still no news

OK, Tuesday came and went and I did not get a phone call from Texas. I postponed my mastectomy to a date to be determined in the future.. I am hoping that I will hear something (good) tomorrow.

My sister left this morning, she had come to help out during/after the surgery, but since I didn't have the surgery, we ended up having some good time together. As I had promised myself we spent this last week with activities that kept us busy and happy:

On Wednesday we all went to the rec center pool in Fruita. It was fun (I do not have any pictures unfortunately). The girls enjoyed it and keep asking when we can go again.

On Thursday we went Christmas tree hunting. I had gone by some stores the day before but nothing had looked promising. So I called around, and one store said that they had some, so we rushed there, but all they had was artificial trees. Dan and Deniz were not crazy about artificial trees so we started driving around and finally found one on the other side of the town (GJ is small so I cannot complain :) ). Best of all, they were FREE!!! of course, being as late as we were to get a tree, the store decided they were not selling them any more, and it is a nice tree. The girls and I worked together to get it in our van, it wasn't easy but we are resourceful ;)

Friday was spent with decorating the tree and watching Little House on the Prairie. As Dan took the girls for dinner to his dad's house, my mom, sister and I went out to dinner. Did you know that most dishes in Olive Garden have around 1000 cals in them???

Saturday, we baked pies, Dan prepared enchiladas, Deniz went to ballet in the morning... One of Dan's good friends from grad school came to spend Christmas with us. We had grandpa over for dinner and let the girls open a few of their presents.

On Sunday morning the girls went crazy with present opening (I really am not too fond of the whole consumerism of Christmas but this being the first Christmas that we spent at our home - usually we go down to Arizona to spend it with Dan's family, I lost control, and they also got presents from their Grandpa, my mom and sister.. wow, talk about present overload). In the afternoon we went on a hike to Liberty Cap, which is a structure in the Colorado National Monument, it is a total of 3 mile hike, but a lot of altitude gain (~1200 feet), and I was amazed that we all made it up to the top, even the girls!! I was very proud of my sister, too, because she is not the regular hiking type..

Yesterday, Dan went to work for a few hours, but was home early enough to go sledding. We went up to Bangs Canyon and the girls sled and sled and sled...

Today was a little stressful because I was actually expecting the phone call, but we had our friends over for "tea" and that lightened up our moods.

So now that it is after 5 pm in Houston, I am actually a little less stressed, I know there won't be a call till tomorrow. I will try to keep myself calm. Whenever I feel my liver, I imagine holding it in my arms and petting it, caressing it .. helping it to heal.. Please please please let it be something not too serious....