Some Last Minute Thoughts

Even though the Columbia team is small we are strong and even though I am the only chick on the team (as always) it has been real fun. Anyway, my Dad was in a car accident earlier this week and had to be admitted into the hospital (4 broken ribs). So of course my world just went spiraling out of control and I really didn't know if I was going to make it. So this is how cool my coach and mentor are - My coach took my bike to get tuned up before the race and my mentor picked the bike up before we left for the race. And some might think that is small but it is HUGE for me.
Then all my fellow Mooseman Teammates have been giving me so much love and well wishes to the point I feel so bad I won't make it to their event. J, A, ST, SR, M, E, C, C, J, A, J, G, J, S, M, T, L ...(I used the first letters of the names cause I don't know how people feel having their name listed on a blog lol) These people have touched my life. And if I never see them again after this (but I do plan on it) I am all the better for it. They raised the bar for me. They have inspired me...Every once in a while you need that.
So driving down with my Mentor and teammates Jim, Jeremy and Family, and Mike was pretty cool. We had some minor difficulties, someone's car broke down, but we still made it. I know exactly how that person feels I have been there the last two years (shit just happens at the most inopportune time). And yet somehow you pick yourself up and KEEP IT MOVING!! LOL We met up with Allen and Brett later that night.
So there's this lady named Carrie. She is awesome, she is the LLS coordinator and organized the logistics of everything. She is great and she definitely doesn't get enough credit. The reason why she is really cool is because she picked up a birthday cake for and had the Crab Shanty waiter bring it out to surprise me. Now that is cool LOL!

Yesterday was a great birthday not because of the cake and FREE DRINKS (which was really nice cause I can't tell the last time I had a man buy me drink LMAO) but because I experienced something new with some really great people and I would do it all over again.

So as I sit here and try to fight back my tears (I cry for so many reasons). I realize how important it is to never give up because somehow you will make it to the Other Side....with a little help from someone.