magical about Lake Powell. It is seriously one of the most incredible places in the world. We had so much fun. I wakeboarded and skiied every day, we read and relaxed all day and ate like royalty. We got there Sunday afternoon and we left Saturday night. Sunday we just loaded up and did a little paddle board, and Monday we headed up the lake and parked in Good Hope Bay. Monday night we had a crazy intense wind storm, we half expected to wake up over the rainbow. It was scary. The rest the week was beautiful weather, windy at nights but calm and warm during the days. Most my pics are on Facebook but here's a few of my favorites.

I swear I usually get way better air, but this was really the only pic we got of me jumping and it was the first run of the week. I was out of practice :)

I kept my hair long for the first 2 or 3 days and I finally got fed up with it. I couldn't brush it without pulling it all out and it was all matted and gross from getting wet. I think it was Tuesday night I pulled out the scissors and the shaver and gathered everyone around. Sterling got to be the designated barber. I don't know how much he liked it, but he did a great job. My hair was 29.5 inches long from the top of my head to the ends when we cut it. He cut off my gross matted hair and we decided that it looked really cute short. I was planning on shaving it all off but it was cute short and I thought it would be nice to keep it so my head wouldn't get sunburned. I loved having it short all week, I am so glad I cut it off! It was such a relief.

Here is the video we took. I didn't decide to cut my hair till it was kind of dark so the video is in night mode and black and white. But it still works :)


I was sad that I couldn't have all my friends there when I cut my hair :( My mom felt bad that I couldn't have a party so she bought me a super cute hat on the way home so I can always remember our Lake Powell trip.

Sunday morning before church after I showered and stuff, it was a little too patchy to leave so I ended up shaving it before I left the house. I don't mind it, its not my cutest look, but I"ve had worse hair days :) Its nice not to have long hairs falling all over me every 5 seconds.

 can you see the resemblance? I think its a pretty good one

Pretty much everyone I've seen so far has done a great job at not making me feel weird for having no hair. It is the best for me when people just treat me like normal and don't get all sad and sorry for me. I really don't want people to get all sad or awkward when they see me, it will make me feel dumb. I don't mind not having any hair so I don't want other people to mind that I don't.

I am at the Hunstman center about to start treatment. I get all three drugs today, the carboplatin, taxol and Avastin. I'm trying to finish this up before I get tired! Wish me luck!