Had Thanksgiving week in the Okanagan valley in BC, camping one last time in the VW Westfalia. It will be sold in the spring as we bought a new Mercedez Diesel engine RV, which we'll drive to the Okanagan to pick up in November. End of an era and hopefully the beginning of a new one. Arizona/Alaska/Newfoundland - here we come! Maybe we will even get a trip to the west (wet?) coast in spring too.
Spending another week in wine country with Uschi and Dieter (and dog Freddy) was great. Lots of wineries and nice restaurants, including chateau Cosandier on wheels. I slept in the cosy pull-out sofa in their trailer while Ted enjoyed one last stay in his beloved VW van. Mostly nice weather than headed home and holed up in a 3 star hotel in the mountains en route after the weather headed south. It was warmer in Calgary!
I then got back in harness with planning meetings for 2 days in Edmonton on one of my boards - The Alberta Council for Disability Services. A fruitful meeting and good to be able to participate again.
We celebrated the Moon Festival at our Chinese Friendship dinner the day before we left for BC. It was our AGM and I was again elected president as nobody else wants to take it on. Moon Cakes brought in from Hong Kong were great.
My 3-month session with oncologist Dr. Lisa Pickering yesterday was all good results. She is also helping find remedies for my still sore mouth, a vestige of chemo treatment. I have healed well from surgery and radiation but need therapy again as the arm lost some of its range of motion with the heavy radiation schedule.
Ted is off to UK for 2 weeks on Tuesday to visit mainly with his mum and family. My date book is filling up fast but I'm trying to pace myself as I am still quite tired when I try to fill whole days with too many plans. I am certainly not back to normal yet. But I do have some fuzzy wuzzy hair and am braving it without wig or hats now.
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