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Absolutely the Best Entertainment & It's Free

Who doesn't like to watch people?  Seriously?  That might be the most entertaining pasttime that costs absolutely nothing. 

We just returned from a trip to our nation's capitol, Washington D.C., and let me tell you, it is a great place to watch people. 

Over the next week or so, I will be sharing some of our adventures there with you.  We had a great time, and experienced new things.  We also have ideas of what we would like to do the next time we visit there.

We set out to walk the Mall, and encountered many people roaming around with signs. 

I'm not sure if you can read those or not, but they say "I Am the Pro-Life Generation."  There were people all over DC carrying signs like these, and other signs as well.

You see, it was the anniverary of the Roe v. Wade case.  Pro-life and pro-choice signs were every where!  People were standing on the corners handing out signs for those that didn't bring their own.  As for me and my group, we just kept on walking.  Walking and watching is how we rolled. 

It was really interesting to see how far people had come to stand for their beliefs. There were buses from Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, and New York.  A very nice couple of elderly ladies told us they were from North Dakota. 

There were both young and old carrying signs.  Many of the pro-life generation sign holders weren't even a glimmer in their momma's eyes in 1973, but it is something is studied in school. 

Every monument we went to there were protestors.  This young lady was looking up at the new Martin Luther King, Jr. sculpture.  It is awesome!

I am telling you, they were every where!

We live in a great country!  I am so thankful that we live in a place where we can take a stand for what we believe in, voice our opinions, and not be punished for either.  Now, some people take this a little too far, and I will show you some photos of that sometime soon. 

It was cold and rainy that day, but it didn't stip them for protesting or us from walking and watching. 

The weather added a different element to our day.  As I stood next to the statue of three soldiers looking at the Wall, the Vietnam Memorial, and I saw the raindrops streaming down their faces like tears it made me even more emotional.  The first time I saw the Wall it was unbelievably moving, but the sun was shining, so just that one element had changed and it was a downright breathtaking moment. 

After walking the Mall, we went to the American History Museum and look what we saw.

How fitting for the 39th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

 

Let Me Clear A Few Things Up

I have to say that this photo has nothing to do with this post.  I just like it. :) 

Yesterday, I posted a photo and asked you guys to guess my location.  You all guessed correctly, but I think I need to explain what I was doing there.

Yes, I was getting a treatment.

Yes, I am finished with chemo.

Part of my treatment plan is receiving a years worth of Herceptin treatments.  Let me tell you a little bit about the Herceptin treatments.  After reading this, I hope you will have a better idea what this step is for, and what it is like for me.

Herceptin treats breast cancer that is Human Epidermal growth factor Receptor 2 positive (+), otherwise known as HER2+.  Herceptin is a targeted treatment, and is designed to target cells with the HER2 receptors, which may help cancer from growing.

My Herceptin treatments are every three weeks, and are administered just like the chemo treatments.  They use my port to give me these treatments, and the actual treatment lasts approximately 90 minutes. 

The nice thing about the Herceptin is that it doesn't have the side effects that the chemo did.  I don't have to worry about my cell count going down, my hair falling out, or everything tasting like metal.

So, when I mention that I am going in for a treatment you will know that it is just a Herceptin treatment. 

Thanks for all of your nice emails, and comments of concern.  I am doing great!  Later this week I plan on showing you what the first step of the expanders looks like. 

More Cupcakes

I told you that I'd post about the other cupcakes we went after today.

We went to Georgetown Cupcakes, aka DC Cupcakes. DC Cupcakes is the name of a television show on TLC. A couple of friends and I headed off on the trolley to get some more cupcakes.

Here I got, Vanilla-Chocolate, Chocolate2 (which is supposed to be chocolate squared), and birthday cake.

After trying each of the cupcakes, we decided that Georgetown Cupcakes had the better cupcakes.

Where do you get your favorite cupcakes? Or do you make your own?

Cupcake Testing

Today, I am tasting different cupcakes. First, we tried cupcakes from Red Velvet Cupcakery.

We tried Cookies & Cream, Birthday Cake, and Black Velvet.

This afternoon we will be trying some others. I'll fill you in on those later today.