One year ago today–July 14, 2009–I finished (oh, wait…I “sucessfully completed”) alllllllllllll treatments for breast cancer. WOO!!! HOOO!!!

And in celebration I had a bad hair day. You have no idea how good it feels to have a bad hair day again.

Also, there was this video clip, sent to me by a client:  “Bald Head Blues”

And then there was thai food and a nice dry Gewurztraminer shared with Chris (Okay, Seamus got a little chicken satay without the peanut sauce).

For now, all is right with the world.

Tomorrow, I have to remember to make my mammogram appointment. But tonight…it’s all good. (Here’s where you break into your choice of a) I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor, b) Eye of the Tiger by Survivor, or c) theme song to Survivor…depending on how much Gewurztraminer you’ve had).

We are indeed back from a fantastic trip to Geneva, Switzerland and various regions in southern France. Chris and I have, however, both had serious jet lag like we’ve never had before (so I guess that means I can’t chock it up to another chemo side-effect; hmmm…age?), so I haven’t had a chance to blog–oh, and we were staying in a gorgeous but wi-fi challenged bed & breakfast, so I had no opportunity to blog while on vacation. I hope you don’t mind, but I kinda liked being mostly away from the computer for a couple of weeks.

At any rate, as you can see, the lavender was in bloom…as were the sunflowers and a few patches of the Provencal red poppies were also still hanging out. More pictures later. But it’s nice to think that this time last year I was a cancer patient just finishing up my final two weeks of radiation and still bald…and now, look! C’est la vie, indeed.