How exauhsted Kristie is!!!! 6 weeks out of treatment and she drove us around Abbotsford, canvassing for door prizes and silent auction items. We went from 10:30 - 2:15, to every merchant we possibly could within that time frame. I think we must have put out 30 requests... at least.

Me on my blistered feet (from the cryotheraphy), and my sore ankle (Cuz Im an idiot and sliced it good shaving.. right where my shoe meets my ankle). Hobbling around. I nap almost every day, and am really feeling not doing so today,my spasms are fairly decent, and I have a really bad head incision ache. Kristie is just amazing... Driving and walking that long and not a single moan or complaint. The strength and courage of some of you ladies amazes me! I am so honored to be surrounded by such wonderful women.

The good news... No.. the *GREAT* news, is the generosity we saw from the vendors today... I cannot begin to explain some of the gracious charity I saw given out today. This whole experience, since day one of forming this group, has opened my eyes, to how truely good and genuine people can be.... So to my husband, who has lost all faith in humanity, there is alot of goodness out there. I am seeing it daily. Hubby doesn't read my blog anyways, but it saddens me that he never gets to see the the beautiful people in the world around us.... Pub night is going to be *AMAZING* I am so so excited now.

We are going to go out for one more afternoon, to gather some more odds and ends, and then we will be well equipped. A huge thank you to Kristie for being such a *HUGE* help, despite the fact that she is not even attending the retreat! Another huge thank you to all the merchants who entertained out requests this afternoon. Just by listening to me, you have allowed me to raise awareness on Young Adults with Cancer. Those of you who have donated have allowed us to ensure that we are able to reach maximum potential with our event, and that, means a whole world to the people going to the retreat!

Ok, so other news on the forefront...

Our website production has been delayed both because our designer has been insanely busy and also because we were stumped on a way to keep the website theme with what the designer had already come up with... which is *GORGEOUS* and still incorporate a -solid- Logo idenitity to be used for promotional purposes etc... Tonight while driving home, the idea for the logo hit me. I called Carmen of Fuel House Designs (GET ALL YOUR WEB WORK DONE THROUGH HER COMPANY SHE ROCKS!!) and told her of my idea and she had been thinking along the same lines!! WOOO HOOO!!! I am pretty sure that we are within a short time of having our final identity nailed down!!!!!!!!!I am so incredibly, super, mega, dee dupper excited!!!!!

May 5th is shaping up to be a pretty amazing meeting!!! We have recruited 3 new members this month! Danielle and Laura are going to make it our from Surrey, Kristie is coming, I believe Feather is trying to make it, and Hopefully Christene will be up to it after her surgery yesterday. (which went really well I hear! Woo hoo!) We have quite afew things on the go for this meeting. We are nailing down details for Pub Night (Tickets can be purchased there as well ladies!!), Planning for Relay for Life, taking a group photo, and we even have a guest!!! Carmen, our deisgner, is coming out to meet us!! It is going to be a great(busy) night!

I have told work that I am ready to go back. I am sorta doing it against medical advice, but the truth is, I feel strong enough. It is not a highly physical job, and I really do enjoy the social aspect. I miss it, and I really miss the extra cash. We get by on Chris's wage, but are able to stock up on things and such with the extra bit... which comes in handy when we are less than 3 months from the 25% wage cut. When the wage cut happens, I really can't afford to go down health wise, as my little income will be a necessary advantage.

I realized this afternoon, that group business has become large enough that I *DESPERATELY* Need some sort of briefcase or attache. If anyone has one their not using, please let me know!! We are building a library of resources and paper work and such, and it would be *really* helpful. My dad says he probably has one, and is supposed to take a look for me, but he tends to fall a bit on the procrastination list, and the sooner the better while trying to get through this fundraiser.

I have a phone conference on Friday with Real Time Cancer President, and I am very eager to snowball some questions at him and get some resources and recommendations on steering YACC where I hope it will eventually end up.

Well, I supposed that is it for the moment.

It's Wednesday, April 30 at 4:02pm - Happy birthday Dad(bruce)
Today's happy thought is - I have a vision, and each day I am getting baby steps closer to where I want to be. That is really exciting!