Miami, my ami, et mes amis

I went to Miami and it was simply wonderful! What an amazing city. It stole my heart, as they say. I'm not even normally too much of a beach & ocean kinda person, but C'MON. This place is beautiful. And the fact I got to escape the cold harsh winter of Montreal to go? Simply amazing. In fact, there was a blizzard the very day I left Montreal! It was so wonderful being on the beach (we stayed in South Beach) every day, walking through the sand, by the palm trees, hitting the outdoor clubs...

Going back to Montreal was tough, but on the bright side, Mike (my husband) was coming with me, as he's home for the Christmas holidays. :) So, that's pretty awesome, to put it mildly. Christmas break 'officially' started (as in, schools are closed) the day before yesterday (Friday) and last night, Mike and I rented out a hotel room with some friends to celebrate those who donated funds to the Light the Night foundation, for Leukemia and Lymphoma research. It was so much fun! I have nothing but unmeasurable amounts of love and respect for my friends for donating their bucks to cancer research and towards hopefully one day finding a cure; the LEAST I could do in return is throw them some kind of party. I am blessed to be surrounded by such incredible and caring people!

Triggers are weird, unpredictable, nasty little things.

Holiday travel

Christmas time! One of my favourite times of the year. I gotta change my layout to something Christmas-related. But I update my blog so unfrequently, it'll probably end up getting stuck with that layout til like mid-January. :P But then again...does that matter? hahaha.

Sometimes I have super clear random memories of being in the hospital and I'm just so GLAD to not be in there that I'm just so chill with whatever happens in my life otherwise; like, I don't care about anything that happens pretty much as long as I don't have to be in the hospital again. But sometimes that's kind of a vicious circle, and counter-productively (for lack of a better word) causes anxiety, as I'll think about how happy I am to be where I am, and I don't want anything to stop that happiness and take it away from me, so I'll get anxious about getting sick again and having to return to the hospital, thus having that comfort taken away. Vicious circle bullshit! lol

I'm leaving for Miami on Wednesday to meet up with my husband. I'm staying there for a week and then we're coming back together. He's going to stay here in Montreal for the Christmas holidays, so he'll be here for Christmas and New Year's, which is beyond wonderful! He goes back to the US on January 2nd though, so it'll pass by much too fast, I'm afraid. Next time I see him after that is in mid-February, when I'll be visiting him in Calgary.