departing today

well, I had my endoscopy yesterday, and my nasty surprise turned out to be a gastric ulcer. luckily it was in the new stomach, so she didn't have to run the camera up and around.
for some reason, an ulcer isn't as bad as I thought, considering I was flashing on the idea that I might have had cancer.
so now it's medication, which luckily dissolves in the mouth so I don't have to worry about swallowing horse pills which might get stuck down there.
today, I'm off to Port Angeles, for the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts, which starts tomorrow. the weather calls for some wind, so I hope my sandbags are enough!
still have lots of preparing to do before I can leave, though, so it'll be interesting to note what time I actually make it to the ferry. as always...