Let's Celebrate!!!

Well, today was my LAST CHEMO TREATMENT (I find it hard to type those words and NOT put them in all caps!) and what a great feeling! The room where I have received each treatment has a plaque on the wall with a bell attached. The plaque also has a short poem engraved on it. When someone has a last treatment, he or she reads the poem and then gets to ring the bell. After I finished my treatment, the nurses told me to go read the poem and ring the bell. It was all I could do to read the poem and not fall apart! And how I loved ringing that bell!!! :-)

Teacher work days begin this Thursday (8am - 3pm), and I'll be there! Brice and I will be there some tomorrow and Wednesday as well. I'm hoping to get a lot done before Thursday even arrives. So, if you can stop by my classroom Thursday or Friday to say hello, I'd love it!

hope to see many of you soon!
xosj

Just checking in...

I am doing well with this third chemo treatment ~ pretty much the same situation as before with most foods lacking any kind of taste. Next week should be better - the third week usually is!

I have spent several hours in my classroom the past two days with lots of help (Susan and Mary Stewart Barnes one day and my niece, Elizabeth, who is a new teacher in Montgomery County on another day). I'm heading to Galax today to the Old Fiddler's Convention where most of my extended family is already camped out and enjoying the hot weather and music. Lyn and I will head back to Stone Harbor on Sunday, and we can't wait!!! We'll be back in time for my last treatment on the 18th.

I hope everyone is squeezing as much they can into their summer as it winds down and school draws near!

love, sj