I'm Back Baby!

(posted by ange)

Yes, yes, I'm still alive. I'm sure you've all been extremely worried, although there has been no indication that anyone has been wondering why I haven't been posting. I'm sure you've just been keeping your concerns to yourself. Right?

Well... An update is due. I haven't been feeling well the past several weeks and I am blaming my medications for my writers block. I am not sure if this is an acutal side effect but this is my story and I'm sticking to it.

The biggest adventure lately was our road trip to and from Abbotsford in the Great Snow Storm of 2006. I had my nephew Markus out for his first sleepover the night before (which was a screaming success by the way). Driving him home Sunday was not too bad. The drive home was another story. The drive is usually about an hour and 15 min. It took almost 4 hours. To give you a feel for it...it took us one hour to travel 1 -2 km between one exit. 2 hours later we had travelled a whopping 12 km. Luckily we were fully stocked with cigarettes, water, beef jerky and love. (gush, gush). We kept ourselves thoroughly entertained by watching all the trucks and SUVs in the ditch. I think we counted only 2 cars.

As for travel.. Dave has been busy travelling with The Travel Guys, a local t.v. show on Shaw. He recently went to Mexico and he is in Jamaica as we speak. Feel free to throw derogatory comments his way! :)

Our own travel plans are somewhat up in the air. At this point I'm not sure I'm going to be stable enough to travel for 6 months by September, as we still can't find a drug that works and I need to be stable for at least 6 months, preferably longer before I go for that long. We are starting to consider doing smaller trips and postponing the big 6 month trip. We will just have to see what happens with my health. Thankfully Dave is super flexible and is most concerned that my health is good before we embark on any big journey. I should also note that he has survived his first hypomanic and mixed mood episodes with flying colours. I have no doubt he is able to cope with the stress this brings and am so grateful to have found a man who can be there for me without burning himself out. His boundaries are amazing and his unconditional love overhwhelming.

We do have a little weekend getaway planned...Whistler here we come Dec. 22 - 24. We're going to sit through a 90 min. sales pitch in order to get a studio suite at the Marriot Residence Inn on Blackcomb with ski in/ski out; 2 nights accomodation and 2 edge cards all for $159 total! I think I can sit through any boring sales pitch for a nice hotel room at that price!!! We're really looking forward to it. I can definitely use a change of scene and some relaxation and it will be nice to have a romantic weekend away. I may even get up on skis!

Well...there it is in a nutshell. I'll make my best effort to check in on a regular basis so as not to disappoint my loyal fans. You haven't deserted me have you?