Day 166: Surgeryland recovery and Lindy's Venetian bracelet

At 3am this morning, our bedroom became a bit of a circus - Rob heard Molly awake downstairs, so he went to investigate, 10 minutes later he returns with Angus and Molly in tow. We set Angus up on a mattress on the floor, while Molly made herself comfortable on our bed and took up all the room! It was a rough couple of hours trying to carve out some space until dawn when I eventually fell back to sleep. We need to get strict with Miss M from now on!

After a late breakfast courtesy of Rob, Angus and I drove to the park to meet he and Molly for a lovely morning walk in the warm winter sunshine. We returned home to do some baking for tonight and prepare for afternoon tea with Angus' friend, Cohen, and his lovely Mum, Kathryn, who has done some much to support us over the past 6 months. It was a relaxed afternoon with Angus and Cohen doing their thing while Rob, Kathryn and I had great chat about our precious, loving, funny and sensitive boys.

At 5pm we headed over to Cazy's house for dinner. The Thompson's are away on holidays in Europe, and Lindy and Chris are staying there for a brief break;  James and Ollie -  the sleepy-headed teenagers-  have now decamped over there too. Paulie and Jai also came over for dinner but sadly not Geeta, who stayed home with a heavy cold.  We had a delicious meal and a great catch up; it was especially nice to see Chris after a couple of months, and to hear how happy he is in his new job.

Two nights out in a row and I'm starting to feel it, but it's been really nice to get out and about. I'm really enjoying the feeling of being more comfortable in my own skin and not feeling like every cell in my body is under assault. The chemo fog is also starting to lift, though I notice struggle to find nouns from time to time. I have more medical appointments early this week, but am looking forward to some Dr free time and some time away from Sydney later in the week.

Today I was wearing the lovely petite owl studs Chris bought me during Chemo, along with a pretty blue/purple and coffee coloured beaded bracelet Lindy bought me from Venice when she and Chris were there last year. I'm a spoilt girl, that's for sure.