Stage name: Lolita

Someone somewhere in the world is my best friend. Why? I think these pictures tell all....

I thought this wig would go great with fishnet tights and a mini skirt but then I decided I didn't want random freaky guys calling me up ;) haha

You don't want to mess with this redneck cowgirl

After many unsuccessful attempts at me looking stoned these were the only pics I looked "normal" in :)

Hannah Montana anyone?

How exciting is it to come home and see a huge pink bag on your porch? And then to open it up and find all these awesome hair pieces?! Pretty darn exciting let me tell ya. Whoever gave these to me, thank you!!! I can't wait to wear them to chemo, its gonna be awesome :) I can't decide which one is my favorite. I'm thinking the pink one and the rasta ones so far, but they are all pretty sweet.

It is kind of weird to have hair on my head, maybe cuz its plastic. I have gotten used to having no hair though! It was much warmer with the wigs on, might be nice in the winter. For some reason Sterling says he likes me better with no hair!!! I can't figure out....I think I'm pretty stylish in these babies.

Thanks anonymous friend for making my night :) And for making my future days more fun! The nurses are going to LOVE me on Monday.

Here starts my 3rd round....

Today is chemo #7!! I have 18 treatments, so only 11 more after this! I am almost half way done, how exciting!

I talked to my chemo doctor and she wants to finish up all my chemo before they do surgery again. In three weeks they will do another PET scan to check how things are looking and then my chemo doctor and the surgeon will discuss when to do the second surgery.

On Saturday I finally convinced Sterling to run with me!!! Isn't that great?! That makes for a total of like 3 or 4 times in our life? haha

Cute and chipper before the run

Hot and tired after the run.

We ran almost 4 miles together and he was so nice and patient with me even though I had to stop and rest a lot.

And the 5k my family is putting together is coming together!! Registration should open up tomorrow or Wednesday. Remember, its September 29th, probably at 7:30am, in Cottonwood Heights UT. The title is Fallen in Chocolate, same as my blog :) So that means there will be chocolate served! Yummy. Basically it involves my three favorite things: monkeys, chocolate and running. Couldn't be more perfect huh! If you want to help but don't want to run/walk the 5k, we need volunteers along the course and stuff so contact me if you'd be willing to donate your time :)

Looks like a good week ahead of me, hope everyone else's Monday is going as good as mine! School starts for a lot of my friends, have fun in school! Glad I don't have to start classes today. But tomorrow I take the GRE and I sure haven't prepared very much :-/ yikes. There is a young girl here in the infusion center just like me :) I am too shy to meet her, but I haven't ever seen anyone under the age of 40 hardly so its kind of cool! Maybe I will get brave before I leave today. **UPDATE** I did! I got brave. Well her mom started talking to me in the bathroom so then I got to meet her hahaha. She is 18 and has a desmoid tumor....its super super rare, only 900 new cases a year in the US. They don't even know how to treat it, she's getting chemo, but it might not even work! That would be so crappy. But it is non-metastasizing so it isn't life threatening which is good. So now I have a new friend I will see every 3rd week! Yay!!! 

Have an awesome wonderful day! Enjoy the beautiful weather. Eat chocolate.

P.S.- I have been wanting to do something cute and nice for all the other patients in the infusion center when I come to get chemo. I can't think of something that is cute, not too cheesy, but nice. I was thinking of making cards with a sun on them and saying something like "Here is a little sun to brighten a day that isn't much fun". Do you guys have any suggestions or ideas for me?? It has to be cheap cuz I'm poor, but I want to meet other patients and maybe make them feel a little better. So many people here look so tired and worn out, it makes me sad for them.

Sweet is the Work

Meet the new Mormon Tabernacle Organist.......ME!!!!!!!

Two weeks ago I was talking to my grandma and I mentioned that I really wanted to learn the organ. Well.....it just so happens that she is in Clay Christiansen's ward (the MoTab organist) and she asked him if maybe he would teach me a little bit. So he invited me TO the tabernacle to learn on the real legit awesomest organ in the world! FREAKIN COOL. He didn't teach me a whole lot, but the basics of using the pedal and what all the buttons (stops) do and such. It was incredible. The acoustics in the tabernacle are just so amazing. Its not like playing the piano where you can hide a wrong note played. The organ, especially in the tabernacle, illuminates every wrong sound and it reverberates for what feels like hours. He had me play Praise to the Man from the hymn book.....I don't know how to describe the feeling but its like awe and majesty and like huge and so cool. You just feel the music from inside you and its huge and inspiring. 

I got to play/learn for about 25 minutes then people were coming in to listen to the noon organ concert. I guess every day at noon there is a 30 minute concert so people and visitors can experience the mormon tabernacle to its fullest. We stayed and listened to the recital. I can't believe how many things a person can do at once! Play on 5 different keyboards, 3 different sets of foot pedals and adjust the 200+ stops there are! It would be so cool to be good enough to accompany the MoTab someday.

After the concert Grandma took me to lunch at Paradise Bakery. It was so much fun getting to spend time with her and so neat that she was able to set up this experience for me! I am so incredibly lucky. Thanks Grandma :) And Clay for allowing me to play the beloved famous tabernacle organ!

Daily Dose of Sunshine

Per request here is my "daily dose of sunshine"

I like this picture, not only because of the quote, but because it shows how the mouse is taking his situation and turning it to his advantage. We've all heard this quote, but do we stop to remember that trials only makes us stronger if we work to turn them to our advantage? I have said it before but I'll say it again, I have been SO blessed through my cancer "trial". I have had so many opportunities to grow, to realize I am stronger than I think, and to bless others. I don't think I am doing anything different than anyone else would, I am just taking my mousetrap and using it as a weight room :)

Tomorrow I get to do the coolest thing ever!!!!!!!!! So you'll have to come back tomorrow afternoon and read all about it. I'm going to leave it a surprise. But here are some clues: the thing I will be working with was built by Schoenstein & Co., it was commissioned in 1996 but wasn't finished until 2003, it is one of the largest of its kind in the world and there are 11,623 parts to it.