Well Vegas was fabulous...22 women ...shopping, dancing, gambling, wine...amounts of previous items not disclosed...and a lot of laughing. I returned to work last Tuesday and put in a few too many hours. The "full" life got the best of me and I developed an infection with fevers and visited my familiar Unit 57 on Monday morning to get examined, tested and assessed. The medications are working, I feel 5 times better than the past weekend, and I think by tomorrow I'll be back to normal. And while I know many of you are thinking "you have to watch it" (and I do), it is just too tempting to resist living fully. Every once and I while I get a little zap to remember not to overdo it. At least not to overdo it all the time!
I expect that by next Friday, I will feeling strong enought to ride a bike. A stationery bike in fact. I'm on a team from PwC that will ride stationery bikes outside by the Bow River downtown next Friday. The Ride for Diabetes Research raises funds for diabetes research, and with the number of my relatives affected by the disease, I'm more than happy to hop on a bike to help accelerate research developments. I am living proof of the impact medical research has.
If you interested in sponsoring me, you can check out my fundraising page - any $ donation is very much appreciated and I promise not to fall off the bike!
http://jdrfca.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&eventID=719&participantID=27132
Cheers and live fully,
Tricia
Thursday, 10 September 2009
Thursday, 27 August 2009
Good night and Good summer!
My last post was the day before Mom's birthday and today is Dad's birthday - he and I just celebrated his birthday with Vietnamese Food and a Wii marathon...the summer has evaporated in between! The past 2 months have been full...of all kinds of normal life things. Visits, work, parties, short trips, and even a few moments of just relaxing. Normal life. Ah. It's been some time since I had a normal summer. I like it.
Mom's birthday stretched for the first week of July...after Colleen's surprise visit and Stampeding with Bob, Colleen and Dad and I, Mom also blew out the candles with her favourite little boys. We ran in to them at Stampede and they were the coolest cowboys I've ever met (Davis left, Jack right) They even took on the rides and its clear they're 
going to love driving some day.
going to love driving some day.
July zoomed on with my usual quick trip to Edmonton for a Dr. Aung tune-up and as usual a wonderful visit with Amy and Ryland - we even took in Shakespeare in the Park on a warm summer night. My almost thirteen-year old cousin Grady landed in Calgary for a week and he and I took in Gasoline Alley at Heritage Park as well as some crazy laser tag and mini-golf before he headed South to visit uncle Bob in Fort MacLeod. I can hardly believe he'll turn 13 in 2 days.
Early August I travelled to Regina for a surprise 40th anniversary party for my Uncle Tony and Aunt Carol...lots of catching up with Antonini's which is always a boost of energy. They were so shocked and had such a good time...their "first dance" of the evening while my Uncle Marty played piano in the park seemed similar to any newlywed. Amazing stuff for 40 years. After the party I met up with Tasha and enjoyed some time with her family at Pelican Point on Last Mountain Lake: a few days of humidity, peace, relaxation, kayaking and the occasional ice cream. No pictures. Too relaxed to 
remember to take them. While I was in Regina I also fit in a couple of visits including one at my great Aunt Marj's new place of residence. I loved it so much I almost thought I'd get on the waiting list.
The rest of August has absolutely disappeared. I've not even had a lot of
time to enjoy my new condo yet (pictured right). And apart from getting re immunized for the 4th time (me and all the crying babies) I haven't had to visit the hospital. I've been a bit more tired these days...perhaps because I've been working, playing and living a lot! A bit surreal actually. Tomorrow morning I leave for Vegas for 4 days of craziness with 22 fun women! It's a party to celebrate 2 of them turning "Fabulous" and I can't wait. Gotta get some sleep though, so good night and good summer!
Early August I travelled to Regina for a surprise 40th anniversary party for my Uncle Tony and Aunt Carol...lots of catching up with Antonini's which is always a boost of energy. They were so shocked and had such a good time...their "first dance" of the evening while my Uncle Marty played piano in the park seemed similar to any newlywed. Amazing stuff for 40 years. After the party I met up with Tasha and enjoyed some time with her family at Pelican Point on Last Mountain Lake: a few days of humidity, peace, relaxation, kayaking and the occasional ice cream. No pictures. Too relaxed to 
remember to take them. While I was in Regina I also fit in a couple of visits including one at my great Aunt Marj's new place of residence. I loved it so much I almost thought I'd get on the waiting list. 
The rest of August has absolutely disappeared. I've not even had a lot of
time to enjoy my new condo yet (pictured right). And apart from getting re immunized for the 4th time (me and all the crying babies) I haven't had to visit the hospital. I've been a bit more tired these days...perhaps because I've been working, playing and living a lot! A bit surreal actually. Tomorrow morning I leave for Vegas for 4 days of craziness with 22 fun women! It's a party to celebrate 2 of them turning "Fabulous" and I can't wait. Gotta get some sleep though, so good night and good summer!
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