Third chemo infusion today! Third times a charm as they say and only 3 more to go! I just hope this one goes as well as the last one. I am sure it will, as it is the first day of Advent - a time for patience, hope, love, joy, and peace!

Patience! I sometimes have difficulty with waiting! Waiting in line, being put on hold, waiting for test results, waiting for the internet to boot up, waiting, waiting, waiting! Waiting for my next chemo treatment! I just want to get it over with! Let's just do the next three infusions this week! Put that poison in me, lets get all this over with sooner than later. Hopefully, in the near future they will discover a way to cure Cancer with out chemo. Lets pray the next generation can just take a pill, or remove whatever it is in our environment that is causing this epidemic of breast cancer! Thank God for my surgeon (Dr. Bodai), his wonderful and very funny assistant (Terese Nakata), my oncologist (Dr. Hui) and all the nurses in the infusion room at Kaiser. Yes, God has blessed me with the best treatment and a good prognosis.

I think this will be the week I let the children draw on my bald head! They have been patient enough - asking nearly every day if today is the day. Washable markers only please! Maybe I can hang up my hat for awhile, we have some wonderful artists in Kindergarten. Maybe I can be the next "Bald Lisa"!

Not being in the classroom is what troubles me most. Today is a very special day - we bless the Advent wreath and light one purple candle. The children so enjoy this time of year! Waiting for Santa but most important waiting for the birth of baby Jesus. I am so excited! I purchased a new Nativity scene for the children. Of course, baby Jesus will not be present until after December 25! They always ask why and I say "Be patient he has even been born yet!" Yes the wonderful life of a Kindergarten teacher.

I love my job!