C4AC #2 – An Odd Year

Post on: Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 at 11:10 pm
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It’s almost May so that means Comment for a Cause is drawing to a close in 8 days. Thanks to Lance for the last comment, which now brings c4ac’s total amount to $126 of my own money being donated to the MS Society. I would like to see if Comment for a Cause could reach 150 comments/dollars in its second year. The more you comment the more money I have to donate.

Not sure about you, but on the way home from practice tonight. I just started thinking that in 1999, I got into a nasty car accident couldn’t paddle for a month, in 2005, the day before I was to head out to our regional time trials for nationals I get in a car accident (both cases they drive into me), in 2007 I had a kid, this year I had surgery. I’m starting to think whats going on…. and why is it happening only on the odd years? Sure now I’m curious to see if something does happen in 2011,2013 etc but I don’t want to think about it either. Okay, I blame myself for getting pregnant and eating crappy/mixed with family genes.

Tonight was a joke! everyone was heading into town for the Canucks game, thankfully I was going the other way. There was road work everywhere and I hit every red light from leaving my house to when I got down to practice (I was PISSED). At practice, people were shocked and surprised to see me come out. The coach and I went into the coach boat and noticed it was missing its boat plug so she found a pine cone that was in the boat and then noticed as we got out half way the motor was CRAP, it went from slow to slower.

So no videoing the two boats tonight . I got asked if I wanted to come out to Saturdays race, I said sure (thinking I was going to just watch) but nope they want me paddle on the 2nd boat. I was hoping a practice to get myself back into the swing of things not a 4 races in one day. I might be on this 2nd boat if the boat I want to be on is already full .. well roster wise but not everyone shows at a practice Which means instead of being in the top 10, I might be on a team ranked in the top 60′s out of 180 teams :angry:

I don’t want to have a chip on the shoulder but team politics just boggles my mind.

Karen | Michelle | Dez | Chris |

C4AC #2 – One step forward

Post on: Monday, April 20th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
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Tulip Tree I was looking forward to this day all month as well next Tuesday (able to start paddling again) but today I was allowed to head to the gym. I was going insane and driving my mom nuts since I could not do anything.

More I thought about it over breakfast this morning was to skip going to the gym for another week or two. I don’t want to be stubborn and do something and injury myself more. Then again, I didn’t want to head there and just use the treadmill. Waste of time, gas and trying to find a parking spot. Since today was amazing and felt like spring I went for a good 30 minute walk with my ipod (and camera). One thing I forgot to do before I left was to put sunscreen on, let’s just say I just started my 2009’s tan.

I’m hoping to head for a walk daily or every two days for 30minutes to an hour just to get the blood moving again and it will give me something to do until I feel like I’m able to do more at the gym then I can now.

I really wish this subdivision I now live in had sidewalks; most of these houses aren’t even 10 years old yet. Sometimes I don’t feel safe walking on the curb/side of the road when a car is going 80 KM/H down the street when you should be going 50 or below (there is a park near by).

On the walk I saw this Tulip tree blooming, normally I won’t stop but having camera in hand, I just had to take a picture to say Spring has finally shown up (well at least here).