I went to work, and then bees attacked

First of all, I have to admit that I, shockingly, made a mistake.  I thought we had our family zoom happy hour on Sunday, June 7th, but it was actually on Saturday the 6th.  GASP. 

It was a Bon Voyage theme for Nick, because he was leaving to go back out to sea.  He was actually in a hotel room in Galveston, TX for this one.  He got on his ship the next day. 

OK, now we can continue on in the correct timeline. 

On Sunday the 7th I put the second coat of paint on the step and then removed the tape. 

It was also Cancer Survivors Day, so I took these pictures for social media.  

I planned a surprise Boys State zoom for my dad that evening, since Boys State was canceled this year and it would have ended the day before. 

There isn't a single picture from Monday, June 8th, and I couldn't tell you a single thing that happened that day. 

I went to work for the first time in three months on Tuesday the 9th.  I parked outside the fence, took some stuff into my office, copied some files from my computer, printed a few things, got materials to bring home, and left.  I was there for one hour. 

I brought this sloth stuff from home.  They had been hanging on our bed frame for a year and a half. 

I was doing a zoom speech therapy session that day when our neighbor came over to tell us we had a huge swarm of bees in our backyard tree.  Well, damn.  

I went out there to inspect.  Yep.  Huge swarm of bees. 

I thought this picture at this angle looked like an old man. 

Can you see it?!

We called a bee removal service and they got to our house within two hours.  We paid extra to relocate the bees.  I didn't want to kill them.  

He basically climbed up the ladder, used a knife to cut half the swarm from the tree and then trapped them in a box.  Then he did it again with the other half of the swarm.  Then he drove them in their boxes to a mesquite grove in Mesa.  $175 for that.  

The excitement of the bees behind us, I added the decor back to the step that afternoon.  Can you see the dusty footsteps. I'm still debating if I can live with it.  Oh, and I also painted the strip at the bottom.  

Pictures of the living room on Wednesday the 10th.  We've basically replaced all of the furniture except the black shelves, and shifted everything, and moved all of the artwork.   

I love it! We should have done this years ago. 

Michael and I had happy hour in the pool that day.  

There is nothing to report from Thursday the 11th.  There aren't even any pictures. 

Same for Friday the 12th.  All I have to show is our family zoom happy hour.  There was a Flag Day theme. 

I put up all of the patriotic decor on Saturday the 13th.  I like to leave it up from Flag Day to at least a week after the 4th of July.

I took a picture of the hutch before I took it apart.  

And my hair was looking nice and long after a shower that day.  Hair on my neck!  My actual neck! 

One year of hair growth, post-chemo

I took my one year of hair growth post-chemo pictures on June 4th. I think this post is mostly self-explanatory. 

And all of the grids!

I even made an epic grid out of all of the previous grids! 

June starts with a bang, er, a pain

I woke up at 5:30 in the morning on Monday, June 1st, with shortness of breath and severe chest pain.  I decided to go to the ER around 7:30 am, and then I spent about five hours there. They did a full work up- blood work, chest x-ray, and a CT scan- and everything came back normal.  They diagnosed me with chest pain.  Well, thanks a lot.  I already knew that!

I have not been diagnosed with this, but this is honestly what I think happened. It's very common after mastectomy and chest surgery, and I had plenty of those last year.  I even had three different pieces of my rib cartilage removed during my reconstruction in December. 

I took a percocet on Monday night, slept for about 11 hours that night, and felt much better on Tuesday, June 2nd.   I was still in pain most of the day, but it completely disappeared by 5 pm. 

Elliott finished reading the 5th Harry Potter on the day I spent in the ER, but we had to wait a few days for the movie party because of my mystery pain. We did it on Wednesday, June 3rd.  But first I had to give Michael an early Father's Day present (or maybe a late birthday present), so we could use them for the party.  

New Hogwarts House plates! 

Our menu was based on this passage in the book:

"She drew out a chair, knocking over the one beside it in the process.

'What do you want, Harry?' Mrs. Weasley called. 'Porridge? Muffins? Kippers? Bacon and eggs? Toast?'

'Just--just toast, thanks,' said Harry."

In case you are curious, kipper is smoked herring.  I was shocked I could get it in an online grocery order from Fry's.   

It looks disgusting, but it was delicious! 

I went in for an ultrasound on Thursday morning, June 4th. It was actually already scheduled before the ER visit, so it was related, but not related. 

There are ZERO pictures from Friday the 5th.  We actually didn't have a Friday family zoom happy hour for the first time since lockdown started in March.  We did it on Sunday instead.

On Saturday the 6th I painted the concrete on the step by the door. 

Before 

After the first coat.  I'm still debating if I want to keep it this color.  I love it, and I think it's gorgeous, but it shows dusty footprints and that drives me crazy.  

And finally, Spencer's 12 year 9 month picture.  

Up next: one year of hair growth post chemo!