Today's Blessing

Once upon a time... Rachel totally got a car today!! Well, Rachel and her brother Micah, but Micah can't drive yet, so Rachel totally got a car today!! My parents drove up in a silver car this morning and I asked whose car it was. They looked at each other, then looked at us, then said the most magical words ever, "It's yours." AAAAAAAAHH!!!! Immediately cheering and celebrating occurred as Micah and I jumped up and down and thanked our parents. Then we promptly got in the car and took it for a spin. It is a silver 2000 Toyota Avalon. Ooooh yeah. Who's driving in style now? That's right. The bald girl. Be jealous. I know I would be if I had hair and didn't have a car.I'm so excited, now I can drive up to Rexburg to see Skyler and all of my other friends! Yay!

My parents decided to get another car because I have to go to work and get radiation treatment every day, and it would cause a lot of problems transportation wise. Also for Micah to learn on. Plus, they had a frustrating day related to our car and truck the other day, so that influenced them to get another car. It is a major blessing that is for sure.

I start my radiation treatment on Tuesday. I went for my run through yesterday and they showed me everything that is going to happen. I think I will take pictures for everyone to see. The technicians are very kind and I get to look at a landscape picture on the ceiling. They marked me with marker and took a picture to show the radiologist where exactly the treatment will be, and I told them that that was the most revealing picture I have ever had taken of me. (Or ever again, thank you very much!) They just laughed. I think that they will become my friends. I can already tell because they laugh at my jokes.

I am feeling very well. It is amazing how not having drugs and steroids in your system makes you feel healthy. Hooray for no chemo! I can't say that enough. I had to get my blood drawn yesterday, and they had to flush with the nasty heparin. Lame. Sauce. It only made me throw up a little bit though, and they got my port on the 1 1/2 time they tried. (They had to wiggle the needle around a bit. That numbing cream is a life savor, I'll tell you what.) My iron levels are always low, but I already knew that, but now I have found out that I have low D levels as well. So I have to take some pills to boost that so I can be healthy. I could just go tanning, but that could lead to cancer, and we don't want that again now do we? No, no. (Plus every time I have gone I get itchy, and hardly any color. I am just an itchy albino. A bald one at that. But my freckles make me look kinda tan... Not really.)

So all in all, I am well. I am steadily getting better, and soon this will all be a thing of the past. I can tell that I have changed though. Comparing myself now to how I was at the beginning, is so different. But in a good way. Heavenly Father has been with me and has helped me in ways I never knew possible. I am so grateful to him. Aaah!! I love him!! He is so great!