So last Friday (September 2nd) we attended our friend Lindsey’s 30th birthday bash. It was a Hollywood Affair…and you were to dress up as your favorite celebrity or actor, past or present! This thing wasn’t like any other birthday party I’ve been too…being that I got a Save-The-Date card in the mail about 4 months ago I figured they mean business when they plan party’s in Lindsey’s family! Lindsey is a twin so the party was double the fun! I usually hate themed parties..I mean I LOVE throwing them but hate attending them. haha My brain is always too lazy to think of something cool to wear…and like usual I was dreading trying to think of someone to dress up as for this too. So I posted it on FB and got all kinds of cool responses from friends…and we finally figured it out…. Does this scene look familiar??
“Ohhhhh Lover Boy…..”
Do you know who we are??????
That’s right…we dressed up at Johnny and Baby from Dirty Dancing…one of my ALL TIME favorite movies!! And now with my hair being so curly I was TOTALLY able to pull it off! I was more of the “chunkier, post-child” Baby though…and Yosh was the “retired dancer, beer drinking Johnny” haha
Its weird because September 2nd was a HUGE day in my life 2 years ago. It was the day I started my chemotherapy treatment. It was the last time I ever ate a bagel, and probably will ever eat one (got total taste diversion since I ate a bagel while getting chemo BLAH..I wanna puke just writing about them). I was thinking to myself today…why are all these dates so significant this year and weren’t such a big thing last year…you would think that the first anniversary of things would be way more emotional…but in this instance its not…and I think its because last year, on the 1 year anniversary of starting treatment my body was still wounded and recovery from the treatment itself. This time last year I was only 6 months out of treatment…my brain was still in a fog and not letting me full comprehend what was going on. But now that my body is back to itself…the chemo and radiation no longer live in this body I’m able to think back on these days and be so grateful that I beat it…and that I was strong enough to go through with the treatment, get it done w/ a smile on my face and now being on the other end I’m happier and healthier than I’ve ever been.
Two Years Ago…when it all started… 
I was so nervous…I had such anxiety to be starting this journey…being away from Owen for a long period of time as well…heck he was only 6 months old then and I wasn’t away from him very often (or ever!) Mom came with me…and Yosh stayed home with Owen for the first one. The early treatments were when I was able to swallow all my pre-meds, eat the ice they gave me, had to use the numbing cream for my port and stayed awake throughout the whole thing. By the end, oh man…I couldn’t swallow pills w/o throwing up, ice was a no-go I had to bring popsicles, the numbing cream was over-rated and I would pray that I could sleep through it all. Oh how depressing that chair became!
But this year…2 years later…we were celebrating with friends! Laughing, Talking, Sharing and just being together. Thank you for that poison that entered my body then and allowed for me to be alive today!!
Some people asked…and yes after a bottle of wine and 2 margarita’s we performed the “Lover Boy” dance in the middle of Lindsey’s party…haha And here are the pics she caught. haha
hahahahaha My husband is totally sober and SUCH a freakin’ ham (and good sport!)
Here are a few pics we got at the party…Happy (now late) birthday Lindsey Harp! Thanks for the super fun party!!!
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