By the sea, you don't count the days...

I see it's been almost a month since either of us last posted. In that time we were lucky to visit with our friend Colleen, who flew in from Texas for a week to work with colleagues on the TO reservation. The week after that (with one day of overlap), we had a visit from Pat and Pierre, who we know from my grad school days. Haven't seen them for a coon's age and it was great to catch up with them. As an added bennie we got to see Dianne and Tom, also from grad school days. They live in town but we never seem to keep in touch. P&P always bring us together again. Good friendships are those where you can pick right up again with each other as if no time has passed - even though you've gotten older and life has changed. We are lucky to have such good friends.

At the same time, we've been in a holding pattern regarding Mike's mom. She had one test so far that I know of - and that showed a "pre-cancerous" tumor, which I believe the doctor recommended not be removed (are you kidding? ack!). Also, this doctor apparently said that this tumor would not be why she has lost so much weight, so there is definitely more work to be done here. In truth, any response that has the word "cancer" in it makes my alarm bells go off. Unfortunately, in today's world, you have to be extremely proactive and aggressive about your health, but if I know Mike's mom, she is probably planning on doing that. This scenario is so potentially scary that I hope she doesn't stop until she has actual, definitive answers.

As for me, I am physically much better except for sudden tiredness episodes, where I'm afraid it's stop, drop, and snooze for me. I wish these fits were more predictable but for now, I am just trying to learn my new limits - and at the same time, get out and do more. There's only so much hanging about in one's house that a person can do!

In that spirit, Mike and I came over to Sanibel for a bit of a rest, although Mike had to leave too soon. Here I am now, looking out at the beach where the sky is shades of white and gray stretched out over the sun. The filtered light quicksilvers the water to the horizon. It's very easy to forget time here and that there was another world where I had cancer for the second time. In a way, it's almost startling now when I think about it here. Something as timeless as the ocean makes you forget about time itself. By the sea, you don't count the days...