15 years...

and counting. Tomorrow I start the first day of my 16th year of being cancer free (15 years ago today was the big surgery).

I don't usually...

post this soon after another one, but just had to tell you the weekend I had. Again, I went up to Apple Valley and saw my aunt and cousin that are up there (high desert, about 1.5 to 2 hours east of L.A. - little over two hours north of here). Needed a weekend getaway. It was nice. I'm used to having all of my cousins and their families there, but understand that that can't happen very often because of schedules.

Another cousin (the younger brother of the one in A.V.) just bought a house in the mountains. So next month, I'm going up to a housewarming/open house he's having and will see just about the entire family (which'll probably end up being about half the people there). There's a few birthdays in that family in October, so we'll also be celebrating those as well.

If you haven't noticed, I LOVE talking about my extended family. LOL

Ok, so...

today wasn't the best of days. My mom's first cousin died extremely suddenly a week ago Monday. Today was his funeral/memorial mass. It was so cool to meet family that I hadn't met yet; this was on my maternal grandfather's side (Roger, the one that died, his mother was my grandfather's sister). Very cool to meet 'em. It's a shame that we don't see THAT side of the family as often as we should, especially since some of them live here in San Diego County. I did get to see the cousins that I see ALL the time (the ones from my aunt that lives in Apple Valley); a lot of them came down for the funeral.

Other than that, everything's fine. For the last few weeks, it has been HIDEOUSLY hot here; but it started cooling down yesterday - thank god.

My nieces start school tomorrow; one's in high school, one's in sixth grade and the baby's in first. My other niece and nephew started back yesterday. They're in second and fourth grades respectively.

Nothing new to report...