Adventures!

It's the end of July, summer is over half-way through, and I have been adventuring. In June, two trips to Philadelphia. The first, ostensibly for a Dr.'s appointment, but more importantly for a long walk through the city, stops at Ethiopian and Indian Markets in West Philadelphia, another stop for cilantro lime gelato, a brief reprieve from a rainstorm in a small cozy independent bookstore, and then, that evening, not just one, not two, but three shared platters of Ethiopian food. Deeply satisfying. Then, a second trip to the Philadelphia area the same month to see several friends in New Jersey to attend several parties and to meet up with several friends in Philadelphia. Spacious. Full of laughter and connection. Then, this month, an impromptu trip to Virginia to see a band and, in a delicious additional benefit, eat bratwurst slathered in sauerkraut. Blueberries came into season this month and I drove out to a pick-your-own farm and picked nearly eight pounds of blueberries. Even more miraculously, I didn't react to the heat beaming down through the noon-day soon. Many MSers are heat sensitive, but that doesn't seem to be true for me. Tonight, I lounged for several hours in a hot tub at 101 degrees and didn't have any neurological symptoms. I feel very, very, very fortunate to not react to heat.

Each morning, I wake up and am deeply and profoundly grateful: "hello, my dear legs, hello my eyes, hello, hello!" I feel corny and goofy and, most importantly, joyous. I am in an MS reprieve and each day of the reprieve is a day I celebrate. I don't know how long this reprieve will last, but certainly while it is here, I am very, very, very grateful.