March 2011

I know, I know, I have not been writing much.  Honestly, that is a good thing.   We just returned from vacation for 10 days in Florida and overall had a very nice time.  I think Florida in March is the way to go because it is usually still cold in Michigan and usually warm in Florida and when you return to Michigan, it feels kinda like Spring.  Even more so because the time changed this morning so I just lost an hour.  Ugh!  I find that hour very precious thank you.

Friday in the airport in Orlando is when I first saw the news about the earthquake in Japan and the tsunami that followed - wow!  The devistation is unreal and surreal.

I had a very emotional time in Florida and not sure why.  I find myself more and more wanting to be retired and not work and to just enjoy every day to the utmost.  Odd, because I have never really had that much emotional attachment to the subject before.  I want to work hard for a few more years, pay off all our debt, and then be done.  I know much depends on my health because I need good insurance, and the stock market controls my 401 so much is out of my control.  Ugh. 

I am going to have to break down and get fitted with a prothesis.  Summer clothes are much more revealing than winter clothes and I don't plan to have reconstruction until at least fall and more like after the first of the year where I could then go to Florida and recover. That would be my ideal situation. 

So, with all that said, I feel like I need a focus and of course the 3-day walk is on my mind.  I wonder if my knee would stand another 60 miles weekend?   That is my biggest fear and last year it did good until mile 59 when I could definitely feel the stretch and slowed down and really was lucky.  So, if I started walking more and more, build it up slowly, I beat it would be okay.  I would do Dallas in November and not Chicago in August.  And the reality is, any number of miles I walk would be a blessing, I could take shuttles when needed, and still accomplish a lot!

Time to change the time on the last clock so I don't get confused and think I have more time than I do - that didn't sound good.  :)