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Archive for May, 2009
It’s a girl!!!!
Friday, May 8th, 2009Race Weekend, Plan B as in…
Thursday, May 7th, 2009…BUILDING!! Instead of racing the White Lake Half Iron Triathlon, we are going to tackle a home improvement project we have been talking about for over 6 months! Our house is about 1200 sq ft and with 2 kids, 2 cats, 400 pounds of Labradors, and 2 6-foot adults…needless to say we are crowded. Paul and I have mercilessly pared down, purged and simplified, but we still have lots of stuff. So we are going to build loft-like hanging storage in the garage.
I think it will be a lot of me standing around waiting to hold 4×4 beams in place above my head on a ladder while Paul measures and makes the cuts with the circular saw we got for our wedding shower. So I plan to take pictures to post as we go so stay tuned!
Need your help please!!
Thursday, May 7th, 2009I received an email from my friend Shirley today. I cannot begin to describe the size of Shirley’s heart. She is incredibly selfless and genuine, not to mention the best hugger I know! I have never heard her ask anyone for help, but now she has so I know it is dire. Her father has Parkinson’s and needs surgery, but insurance will not cover it. I am asking you to help her by either making a donation or sending this to your network. Please know I don’t make this frivolously and would not ask you if it did not mean a lot to me! Here is her message:
Fifteen years ago, my father (papi), San Limbara, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (PD). He was 45 years old. He lives in Jakarta, Indonesia, where medical insurance is uncommon and no insurance company will insure him due to his illness. It has been painful to witness a great parent whom I love so much decline from being a vibrant, smart, witty, active and independent person to someone who can barely walk and requires 24-hour care. The disease has interfered with his speech so much that simple conversations are difficult and sometimes not possible. It crushed me to see him cry because he was not able to dance with my sister during her wedding.
Medicines can only slow the progression of this disease. Once all appropriate medications have been tried unsuccessfully, brain surgery is the last resort of treatment. This is the case with my father. He is a candidate for the Deep Brain Stimulator (DBS) treatment surgery and has a tentative surgery date of May 28, 2009. The surgery will cost $67,300 of which $47,000 is being provided by family members. Due to lack of medical insurance, all of my dad’s surgery cost is an out of pocket expense. In order for the surgery to happen, payment must be submitted in full to Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore by May 21, 2009.
Donations may be made online through http://site.fundsforpapi.org or writing a check payable to Funds for Papi and mailing it to: Shirley Landry; 1308 Davenport Ct.; Kernersville, NC 27284
Quitters, dropouts and failures, oh my!
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009Yup, we dropped out. I have been feeling worse each day and can hear the raspy breathing in my chest just climbing a flight of stairs. Paul had a good ride w Tamara this weekend, but has not run successfully in over 6 weeks and even then his blister issue came back. I just emailed the race production company to give our spots to someone else.
What about the motto you ask? I guess if I am ditching goals, I should ditch mottos too, huh?
OK, off to wander aimlessly through life now…
New foods–CRAWDAD edition
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
That’s right, CRAWDADS!! PLURAL!!! I am in Cincinnati with my mom and dad at Elli and Michael’s for my neice to be’s shower. Today is Elli’s birthday so we went to Pappadeaux for dinner. It is a “seafood kitchen.” My mom got crawdads and a salad for dinner. Elli asked if there was anything on the table that could pass as my new food for the week. I tried to pawn off the Sam Adams White Ale, but no one accepted that as an answer. Crawdads were the only option.
My first reaction–hellzzzz no!! [[Paul tried to trick me into eating them after the MB marathon, but I turned my head quickly to see those beady eyes (the crawdad's, not Paul's) staring at me and I knew it was something NASTY not the Alaskan King Crab meat I thought it would be. My general culinary motto is that I do not eat anything with eyes still intact.]] But then, I do hear, once the baby of the family, always the baby of the family. That proved to be the case b/c my mom said she would pull the meat out of the carcass of the bug eyed creature. It did NOT taste like chicken. The spices burned the taste buds off my tongue–good thing b/c I had to eat THREE PIECES in order to get a clear picture.
NEVER forfeit an entry fee!!!
Friday, May 1st, 2009As you know from a previous post, Paul was sick at Belews tri. He then proceeded to have 103 degree temp for 4 days. I thought I had dodged the bullet. Until yesterday morning. I think I was fighting it OK, but then training was intensifying and I think my body is worn down. My throat is sore, head ache, stuffy nose. The pollen continues to coat EVERYTHING here. I know it is not the swine flu b/c I do not have a fever. I fly tomorrow to Cincinnati for Elli’s baby shower. I contemplated bringing a face mask from work, but alas, that would be stealing supplies. And I think the hospitals will seriously be needing all the supplies we can use in the upcoming weeks.
So, here we are and according to the main page on our website, Paul and I race the White Lake Half Iron Triathlon in 8 days. 8 days?!?!? When did THAT happen?!?! I am only worried about my asthma now. I anticipate the race taking about 7 hours, which is hard enough w/out suffering from or recovering from respiratory illness. But alas, I have this motto…
NEVER FORFEIT AN ENTRY FEE!!!