having fun while we wait

Just in case you were affraid that it is all drama around here....be comforted by the fact that we are having fun while we wait. We celebrated a late birthday for Stewart by going bowling. We haven't been for a while and it is a far stretch from bowling on the Wii where I do a pretty good job. In real life...well let's just say I don't think anyone is going to be recruiting us anytime soon! It was fun and we hope to do it again soon.

The sunsets here are never ugly. It can be a miserable windy and wet day and by evening, the big man turns on the gorgeous solely for my benefit I do believe. Even the dogs get out and enjoy the view.

I know we sometimes get a little crowded around here if a few things are out of place but it is fun having a few four legged creatures aboard...and the dogs aren't bad either!

We have decided to let the scooters go...I know, I know, I said I would never buy another car...and well we didn't. We bought a future Baja grocery getter. It should get us around the dirt roads and mountain ranges, not to mention it is just plain fun. Katie is also in the process of learning to drive a standard, which was what I first learned to drive and so did Neil...so here's to not blowing up the clutch!! Only teasing. She is a real natural and much better than I was if I must be honest. Stewart is also working on getting sponsored by a local skateboard company. I tell you what, these kid's are well amazing and I (we) are ever so proud!

Tomorrow I go in for an hour and a half long liver test followed later this week by my first IVIG treatment. I just had another chest x ray and am also going to see a Hemotologist next week. My datebook has never been fuller...but I would have liked for it to be because of something a little more fun...but we are making the most of it.

 Speaking of which...Stewart caught one heck of a Flounder the other day and it is definately worth the bragging rights...Neil spends a lot of time sitting in the hammocks with a pole in the water...not a bad way to spend the afternoon especially with these odds!! (see below)

As you can see above and below, Neil is not the only one who enjoys those hammocks!!

Lately we have had a lot of bioluminescence in the water and a local article written stated:

"Red Tide gets the name from the color of the water during the daytime. The color of the water is due to the Algal Bloom, in which large numbers of aquatic microorganism accumulate rapidly in the water. This causes a discolored surface

The waves truly are 'Spongebob's aurora' at the top of the sea. So surfers in the region are grabbing their boards and heading out to surf the brilliant 'blue' ocean at night.I for one would not touch the ocean at night ... pitch black night ... 'Red Tide' is awing people in San Diego County"

We are hoping to go over and see if we can catch the wave show tonight. I know that when we are taking the dinghy to and from shore at night we leave a trail of over 10 feet of blue magic and even splashing your toes in the water make for a very "trippy" show...so put on the Floyd (or Roger Waters...uh thank you Barry) and splash them toes!