I love "good days"...

I love it when Aly says, "today is a good day."  We really enjoyed our day today.  A little time with nature always does a body good.  I've been wanting to go to Little Talbot Island, which is part of a nature preserve and a state park.  It is totally undeveloped, pristine beach.  Beautiful!  It looked very much like a deserted island, with lots of tree trunks, driftwood and shells to check out.  It was not the best day weather wise, but I am finding overcast skies make for a pleasant, cool day at the beach.  It was, however, a very windy day, about 20-30 mile an hour winds, so swimming was out of the question.  The surf was definitely churning.  It's been pouring rain here and we got outside while we could. We were lucky to have a couple of hours rain free between the rain bands that have been coming in on shore. We saw approximately 8 other people the whole time we were there.  It was so peaceful!
We found lots of things to look at.  There were jelly fish washed up on shore and smoothly shaped driftwood.  There were shells galore, although not many in one piece.  We did score a complete sand dollar though!  That was the best.  Funny how something like that can create excitement!  We also came across a coconut.  Yeah, I'm not sure where that came from!  A random coconut on the beach.  Aly wanted to bring it home and try to crack it open.  I was tempted, but I could just imagine some creepy crawlers coming along with us.  There was a twisted pile of driftwood that Aly said would make a cool fort. Futher off the beach there were cactus growing and an abundance of palm trees.  
On the way home we stopped at McDonald's.  Aly ate a burger, there, for the first time in her life.  To my shock she enjoyed it!  She told me she was going to surprise Kevin by eating one when he comes back down.  Sorry Aly, but that was just too funny not to share!  We grabbed a Red Box movie afterward and stopped at Winn-Dixie to pick up groceries so we could make pumpkin bread.  Mmm...love the smell of pumpkin bread baking!  We ate some while watching Diary of a Wimpy Kid this evening. Yes, today was a good day!

Back to the medical stuff tomorrow...BOOOO...I did email Aly's cancer doctor back home.  We got more information on the 2nd phase of radiation we are concerned about.  She forwarded my email to the radiologist in MN and they both said the level of radiation Aly is set for has lower odds of possible problems.  They said they did not agree with the 5% and their percentage is "lower" than 5%.  I feel a little better about it, but of course still worry (a lot!).  Please keep praying.  Pray that this next step goes on without any problems.  The only thing Aly can think about is she will finally get to lay on her back.  Laying on her stomach, face down in that mask, has been uncomfortable to say the least.  The appointments will be much shorter as well.  She is not aware of the risks involved, she told us at one point that she doesn't want to know...