Karma...hmph...

So Karma bit me in the a**. Oh wait... that was the antibiotic. I went to the same Dr office as DH, I'm starting to think maybe they just stamp everyone with Bronchial Pneumonia. Do I have any volunteers to go with different symptoms, and see if you get the same diagnosis? Email me, and I'll give you the address. *rolling eyes*

OY GEVALT!!!!!!!!!

I do think I caught it early enough. So hopefully, it can get fixed, and we can move on...till the next thing. So I was saying before, how I just knew something bad was going to happen. DH says" Why must you be so negative." "Well, I'm not; I'm POSITIVE...something bad is gonna happen." (I stole that from a friend...good eh?) So lets hope that DH and I having Bronchial Pneumonia, is the bad thing. But I look at my sweet baby, and that's where my brain and heart goes. *sigh*

When...I ask you...will it end. A small reprise...is all I'm asking.

Wow...

What is MY excuse...

True grit: Woman with MS is last at NYC Marathon, a day later

By Deepti Hajela, Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — When the elite athletes passed her, Zoe Koplowitz kept walking. When the hard-core runners went by, she kept walking. And, finally, when every other one of the thousands of people in the race had finished, she kept walking.

Koplowitz crossed the finish line and completed her 20th New York City Marathon on Monday - just under 29 hours after she started.

Wearing braces on her back and knee and using purple-painted crutches, Koplowitz walked the entire route, accompanied by supporters. The 59-year-old woman has multiple sclerosis and diabetes.

"I'm just extremely grateful," she said after reaching the finish line in Central Park. "I don't get any younger, my MS doesn't get any better." She called crossing the finish line "a total blessing."

Koplowitz, a motivational speaker, was diagnosed more than 30 years ago with multiple sclerosis, a degenerative disease of the central nervous system. She entered her first NYC Marathon in 1988 and made her best time - just under 20 hours. This year's effort was 28 hours, 45 minutes.

The time doesn't matter to Koplowitz. She enjoys her unusual vantage point, which lets her see some of the world's best marathoners run by.

"The best part is you get to be both a spectator and a participant," she said.

Koplowitz started the 26.2-mile trek ahead of the main pack, this year at 6:30 a.m. Sunday, and pulled over to give the elite runners room.

The women's winner, Paula Radcliffe, won in 2 hours, 23 minutes, 9 seconds, just nine months after giving birth. The men's winner, Martin Lel, finished in 2:09:04.

Ruth Brenner, president of the New York City chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, called Koplowitz an inspiration.

"She's not letting MS change her life," Brenner said Monday. "I think she is a real champion."

Koplowitz also has completed races in Boston and London and hopes to keep taking part "as long as I'm able to keep getting around."

Her short-term goal, though, was to relax.

"I'm going to go home, cuddle with my husband and my dog and take a nap," she said.

4 out of 6

That's how many of us are sick. Daddy has stupid man sickness/Bronchial Pneumonia, and missed a week of work. Emma has been sick off and on for 2 weeks now, with a HORRID cough, croupy at night, fever off and on. Jack has green buggers and wheezy cough. I have the cough that hurts all over to get out. I'm hoping mine doesn't settle in my chest. It's been hard to breath today, but I don't think I'm wheezy...yet.

*rolling eyes*

The rule at our house is...you cough into your elbow. Emma reminds us...all the time.

So...when do I get a break...seriously...

Red Sox Nation

Sorry, this post is a little late...but better late than never right??

Some of you may not know this, but I grew up in New England-Boston...well Beverly, Ma. My Dad was way into the Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics, and most of all the Bruins. I really only got into the Celtics. I think a lot of it was...they won the 1986 NBA Championship, the day I graduated from High school. I remember people with their little radios, listening to the game. And the speakers, would give the score every few minutes. So the room was full of excitement. You can't help be excited with them.

My Mom and my sister are FREAKS about the Red Sox. FREAKS I tell you. My Mom has a Red Sox bracelet, that she refuses to take off, cuz they will lose if she does. She and Heather, have wanted me to get into it too, but I just have no desire. Well...THIS YEAR...was different. I was told; by a mean mean boy, in no uncertain terms, that "YOU ARE FROM NEW ENGLAND!! YOU HAVE TO BE EXCITED!! *sigh*

So I decided to get into it. It was history in the making ya know... And guess what, it WAS exciting. I SO know I am a bone head. And many people reminded me, that I need to at least PRETEND to be excited. So I decided for my loved ones sake...I would try it out.

My Mom has been brainwashing Emma, so she enjoyed the game with me! She told me, "Mom, baseball players spit!" Haha! Then she kept pointing out Coco C r i s p. Yes, that is his name. She was cracking me up!

So really I just wanted to say...

GO SOX!!!!!!!

Examine your life.

I subscribe to LDS Nuggets. I got this one today. Sometimes...I get exactly what I need.

"I urge you to examine your life. Determine where you are and what you need to do to be the kind of person you want to be. Create inspiring, noble, and righteous goals that fire your imagination and create excitement in your heart. And then keep your eye on them. Work consistently towards achieving them."

--Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, "Life's Lessons Learned", May 2007 Ensign

I was recently getting a lecture from a friend, about taking my life back. I feel like this depression has stolen my life. If you have dealt with this, you know what I mean.

One thing that has stuck with me from said lecture, is that I need to stop TRYING, and just do it! I have always said, if you are going to have a baby natural, you can't TRY, you have to be committed to it. If you go into it with the, "I will try to go as long as I can" attitude, you'll have a really hard time succeeding. I was telling me sweet friend this, and he said..."TAKE YOUR OWN ADVISE!!!" I had honestly never thought of my life in this regard. My friend/therapist ;) said, "Are you giving an honest effort to changing your life?" My first response was YES! But as we talked about it in depth, I realize I'm not. I'm giving a good effort, but not all that I have. But when you've dug yourself as deep a hole as I have, it is taking more than ALL I have to get out. It's a daily struggle with the old me, and the me I've become, and don't like. This whole concept of reinvention, melding the aspects I like about my old, and new life, and trashing the parts I don't. It's overwhelming, and exciting.

I'm doing things daily, to get my life back. One thing I'm doing, is to stop saying...Oh that is too hard. I just have to stop finding excuses and do it!! Easier said than done, but day by day, it's getting easier!