Weekend away and the end of Steroids (for now)

Last weekend we finally had some time away. We stayed at Sunrise beach for the Post-Code Challenge - Primitive Surf's annual surf comp. We have been going since its inception and it is awesome to see how far it has come along. The weekend is great as everyone stays across the road. 

It was so nice to chill out with our surfing mates who we haven't seen in a long time. In a way we have been locked away from our usual friendships due to our inability to get out and about. Especially the surfing community. We only really see these guys when we go surfing. They are such a great source of fun and friendship, but we miss them when we have periods of time out of the water. 

 I had a great time surfing. Each morning I got up early (ish) and had a paddle before shane woke up. The weather was amazing! Beautiful, sunny skies graced us all weekend and the water was clean and glassy. There wasn't much wind around either. It was a great opportunity to practice some mindfulness techniques. I haven't been so great at looking after my psychological state lately and having such a wonderful opportunity to practice makes a big difference in how I cope with our situation. I thoroughly enjoyed focusing on how it felt to be in the water, at how the water bubbles dissipated off my hand after a wave rolled through, how the warmth of the sun felt on my face. This helps reduce anxiety prevents me worrying about Shane all the time!

It was so great to support the guys from Primitive surf. They have been so supportive of us over the years. A huge thanks goes to all those guys. Love you all heaps!

The other milestone of this weekend was that Shane finally stopped his steroids! He had been on them since January - a whopping 200mg then he gradually reduced them weekly ever since. The steroids have a lot of unpleasant side effects, which is why they are the first immunosuppresant to removed from the equation. This is most likely not the end of the steroids, but its the end for now. 

What we didn't realise was that this weekend, Shane had another surprise for us...

xx