i have gotten so many emails from folks wanting to get an update on my little cousin that i blogged about a while ago. here's the update that i received from a friend of my jaylyn's mom:

update #2

I'm pleased to be the bearer of great news. Today, Jaylyn visited the doctor's office for a blood work checkup and the doctors are baffled. After just 4 weeks of receiving chemotherapy treatment; the presence of the tumor has diminished dramatically. The preliminary exam shows only trace signs of the tumor. The examining doctor said that she could only feel a miniscule bump at the original site on Jaylyn's body. Your collective prayers are working!! Thank you so much. Debbie called me at work and said, "Get ready to fall out of your seat..." Now I knew that Jaylyn had her check up today, but I didn't make any presumptions about the results either way. After she told me the good news, joy watered my eyes. Through the phone I heard and felt Debbie's faith affirmed. She knew, like I knew, that it is a miracle that only heavens provide. That's a powerful experience to share. As a faithful person and an eternal optimist, I pray for God's will to be done and that we're all stronger after He performs His works. The journey is not over. Jaylyn must wait for official word back from the head oncologist, but this is certainly a step in the right direction. I just had to share this with you all. Please continue to keep Jaylyn in your prayers. Have a triumphant day!

update #3

Friends and Family: I pray that your day is well and that you are treating yourselves right. I wanted to share a brief update on Jaylyn. Thank you all for your collective prayers and positive thoughts.Jaylyn is entering the next phase of her treatment. In preparation for chemotherapy, this morning doctors inserted a port into Jaylyn's chest. A port is a medication delivery device. It facilitates quick and efficient drug flow throughout her system and minimizes the pain and scarring caused by repeated needle pricking. She's recovering nicely at home with Grandma now.Next week Jaylyn will receive her first round of chemo medication. We expect for the dosage to be considerably more potent than when she was a baby because now her body can handle more. Even if this premise is true in this case, eating the right foods will help Jaylyn regenerate faster the healthy cells damaged by the medication. So Debbie's main focus over the past couple of weeks is getting Jaylyn's diet battle ready - less processed foods, more vegetables, no microwavable products, 100% juice, no meat with hormones and antibiotics; essentially shopping at Whole Foods. Of course, this is an expensive route, but the cost of not doing it is tremendously higher.Yes, a challenging road lies ahead, but Jaylyn is still in remarkable spirits. Arch and Debbie (Jaylyn's mom and dad) are holding up reasonably well and Josh is still being a supportive big brother.I ask that you continue to lift Jaylyn, Archie, Debbie and Josh up in prayer.With love, Camisha

miss new beauty

i am totally lovin' ojon restorative hair treatment. it's so pricey slash worth the try. loves it. and i never love hair products for my natural hair. i'm on a google hunt though. searching natural black hair products one forum at a time.

starting tomorrow though i'm back to the letting-my-natural-curl-do-what-it-do do; it's the easiest and nice in this summer heat. i was doing the flat-iron-enough-to-do-that-cool-bun-thing hair but i'm missing the wet-then-leave-in-conditioner-to-let-it-air-dry style.

have you seen real world las vegas reunited? i'm not really feelin' it. i don't know if it's arissa's need for a new hairdo or irulan's whiney cryin' behind (and i so adored irulan the first go round) or brynn's family constantly hanging out without ever saying a word or frank's wackness . . . i don't like it. so you don't have to bother watching it either.

oh my lawd ... dr phil just called somebody a "skanky lookin' coke whore". whoa! i gotta go watch this. plus i need to wash out my ojon.

peace.

"who are you calling a cootie queen, you lint licker!"

that commercial is hilarious.

okay so in the mist of my missing the hills i think that i might kinda like a new show. it's called i propose & it's on the style channel. which is awesome because clean house - wack, the biggest loser - wacker. i don't know why they don't show a bunch of runway shows instead. duh, style channel! super early in the morning used to show behind the velvet rope and some runway highlights show that i can't remember the name of but even those seem to have gone missing. they might be upgrading though because the website is looking rather nice these days . . . oh wait, the great runway shows are all in the category "more shows". they are really losing focus over there. humph.

(watching tv as i type) uh oh. this i propose show could be dangerous. the commercial just showed some girl that had a look on her face like she wasn't having it.

(update after watching a little) this kinda sucks though because in the initial interviews they're sitting together and the girls talk about their dream proposal or ring or whatever. doesn't that defeat the purpose? like the couple have already discussed being engaged. huh? where's the element of surprise. reality teevee, i tell ya.

i wonder what cream would do if i proposed to him. yeah. this could be dangerous. i could see it now.

me: hey, booka
he: what's up *smooch, while copping a feel*
me: i love you
he: iloveyoutoo (he talks really fast)
me: baby i wanna ask you to marry me
he: [BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURST OF LAUGHTER]
me: (side eye) you don't have to laugh so hard (and then i start my pissed off laugh because i'm trying to be serious right now)

oh great. dry hahaa. whew. yeah. alrighty then. that might not be happening because all i'm doing is typing out a scenario and it's making my neck feel tight and my hands are sweaty and my heart is beating all fast. all at the thought of him saying no.

would he say no? **wait. what am i doing?**

thanks for reading my blog . . . and putting up with me. gah. what a drama queen.

i'm starting to really relate to those wicked coldstone commercials

so i'm back on my nothing-tastes-as-good-as-thin-feels regimen. and yesterday was my payday slash grocery shopping excursion (except i didn't go; i don't remember why).

oh now i remember.

i didn't have my list of things i have already made before i left work. don't you hate buying food that's already in your kitchen? ugh, annoying (unless it's tuna or saltines oh & coffee pods). how many cans of kidney beans does one lady need? because one time i just kept buying them to make chili. i never made the chili but i winded up with like seven cans of goya dark red kidney beans.

the diet. concentrate.

i was thisclose to running to dairy queen to try out that new caramel/waffle cone/chocolate blizzard that's flashing across the tv every freakin' 17 minutes. that's when i knew it was time to take control. control of what i say. control of what i do. (sorry - total janet j flashback. ooooh i used to love that song let's wait a while)

this blog has no purpose. i'm just craving junk and thought that that i'd blog a little until it passed.

ever heard that a craving only lasts from 8 to 14 minutes? 8 minutes? that's a dance.

MISSING YOUs

• baked cool ranch doritos
• a back with no fat
• the hills, season 2
• text messaging crissy!! about the hills during commercial breaks
• 80s r&b and early 90s hip hop
• shopping sprees with my ma
• the not-too-too-thin-rachel-zoe-inspired nicole richie
• dreams of working in fashion
• laguna beach (the kristen years)
• nonstop energy
• my tax refund
• anitra & caroline - the only two that i couldn't find on myspace

I'M THINKING THAT I'LL BE ABLE TO GO BACK IN FILL IN THOSE BULLETS LATER. SO, WHAT'S UP? FATHER'S DAY THIS WEEKEND (DAMNIT, I'M GONNA BE UP ALL NIGHT NOW MAKING A CARD. WHO AM I KIDDING? I LIVE TO CREATE STUFF LIKE THAT!!)

I NEED SOMETHING CLEVER. MY MOM'S CARD WAS CUTE. IT WAS A PICTURE OF (DISCLAIMER: THE REMAINDER OF THIS SENTENCE IS COPYWRITTEN 2007 BY MERCY THE BUTTERFLY CHASER, BOYEEEEEEE. SO DON'T EVEN GO MAKING UP SOMETHING LIKE FOR YOUR MOMS TRYING TO PASS IT AS YOUR OWN. THANKS. 'PRECIATE IT.) BEYONCE AND TINA SITTING ON A SOFA AND READ, ANYONE WHO THINKS BEYONCE IS THE LUCKIEST DAUGHTER IN THE WORLD OBVIOUSLY HASN'T MET SHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT! I FORGOT HOW IT READ BUT IT WAS CUTE. MY MOM LOVED IT!! SHE ACTUALLY FRAMED IT TOO.

OOH. AND THE BRAIDS THAT I PUT IN MY HAIR SO THAT MY HAIR COULD GROW OUT A LITTLE FASTER . . . OVER. I MISSED MY HAIR. SO NOW I'VE MOVED ON TO SOME NEW THINGS TO TRY OUT. I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED. AND IF YOU KNOW ANY PRODUCTS TO DIE FOR, HOLLA.

the hair, the shittles & adoring my man

finally, i'm up for air . . . isn't love grand?

so i'm on this new kick - forums about rapid hair growth (ooh, i feel an itch, maybe it's working). that and colon cleansing (beware of the picture gallery). see. i'm becoming too busy to blog. long hair plus a clean colon oozes sexiness.

happiness does not equal blogging. apparently, because i can't motivate myself to get online for anything.

but during my sabbatical i have discovered some interesting lil funnies:

1. i am a calla lily in a flowy wrap dress on a breezy day. but unless you've got an ass like eva longoria, don't wear a thong. it would be my luck that as soon as i'm chillin' and peaceful in my own little zone (walking to the tune of my new theme song this is why i'm hot) on a nice stroll thru the parking deck on the way to my car (destination home for lunch) that my dress blows over my head right in front of smokers pointe. even though no one seemed to look (except that weird cockeyed lady that's always talking about what her juvenile delinquent son did last night), it still was embarrassing. i got home and changed to boy shorts immediately.
2. a gentleman should still be a gentle man even if he doesn't want to sleep with the chick that's standing next to him. agree? story: i'm at the mall. this abercrombie-slash-laguna-beach looking dude sees me walking right behind him (only like five steps away). the southern hospitable thing to do would be to hold the door for anyone that close to you - especially if this person is a woman. i kid you not, he looked at me and rolled his eyes!! then he looked right behind me and saw another woman behind me with long, breezy, waist-length, pantene-commercial, kelly ripa blond hair. i kid you not, as soon as he saw her he bust out a kool-aid smile and tried to scoot me along to hold the door for her. scoot. wait a minute - envision it: this stranger actually was flitting me along. me and my cute little self. i'm a lady. hmm. that's wack. be cordial - you know? karma though because she rolled her eyes & sucked her teeth LOUD and totally dissed his ass. booyah!!
3. nothing makes a fabulous woman stand straighter than a delicious faux-high end bag. fendi being my bag of choice. i found it. i bought it. i love it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and i sleep with it. what? it makes me happy. my boss said that she hopes that i'm not contributing to terrorism. her exact words, "i wonder how many missiles can be made from fake handbag money?" love is blind because that comment didn't bother me a bit. i actually jumped right over it and quickly replied, "i know!! isn't it cute?!!"
4. uh oh

my boo just called. later!!