We talk about cancer even though somedays we really don’t feel like it.
And honestly it has been so long that I have sat at my computer and written anything that even this feels physically hard - or it could be the lingering illness in my body.
Two weeks ago I started my regular chemo regime after having a four week break and in the midst of a cold. So I don’t know if it was a combination of those two things but I got really sick. Like, can’t-stop-sleeping-except-when-I-am-throwing-up sick.
And while I am feeling better now and able to do a number of things the effects linger. For example I can still barely drink a full cup of tea and my body craves icy cold drinks instead. Cooking is hard again because very few things are appetizing. The nausea lingers as well which is probably a part of it.
Still the summer, while not turning out the way I planned (I have written nothing so have no new story finished to start publishing) wasn’t all bad. My parents came for an extended visit with their new puppy Wallace and my friend took this joyous photo of my mum and pup. This is the BEST photo of my mum and I’m so happy my friend Jocelyn caught this moment.
To be honest I didn’t take a ton of photos this summer. We took a family trip to Edmonton and stayed in the Fairmont Macdonald Hotel which was a little piece of luxury. I still had to sleep the afternoons away though so I wasn’t as active as I had hoped to be.
And now the girls are back at school, Mister is back in the office, and mum left to return to Ontario this morning. I had hoped to do a lot this morning but instead I lay on the couch shortly after the girls went to school and woke up when one returned for lunch. I guess needing to sleep during the day is my new normal but that doesn’t mean I like it all that much.
How was your summer? Did you do anything unexpected?