August 16, 2009

My mom took the children to the early morning mass at the Catholic Church, St. Teresa. Right after the mass, there was a small festival going on in Bodega that my mom and my children went to find out what was going on there. There were a few vendors and a parade with the old fashioned fire trucks. I stayed home to continue to rest before going to the apple fair. It was a good timing that when they got back, I just barely woke up with nasty cough that lasted five minutes. It took me a while to get ready. I was so eager to go so it was a drag to cough…the cough really does wear me off. Every coughs I have affect any movement or plans that I might have. Off we went to the apple fair but first we had to pick up our family friends, Perry and his granddaughter Shannon at the hotel and then went to get some cash. Finally we got to the apple fair. It was not so bad that the fair was filled with a quite amount of people and vendors. I spent few bucks on goodies such as beautiful necklace, lavender sachets, lavender incenses and some sweets such as apple fritters and apple sun tea. My dear friend, Robb met us at the fair to join us in the fun. There is one thing I need to say here: I think I make the best apple butter. I swear it and it was very strange to claim that my apple butter had better flavor than their apple butter had. When it was time to go, my mom wanted to take our family friends to my house in Forestville and I didn’t really want to go because I was already getting tired. Robb invited me to go home with him and I did while my mom took Perry, Shannon and my children to the Forestville house then later to the hotel to go swimming. Robb and I ordered pizza for dinner which was great except that I had to remove the pepperoni that was too spicy for me. When we got home, I went straight to bed after taking my medications. It was kinda amazing how such little activity can tire me out. That’s because my energy is going towards healing and from the medications too. There is something else that I also noticed---my face is now riddled with rash. I’d call them “chemo rash” or “chemo pimples”, not so quite the same as regular acne we all have. They are quite painful that I couldn’t touch them to cleanse with acne solution. Another thing to notice---my eyebrows are the last to go…the hair is slowly falling off strand by strand daily. It would be very interesting to see what look I’d have without my eyebrows. Probably nothing different.