Bolsa Chica, pooches and PET scans

It has been a while since I updated this here bloggy, so I thought I would let you all know what I/we have been up to. WOW, I didn't realize how much has happened since the last post. So here we go kids....

October 25th, I went down to my moms house and hung out with her and my Nana and Grandpa. I don't get to see them too much, so it was a nice afternoon visiting with them. I love seeing them and miss them a lot.

October 27th Bret, Elliott (the pooch) and I decided to go down to Bolsa Chica and camp for a couple of nights. Since I was going to have chemo the next week, we thought this would be a nice little get away before I got poisoned! We had a little hitch in our giddy-up, as I got a call to get a PET scan the day before and had to do it that morning before we left (we will get back to that later). Once we were off, it was a nice drive and we got to the beach at around 3:00. The beach was absolutely beautiful at about 80 degrees...it had rained for 2 days prior - I picked the best two days of the week (pats herself on the back).

A few things to mention if you plan on camping at Bolsa Chica...You can NOT take your little dog on the sand, therefore if you want to go to the water, only one of the two of you can go (provided there are only two of you). There are two exceptions to this rule, however....#1 There is a dog beach - which is one friggin mile down the road...ummm NO! #2, you wait until it is dark, you have had plenty of Coors Lights, you pick up the dog, stuff him in your coat and run for the water. Can you guess which option we went for :o) There is also a wetlands area across the street that is suppose to be a pretty nice little walk, BUT again you cannot take your dog...and option #2 was not available since it is closed at night. Lastly, there is a little patch of sand/bushes/flowers at the end of each campsite where your little pooch can go do his business...well what does mine do?? Gets stung by a damn bee!! We got the stinger out, but he was not happy for about 3 days after. The moral of this little story is leave the dog home!

Another little thing to mention...if you are planning on visiting someone that is camping, don't park at Jack in the Box parking lot and walk to the RV place to save yourself the 15 bucks! No matter how close it looks on the map..it is at least 2 miles away!! My lifelong friend, Angie and her daughter Sienna found that out on Thursday morning and ended up needing a lift back to their car...lol Sorry Ang, had to throw that one in there :o)

Night 2... Our friend Dan came out in his buggy to hang out with us and spend the night. Dan and Bret flew Dan's kite, we made dinner and hung out until dark when we decided to go out to the sand and build a fire. So, we packed up the Silver Bullets and put the pooch in the coat and headed out into the darkness. I discovered that my I heart Radio on my crackberry is awesome and we had a good time hanging out by the fire with the dog running loose....DOH! hehehe

Here are some pictures from our beach trip....











Okay, since this entry ended up being tooooooo long (as I tend to ramble) I will talk about the PET scan results and my most recent EVIL chemotherapy in the next entry. Hope you all enjoyed the pictures :o)

xoxo - Joni