Big day! My first trip away from the Berkeley area since early in my treatment. It feels great to have a change in scenery.
Kirk and I drove Dani back down to CSUMB, checked into our hotel, took a brief nap, then had a wonderful dinner with Dani's friend and musical partner-in-crime, Jesse; his wife, Eva; and completely adorable daughter, Daphne (2-1/2 yr old). Jesse was our chef, and oh my, it was quite a meal.
We left Jesse and Eva and did a little grocery shopping so that my food monster wouldn't get the best of me overnight (god forbid), and by luck we ran into Dani's wonderful beau (Matt) at Safeway where he and his partner were grabbing some food (Matt's an EMT; partner Clay is a medic).
Now we're settled into our hotel room, getting ready for bed, and our plan is to meet Dani and Matt for breakfast tomorrow morning. And if all goes as planned, we'll be meeting up with Deborah and Whit tomorrow in Aptos...maybe do a hike, but at very least we'll spend some time and maybe have dinner before we head back over the hill.
So very exciting... my first steps back toward some sort of normalcy. Feels really good. Hope to have many more of these reports for you in the months to come.
Love you guys. /ab
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ab, sending you smiles and happy thoughts on this outing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletelove cindy
Alison, I'm so glad to hear you're getting out and enjoying yourself-oh so needed! I'm always thinking about you and sending positive thoughts your way. Miss you, Margo
ReplyDeleteDear Alison, Just found your page after having Isabel send me the link again via FB. I've been praying and thinking about you for awhile and I am glad to see the first blog I got to see was a good day. I pray you many more outings like the one described. Love - Maria
ReplyDeleteHI Alison, it is so good to know that you had a good weekend. My favorite song as a kid was "one day at a time" and I learned that the hard way as an adult. It is so great to hear your positive thoughts. You are on my mind a lot....and I am praying for you and sending you good thoughts. Let me know if you need anything.....even a joke a day!
ReplyDeleteLove Stephanie
Hi Alison. You sure did pick a great weekend for an outing! So warm
ReplyDeleteand refreshing. Glad that you had a good time. Still sending you lots
of warm fuzzies and positive thoughts. Stephanie J.
Hi Alison,
ReplyDeleteIt is so good to hear you're doing well and getting back into a normal pace. Hope you get to have more good times like this and less treatment time :)
If you're ever up to it and would like to see Layla let me know. We'd be glad to bring her over for a visit.
Heather and Joe