I had mine this weekend and it was amazing. I needed it. I have been having a great orientation as a nurse but some of my days have been stressful. It was nice to relax and unwind with friends. Tomorrow is the beginning of a long 4 day workweek. I have a couple of 12 hour days in there. But then I have 4 days off. I like the 12 hour shifts for that ONE reason. 


I have to see my Oncologist on Friday. I am almost down to only 2 checkups a year. I am almost 5 years in remission. I have actually led a busy, productive life. Sometimes when I sit back and think about it, it all seems unreal. 


I am LOVING this summer like weather we've been having in Illinois lately by the way. I only hate working through it. I love being OUT in it. I haven't had too much time out in it lately. Our bathroom kind of exploded this week. Well my toilet has been leaking so we replaced it. After we replaced it something was not quite right and it flooded the bathroom. When we bought this house the bathroom was carpeted. Yeah I know. We have talked about replacing it FOREVER. We finally did it. The flooded bathroom was a great excuse. So we ripped out the carpet and laid down linoleum. It's been a long hard job but it's about done. It looks good too! Now to replace the leaking fridge. :(

I entered a karaoke contest about a month ago. Each week they chose a new winner then this past weekend they had a grand finale with all those winners competing against each other. I won! Yes and I had a really great time doing it too. I love to sing. It's just another little detail about me. I draw, I sing, I am a nurse, I crochet, I am a mother, and more. I beat cancer. I have a long list of accomplishments. I try to remind myself of these things when I start feeling kind of down on my self. I do often by the way. Lately I have felt a little better and with this recent win I feel even better.