Thursday Thirteen

Every summer I go to California and spent 2-6 weeks with my “family”.  I haven’t been there in almost two years (last summer I was sorta tied up getting a kidney transplant) and I’m super anxious to go.  I leave on June 9th.

I’ve been making these CA trips at random times for the last 7 years, while I’ve been a SAHM, unemployed/disabled due to kidney failure, and during the times when I can afford it.  It’s been a small luxury, and it’s never far from my mind that I’m lucky in this way.

However, I feel meloncholy that this will probably be one of the last extended “vacations” in California that I’ll be taking for awhile.  I really hope by this time next year I’m healthy enough to be back to working.

If you’re wondering, The Kidlet is coming with me, but is only spending about a week in Ramona, CA before he spends the rest of the summer between three sets of grandparents (in CA, CO and AZ).  K1, unfortunately, has to stay home (with the exception of one weekend) to work.

As for me,

THIRTEEN things I want to do on my 5 week trip to San Diego/Ramona, California:

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