"Sexy Surprise"

From left to right: Jessaca, me, Michelle, Rachel & Jenny 

(Matt, Rachel's husband, dutifully took the photo)

Yesterday was absolutely unreal. I was in heaven, bursting with endorphins. I went skiing!! I wore a helmet - don't worry :)

To explain the photos above, the first is a regular group shot, then you say, "Sexy Surprise!" turn around, flash back and give your sexiest pose. It was Rachel's brainchild from her college sorority days. It's pretty fantastic. As you can see, I'm still working on my sexy side. I smiled pretty big though, and I'm pretty proud of that! That smile was truly genuine. It turns out I love to ski just as much as I love to run - which should speak volumes.

I was nervous at first, but two runs down the mountain I was getting my ski legs back. I started skiing in elementary school, and it's true what they say, it's just like riding a bike. I didn't even fall once!! I definitely fell a few times when I went skiing in Dubai, but this time I was warm and ready.

The whole time I was skiing yesterday I just couldn't believe my great life. As I skied with the group, we hop scotched down the mountain, and I would hear the laughter from my friends. It was like hearing music. Everyone was having so much fun. Days like that are priceless.

They were so patient with me; they were encouraging and we moved like a school of fish through the snow.

Unfortunately, we were never able to track down Heather, who was also on the mountain. I want to thank everyone for the gear loans: Heather, Marsha, Aaron & the whole Mauseth, Eastman & Taylor crew - and gifts: Jessaca. The only thing I had for skiing was my coat, which ironically was given to me by Libbey a year ago. So, actually, the whole experience was provided to me through the generosity and kindness from friends. A helmet, goggles, poles, skis, boots, pants, a coat, even the gloves were Danny's. Wow. See! I have such a great group of friends, I just can't even believe it!

I'm so grateful for my life. I'm thrilled to have my health. This life is such a gift!

Danny's 33rd Birthday

Sorry for the lack of posts!

Last Thursday was Danny's 33rd birthday so we had a few festivities scattered across a couple of days. Probably due to all of the excitement and packed schedule, I woke up on Sunday sick. It was such a rude awakening that I took a couple of NyQuil pills and went back to sleep.

It was one of those sicknesses where you don't have the energy to get up from bed. It felt as if I had an alligator hibernating in my throat, it was miserable. I thought, at one point, my entire head might explode, or the track of my scar was loose and the two halves of my head were separating. It was nightmarish, which made it quite easy to continue my rotation of sleeping pills, absorbing the sleep like a sponge.

I'm better now though! Back to life. I started with a half day on Wednesday and I haven't looked back.

Here's a couple of photos from the Venom game last Saturday (one of the birthday festivities). It's a local arena football team. Danny was in heaven having football in the off season.

Between playing catch-up at work, with all sorts of price increases on various textiles, I'm trying to iron out the details of the Rotary presentation. There's a chance that I won't be able to share photos. Yikes. I love photos, they speak a thousand words. I was really relying on them. Well. I guess I'll need a Plan B.