Day 100 – LED top hat

Day 100!!! Oh my goodness, I made it! Today I celebrated with a fancy top ‪#‎hatONit‬ with fancy LED lights (made by Jake’s roomie). Check out the first #hatONit video to see the lights changing. Today I had an appointment at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) to discuss my clinical trial options. Because my cancer progressed…

Day 99 – Gastropod-eyed hat

Day 99! Bugging out in this crazy gastropod-eyed ‪#‎hatONit‬. I had a lot of fun knocking the eyes of this hat around a bit today. Another day like the last several: I worked on my paper and dissertation; my parents (Peter) and Austin worked on the apartment, with some unloading help from Emily and Eric….

Day 98 – Conical shell hat

Day 98 – Conical seashell ‪#‎hatONit‬! Another day of writing and figure editing at the office while my folks and Austin plugged away at unpacking and furniture building. Our home office nook is mostly unpacked and useable now, which makes me feel more settled. The kitchen is also useable and my mom has opened “Mom’s…

Day 97 – Stanford hat

Day 97 – Stanford ‪#‎hatONit‬ for a day of science and Ikea! I wish that the Stanford Band made a tree hat, so I could more directly salute the joyful eccentricity of Stanford undergraduate culture, which taught me that wearing wacky clothes on days other than Halloween is fun. And thus prepared me for wearing…

Day 96 – BU hat

Day 96 – Wore a BU ‪#‎hatONit‬ for this wonderful day of #hatONit achievements: 1 – BU Today wrote an article about the #hatONit fundraiser, including a fun picture of me throwing hats. 2 – Reached fundraising goal of $20k!!! Still grinning about this. 3 – Set a reach goal for $25k. 4 – Hit…

Day 95 – Lobster hat

Day 95 – Scan results with a lobster ‪#‎hatONit‬ from Avery and Lisa. My parents (Peter), Austin, Avery and I all went to the appointment this morning. The scan showed a mixed picture: my breast lesion is stable, my liver lesion is stable or better, but my bone lesions show more activity and I have…

Day 94 – Black and white hat

Day 94 – We moved, and I wore a black and white ‪#‎hatONit‬ from Wendy! Between movers, my parents (Peter), Austin, and Avery (with packing help last night from Emily), we managed to get 99% of our stuff in our new apartment. I even found a moment to do a few sit ups while I…

Day 93 – Plis

Day 93 – Wore a plis ‪#‎hatONit‬ from Kujtesa, George, and Lao! The plis is a traditional Albanian hat and mine comes from Kosovo, which makes it a celebratory hat, since Kosovo celebrated its first Olympic Gold yesterday! More to celebrate today! An anonymous donor will be matching up to $1117 from Day 93 (today!)…

Day 92 – Ribbon-y hat

Day 92 – Today’s ‪#‎hatONit‬ selfie from leaving the office at 1am. (The ribbon-y hat is from Wendy.) What a difference a day makes, with good energy today, I was at peak work productivity, which took the air out of my anxiety. To self-analyze again, I’d say, the decreased anxiety was due to distraction plus…

Day 91 – Fez

Day 91 – I went into the office with a traditional Pakistani/Turkish fez ‪#‎hatONit‬ from Romita. While I was there, my parents (Peter) and Austin worked on packing up the apartment. I was supposed to help but I didn’t get as much work done this week as I’d planned. I am so grateful to have…

Day 90 – R2D2/Mickey hat

Day 90! An R2D2/Mickey ‪#‎hatONit‬ combo from a wonderful trip to Disney World in January 2015 with Lisa, Avery, Austin, and Wally. Yesterday was my mom’s birthday and we celebrated tonight at The Backroom at Moody’s Delicatessen & Provisions in Waltham. I convinced everyone to wear a #hatONit for a photo. The food was incredibly…

Day 89 – Blue and white mohawk

Day 89 – Blue and white mohawk ‪#‎hatONit‬ from Annie! So tall, I didn’t fit into cars and basements today. This afternoon I did the photo session for the article that BU Today is doing about the #hatONit fundraiser. It was a lot of fun; we decorated my living room with hats and I got…