Just for the Joy!

OK! So my helmet is crooked...I didn't care! Today, 9 days before the PMC, as we riders wind down our training, I rode for only 13 miles at a very slow pace...so slow that the Calories per Hour web site won't even calculate it! But I don't care. It was pure joy to be out on the bike and not think about mileage or speed, I just rode for the joy of being outside on a beautiful morning before it got too hot.

I have not posted in a week, but I have many good reasons for that! I have been dorm shopping with Bridget and her godmother, Irene, who has way more patience and good sense about this whole dorm shopping thing than I have. I was hyperventilating a little and needed alcoholic beverages when we were done....and we are not even DONE!

We attended the Annual Jimmy Fund Summer Festival, although my husband seemed to be in different time zone when we made plans to attend, so we missed a lot of the fun stuff, but it still amazes me how Lisa, our Team Roar Captain, manages to put this together every year! It is wonderful to see how the kids and adults enjoy themselves!

We attended a very nice surprise 50th birthday party for my husband's friend Sahag. It truly was a surprise because he didn't shave! It was great! Everyone was surprised that he was so surprised!

I had my monthly Hedgehog Pathway Inhibitor Clinical Trial appointment on Monday and complained about my port, which has been giving me some trouble lately. It has been painful and has affected my shoulder and arm. On Monday, when Katie tried to draw blood, it was not behaving and it was painful. I was sent for an ultrasound because it was suspected that I may have had a blood clot! After an hour under the ultrasound wand, it was determined that I did not have a clot, but I need to keep an eye out for any swelling of the arm and neck.

No worries! Just another day in the life of ME! Who needs to go parachuting out of planes?