Y’all. The last couple of weeks have been SO BORING.*

Which is, well, AWESOME.

This has been our first 3 week stretch without a procedure or chemo since September. P had a quick check up with Dr. Parsons and a pre-surgical appointment at UNC, but other than that, we’ve just been going about our routines. Family dinner. Trips to Marbles Kids Museum. Street festival downtown. Low key hangs with friends. We even went to dinner and a show at DPAC last night.

Preston went on a 6-mile hike the week after his last lung surgery. It has become clear to me that he is a mutant.

Or perhaps a smartass, cancer-surviving super hero. (though more like Ryan Reynolds before all that creepy scarring. Also, his hair has gotten so much thicker!)

Now, of course, after this weekend, it’s 3-5 days at UNC for a liver surgery, but these last few days have been lovely. Preston has felt good enough to help around the house and we’re nearly to “Laundry Zero.” I even had time to work outside in the yard some on Saturday while the boys napped.

I’m apprehensive about re-entry into the world. I fear that the waiting between tests and blood work will be stressful, but I keep reminding myself that it is SO MUCH BETTER than doctors appointments, surgeries and especially chemo.

I have renewed a focus on my own health after being so focused on P’s for the last 9 months. As a bit of an emotional eater** I have been making excuses for lots of yummy let totally unsatisfying treats. I’m hoping to find some more balance, and P is 100% supportive. He even helped me prep my lunches for the week which was a huge help.

An added bonus, eating a healthy diet is a critical success factor in avoiding recurrence of colon cancer.

I try not to get wrapped up in my weight, but I do want to be able to run and play and hike and tap and that is all harder if you’re not at least a little bit conscious of your weight. Accepting your body and weight and all that is fantastic – I’m a fan of radical self-acceptance! – but that really doesn’t work if you can’t physically do the things you want to do.

As always, thanks for your support during the hectic times and we look forward to being able to spend more time with everyone as soon as we’re through this last surgery!

*I did get strep throat in there somewhere, and Conor tested positive but had no symptoms, but even that felt mundane.

** A bit? #understatement #let’sbereal,girl.