Sabbatical Resumed

Six days after my last post, and 1500 more miles on our vehicle, we are on the road again to Atlantic Beach.  We had left here last Saturday, spent the night in Winston-Salem, and then arrived in Highlands on Sunday.  On Monday, we took Jane Lewis for her Pre Op, and then returned to Mission Hospital on Tuesday for her surgery.  Her capable surgeon, Dr. Harkness, removed the tumor (by lumpectomy) and three lymph nodes,which will be tested to ensure that the cancer has not spread; results are expected in a few days.  By Wednesday morning, the patient was doing well, and so on Thursday morning, at the urging of Jane, we were on the road again.  While we were en route, we learned that Bill Lewis also had a successful procedure at St. Joseph to fragment his kidney stone and remove the stent placed there the week before Christmas.

It was a good day for traveling - blue skies but chilly temperatures.  The news, as we continued to check in, was good, and it seemed as if this good news was like wind in our sails, hurrying us across the wide rough ocean of I-40 and finally once again into our little harbor, the Big Mill B&B.  It was after dark when we arrived, and Chloe's chalkboard greeted us on the front porch:

The only room available had been the Mardi Gras room, new to us, but we found it to be as unique and quirky as her other guest rooms, decorated in the style of New Orleans.

Chloe provides such lovely little touches!  I had left my reading glasses in the car, but Martha spotted these glasses on top of a local cookbook:

The little tag attached to it read, "For our baby boomer friends to borrow."  We sat in front of the fireplace for awhile reading, thankful for surgery that has gone well and a return journey almost completed.