My Last hoorah before teatment

Jimmy and I left at 10 am on Saturday morning and by the time we got back last night we had traveled 1605 beautiful miles!

Went part way down the Skyline Drive.

Beautiful but got boring after a while of 35 miles and hour. We didn't do the whole thing, we had too much to see yet and a long way to go!

From there we went down to the Smokey Mountains and spent the night just before Pigeon Forge.

Jimmy wanted to check out Dolly.

That was a lot of fun!!!

Road a Steam engine and we even went on a roller coaster!

After leaving Dolly Wood we crossed over into Cherokee. I haven't been there in years and it's getting very old looking.










But of course the view was breath taking!

Cruising across South Carolina North Carolina, we headed for Virginia Beach.

South Carolina at Sunset.

















Virginia Beach is definitely for lovers! What a beautiful place!

I Love the sunrise at the beach!


After a 8 am swim in the ocean, we where off again! The water was incredible. I would have thought it would be freezing! But it was a nice temp and I'm glad Jimmy talked me into the swim. What a blast!

Next came the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. I'd love to know how they put the tunnels into it!

Up the coast to Ocean City for lunch and a bike ride on the board walk. I forgot my camera! :-(

We wanted to stop up in Baltimore to visit U.C. but the time got away from us and rush hour was hitting the city. So we opted out of the insanity and veared off to Philly then north to home.

I wanted so bad to meet her.....I'll just have to meet her in N.Y. when she travels up that way! It'll be nicer anyway....we'll have more time to sit and chat!

Jimmy is a trooper! He drove until his butt hurt and his legs killed him. 1605 miles and not a complaint about it! Now that's true love!!!

Well...12 days until my last Hep A & B vacine. 65 days until we go to Hershey.

It's been 109 days since I told my Sister about my Hep C.....and I haven't heard from her since. Took me 20 years to find her (after not seeing her since I was 13) and it took one 10 minute phone call to loose her again.... yeah well.

I don't think I'll tell my Mother. But if she finds out and does the same thing....I lived 20 years of my life without them, I guess I could live the rest of it the same way. I wish it were different...but it's not.

187 days since I found out. Time rushes by.

I have the feeling my counting has just begun.

"Peace is seeing a sunset and knowing who to thank. The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have."

God usually doesn't agree with my plans.

So 4 months ago I started to make plans for my "End of the summer/before treatment starts" big bang. I wanted one last good event before treatment started and the possibility of our year or year and a half struggle began.

So I booked a whitewater water rafting trip in upstate NY and we invited our kids with their boyfriend and girl friends, Jimmy's brother, his wife and Jimmy's niece and nephew. 14 of us total. 4 or 5 coming from in from Vermont.

It was going to be a wonderful day! Family and friends....the excitement of the river.....fun and good memories for all...

But God just didn't agree.

It's funny how our plans don't always fit into the "Big Picture".

The rivers in upstate NY are low and the State has closed them to rafting. Just too low to be safe.

It's my luck!

Or is there something else that I'm supposed to do. Sometimes I just don't understand. Sometimes I just don't see it. Sometimes I'm just too selfish and I want something that just isn't in the cards that are dealt.

So my wonderful Husband has come up with an alternative plan. Next Saturday we'll take a ride to the Sky Line Drive through the Appalacian Mountians and the up the coast through S.C and N.C. and back home. It's beautiful ride and time together that I think we very much need.

So here is "Gods" plan..... (via Jimmy)

I get to spend some true quality time with the most wonderful man in the world relaxing and strolling along the country side. We'll drive through the Mountains and come out at the ocean. Up the coast line we'll go, looking for old fishing communities to stop in at for a bite to eat.

We need this break away from reality and now I'm looking forward to some peaceful time alone with Jimmy.

LOL.....I think I'm actually starting to like God's little changes.

Just a story to share.

So a few months ago (4...maybe 5)while I was here at work I lost one of my earrings. A pair that I got for Christmas from a Secret Santa. (We exchange presents at Christmas time with a few people at the Bar.)
Silver with jade stones. It matched the necklace that Jimmy bought for me in Milwaukee. I loved wearing them with this necklace.

When I lost it, I looked everywhere and I couldn't find it. I finally took the one that I didn't loose out of my purse about a month ago and I put it in my drawer at home.

So today I'm outside going for a walk and my mind wonders to strange places sometimes. I was walking along thinking about the grass crunching under my feet and looking at the tree's, thinking that "Oh well, looks like everything is dieing....the season is ending".

I started thinking about death and I was thinking that one day it'll be my turn. I started thinking to myself "I wonder if there really is a God or do we just keel over one day at that's the end of it.....into nothingness".

I was thinking that I hope there is a God....I hate the thought of nothingness. Just as I thought that, I saw something in the grass and I bent down to pick it up.

My earring!

I lost it months ago and it was laying there in the sun shining from the silver. I couldn't believe it! It's like God was listening and decided to let me know.......

So there I am in the middle of the yard here, holding the earring up to the sky and saying " Ok...I get it! You convinced me! Hey....thanks for the earring back and thanks for the reminder! I know I forget sometimes but you always find a way to remind me!"

How silly I must have looked to the people out sitting in their cars during lunch break! But do you know what? I really didn't care how I looked.....

Ain't that so cool!