Monday, July 23, 2007

What A Wonderful World

Hello World, Well it has been a wonderful summer for me. The best i have had in 2 years. I had my annual mammogram last month. I was really dreading it for 2 reasons. One being that it was my first after my reconstruction and i was worried about pain, and 2 because, just because. So when the day came it went well actually. We did it and when the nice young pregnant lady went to look at the results as i waited before i could get dressed. But she came back and said i could get dressed and go. Yaaaaaaaaaaa i thought. Thats overwith. Then a few days later they called. I needed to come back for more pics the doctor saw something. So when i got there i asked her if she new what he saw and she let me read the report. All i could really get was 2 areas of what appeared to be calcifications. So we took about 6 more shots and she checked them and said i could go. So it was overwith again. So now i wait. Well when i get the report in the mail it said no apparent signs of cancer but he recomends a 6 month recheck. So i guess thats the life of a cancer survivor. Waiting, hoping, and praying a lot of praying. Well my daughter and me decided we wanted to take a little trip. When she was young we lived in Edinboro Pennsylvania for a few years. And in the summers we ewnt to Lake Erie which to us was like an ocean, since neither of us ahd ever been to an ocean. She wanted her kids to visit there. So we planned the trip. But we had another plan that we kept from her 9 year old son, Jeremiah. We had a friend that lived near a museum. It was called Tyred Wheels Museum. And they just happen to have a 1969 Dodge Charger that had been renovated to look like the General Lee from the Dukes of Hazard. Now my grandson jsut happened to be a huge Dukes fan. He has seen most of the shows on DVD. And loves that car. So we made that our main goal. To take Miah to see that car. So we left early on a sunday morning. We got close to our destination when we found a place to eat lunch. After we finished lunch there was a bunch of pamplets aobut things to see and do in the area. So angie picked up a couple things. And in the car she jsut happen to let a paper fall out of the book, which we recieved in the mail from the friend in Pa earlier. She showed it to Miah and it told all about the 5000 antique toys and cars and trains. Of course he wanted to go there. So we proceeded in hte direction of Tyred Wheels Museum. When we got there I saw the car in question sitting in the front yard so i pulled up there. His mom had her camera out and said "Miah whats that orange car there?" We had put the windows down and the people there could hear him carrying on about the General Lee. Man he was one happy boy. So we parked and met the friend that made this all possible and his girlfriend. SawdustJohn and Julie. They were both so nice and sweet. John went on about how he could hear miah in the car when he saw the General. So since the weather was warm Miah actually got to go for a ride. His mom in the back seat filming said he was speechless for the first time in his life. At one point the car backfired and Miah said "that didnt sound good". Ha Ha that boy. Then his mom said can i get a big hee haw. Man he gave the biggest heee haaww i ever heard. It was a dream come true for that boy. And us too. So we went inside and looked around after his nice ride. Its a beautiful place in the country. We had a wonderful time. So then we proceded to go on to the rest of our destination. We stopped in Edinboro to see where we use to live and drive around a while, then on to erie. We went to the hotel and rested for a bit then we drove to Presque Isle. Which is a penninsula out into the lake. The kids loved that and we got to take a sunset cruise on a quite large boat named The Lady Kate. We got some wondrful sunset pics. And the weather couldnt have been nicer. All in all we had a wonderful time. It was so nice to get away. So as you can see my summer has been fun filled. Finally i was able to enjoy it. So this is the life of this cancer survivor. living and loving life. And i never stop praying for continued good health. So i dont know when i will post again. I guess when i have something to talk about. untill then, blessings to all, Padiddle