I'm in Florida right now visiting a writer/teacher friend, all on my own -- away from the babe and the man unit as of last night.  This is my first time away from Hugo for 24 hours, ever. 

It's blazingly sunny as I blog this outside a fab joint called the 2nd St. Bakery in Gainesville.  Spanish moss hangs from the trees.  Some massive bird just flew by -- think it was a pterodactyl. A cup of sliceable coffee is being had. A cookie with chocolate, pistachio and cranberry has been demolished.  Hey, it's my lunch, cut me some slack!  Also, calories don't count beneath the Mason Dixon line.  OK I made that up.  ANYWAY...

I'm visiting my friend Sharon (above) because she's awesome.  But luckily her cancer gave me a great excuse to come see her.  Yay cancer!  But seriously folks, today marked her last chemo treament.  And so when the nurses (who were obviously really fond of her) revealed that they had a special final chemo song for her, I knew I had to grab my camera.   I didn't think I'd share it here, I just thought she'd want it for posterity. But Shar is the opposite of shy about this and really eager to share the Shands serenade with all her friends and all of y'all.  I hope you love it as much as we do.

The nurse told us the song comes from Illinois.  Their singing was aces but the confetti really brought it home, no? I am really pro-confetti.  I'm kind of bummed they didn't break it out at NYU when Hugo was born.  That would've been awesome.

Since this is Toddler Tube, here's a pic of the toddler, even though he's hundreds of miles away. I took this pic yesterday. The fact that he's playing concerned baby doctor, is just a coincidence, swear.

I know sweet-smelling baby and his handsome daddy and his recovering doggie are doing swell, and not because I call every ten minutes. 

I only call every 20 minutes.

Ba Dum BUM!

Love to you, Internet friends

And also kisses,

:) <-- and sincere emoticons too. 

Susie