'Get busy livin' or......'

 We've all seen the movie and heard the infamous line a million times.

These are wonderful and beautiful ideas and if you can truly live the answer, I admire it. 

A number of people have asked me a question that aligns with these concepts. 

Not everyone asks it quite like this...but essentially they say 'So what are you going to do now?'

A member of my Palliative Care team asked it a little more realistically, for me, just last week. They said 'What matters most to you. What are three things you've quickly realized you need to feel like you.'

Because this girl doesn't have an expensive backpack waiting in a closet for the adventure of a lifetime through the mysterious and romantic countrysides of foreign lands.  

If you know me, well, it's a big deal when I get on an airplane. 

No, I'm not afraid to fly. I'm just a homebody.

And I am not leaving Oliver. 

(I have at least 2,000 to choose from - this won't be the last one you see)

The trips I want to take involve spa appointments, sand, salt, and sun. An overwater bungalow with a person in a canoe delivering breakfast for one is not exactly my idea of fun. 

But I dread breakfast less than I dread dinner. 

I'm single. 

I don't want to eat my amazing meal and drink my mojito by the light of a Tiki torch, alone.

That said, if you know me well you know my favorite place on earth - 

Seabrook, WA. 

(I have at least 500 to choose from, this won't be the last one you see.)

So why did the question from the Palliative Care team resonate more?

Well, because when you have Stage IV cancer in the liver that metastasized from elsewhere there's a lot of pain, nausea, and other symptoms that make getting from sunrise to sunset a big deal in and of itself.

 (Though to be clear...I never see the sun rise and soon, once the sun is setting later, I probably won't see that either.) 

Because one thing this girl loves is sleep. 

I do promise to keep you posted on what I'm doing with what's left of 'this one precious life.'