#103 - Don't Like Being Alone?

Left Behind

Don left me, to go off to Lake Tahoe with our son, Scott. (This photo of Lake Pontchartrain will have to do for now)

 Am I sad and lonely?

​Absolutely not. It's quiet, but I'm happy. Happy for many reasons.

One

I'm glad Scott is getting to finally see Lake Tahoe.  It's his fall break from Tulane and he's making good use.

Two
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I'm glad  these two are spending time together.  They've always been good buddies. Knowing they're together makes me happy.  

Three

I'm glad we're actually able to make use of a condo reservation that Don and I made 6 months ago.  Even though chemo ended, I still have had appointments and recovering to do.  I'm  thrilled that the condo wasn't wasted.  

Four

I'm so glad to give Don a break from me.  

I don't think he's exactly been suffering, but he's been doing a lot of giving, since the end of May. He's driven me to every appointment and tended to my ever changing needs and moods. He's cooked and shopped and best of all he's never complained about how much Turner Classic TV, I seem to need to watch. 

Five

I'm glad to have a little alone time. I'm happy, just moving about, talking to no one,   eating when I feel like it and plodding away at tedious chores like decluttering... and filling the porch with donations. 

And as I happily spend time in the quiet, I've started to miss that guy and all the things I forget that he takes care of.  I keep forgetting to pick up the mail and take the trash cans out...

Six

And I'm extra glad to know that after keeping my fingers crossed for good health reports, I will be able to fly out and join Don on Wednesday! We'll stay a few days and I'll return to start radiation. Who would have ever guessed the window between treatments would fall like it did.  I have been trying not to get my hopes up, but all is falling into place!