- Fit As A Fiddle

Well, Adventures With Wendy just never stop! Thursday was FITNESS DAY with Liliana and the Film Crew at the Wellness Center!

The Wellness Center is the lovely house owned by the Jewish General Hospital where they offer support groups for cancer patients, art therapy, dance . . . and EXERCISE! 

Oh, how I LOVE exercise (not really). The Wellness Center has a GYM!!! And Thursday was the day the film crew filmed me EXERCISING!!! 

It just doesn't get any better than this.

First of all, here's the crew: On the left is Zoe, the sound man (I guess we can't say "sound girl" these days since that sounds very old-fashioned & sexist).

Liliana Komorowska is in the middle - the film's director. The film is called "Beauty & the Breast", in case you've forgotten.

And on the right is Beata, one of my favorite Polish chickies in the world. She's SO sweet, and besides, she just bought one of my CDs, which also puts her at the top of my list of favorite people. 

She's Liliana's assistant, does anything and everything, and always does it well.

And then we have the two goofy camera guys, Zac (left) and Van (right). They are pretending to kiss but it's just pretend. 

They are both so much fun to work with. 

Actually, Liliana, the Film Crew and I have bonded so much over the past two months that we've decided to sell everything we own.

We're all going to buy a farm in the countryside and live communally. 

It just seems like the right thing to do. It'll be Quebec's newest reality TV show. Zac & Van can film us 24 hours a day. Not sure what the focus will be once I've been declared cancer-free, but I'm sure we'll think of something.

Okay, for all you literalists, I'm totally just kidding about the living-in-community bit.

Anyways. So I waddled into the Wellness Center Thursday for my fitness appointment. Liliana glided in after me. Now, wait a minute . . . if the past tense of "hide" is "hid", is the past tense of "glide", "glid"? Liliana "glid" in after me? No, I guess not. Silly English language.

Liliana is tall & slim, so she glided in after me. Then the film crew walked in. Camera & sound people don't waddle and they don't glide. They just kinda . . . walk. Actually, they trudge, because they're always carrying so much equipment, like cameras and microphones and lights and stuff. So I guess the film crew trudged in.

As usual, we pretty much took over the place - the gym, I mean. Then it started. Okay, first: this is Anouline, my personal trainer:

She's really great and makes me do hard stuff so that I sweat a lot and everything. 

Anouline is hired by the Wellness Center to help us get in peak physical condition . .

. . . so we can kick cancer's butt. Yeah!

Ah, yes - here I am doing my famous "balancing on the exercise ball" routine. It's great for burning every ounce of cellulite off my thighs.

And here I am trying not to look too distressed as we do those dreaded sit ups, which are about as fun as eating asparagus and brussel sprouts.

Ah, yes, and the famous "pull downs" to develop my biceps or triceps or bilaterals or whatever it is you call 'em. I should have a six pack in no time.

I just keep telling myself, "ENJOY"!! All kidding aside, I really do enjoy working out! 

It's a marvelous opportunity right now to build up my immune system - which is compromised by the chemo - and to develop some strength and stamina for what remains ahead.
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Well, in other news, there's an interview with me published in The Suburban this week.  You can take a peek at it on my website: http://www.wendy.ca

I'm just getting famous-er and famous-er! I should start selling off my autographs on e-Bay or something.

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And that's basically it! Other than being in the Wellness Center Personal Olympics, my week was pretty uneventful.

My legs are almost completely back to normal again; the vasculitis cleared up by the third or fourth day on the Prednisone, so that probably means Dr. Cohen will want to resume the chemo again this Monday, provided he feels it's worth the risk . . .

Have a blessed weekend, and when you're down and blue, just remember this encouraging thought: "You are unique, just like everyone else." Moaahahahaaa!!!

Bye for now,

Love, Wendy

Here's a beautiful song for you to listen to:
"Scarborough Fair" from a Celtic Woman concert.