 Hi guys, it's Monica. Welcome to my weekly vlog Yes, I think this is the third week in a row that I've done a vlog. Oh my gosh Even when I don't have much to share so in this episode, I'm gonna be sharing with you a little bit of my week Nothing super exciting, but I wanted to share with you the results of the sandcastle contest I wanted to show you what the number one winning sandcastle was and then just take you along with me as we went to a RV motorhome sort of like a grand opening of an RV store Which was sort of a bust but we had fun and then just a little bit of everything that I went through this week And at the end and way more importantly than anything else. I truly believe that together we can create a Sort of a ripple effect of compassion and really help transform The life of a very special special lady here on YouTube So if you're curious Stay tuned and watch to the end. Thank you so much So I'm wearing my seatbelt over my chest Is that a behind my back last few times I've been in the car I was at the seatbelt behind my back because I didn't want that pressure on my chest So J and I are on our way to go to my sister's we are running a tad bit late whoops and We're running a tad bit late because I got I got stuck in in the Walgreens It was like I had to pick up a card and there was One register that was malfunctioning and there was only one register open So it ended up being like this crazy Delay in you know getting trying to get someone else to open a register and then it's just one thing after another took forever So that kind of way late us. I think almost by 15 minutes or so or longer Yeah, it's like crazy But we're on our way to Adelina's second birthday party. So I don't know that should be I don't know who's gonna all be there, but that should be fun and Tomorrow we're actually going to the Is it camping? campers in they're having a grand opening and a new location So some of you may be interested in that or not, but I'm obviously share some of the footage I'm looking forward to that. I'm gonna do that with Mike and Judy And this morning I ended up this is just gonna be a warning for you guys, right? So if you get kind of grossed out at sparse, I'll tell you where not to look but So this morning when I ended up taking my shower, I Because they haven't been able to take my band-aid off But this morning it came off and it was horrified I was like fainted in this shower when I looked down and I saw my scurry just I knew it was I knew it was gonna Have a scar I mean I knew there was gonna be a scar there because I she was explaining the procedure to me I didn't expect it to be I'm quick that big I guess for that long, right? Yeah, but what did you think about three and a half inches? So I'm gonna superimpose a photo here So close your eyes But as you can see it's pretty red and and and pretty ugly looking I am going to be on Monday going for my post op and At that point in time, I'll probably get clearance to start using scaraway so I'm gonna kind of follow the progression of that scar as well and But just having the clean pathology report as I mentioned in my previous video that was like That was huge huge. Oh my gosh, you know that made me feel like a Weight had just been lifted off my my shoulder and and I just I just felt like I could smile and honesty You know like a real smile instead of like a like a forced happy smile So anyways, um, yeah, so this week this vlog is not gonna be, you know Probably super exciting because there'll be some camping stuff in there and we brought our motorhome over to Complete RV in the town next to us yesterday, right? We did that yesterday and he's gonna be working on the awning over the slide window putting that up. We had ordered that but I Know that everyone follows there are camping stuff that I talk about Yeah, we've got a little bit of a dilemma with windows. So we're hoping that we get that resolved somehow some way soon But yeah, I'm surprised I haven't heard anything yet. Yeah Yeah, I'm surprised too. I would have thought they might have called and just given you kind of an update And you know who knows We do a fourth of July plans with the RV And that should be really I think lots of fun I'm assuming this is gonna go live before The fourth of July stuff that we add on so this vlog will probably be short because it's kind of nothing much At least at this point not much to talk about I'll probably include a little bit of footage from the birthday party with all the kiddos running around Exciting but for sure tomorrow we do the camping bit This little or big tons of motorcycles ahead of us Feel bad to them too. Jay was saying it's raining They must have some sort of a rally or some sort of ride or whatever, but we're definitely going to be very late to Heidi's oh My gosh, it's been and then we went to the Grand opening and walked all around and no, we didn't buy a new RV But we had fun with our friends. It didn't take a lot of pitches though And then Jay and I decided to go to the beach Never an ocean first Considering they traveled all that way from Germany You know She just you know where dad would love to come up here all the time or as often as we we would do it All the ocean wants to see over and over again, that's literally what our attitude was We're not gonna get rained on again What a wild day we had today motorhome shopping with Mike and Judy All over the place. Oh my gosh, and now We're at the beach And it's starting to rain Just one big cloud above us, that's all last time we came to beach at range crapola And yes, it's raining and I have an umbrella Jay has a hat we'll probably get there and we'll see that the sand castles are all knocked down I remember on 4th of July One-time fireworks, I think they were 4th of July fireworks the sandcastles This is the governor's choice the devil is in the details good choice Governor Smirno, and this is first place people's choice Love is a universal temple Look at the top of his head Looks like there's two hey guys, I never got back yesterday. I It was it was a crazy Monday today's Tuesday and I went to the doctors yesterday as I talked about over the weekend and I spent time with the surgeon. She's absolutely wonderful. This is the Leahy Breast Clinic that I go to Leahy Breast Center and The surgeon is just absolutely wonderful. She explained my pathology results She was super happy because they came back so good. She actually hugged me It was really awesome to be hugged by a surgeon and She did say She wanted me to have two layers of testing every six months and ultrasound as well as a mammal She said it was more high risk and she also wanted me to have a She's going to set up an appointment with an oncologist and just to discuss options whether I need to go on any kind of a medication and I Hope not because last time I went on I think it was tramux of villain or something like that I had so many side effects. It was just really awful anyways, this whole experience has really Shown me that I think the importance of Not forgetting to take care of ourselves, right? We get so busy at times that we do so many different things for other people that we kind of forget about taking care of ourselves and doing things for us that we that we really need to do and And I'm thinking of Barb, you know, take control Babs aka Bob aka Barbara take control of beauty Those of you that know her and I know many of you do She she's going through such a horrible time right now with her she had breast cancer and metastasized she's in a lot a lot of pain and she she's going through a really horrible time and Dolores the baking diva Had set up a go fund me for her and and I'll tell you right now I'm not a fan of a lot of the go fund maze I get I get hit up for a lot of them I'm sure many of you do and I'm very very selective on go fund maze because I'm not going to contribute my money Randomly to help someone pay off their credit cards or to help someone buy, you know a new computer or this or that I know maybe I'm stingy in that sense, but I'm not gonna contribute to something that is that is frivolous in that way But if you're contributing to help someone out like Babs who you know has this cancer scare And your insurance only not scare has this cancer diagnosis and is struggling and your insurance only covers So much there's just there's so many bills that are piling up for her And so Dolores started the go fund me for her. I will link it in the description box I did talk about it in my community tab and Any any little thing can help any anything can help offset some of the astronomical Medical bills that are piling up for Babs and her husband Denny So I like I said, I don't randomly just do these go fund maze or contribute I I reject more than I ever contribute to but I know Babs. I know this is legitimate. I love her she's absolutely wonderful and If you can spare Anything at all to help them out that would be wonderful. The link is in the description box But more importantly let this whole Experience with Babs everything that she's gone through and is going through I don't know how much she still has ahead of her You know, I know she's doing radiation and it's just a tough tough battle But if it teaches you anything and that is to not put your health off Get your screenings and even the Duchess of York Sara Ferguson recently was diagnosed with breast cancer And I'm not just sure she may have had a mastectomy I had heard a couple of different reports, but regular screening I have a girlfriend that kind of did not do any screening because she couldn't afford it and I'm like gosh I remember having my babies and not having insurance and making payments You can always make payments your health. You can never get it back once it's gone But don't ignore Don't ignore those regular screenings and all those super important things that you need to do to take care of you Stay healthy in my scare with breast cancer. I'm fortunate. I've got a scar that's three and a half four inches long But that's it. You know, I have to be careful. I have to do a whole lot of stuff, but I'm fortunate I look at Sheila life with Lily. She's had a mastectomy and of course now Babs what she's going through You know It's awful that there's no cure for cancer I could go on a big big whole spiel on that this it's awful and it's awful that Insurance is the way it is that it doesn't cover Everything that we need to have covered and that people like Babs and her husband Danny have to struggle financially to get medical care I think that's awful. You know, absolutely awful. So anyways Jay and I are gonna be going away 4th of July weekend So I'll probably try to do another vlog from while we're away and all the stuff that we do and share all that with you But at this point in time, I'm gonna end this here It's been a fun weekend as you saw some of the clips and all that and then yesterday Just having great news at the doctor's office And I know I have to go and they're gonna be booking the mammo and the ultrasound and the oncologist But I'm just feeling super optimistic But pray for Babs pray for Babs if you can Thank you all so much. Love you. I'll see you in my next video