Thursday 31st January.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE.
I know you are thinkning what the hell is she going on about, Happy New Year but this is my first post of the year. Shameful!
I can’t believe it is almost the end of January. This month really has flown. I hope by he end of this post you’ll see why but for now I want to go back to the end of last year…New years eve was spent with our next door neighbours Trash and Dave and a group of friend. Great evening. At midnight as we all hugged and wished each other a happy new year I spontaneously burst into tears. So not me, I don’t cry, not much makes me cry and here I was standing on their roof terrace watching the fireworks go off over London crying. I was feeling very emotional, when it dawned on me that “it was over, the year was done and a new cancer free year had begun”. The realisation of what a year I had had hit me hard and the relief it was over. Wow! New Year New Me, Bring it on!
So here I am at the end of January and I am feeling Fabulous. I do get tired and go to bed earlier than I would normally have done but during the day I am back on form doing loads, rushing about and trying to make up for the loss of last year. Have already done two galleries, been to the theatre, had lunches, met people for coffee and tea and walking everyday on Hampstead Heath like i was before. Life is good!
The other thing that i have been doing and the thing i love the most is sewing. That might sound weird to some of you but I love it. I have been busy making clothes, mostly trousers for myself. Now I am loosing the chemo wieght, well more like the peanut butter cookies i made and ate for about 3 months solid, I can start sewing for me again. And I can’t put enough detail into each item. Piping, coloured top stitching, extra pockets, fun linings, trimmings and lovely buttons is the way i am going. Fabric shops are like giant candy stores for me and the trimmings section is the icing on the cake. I feel a new wardrobe is on it’s way.
At the beginning of the month Nick and I watched two of the Netflix programmes called “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo”. Wow, we got it and did what she says. If you haven’t heard about this Japanese Lady she is a tidying nutter and shows people how to declutter and tidy their homes. The first programme began with clothes since then Nick and I have been doing just that to our wardrobes. Until i have lost all my wieght i am not going to throw anything away but i feel a big chuck out is coming and my new wardrobe will slot in it’s place. Wieght Watchers here is come.
I have seen my consultans once this year and she was very happy with my progress. When she asked me how i was feeling and my reply was “ Better now than before my diagnosis” her reply was “ I have heard that before”. When thinking about it, i had not one but two different cancers growing in me for up to a year so looking back i understand now why i felt so tired and not myself. Two friends have even confirmed this fact by telling me i had had conversations with them saying I wasn’t feeling quite myself. At my age with teenage kids and the menopause you put it down to one or both of these things. Cancer never crossed my mind. It’s GONE and i feel goooooood!
My parents have been in Mexico on holiday and my Mum gets the prize for the most photos sent with Glorious Day in them. Bravo Mum.xx Here they are. And yes they had a fabulous time.
Glorious Day 