Here is a picture of me with Brent's siblings as well as the birthday girl blowing out her 29th Birthday candles!
(I will post more pictures later)
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Merry Christmas
Hope everyone has/had a happy, healthy and safe holiday with the people they love!
Here is a picture of me with Brent's siblings as well as the birthday girl blowing out her 29th Birthday candles!
(I will post more pictures later)
Here is a picture of me with Brent's siblings as well as the birthday girl blowing out her 29th Birthday candles!
(I will post more pictures later)
Saturday, December 20, 2008
The Trip East
Sorry, this is a long one, lots to report.
So Brent and I were packed and ready to fly back east on Wednesday. I met Brent after school for our flight out of LAX. We had a rental car, from insurance, so we figured we would drive the car into LAX and just return it. Mind you, Brent got out of school at 11:15am and we had a 12:50pm flight - not much room for error. The rental car drop off was off sight, oops. Didn't time that well. When we arrived at the airport to check our bags it was 11:50am and lines out the door. Not a good sign. We check the bags and make the flight to Vegas, phew. If you were watching the weather, then you noticed the snow in Vegas - so much that they closed the airport! Our flight realized that when we were flying over it. At this point we were low on fuel and the closed airport we could get to was in Ontario (California, not Canada). Ontario is about 40 min from LA. We are stuck and there is an option to bus back to LA or stay in a hotel and fly out Thursday. Brent and I opted to try again in the AM...
We proceed to stay in lines for a few hours only to get to the counter and hear, all flights to Providence are sold out for Thursday, you can't fly until Friday. Fantastic! The one plus is that dad leaves near the airport, so we were able to spend some time there AND we got our bags back.
I called the rental car company because we were going to be late. They tried to RAISE my rate by $400!! I was coming two days later and you wanted to what?!? Long story short, I talked to corporate and they worked with me, ugh!
Friday comes and Brent and I tried to fly standby. Providence is expected to get 13 inches of snow, great. We arrive at 7am only to find out all flights into providence are sold out - so we can leave Ontario but we'll be trapped at our connection location. So we decided to stay on our flight at 12:55pm.
Our connection was through Nashville. Brent fit right in carrying his guitar. We are looking to get into Providence when they announce over the intercom "we will be grounding flight 2028 to Providence, time is unknown, they won't let anyone land at this time. More to come". The rental car company closes at 12:30am, we had a small window for error, again, or would get stuck at the airport. Needless to say, they finally let us out and we landed at 12:15am which had me running to the rental car counter (not really, but a brisk walk)! I just love winter traveling in New England!!
We woke up this morning (after 5 hrs of sleep) and went straight to Boston University. There was a meet there and I had some teams I wanted to see. Some old team mates were there too, so good to see them all. We went from the meet straight to the Cape - its Grammie Dot's 83rd birthday today. My cousins, aunts, uncles etc were all there, again it's been too long since we've all been together!! Was a great day.
Tomorrow - Patriots Game and it will be a cold one for sure!
So Brent and I were packed and ready to fly back east on Wednesday. I met Brent after school for our flight out of LAX. We had a rental car, from insurance, so we figured we would drive the car into LAX and just return it. Mind you, Brent got out of school at 11:15am and we had a 12:50pm flight - not much room for error. The rental car drop off was off sight, oops. Didn't time that well. When we arrived at the airport to check our bags it was 11:50am and lines out the door. Not a good sign. We check the bags and make the flight to Vegas, phew. If you were watching the weather, then you noticed the snow in Vegas - so much that they closed the airport! Our flight realized that when we were flying over it. At this point we were low on fuel and the closed airport we could get to was in Ontario (California, not Canada). Ontario is about 40 min from LA. We are stuck and there is an option to bus back to LA or stay in a hotel and fly out Thursday. Brent and I opted to try again in the AM...
We proceed to stay in lines for a few hours only to get to the counter and hear, all flights to Providence are sold out for Thursday, you can't fly until Friday. Fantastic! The one plus is that dad leaves near the airport, so we were able to spend some time there AND we got our bags back.
I called the rental car company because we were going to be late. They tried to RAISE my rate by $400!! I was coming two days later and you wanted to what?!? Long story short, I talked to corporate and they worked with me, ugh!
Friday comes and Brent and I tried to fly standby. Providence is expected to get 13 inches of snow, great. We arrive at 7am only to find out all flights into providence are sold out - so we can leave Ontario but we'll be trapped at our connection location. So we decided to stay on our flight at 12:55pm.
Our connection was through Nashville. Brent fit right in carrying his guitar. We are looking to get into Providence when they announce over the intercom "we will be grounding flight 2028 to Providence, time is unknown, they won't let anyone land at this time. More to come". The rental car company closes at 12:30am, we had a small window for error, again, or would get stuck at the airport. Needless to say, they finally let us out and we landed at 12:15am which had me running to the rental car counter (not really, but a brisk walk)! I just love winter traveling in New England!!
We woke up this morning (after 5 hrs of sleep) and went straight to Boston University. There was a meet there and I had some teams I wanted to see. Some old team mates were there too, so good to see them all. We went from the meet straight to the Cape - its Grammie Dot's 83rd birthday today. My cousins, aunts, uncles etc were all there, again it's been too long since we've all been together!! Was a great day.
Tomorrow - Patriots Game and it will be a cold one for sure!
Monday, December 15, 2008
Diving right back into things......
My first trip to Atlanta went well, other then the horrible experiences I had at the Hilton Atlanta (don't ever stay there!!). I was at the meet for a day and a half, just enough to test my body. I was able to meet up with one of my college friends, Ashlee Fotinakes and her daughter Karlyn. Was great to see her and to catch up. It's amazing how much we have all grown up since our college lives. My body handled the trip well. I was able to come back on Friday to the OC for a few days to rest, do some laundry and spend some time with Brent.
On Tuesday I flew to Austin. Going back to one of the greatest place and where most all of my greatest, closest friends live, it was extremely difficult to get it all in and I definitely failed. I did hit most all my favorite restaurants, but wasn't able to see everyone I wanted to. The meet took up most all of my time, so it left me with a few hours here and there to try to meet up with everyone. I am looking forward to trying to get back there in March - my body will be in a much better place. I was much more worn down by the end of this trip, my voice starting to crack a little. It was a welcomed trip back to the OC for sure. I got in a lot more then I thought I would, but definitely not enough as I wanted.
I flew back last night and felt it this morning. Just worn out. I didn't stay in the office all day today, came home and worked here. I am able to just sit and get work done when I do that. I will be in the office tomorrow before I fly to Boston. Not looking forward to the cold....but looking forward to some extended family time and seeing Brent's family!!
Overall, my body is responding well, but still miles away from where I want to be. One day at a time......
Here are a few pictures from a night at Hula Hut, enjoy.....
On Tuesday I flew to Austin. Going back to one of the greatest place and where most all of my greatest, closest friends live, it was extremely difficult to get it all in and I definitely failed. I did hit most all my favorite restaurants, but wasn't able to see everyone I wanted to. The meet took up most all of my time, so it left me with a few hours here and there to try to meet up with everyone. I am looking forward to trying to get back there in March - my body will be in a much better place. I was much more worn down by the end of this trip, my voice starting to crack a little. It was a welcomed trip back to the OC for sure. I got in a lot more then I thought I would, but definitely not enough as I wanted.
I flew back last night and felt it this morning. Just worn out. I didn't stay in the office all day today, came home and worked here. I am able to just sit and get work done when I do that. I will be in the office tomorrow before I fly to Boston. Not looking forward to the cold....but looking forward to some extended family time and seeing Brent's family!!
Overall, my body is responding well, but still miles away from where I want to be. One day at a time......
Here are a few pictures from a night at Hula Hut, enjoy.....
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Port Aftermath
Here is a picture of the port aftermath. As you can see, it's bruised and stitched. I finally took the tape off that was covering the stitches. I can definitely move my arm again, so I am happy about that.
Other then the port, Brent and I decided to take a LONG walk on the beach. We ended up doing 7 miles!! Crazy, I know. I was definitely cramping and getting tight at the end. It felt great though.
The trip to Atlanta went well, got a little tired, but nothing I can't handle. I am headed to Austin in a few days, looking forward to heading back to my old stomping ground. I doubt i will be able to do everything I want to do there, but just being back will be a breath of fresh air.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Port Removal
Sorry it took a few days to get up a post. After the port came out, packed and got right on a plane to Atlanta...
Brent was able to get the morning off, so he could come with me. We arrived at the office a little before 8am. We opted to have it removed in the Dr office vs going into the OR (plus the co-pay was $10 instead of $200). We were brought back about 820. The area around the port got numbed up, that part wasn't fun. It's a stinging and burning feeling. He waited a min or two and cut away. The goal is to cut over the same scar, which wasn't more then a few inches long. As he cut, I could feel it. Not fun either! He told me I shouldn't feel anything, but I did, so not sure why...he continued on regardless. He had some trouble getting it out. A few of my friends talked about it getting stuck, so was kinda a strange feeling when that actually happened. He had to wiggle it a bit before it came loose, definitely had me sweating at this point (literally). When he pulled it out, wasn't what I expected; was white and plastic. Was like a lolly pop with a long stick. I was stitched up and on my way by 845.
I am a little sore, but it was 10 times worse getting put in. I can move my arm again now, so that's not too bad.
I am still in Atlanta, first prelims were this morning. There is some good races so far...I am hanging in there, getting tired, but I am also taking advantage of the down time!
Brent was able to get the morning off, so he could come with me. We arrived at the office a little before 8am. We opted to have it removed in the Dr office vs going into the OR (plus the co-pay was $10 instead of $200). We were brought back about 820. The area around the port got numbed up, that part wasn't fun. It's a stinging and burning feeling. He waited a min or two and cut away. The goal is to cut over the same scar, which wasn't more then a few inches long. As he cut, I could feel it. Not fun either! He told me I shouldn't feel anything, but I did, so not sure why...he continued on regardless. He had some trouble getting it out. A few of my friends talked about it getting stuck, so was kinda a strange feeling when that actually happened. He had to wiggle it a bit before it came loose, definitely had me sweating at this point (literally). When he pulled it out, wasn't what I expected; was white and plastic. Was like a lolly pop with a long stick. I was stitched up and on my way by 845.
I am a little sore, but it was 10 times worse getting put in. I can move my arm again now, so that's not too bad.
I am still in Atlanta, first prelims were this morning. There is some good races so far...I am hanging in there, getting tired, but I am also taking advantage of the down time!
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