My oh my...... I can't believe it's been so long since I've written on this blog. Much has happened since my last post. We had Hurricane Ike come through and spent five days with no electricity. Thank God we had a mild cool front come through to help endure the heat so it was not too bad but having no electricity really is a pain in the butt. My parents did not have electricity for I think 8 days. Luckily we did not have any major damage. Just some missing shingles and some water leaks. We lost a few fence post and lots of branches. Most of our neighbors did not fare so good though so we felt quite happy with the little damage we had. Our subdivision is older so we have huge trees everywhere and many are long gone.... ripped out at the bottom. It took three weeks to get all the trees, branches and fences picked up around the neighborhood. It's unbelievable that only a category 2 hurricane could cause so much damage!

The other big event last month was I turned the big 40. I spent the day in the hospital so it was not a fun birthday. One of the big side effects from my chemo has been really horrible, severe migraines. And I had a doozie of one on my birthday. So at least I got to spend the day on some very potent pain killers :-) Actually the last few weeks I've spent some time in the hospital because of fever or migraines. Last week I spent two days in the hospital. It was a new hospital by our house and it was the worst experience I've ever had in a hospital. I left feeling worse than when I went in.

I had my fourth chemo treatment two days ago. The treatments still take about six hours and I'm there all day. I still feel nauseous and now I get the migraines but at least I still have my appetite and am not actually throwing up. But I've put on so much weight because I still have my appetite but am too nauseous and exhausted to exercise. Other bad side effect of chemo is the horrible fatigue!! Today I have no migraine so I'm doing pretty good but, boy, I can barely get out of bed. I'm continuing to still loose my hair little by little. I had to cut it again because it was thinning. I'm okay until I get into the shower and then it comes out a lot in my hands. It is really a gross feeling. Another side effect of chemo is bad day and night sweats so that was the other reason of chopping more of the hair off. The other day a person asked David if his son was okay!!! The nerve!!! I look like a boy now.... lovely. A boy with big boobs.... was the woman blind or am I just fat now? Anyways.......

I got a box of hats, scarves and caps from my beautiful Aunt Karen and her co-workers last month. It was a fun surprise. My dearest and favorite cousin, Susan, sent me this scarf thing from the show Survior that is the coolest invention in the world. Not only can you wear it like a million different ways but it is perfect for pulling your hair back to remove makeup!! I love presents!!

Well, that's all for now. Here is the latest photo of my short hairdo: