The Emerald Ocean

We did indeed get to the beach for the w-e. We left Saturday morning to drop Quigley off at the vets office to board for the w-e. Then we headed to Marty and Deb's house to pick them up for the carpool ride to Emerald Isle. Holly drove the whole way; an excellent speedy trip that detoured briefly for lunch at the Bogue House in Swansboro (fried shrimp and string beans) before arriving at Pam & Cindy's house about noon. We spent the afternoon out on the beach peering at the rough but beautiful green water. I stayed under the umbrella, my preferred site and recommended after chemo anyway. The others got into the water, at least some, but it was a pounding surf for sure with the high tide and strong current. It did feel great just to sit there and look at the ocean, visit with friends, and watch all of the other people swim, walk their dogs, or fish. Full summer sun and full summer fun.

Sunday morning, Marty, Holly and I took a long walk on the hard sand of the beach almost down to the point. It was nice to be out before all of the crowds and families. Just us walkers/runners taking advantage of the morning. The afternoon at the beach was quite windy and rough, but it didn't deter us from getting our complement of rays and salt breeze time. The four of us left in the early evening, stopping off to have more fried shrimp on the trip back. You have to do that when you have the chance.

I did finally attach a photo of the "blast-leukemia cell" pinata from my birthday party friday night. The finger puppets were inside the pinatas. I don't have a photo of the other pinata on my camera. I think Marty has one on her camera. Maybe she'll email it to me, and I can show it later as well.