Week 3

Last week I was struck down by the stomach flu. Or tomato salmonella. Or bad Pizza Hut. Those are pretty much the three options I'm looking at, because by the time I got home from work on Monday night I felt so horrible that I couldn't really do anything again until Thursday. Well, that's not entirely accurate. I did call in sick to work on Tuesday night, and I was starting to feel a little bit better, so I went out with Zach and his family to celebrate Father's Day. That might not have been a great idea, and Wednesday I was still out of commission and called in sick. Thursday night I had my class and was feeling better by then, plus I only had to sit down, I didn't have to move, so it was ok. By the time Friday rolled around I was up and ready to get back to work. Perfect timing, I suppose.

Needless to say I didn't get as much out of last week as I had hoped. I have talked to a friend from work and we are going to start hiking together, because hiking is pretty much like extreme walking. I'd probably have to leave Atka at home because he's big and strong and can be a bully.

This is also starting to get to a difficult time of the year because of the temperature. Summer hits the Front Range pretty hard and since I work at night I can't go out late in the afternoon. I have to start just bearing the heat and not using it as an excuse although it might be an excuse for the dogs.

Yesterday I did work during the day, and then went to yoga afterwards. It's nice, I just wish I would be able to have more time to take classes, but making two trips a day into Boulder just isn't practical. I guess I just need to improvise at home or something, for when I can't make it to the gym during the day.

My fundraising is still at $500. Last week fell kind of short since I was sick. My manager at Nine75 has helped me out with a lot of ideas for fundraising, so hopefully they will come through. I would just rather raise my money through people I know, but it is all for the same cause, so I suppose it doesn't really matter in the end if I know them or not. I also have to start talking to people about it.

On a sad note, I discovered another reason for doing this walk. One of my mom's friends, Laura Holdridge, just died after battling breast cancer for 3 years. Her son and my brother were friends, and the two families became close friends. So this is really saddening, but just another reason why this is so important.