Overwhelmed

Do you ever have those days where life just goes by you so fast. I feel like I am living in a life of complete stress and even though I am taking some time for myself (for the first time in my life), I still can't get ahold of myself? Work is stressful, just have so many things going on. Brent and I are 'trying' to buy our first house and the Orange County real estate isn't something that is easy to break into.

Being diagnosed with Cancer is hard, but trying to get your life back seems almost harder. I tried diving into spin classes and full on working out only to get pushed back with pneumonia. I can tell my body still isn't back to "normal" and sometimes I question if it will ever.

Today I am going in for my monthly blood work. I think that is the reason for digging up some feelings, sorry about that. I guess it will be a long time before this chapter is truly closed in my life.....

Bermuda Pictures

Amazing, that's all I can say.....

Grand Canyon!

Sorry for so many, out of order pictures...but with over 300 of them, it took me a while. Enjoy!

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Red Sox Pictures.......

It's too bad they didn't win...but it's always fun watching them play!

Mother's Day!

We decided to do something different for Mother's Day and do something we haven't ever done. We drive by the exit almost every weekend, yet we never stop. I am feeling strong enough - so we decided to go for it. The San Diego Wild Animal Park! We look over 100 pictures, so I tried to just capture a few of them....

There are a lot of things coming up for me....Red Sox game on Wednesday night. Can't miss a chance to see the Sox out west! I am going with Dad, Brent and a co-worker, Patricia.

Then on Thursday morning, Brent and I are heading to the GRAND CANYON! Can you believe it's here already. We have been training for 14 weeks with Team in Training and we are really excited. We will post pictures as soon as we get back.

Brent is still a few hundred dollars shy of his goal, so if you want to make a small donation, he'd greatly appreciate it!!

http://pages.teamintraining.org//ocie/CanyonS209/bgarriepy

On the health front, I have a slight cough left, but miles ahead of where I was. I went for a little swim today, nothing major. Want to make sure my lungs are ready for the altitude in the Grand Canyon.

Hope you all are well!

Pneumonia...

It's official, I have Pneumonia. I knew I wasn't feeling right and it all started this weekend. I thought I was just run down, but progressively got worse. I went into my primary care on Monday morning and she took a chest xray. I really appreciate everything Dr. Yu does and she always examines all directions. She thought it was just allergies....but sent my chest xray off to a radiologist just to be sure. I got the results back today - they saw spotting on the left lung, behind my heart. It's Pneumonia! I am starting antibiotics today, so hope to feel better real soon....

One day at a time, right???

Katherine's Baptism

Brent and I flew up to Berkeley for about 24 hours, definitely not long enough, but we were finally able to meet Katherine! The entire family was there which always makes it hard to spend "quality" time with everyone.

On Friday night, we went to a comedy club, Tony Rock (Chris Rock's brother) was the main act. It was Jon, Monica, Matt, Alex, Jason (Alex's brother), Brent and I. All I can say is that my face hurt all day Saturday, I was laughing so hard! It's been a long time since I have done a comedy club and forgot how much I enjoyed it. After the club, we met up with Dad and Jeannie for a drink.

The shower was about 11 am on Saturday. Graham and McKenzie came, great to see them! Followed by a lunch before Brent and I had to get back on a plane. With so many people around, I hardly had a chance to steel Katherine away...however, did manage it a few times. Here are a few pictures....As I get more, I will add them.

On the health front, been feeling really worn down the last day or so. I developed a deep chest cough. I am not sure if it is allergies or if this is something I should be concerned about?!? I knocked myself out with Tylenol PM last night about 9pm and slept about 11 hours (sleep usually helps me beat anything). It's 8 pm again and I can hardly keep my eyes open - so something else is going on if I am this tired!! I put in a note to have Dr. Yu (Primary) to call me tomorrow. I want to get my lungs checked asap and get on some meds if need be...can't take any chances, no matter how well my body has been doing.
I will keep you posted.