My goodness! It’s now August 2011 and the last I updated my blog was April 2011. Time flies when you’re having fun. And healthy.

Updates: per PET CT, MRI, xray and bone scans in March 2011, I’m still cancer free! Wooo! I may have another surgery within the next 6 months or so, but for now I’m having fun. After a year and a half of dealing with breast cancer, I’m taking a nice, long welcome break. I had made a choice to take a year off from it all (1-yr anniversary of no treatments or surgeries is official in Oct 2011!). The choice is up to me on what I do next.

I also started a new job! I had been laid off from Level 3 in December 2010 – just two months after I got back from Houston. Four months after the lay-off I landed a job in April 2011 as a Sr. Business Analyst in the Denver Tech Center (DTC), doing what I do best. I’ve been there four months and everything is going good.

In May 2011 I went to France! My friend April invited me and I couldn’t resist. Our plan was to spend a day in Paris, then fly to Bordeaux for a few days (seeing Arcachon, St. Emilion and the Dordogne region), and the back in Paris for a few more days and meet up with Lisa at some point. Needless to say I have Europe out of my system for now. *grin*

On May 21st – off I went!

Standing in front of Notre Dame in Paris:

Me, April and Lisa (also friend from Denver) at a cafe in Paris:

A castle in the Dordonge region near Bordeaux:

St. Emilion, in the heart of the wine region of Bordeaux:

Vineyards near St. Emilion:

St. Andrew’s Cathedral in Bordeaux. It was so monstrous that it couldn’t all fit into one picture:

In front of a fountain in Bordeaux:

Pastries and cathedrals in Bordeaux:

April in a Bordeaux street:

More of Bordeaux (I loved Bordeaux!):

Back in Paris… peas!

Paris and the Sine river from the Eiffel Tower:

The Lourve:

Inside the Lourve. They say that if you looked at every piece of art in the Lourve for one minute each, it would take you nine months to complete:

April in front of Arch De Triomphe:

Being a fan of The Doors, I paid to Jim Morrison’s grave in Paris. Turns out someone stole the statue of his head.

Locks of love along the Sine river:

Having seen Italy and France within 6 months apart, I wasted no time venturing out into the world and being thankful for HEALTH and newfound freedom (and of course friends, family and love). On my last day in France I’m proudly wearing my “Italia” shirt.

Europe rocks. Cheers!

For more photos, you can go here: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2049289707394.121431.1099012279&l=dd20165996&type=1

PS: Since May 2011 I have been enjoying a LOT of the Colorado summer hiking and camping and backpacking opportunities. I’m sucking it all in. I can’t get enough! More pics to come.