We flew into San Diego on Thursday afternoon, picked up our rental car (of course we had to pay extra to avoid the PT Cruiser) and headed to good ole Ocean Beach. It was full of the crowd I remember from the past few years… filthy kids who may or may not be homeless by choice, a few older bikers, and some obvious vagrants who smell like urine. We stopped in to Livingston’s to get some Mexican food (it’s just not the same in Colorado) and walked down to the beach. It was a gorgeous day!
Though it was actually the very first day I’ve ever worn maternity pants, when I arrived at the event hotel that evening, the comments from my former co-workers were that I didn’t look pregnant (so sweet of them). Jana was with me and we got some time to visit. Jesse was at Jason’s house with Dan, having Man Night because it was a Thursday after all. I laid out my clothes for the morning and tried to get a good night’s sleep in preparation for the big walk!
September 30, 2010
September 21, 2010
Dear Challenge Walk Supporters
As you know, this Friday, Saturday and Sunday I will embark on a 50-mile journey on foot toward a cure for multiple sclerosis. I’m recovering from a blister earned in training two weeks ago and carrying some extra weight around my middle but am aiming to complete all 50 miles. Please be thinking blister-free cool weather for me!
The weekend won’t be all difficulty though… I’ve already raised over $3000 (some is not in the system yet) thanks to your incredible generosity. I'll enjoy hotel accommodations (not camping) and rest-stops every 2-3 miles, plus medical and vehicular support (I can just flag down a van and get in if I get worn out). And hopefully I’ll get to catch-up with many of my now-distant friends and family along the way.
With my new phone, I plan to take photos along the route to email to Mom. The nursing home staff will print my messages and photos for her and by Monday morning she’ll have a “scrap book” of my journey in her honor. I also plan to visit her in a few weeks and will tell her about the weekend in detail - and hopefully share some video I've taken along the way.
If you want to hear from me along the route, text me and I’ll add you to my text update group. Or (to be social media savvy) check out the post below.
Anywho, whether you stalk me along the route (literally or virtually), or we catch up afterwards, or you just read about it later here, or none of the above, I’m grateful for your support! Thanks for being a friend.
Beth
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/beth (in case you still want to donate)
The weekend won’t be all difficulty though… I’ve already raised over $3000 (some is not in the system yet) thanks to your incredible generosity. I'll enjoy hotel accommodations (not camping) and rest-stops every 2-3 miles, plus medical and vehicular support (I can just flag down a van and get in if I get worn out). And hopefully I’ll get to catch-up with many of my now-distant friends and family along the way.
With my new phone, I plan to take photos along the route to email to Mom. The nursing home staff will print my messages and photos for her and by Monday morning she’ll have a “scrap book” of my journey in her honor. I also plan to visit her in a few weeks and will tell her about the weekend in detail - and hopefully share some video I've taken along the way.
If you want to hear from me along the route, text me and I’ll add you to my text update group. Or (to be social media savvy) check out the post below.
Anywho, whether you stalk me along the route (literally or virtually), or we catch up afterwards, or you just read about it later here, or none of the above, I’m grateful for your support! Thanks for being a friend.
Beth
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/beth (in case you still want to donate)
September 15, 2010
lists
Where does the time go?! It's just over a week until the Challenge Walk - I'm $30 from the fundraising minimum (fundraising: check)! I walked another 9 miles last Saturday and my toenails hurt (training: check). They're all getting CUT tonight during the Survivor season premiere and Big Brother 12 season finale - after we finish our Thai food takeout, mind you. I'm planning to get pad thai with chicken: spicy from Swing Thai (they call it pud thai and have gluten-free and vegetarian marked on the menu!). I hope it's perfect weather in San Diego... wait a minute, it's ALWAYS perfect weather in San Diego! I should mention that my good running shorts (the ones I intended to wear on the Walk) are too tight around the waist and so I'm trying another pair which I think I'll be fine. Who am I kidding, I have no waist anymore, not that I had a terribly well-defined waist to begin with.
Now that the aspen are officially turning, it's time to make a winterizing list for the house. Step one, thank goodness my handy brother John installed a transfer switch and generator when he was here visiting in August. Thank you John! That means if we lose power (seems likely in the mountains - we'll maybe even get snowed in), we can start the generator and use it to run the well pump (water: check), boiler pump (heat: check), refrigerator (food: check) and a couple of other plug-ins (television: check, wood-burning stove fan for cozy: check). Step two, get a great big humidifier so I can stop waking up with a dry, sore throat every day. Step three, make that winterizing list!
More on the Challenge Walk. People have been SO generous with their donations this year, it's amazing me all over again. I can't wait to take the perfect picture for my thank you cards! If you want to "follow me" along the route, visit www.twitter.com/bethsville. I'll be tweeting there and posting photos to my Facebook www.facebook.com/bethsville provided I have a new phone by then (I will! Add that to the list for this weekend). Through Twitter you can opt to get my tweets sent to you by text - just text "follow bethsville" to 40404. If you don't have a Twitter account, it will prompt you to set one up but you can always delete it after the event. I would just text everyone but a) that's annoying for people who don't want to receive the texts and b) I can't include more than a dozen or so people on a single text because of my stupid phone which incidentally I dropped in a pool of water (toilet) last Friday afternoon and it made it through with flying colors. With a new phone I'll be able to email photos to Mom along the way!
I'll end this with another random photo.
Wait - one more thing. I feel like I'm losing a little steam on this blog. I have a lot to say... I just don't know if anyone is listening which makes it feel pointless (I don't need a long list of followers, just a tiny few). So if you're out there please let me know. You don't have to comment if you don't want to, but shoot me an email or text just so I know you're there. Thanks! Love ya! Okay, we'll be talkin'. Alrighty then, bu bye.
Now that the aspen are officially turning, it's time to make a winterizing list for the house. Step one, thank goodness my handy brother John installed a transfer switch and generator when he was here visiting in August. Thank you John! That means if we lose power (seems likely in the mountains - we'll maybe even get snowed in), we can start the generator and use it to run the well pump (water: check), boiler pump (heat: check), refrigerator (food: check) and a couple of other plug-ins (television: check, wood-burning stove fan for cozy: check). Step two, get a great big humidifier so I can stop waking up with a dry, sore throat every day. Step three, make that winterizing list!
More on the Challenge Walk. People have been SO generous with their donations this year, it's amazing me all over again. I can't wait to take the perfect picture for my thank you cards! If you want to "follow me" along the route, visit www.twitter.com/bethsville. I'll be tweeting there and posting photos to my Facebook www.facebook.com/bethsville provided I have a new phone by then (I will! Add that to the list for this weekend). Through Twitter you can opt to get my tweets sent to you by text - just text "follow bethsville" to 40404. If you don't have a Twitter account, it will prompt you to set one up but you can always delete it after the event. I would just text everyone but a) that's annoying for people who don't want to receive the texts and b) I can't include more than a dozen or so people on a single text because of my stupid phone which incidentally I dropped in a pool of water (toilet) last Friday afternoon and it made it through with flying colors. With a new phone I'll be able to email photos to Mom along the way!
Wait - one more thing. I feel like I'm losing a little steam on this blog. I have a lot to say... I just don't know if anyone is listening which makes it feel pointless (I don't need a long list of followers, just a tiny few). So if you're out there please let me know. You don't have to comment if you don't want to, but shoot me an email or text just so I know you're there. Thanks! Love ya! Okay, we'll be talkin'. Alrighty then, bu bye.
September 07, 2010
pants watch
Last night, the closing night of the weekend that marks the unofficial end of summer, it got down to around 40 degrees at our house. It's like waking up in a cold tent except I'm in my cal king bed. I hope we have a few more weeks of summer and a nice long fall... because I have a feeling we'll have plenty of winter. Cozy, sure... thank goodness we have a fireplace and a sewing machine.
I love three-day weekends. Monday morning it was nice and cool in Denver so we drove down there and I went for a six-mile stroll with Luna as training for the SOON upcoming Challenge Walk. My goal was to check for chaffing spots - I found none. My toenails were a little sore (because they're used to flip-flops) but that's it. More miles next weekend, hopefully 10+. The fundraising deadline is tomorrow but I'm almost there and I haven't asked my mom or grandparents to contribute yet.
I have ONE pair of pants that still button... but the button presses uncomfortably into my gut. So I wear the other pairs unbuttoned with a stretchy belly band over them to hide the situation and hold them up. I haven't worn any special elastic gear yet... but I think within a few weeks I'll make the switch to a primarily elastic wardrobe.
This evening I randomly came across this pic of Olive on the counter at our rental house in Denver. She's in mid meow - not growling. You're lucky - an Olive sighting is rare beyond Jesse and I.
I love three-day weekends. Monday morning it was nice and cool in Denver so we drove down there and I went for a six-mile stroll with Luna as training for the SOON upcoming Challenge Walk. My goal was to check for chaffing spots - I found none. My toenails were a little sore (because they're used to flip-flops) but that's it. More miles next weekend, hopefully 10+. The fundraising deadline is tomorrow but I'm almost there and I haven't asked my mom or grandparents to contribute yet.
I have ONE pair of pants that still button... but the button presses uncomfortably into my gut. So I wear the other pairs unbuttoned with a stretchy belly band over them to hide the situation and hold them up. I haven't worn any special elastic gear yet... but I think within a few weeks I'll make the switch to a primarily elastic wardrobe.
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