10 June 2016 and back home again, after a lovely few days away

Brian and I discovered that we can cope very well with the rigours of travel, having scoured the internet for wheelchair-friendly accommodation and loaded up our dosettes with pills.
On route for Albury we decided to break the trip with a night in Bendigo, always an interesting city to visit.

Brian found the scenery especially interesting...

 We then spent 3 days in Albury, enjoying the crisp mornings and sunny days, bar one. We, however, discovered that our wheelchair accessible room was next door to another room being renovated, and found that each morning at 8am on the dot, there was a mighty DRRRR as the 'jack hammer type' implement started the days work of removing tiles from the walls and floors. Not relaxing exactly, but ah well it got us up early to spend time with Sonya, Scott and the 4 grandchildren. This we loved and the following pictures are unashamedly devoted to the fun times we had, as we went with Liam and Lauren to school and picked up Kaylee from Preschool, as well as playing with them all at home.

Morgan loved spending time with Poppy,

Liam and Kaylee generously allowed me to hold a chicken,

Lauren received an academic award at School Assembly,

and Morgan loved to push Nan around in the wheelchair (and also have rides!).

We managed the car travels very well, and on the way home managed to call in on Simon and Caitlin for lunch, and then on Dale and Kodey to check out their new home. 

Healthwise, I continue to feel well, for which I am very thankful. However my hair has now thinned to such an extent that hats are now part of my winter wardrobe. It's the price one pays for the amazing cancer drugs available - lets just hope they are doing their job. My visit to the oncologist yesterday was encouraging, as the fluid he detected on my left lung four weeks ago appears to have cleared up by itself. This, he cautiously said, is a very promising response to the drug Sorafenib, as it shows that the cancer's influence on my body seems to be reduced. We will know more when I have further scans in six weeks time. The news yesterday of the cancer-related death of another friend my age, has highlighted for me the need to simply enjoy and appreciate our God-given time - and this I do gladly, whilst mourning the sad loss of this gentle man. 
Such is life.