Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts

Monday, August 25, 2008

Endless Thundering Motion

What is it about the endless thundering motion of the ocean that seems to wash all my cares and worries away? As soon as I can hear the sound of the surf, they become a vapor, a distant memory almost instantly. How can a force of nature have such healing powers over me?

Each summer, we make the pilgrimage to Cape Cod ~ usually we rent a house with family and friends and stay for a week. This year we are doing a quick weekend trip and we are going to experiment with roughing it, tent camping style. We plan on keeping it simple ~ tent, sleeping bags, bathing suits and don't forget the boogie boards.

I remember this time last year, walking along the beach, gathering a collection of rocks that resembled brain tails ~ thinking, this time next year, just possibly, I might be done with the whole brain surgery thing. Time seems to have a mind of it's own. Lately, my watch is literally speeding up with each day. I just reset my watch a month ago and it's already verging on being 20 minutes fast. I see the irony ~ time is speeding up ~ even though December seems a long way out there, time is flying by ~ seriously moving...

So ~ I am really looking forward to vacationing with the family this Labor Day weekend ~ praying that I am as pain and vertigo free as possible. Hoping for renewed strength and insight ~ cast my worries to the wind and let the ocean do it's job ~ restore strength and hope.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Crash Helmet

I was packing up my car last night for my camping trip this weekend and tripped on the threshold, falling into the doorway. That middle toenail on my right foot ~ collateral damage ~ wasn't really serving it's purpose anyway! SERIOUSLY ~ I am having trouble walking these days ~ I run into things, trip over things that aren't there ~ I am feeling totally out of control of my own movements ~ not a good feeling.

The most frustrating thing about this is that I can't pin-point exactly what's causing the increasing chaos of my leg movements. Could be tethered cord, could be Syringomyelia (sear-IN-go-my-EEL-ya) or wait ~ I know, maybe it's because my brain is hanging out in my spinal cord ~ TRUE STORY!

Which leads me to the need for a crash helmet. Stumbling around in the forest at night with nothing but the light of my headlamp to guide me is going to be an adventure in and of itself!