Hello people! Just checking in and hoping you all had a great Thanksgiving. I have a lot to be thankful for this year… although I caught myself doing a lot of looking back and looking forward to different (and arguably) better times. I guess that is just how it goes sometimes. But moving forward while constantly looking back can make you trip over things. True I think.
On the really bright side for me, Seattle’s Fall has been going off, rad colors and weathery weather. I have been spending my time surrounded by rad friends: bouldering, snowboarding, seeing good music and getting my creative on. There have been lots of experiences recently that I am filing away under Good Shit That Has Happened During This Shitty Shit. Opening weekend at Mt. Baker, having my family come to Seattle to hang, chatting daily with my Doug Friends, making miniature model lands come to life, jogging through fall colors, bouldering in Yosemite… there have been lots of things to put into The Good Shit folder. I love that.
The most recent chemotherapy treatments are hitting me hard right after I get them, but then I kind of bounce back… not feeling totally normal then, but at least better. I hit the bouldering gym a couple times a week (outdoor season is a bit dampened) and have been running a couple times a week, too. Stoked about that stuff, always. Anyhow, tomorrow (Friday) is my second-to-last treatment, so that is progress.
Friends all around: you are ridiculously rad in all ways. Just one very visible example… thank you to our friend Holly for taking some bald photos of Charlie and me. It is virtually impossible to ask me to like a picture of myself in the state I am in… but your pictures did it. What a fun (and cold) evening that was at Discovery! File that away under Good Shit That Has Happened. For sure.
Check out her site for some photo inspiration: http://hollyannephoto.com/
Mindful Creative // December 1, 2011