Oh What A Night!

Miss Britt and Dave from Blogography

It’s 7:00 PM Sunday evening I think I’ve finally recovered from TequilaCon 2008. Of course it took several doses of Tylenol, Sudafed, a fuckton of water, several meals and 12 hours of sleep but I’m doing O.K.

Before you become all judgmental about me drinking alcohol because my God, how can the girl with cancer possibly go out and consume alcohol??? I’m human and one night of drinking isn’t going to kill me. Now that we got that out of the way, let me continue.

The bloggers I met last night were some of the nicest, down to earth people that I’ve had the pleasure to talk to. Life has been pretty crappy for me lately but last night was absolutely so much fun!

Take a look at the pictures! Do they say fun or what?

TequilaCon and Life

I’m feeling much better now that I’ve had a full night of sleep but now I’ve got a lot to do! Tonight is TequilaCon which is being held here in Philadelphia. There are so many bloggers I just can’t wait to meet! You can keep up with the happenings too! Just follow me on Twitter or check for updates on the right sidebar all day and night!

Now I have to thank Tug for sending me this video this morning…just when I really needed a shot in the arm too. Randy Paush has it so incredibly right. I’ve had so many failures through out my life but I thank God that I’ve always turned them into opportunities…every single one of them.

Please enjoy and learn something from the video.

From Disney to China in 270 Seconds

I’ve been flying high on the “Disney Vacation” buzz for the past week with lots of false energy. Now the fatigue, lack of energy and crawl-to-the-bed tiredness is back. Something has to give and I think I really need to evaluate every thing I’m doing like sleep, nutrition and activities. I truly don’t want to bore you with the way my body has gone south like an 80 year old woman.

I really want to tell you how you rock. The Disney raffle ended at midnight on Sunday and Miss Ann has announced the winners. The total amount raised was $4864.87! That’s enough to completely cover our trip. Cam and Teenie are going to have the time of their lives if I have to take 10,000% of the RDA of Vitamins B6 and B12 each day!

Thank you…from the bottom of my heart.

And thank you to those people who have been donating directly to me.

A special thank you to Karen at Karen Sugarpants for sending me this exquisite gift. I’m starting to love the mailman, I’m telling ya! (Click on picture to see it up close)

She found this great necklace at Inspired Gemstone Creations and I thank Robin for including such a kind card.

So, you have voted and the results so far are on the classic Minnie ears for the flight to Disney. Oh, you think I’m kidding? I most certainly plan on wearing ears in the car on the way to the airport, in the airport and on the plane. If anyone says one word to me, just one word…and just dare them to look at me funny.

It also looks like the vote is leaning towards the longer length wig. It should be fun at the consultation on Saturday.

One last thing before I crash to the ground. In yesterday’s post I mentioned that my child “hated” China and someone mentioned in the comments that a little tolerance would be nice so I felt that I should clarify a few things…even though I did this in the comments.

I’m a responsible parent and I’m not about to defend myself as a parent to the internet because it’s not necessary. “Hate” is a very strong word and a very strong emotion. I believe I mentioned that in yesterday’s post and to my daughter, however the discussion with Teenie was in much more depth. I teach my children about tolerance, patience and understanding for all people. I teach them about diversity because that is exactly how I was raised by my mother.

Teenie is eight years old and gifted. I have an IEP from the school district to accommodate her learning needs because she’s more intelligent than the grand majority of her peers. I don’t say that to impress you or to brag about my child. I mention it because she understands a hell of a lot more than most eight year olds understand about the world so having a conversation about China, the environment, how products are manufactured, the conditions people work under and what’s in those products is something she can understand…on her level.

In frustration Teenie wants to boycott all products made in China not by my suggestion but by her own accord. It’s a very difficult thing to do which makes her more frustrated. Especially when she wants a new pair of Hannah Montana sunglasses…Made In China.

At no point am I teaching either child that Chinese people are bad people. In fact I’ve tried to explain that the Chinese people live under the rule of Communism and many times have their voices and opinions oppressed by the government. I did my senior project for my undergraduate degree on the very subject last October.

In teaching them the truth about the world they have a better understanding about how lucky they are to live in the United States and in my house where I allow them to have choices. Hey, I have to get my parenting angle in somewhere you know.

So, if in the discussion with my children I have taught them some kind of intolerance for people who are different or intolerance for different cultures then I’ve completely missed the mark. Report me to the DHS or something because quite frankly I think I’ve got it right…much more so than most parents or we would not have so much hatred in this world.

(Getting off the mommy blogger soap box now.)

Now, can we all go back to the gooey love-fest we were feeling when we started this post? After all, it is you who restored my faith in humanity, kindness and giving…

Happy Birthday Miss Ann

Hey Miss Ann! Happy Birthday!

After every thing Miss Ann has done to raise money for my family won’t you please go wish her a Happy Birthday?

Yipee! I Love Mail!!!

Yesterday morning was quite tragic. As I was getting ready for work I reached to the top shelf of my closet for a pair of shoes. Unfortunately the box was wedged in between five other boxes and as I pulled the box out I caused an avalanche of 30 boxes to tumble down. The result was boxes of shoes clobbering me in the head and mouth…and a big fat bloody lip.

Go ahead, laugh at the girl with cancer you sick bastards. Sure, you think it was funny. Everyone thought it was funny. It made me extremely late for work because I got blood on my clothes.

As a result my hair was left to it’s own devices and had to go curly. My face? Oh Lord, it got nothing but foundation, mascara and lipstick. That’s a great look for someone who is sick and wants to look like the walking dead.

When I got home there were packages waiting for me!!! This totally made my day.

First I received a t-shirt from Dave of Blogography. I’ve wanted a Bad Monkey t-shirt for so long! This is so going to Disney with me! You can get your own here!

By the way I don’t always look like shit.

Notice the lamp in the lower left? That’s one of my favorite lamps!

Then there was another package. I love this hat from Miss Britt.  She totally rocks and I will give her a big hug and kiss at TequilaCon when I see her on May 3rd.

I don’t mean to say that I will leave Dave out of the kissing and hugging either because he will also be at TequilaCon…I’ll give him a kiss and hug too.  Hell, I’ll just make it a lovefest and kiss everyone.   Why don’t I just get a room…Oh, I’m not going there.

Do I look like I’m going to kick cancer’s ass or what???

You can get your own hat here.

Thanks Dave and Britt! Dude says that I had the biggest smile on my face he’s seen all week.  I think he mentioned the word “beaming” and “happiness”.