D 40 - Sunday . Dreaming of future still waters

D 40 - Sunday . Dreaming of future still waters


We had a very quiet low key day on Sunday. Pressure off and one treatment left on Monday. We took a drive down to Westhaven Marina  and sat in sun and watched some yachting and dreamed of more settled waters than we have experienced of late. Initially little wind to speak of so was good to sit in warm sun and “ catch some less sinister rays”!!! Sometimes one has to “pinch oneself “ to realise what a wonderful opportunity New Zealand gives us as an environment in which to work and play






We had a walk down in the Auckland Domain to clear the head of cobwebs.  Still find times when brain just feels in a “fog”. Reading some supportive books and they talk about “ chemo - brain”. Wouldn’t wish the “fog” on anyone .! Guess no - one has noticed our visits  to the “magic mushrooms”  and as yet not in trouble with “the law”!!


Beautiful day for gentle walk and clear  the “cobwebs”

Nature is amazingly resilient and copes with adversity and in some cases creates amazing “ART”
Quiet night in with re instrument of our regular Sunday video conference with all family. Sad to not have “Marjel” as primary participant and primary beneficiary. Sunday’s will be hard for sometime going forward as “Marjel” was a regular part of Sunday activity

One more sleep and we are done on this initial part of the journey. Couple of additional important steps tomorrow Monday 13 th then we can pack up our bags and head for home 

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