This morning I had an invitation to the official kick-off meeting of the Safeway Women's Networking Group. Since I've been basically living in sweats for 7 months it felt very strange getting 'dressed up'. I felt uncomfortable and stiff in the suit I wore. I applied a small amount of make-up, which I am also not used to doing lately. And made the mistake of trying to put mascara onto what eyelashes I have left. I wound up with big black splotches on my eyelid. The only thing I seemed to get right this morning was my pencilled on eyebrows...they were the same shape--yay! When I arrived at the meeting I was relieved to feel so welcomed. Everybody wanted to know how I was doing and when I'd be back. It was a big hug-fest =) Our meeting started and we had a guest speaker, Deborah Hope from the Global TV news hour. It's always cool to see people from TV in person. She spoke about life-work balancing. I found it interesting that she talked about finding time for work, kids, and husband, but she didn't talk about time for yourself. I thought that in a room full of women who work too much it needed to be stated because if you don't find time to take care of yourself first you can't possibly have quality time to spend with anyone else. After Deborah's speech the chairperson, who also happens to be one of my major mentors at Safeway, continued with the meeting. She began to introduce someone that they where very happy to have with them today and as she began to talk about this person's story I realized she was talking about me! I had no idea, I was humbled and honored. And I received a roaring round of applause when she announced that after 7 months of fighting I had been diagnosed as cancer-free. What a day.