A Different Summer

My last post on here was about how different summer would be this year because we wouldn't be coming out to California and we would just be staying home. Well it has turned out different for sure.

Because we didn't stay home after all. Though I hadn't planned on coming out, a couple of circumstances had me rethinking it, and so after playing around with airfares, I found cheap ones to San Diego and decided that was sort of a sign to go ahead and go. So we flew out and rented a car to drive up to Fresno. We stayed a couple of weeks and had some of the normal activities we usually have, but some of the time wasn't so great as Mom was feeling really sick from chemo, and I don't think she was all that thrilled that we were there. But I figured it could be the last time she would see the kids, so there we were.

And now here I am again in California, because Mom got sick from blood infections, and dehydration, and needs to be taken care of. Not exactly the way I thought the summer would turn out, but with an elderly parent with cancer, I guess nothing is normal anymore. And how long I will be here is up in the air too.

I usually love summer but this one doesn't even really seem like a summer to me. Yeah it's hot outside, but that's about it. Even in July we only went in the pool once which is pretty unusual for us. I've also been to two funerals, one in July (Florence's husband John) and one just this past Saturday (Vanessa's dad), which I haven't been to a funeral I think since 1999. And of course Mom being really sick and knowing her time is limited is hard too.

Yep, this has been a different summer for me. And I don't like it.