Tea Time and Birthdays anyone?

For all of my fellow blog followers;  I am sorry for being away for so long. Sometimes this life thing gets in the way and I have gotten distracted.  These past couple weeks have been happy, sad, funny, and emotional (especially with this cancer crap that mom has).  So let me update:


Mom's 60th Birthday was August 16th.  I decided that we should all go to a beautiful restaurant that overlooks San Diego Harbor.  The place is called C-Level.  For all of you that live in the area but have never been, I highly recommend it.

Mom hadn't started chemo at this point so she still had some post-op fatigue, but not to the level that it is now.  We sat on the outside porch of the restaurant and we were literally 5 feet away from the ocean.  We had an entire view of the skyscrapers of downtown, and the beautiful boats passing by.  It was a typical San Diego summery day and very picturesque.


So we ate lunch and the girls (my sisters, mom, and I) went outside the restaurant and looked at the view.  As we taking in the scenery, my sister spotted dolphins about 200 feet away from us.  Okay so all of you from San Diego, when have you ever spotted dolphins swimming so close to the harbor?  Alright well call me crazy, but since my mom has been going through this whole experience, I have built more of a relationship with the big guy upstairs.  I believe and will always believe that he gave us a little reminder that day with those dolphins (since we weren't able to go on our Hawaiian family vacation). My initial reaction was, "Okay God, I get it."  I thanked him for the awesome experience that will forever be a memory.

2 Days ago, my sisters, mom and I went to the Aubrey Rose Tea Room in La Mesa.  We had so much fun!  Mom kept saying, "I love this", and "We should have done this sooner!"  We got dressed up with hats and boas that the place provided.  We ordered 2 kinds of tea (English Breakfast of course, and Aubrey Rose), they had cucumber sandwiches, chicken salad sandwiches, fruit, multiple kinds of dessert, and scones.  Too much food for all of us for sure! Although it was hot as hell that day too, we wouldn't have traded the experience for anything in the world.  I am so glad we can create these memories.

Mom starts round 2 of chemo this upcoming monday, so if she is feeling well enough, I plan to take her to the tea room after every completed round to celebrate.  I didn't realize growing up, why my mom's style is the way it is with her decorations, but going to the Aubrey Rose Tea Room made me realize that she is indeed a British soul! She bought me a beautiful tea cup.   I plan on adding more to the collection whenever we go =)


Thanks mom for making me grow up drinking tea with you.  It's how I cope when I've had a hard day (okay...well sometimes I like wine now too). When I used to live at home, mom would see that I was sad, or just frustrated with things, she would pour me some tea and we would sit there and complain to each other about our latest issues. Thank God for tea and of course my beautiful mother! This is a tradition I hope my children will enjoy someday too!