Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): Welcome to chemo week! Thursday, May 12 I have my first weekly chemo date with the drug Taxol. I will have a more thorough post about that tomorrow. I am also meeting virtually with the reconstruction team twice this month: once on Tuesday and again on May 23. Going to learn alllll the things. Today I have a special announcement!

TO THE LONG VERSION!

Drum roll please… I have mentioned a couple of times that I am planning something BIG for my 30th birthday this year. It wasn’t enough for me to have cancer walking into my 30’s. I decided fuck I need to throw myself a party. I might die! Living three decades and then your body tries to take you out?! That is worth celebrating and fucking around with! So, I am planning a charity art fundraiser benefitting the Tri-Cities Cancer Center Foundation and I expect every single one of you die hard blog followers to be there because seriously those of you who have stuck around to read my rambles and stories deserve a drink.

Here is the problem I am having: I am enduring cancer treatment and planning a massive event while working full time and trying to exist as a human in this world. I love planning events. I think it is a random hobby I do really well. But I need a little bit of help. If you’re willing to help me plan this event, do you mind messaging me? I know it is a lot to ask, but I realize if I want this to be successful, I need a little extra help to make sure I have all my ducks in a row. Or, if you’d like to donate to this event, I’d love to chat with you as well. There are still options for me to have additional sponsors and work with organizations/businesses. We can arrange some social media acknowledgements and day-of acknowledgements.

Okay, going to pull off my marketing hat now and put on my ~artist~ hat. If you are an artist reading this or know of an artist that would be interested in donating art for this event, please CLICK THIS LINK. Although there will not be a kickback in proceeds to artists at this event, all donations made will go towards the Tri-Cities Cancer Center Foundation and provide resources for patient-focused support services. I realize this is a tough ask of my artist friends since I truly believe artists should be paid for their work and that exposure is never enough. But if you would like to make an exception and have your art up at this event, I would love to have you!

Again here is the link again. Click me! Please fill it out. It is not only a consent form, but also includes information on how all of this is going to work. Artists of all ages are invited to submit.

Oh and here is the Facebook event! Share with yo friends!

Today’s song lyric of the day is brought to you by Rebecca Black. This song is my life anthem.

“Friday, Friday
Gettin’ down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend

Partyin’, partyin’ (Yeah)
Partyin’, partyin’ (Yeah)
Fun, fun, fun, fun
Lookin’ forward to the weekend”

– Friday, Rebecca Black