3 Too Many

“The journey is the destination.” – Unknown

Usual early awakening 6:30 DST so good to see the body clock adjusted to daylight saving – bugger it. Take my morning cocktail of meds and go back to bed. Manage to get some more sleep before the boys wake and put on the football.  Lay in bed for a bit more reading the news online, then eventually get up and ready to face day.

Head downstairs for breakfast. Very nauseous feeling today so have a bowl of yoghurt. I’ve found that its the easiest food on my tum when I feel like this. Mind you that could change just like that. The god awful taste in my mouth is back though. Bloody Chemo.

Head out for a walk after breakfast and clock up another couple of kms. Stop along the way to do repairs to a couple of the joins in the irrigation. The vines are starting to shoot and looking like they’ll produce a good crop this year. Take time out to do some reading – thoroughly enjoying the book. Go out to find the boys and get taken on a ride on the quad bike by Jacob. He takes it carefully with his precious cargo on board Awesome day weather wise – 22 degrees and sunny.

Have a late lunch then go for another walk of a couple of kms to stretch the legs before we head home. Load the car up, then watch the Canterbury vs Southland rugby game. Very one sided game. Sorry Southland.

Been thinking about a couple of things I’ve read in my book. The first is the priorities we have in life, and also how we use our time.  What is our biggest priorities in life?  Our health, family, friends, career or assets?  One thing been terminal makes you do is look hard at yourself and the priorities that you have.  Seen as your health has already been compromised that suddenly becomes the biggest priority, because as that diminishes, it impacts on the other things in your life and therefore it forces the other priorities to be reassessed.  The way we use our time is also something that I have been thinking about.  You see, you start to put a new value on your time.  Is time better spent with yourself or at at work?  With family or friends? Do you make a bucket list or take a look at the life you’ve had and go – I’m happy with where I’m at and what I’ve got?  Do I pack it in and wait for god or do I go and cram as much living into everyday.  When I say living too, I don’t mean go out and cut loose, well I do to an extent, but also taking the time to sit back watch the world and others and just savour the moment by knowing all is going to be OK.  The world will go on with  or without you, and in a way I take some peace from that.  There is a good saying “Not one day on this earth is promised to us” – so from this we all need to make sure we make the most of the time we are given, as it can change so suddenly.

Hit the road for home about 5. Smooth run all the way, with no idiots on the road and get home about 9. Nice to be home. Not really able to do these long trips to well now as body hurts to much sitting in one place, and that’s after loading up on pain killers.  Relax with a Milo and do the blog. Then M&D time and off to sleep-land. Hope all have had a good Sunday, and a safe weekend. Have good day/arvo/evening. Till tomorrow night.

Kia Kaha.