What a week. That is about all I can say about it. One minute things seem much better and the next they are not. My friends in the online support group which I am a part of sadly confirm that I am not alone in dealing with the crabbiness. Certainly does not make me feel any better, though. As people have heard me say this past week, this really sucks. It is really sad, too, that this is the part of the cancer journey no one talks about because no one wants to make the cancer patient "look bad". My thought is, there have got to be better ways to handle this situation but no one is truly willing to address it. Very frustrating since it is not a matter of making the individual look bad, it is a matter of finding a better way to handle a simply awful situation. Admittedly, I probably am feeling a bit sorry for myself but it is not fun being the sounding board for someone else's anger.
However! Nikki arrived the other night and we are now in Valdez searching out silvers (coho). Tomorrow we are headed out on a boat. Friends who were not here last week fished three days and went home with seven fish. Not good odds. Hopefully we will catch our limit and we will all go home happy.
Today we fished off the rocks, saw no silvers but plenty of humpys (pinks) and chum spawning and basically looking like zombie fish in the water. Of course, I had to snag one and then could not shake it off my line. Had to pull the darn thing in and fight to get the hook out of it. All I can say is that it was totally gross.
Sam has not gotten much sleep the past few nights so hopefully he will tonight. He did manage a power nap late this afternoon, though. Thank goodness we have this cute little travel trailer and we are warm and dry. Southcentral Alaska is supposed to be getting dumped on this weekend.
Well, we are off to check out the boat we are headed out on tomorrow. We have to be up and ready to go at 6:30, so it will definitely be an early evening for us as well. I promise...pictures! And yes, we will be back in time for the Oregon game.
Ciao!
