FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FLEXIBILITY

 Though I’d loved every minute of this past Saturday’s wonderful sleepover with Ravi (which lasted throughout Sunday’s holiday dinner), my main source of energy was utterly exhausted—that would be my brain.

Sunday night, I’d slept solidly until 11am on Monday, and even now, I’m moving at a snail’s pace, which is fine, being that there’s nowhere other than home that I need to be, today—as is true of most days.

I really hope these meds are targeting cancer cells.  Though I have very little energy, the fact I do not feel sick, compared to my last two, lengthy experiences with chemo, that’s a blessing!❣️

Hopefully, being housebound will change for the better once the intensity of the heat breaks in Oct.

Although I’d wanted to begin our unusual holiday dinner (as I couldn’t cook or bake, we’d planned to go out but then ordered in) with apples and honey (both readily available in the kitchen), I was so tired as to have forgotten to begin our meal with a harvested fruit dipped into something as sweet as a promising brand new year proves to be.  By dinner time on Sunday, my brain and body couldn’t be moved by my spirit to be anywhere but at home, no how!

I’d wished my niece, Jessica, could have been with us, but Sunday would have been her husband Shawn’s birthday, and feeling grief-struck, anew, she opted to remain at home.  

On Sunday (after enjoying Saturday night’s ‘ball’, orchestrated by Ravi (see our princess prepping prettily in the photo below), we enjoyed our holiday dinner in our home, because, by late afternoon, it was still in the upper nineties, and I literally, couldn’t muster the energy to go further than from the living-room couch to the dining room table. (It was Steven who’d pointed that out to me.) As Sunday is a school night, we four had planned to meet Andi and Mike on a restaurant patio (no fans) at 5:30.  We’d have fried to a crisp.

As I’m repeating myself, my brain is signaling that it’s about to close up shop for today.

Thank goodness for logic, flexibility, family and friends, who’d literally taken care of everything on Sunday.  Though the only tradition enjoyed was our gathering, together, which holiday tradition could be more satisfying to each of our hearts than that? 

Having had my sister and Mickey here for ten days meant the world to me.  Especially since I could not fly to the Midwest for my aunt’s funeral.  Aunt Rose, who would have been 100 in December, passed away while Lauren and Mickey were here in support of their daughter, Jessica and Irwin and me.

I feel so blessed to feel loved deeply by those whom I love in kind.

When counting our blessings, Sleepovers rank high on the list—our princess prepping for the ball.

So, Ravi, what time do you expect Prince Charming to arrive?

I didn’t invite Prince Charming; this is a family ball.

What? No Prince Charming?  Who will you dance with?

First you.  Then Papa.

And as that’s exactly what we three did, our family ball was enjoyed by all.

Wherever you call home and whatever holiday you celebrate, please stay healthy and safe while enjoying loved ones, my dear friends

🙋🏻‍♀️☺️Annie