Changing Seasons

I've been a bit rubbish at blipping- I still don't have any space on my Mac or my phone to upload and edit anything! I think I've managed- via a rather long-winded approach- to email them to myself ready for uploading. 

It's been a crappy couple of weeks to be honest. My lovely friend who I wrote about sadly got the results of her biopsy and was told she has breast cancer. Words can't describe how wretched we all feel, and how we can't really believe that this is happening to her. 

I really hoped that her lump would turn out to be nothing, but deep down I knew it would be the dreaded c-word. She's been a trouper though, coming into school for most of the few days she's had left before the plan was decided, and managed to distract herself enough to get through the days. 

I'm going to miss her at work so bloody much, she's my right hand man! So it's been a teary and emotional couple of weeks, but the good news is that she is a glass-half full person anyways, and although she's worried about what's coming, she knows she got a great support network around her. In fact, she's actually had to turn her phone off eventually in the evenings, as in her own words "it's been lit up like a Christmas tree!".

She's starting chemotherapy on Wednesday, and it's going to take a long time to get her well. I'm going to try to find a little gift to give her for the first treatment, something to ease the boredom and perhaps entertain her but I'm not sure what yet.

I just can't believe she's going to have to go through all this, it feels very surreal. It doesn't help that I'm having my shoulder done in a week's time so I'll be off too, which is a bit sad for the children in our class, but I'm sure they'll cope, and my absence shall only be temporary. 

What something like cancer does do is make you reflect on where you are in life, and what you want, as none of us really know what's around the corner.