July 3,2009 10:30 PM

Reporting live from Lake Winnepesaukee!

This is the first night that I have spent away from home or the hospital since last October. Progress is being made slowly but surely. The weather had been lousy just before we got here but the rain stopped and the sun shown from behind the clouds. In fact, we had a full moon tonight. It was nice to be together with family and the kids enjoyed the change in scenery as well. Tomorrow, they are looking forward to water skiing and kayaking. I guess that the lake water is a little cold for swimming according to my granddaughter.

Even so, it's so nice to have a mini-vacation here with family. I just have to remember to stick to my medication schedule. It can be so easy to forget when you are in a different setting.

Life is good. And it's times like these that you actually realize this - I certainly do at this point! We get so caught up in our daily routines(not that I currently have one!) that we never seem to properly appreciate the times that we just chuck it all, kick back, and enjoy being with our family and friends. So often it seems like we just cram those events into our lives as well.

So, I hope you all have a safe and wonderful 4th(you statesiders anyway!). Enjoy the weekend and the time that you have to be together with family and friends.

Here I am telling you how to live your lives and I swore that I would not do that...

Bob