Silent Saturday (On Monday-- the "My New Niece" edition)

MY NIECE IS BEING BORN!!!!!!!!!!!!

In case you missed the title, MY NIECE IS BEING BORN!!!!!!! Like, NOW!!!!!!!

I'm in Baton Rouge with Chris's family for the 4th of July, but I just wanted to post this exciting news!!!!

C'MON BABY K!!!!!!!!!! HURRY UP!!!!!!!!!! :]

-Annie

"Time just flies by, doesn't it?"

I had a very nice lunch with Dr. M., who cared for me when I was only an infant. She is still caring for premies/sick babies today. To sum up my lunch, here are two pictures:

Dr. M. and me THEN (I was out of the hospital by this point, obviously)

and NOW

-Annie

"Thank You" is not enough

Tomorrow I will have the opportunity to do something really cool: I am having lunch with the doctor who made the critical decisions almost 20 years ago that ended up saving my life. What on Earth do I even say?! The words "thank you" seem so inferior, so useless. You say thank you when someone holds the door open for you. You say thank you when a friend notices you were about to leave your jacket on the back of a chair at a restaurant. Thank you seems like almost nothing when you're thanking someone for making important choices that result in giving you the opportunity to LIVE. She may have just been "doing her job", but it deserves a lot more than just a "thank you".

I had mentioned a few years back that I wanted to meet Dr. M. I had never met her (except for obviously when I was a newborn) and she was such a crucial person in my survival that I really wanted to at least say hello. My mom made contact with her and we were all free tomorrow (Thursday) for lunch! I'm a little nervous, but mostly excited! Even though I don't feel like a "thank you" is nearly enough, I'm hoping that the fact that I took the life that she saved and have done something with it will be a greater "thank you" than I could ever say. The fact that I didn't waste the life she saved, and have taken care of the body she fought to rescue, will mean more to her than two simple words. After all, it is the goal of her job!

I'll let you know how it goes. Wish me luck! :]

-Annie

Sore from shopping?!

I woke up with my back hurting, my arms hurting, and other random muscles hurting. I wish I could say these were from a great workout... but they were just from my fun shopping day with Mom on Sunday. This is insane. Honestly, unless I went and worked out in my sleep last night, that's the only thing I can even possibly be sore from. How sad is that? I mimicked the "taking off a shirt" motion and my arms surged with pain. Yep. It was my shopping day with Mom. *sigh* I've said it 100 times and I'll say it again: I'm old, fat, and retired.

I'm going running again today with sis-in-law Sarah if the weather is good. Last night the rain was so bad I, along with everyone else around me, had to go 40mph on the highway just to get any sort of clear vision. It was bad bad bad. So if the rain comes again tonight, we will put off running. Maybe I'll Wii Fit it up again. I do love the Wii Fit.

I'm thinking my neck is sore from sleeping with my puppy last night. If there is even a slight roll of thunder, she's super-extra needy for hours after it's over. With the serious storms last night, she sat in my lap and shook. I was going to take a picture, but my camera wasn't nearby. I had to take her outside to go to the bathroom one more time, before she went to bed, right in the middle of those storms. I walked out with her with an umbrella and plopped her in the grass. She was fine until some thunder roared: she jumped up and over and right out from under the umbrella. She wasn't as happy about being outside anymore. I finally got her to do some puppy business and we went inside. I got her a towel and kept her in it until I was sure she wasn't wet or cold. My neck might hurt because when she sleeps with me during storms, she is almost under me she's so close. She might at one point have wedged herself under my neck or my back, placing my neck at a funny angle. It's ok though. She needed me.

Time to wash Cayston stuff so I can do this morning's dose. Having 2 pieces for 3 treatments is wearing on my last nerve (but! I'm biting my tongue and being positive about it). Luckily, I end my first round of Cayston Thursday night!!! Only a few more days!!

-Annie