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We are handing the keys over to the new owners on May 7th.

We will get the keys to our new house on May 17th.

Therefore we will be homeless for 10 days. Fortunately a friend/neighbor is willing to put us up during the interim so that we won’t have to spend thousands on hotel. Hopefully it will all work out, with 4 adults and 5 children under 5 yrs old under in one household.

Meanwhile, our whole lives worth of stuff will be stored somewhere in containers/warehouse until May 23 or so (our son’s “graduation day” at preschool).

Soon! This stress will be less!

Have you heard of the3day.org? It’s an annual fundraising event throughout major cities in the nation, for the Susan G. Komen fundation.

The other day as I was driving home, an ad about the3day came on the radio. I was in absolute tears as I listened to the words, taking them and putting them next to my heart.

“I’m walking for me, and for my grandmother.”

“If it makes a difference in one person’s life, then it is worth it.”

I can’t recall the rest of them word for word at the moment, but all of it made me teary-eyed without a doubt. It’s been a long time since I’ve thought of the big C, but whenever something hits close to home / my heart, no matter how much time has lapsed since my diagnose, it’s just as emotional. However, these moments gets further and further apart as time goes on.

(archana, I hope you will think of this as a positive thing. Life will only get better from here on out!)

I wish I could tell you that the house is sold already. We’re hanging in there. During Spring Break last week, we had NO showings and it was discouraging, but this week it’s much better. In fact, there were 3 showings yesterday alone. We have another Open House today. The weather is getting warmer so maybe people will come out more for house hunting. Hope so. Really really hope something will result soon.

My brother and his wife just had their third child several weeks ago. Annabel. We went to visit them and our kids were just smitten with her! She was so adorable, and a very good baby. She woke every 3 hours to eat and didn’t fuss much if at all. Seb told me “Mama, I want a baby Annabel.” On the way home, Hubby looked at me in all-seriousness and said “it makes me want another one.” Ha ha ha… We’ll just have to see about that.

Now, don’t read any further if you don’t want to read about my cooter. Seriously, consider yourself warned!!

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I uhhhh shaved myself. And may I just say OUCH. When I had chemo 6 years ago, I lost all body hair except my eye brows. I remember feeling very glad not having to shave my legs and pits, and it felt nice not to have hair “down there” too. But of course I was too sick to have done much with it or had much fun at all, being bedridden every other week. I DON’T KNOW WHAT CAME OVER ME but the other day I went and shaved it. Oh my. I didn’t anticipate the stubble pain… razor burn… etc etc. Do you shave there? Trim? Like it as is?

After several days of enduring pains that I don’t know how to describe, it’s not so bad now. But those few days is just.. miserable. I haven’t really decided if this is going to be the new me or if I want to go back to the old me. If you “maintain it”, do you have tips/advice to share with the internet, I mean me? Feel free to email me (email button to the right side) if you don’t want to leave it in the comments. Thanks!