Let Them Eat Cake

White cake with vanilla filling and plain buttercream frosting.  I thought there should be some chocolate in there, but not my day so not my choice! (Though I did sneak some in by frosting the extra sheet cake in chocolate buttercream.)

< 24

In less than 24 hours my sister had a baby, my favorite second-cousin got himself engaged, and I found out one of my close friends is moving to my city this Friday. 

Good, good week! :)  Happy 4th (tomorrow) everyone!

Gretchen Rubin

"Forbearance is a form of generosity."

(For Rachel G.  Here's that quote from The Happiness Project you asked for!)

Run, Katie, Run!

Seriously, watching that girl come out of her marriage is like watching a friend leave her abusive man that you've never liked.  Maybe she'll start smiling again.

The ACA is why I have health insurance today

BUT
I am quite upset that the Supreme Court upheld the part that said it is mandatory for Americans to purchase health care.  The entire ACA wasn't bad; that part was.

Half Dome

If I compare life to a hike -

with all its twists and vistas and up hills and down -

and see the final destination 

not

as the summit,

but 

as the moment we get to go Home and 

have showers and 

lie down in our nice comfy beds of rest...

then I want you with me on the descent.

Of Wedding Cakes and Government Insurance

This weekend was a good reminder of why I'm getting surgery. Months ago I volunteered to make my friends' wedding cake. They're young and fresh out of college and I like to do that for people who don't have tons of cash. So they're getting married today. And sitting on the cake table is a gorgeous cake with gorgeous flowers that I poured probably 15 hours of my life into and I desperately hope they like it.

But I'm not at the wedding I was supposed to attend. And my dad had to drive me there and stand by my side while I set up the cake. And the cake itself looks different from what the bride and I discussed. Because. Because yesterday, cake-frosting day, I unexpectedly started my period and was laid up for hours and was crying in the bathroom half the night and have been hugging my heating pad to my body as if to let go would be to lose my soul.

 I don't want to miss anymore weddings.

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PCIP: Pre-existing Condition Insurance Policy. This is a government insurance policy I was told about recently. I applied, was accepted, and they'll be coving about $10,000 of my surgery expenses! What a blessing from our sweet God. My sister Bekah will be changing the fundraiser to reflect the new projected cost of the surgery, so stay tuned for that. I'll still need somewhere between ten and fifteen thousand from my end, so if you're still thinking of donating please do! And thanks to those who already have. As strange as it sounds, I can't wait to have surgery!!

(PS I'll post a picture of the cake sometime.  Right now I'm going back to my heating pad. :)