Rose for a Reason: Courage Confidence and Nebulizers

Leaf me alone! (Bahahah) (Its a play on words) ;)

2011-11-30T11:46:00.001-08:00

Rocks Rock! Leaves leave me smiling :) Mudd makes me merry :() Put them all together and you get the welcome back party that I had when I slipped out of my school coma and into being alive again! To be perfectly honest, if the leaves weren't there to cover the danger of having about an inch of thick mudd slipping around on the rocks that have moved alot since I have last been

16 DAYS!

2011-11-27T22:23:00.001-08:00

16 DAYS LEFT OF UNIVERSITY! and I am STILL putting things off... So, as always, on my late nights, I like to check out every social media outlet before getting to down business. I recently noticed that blogspot keeps track of all sorts of statistics for each page! THERE WAS ONE PERSON FROM FRANCE ON MY PAGE! (once) I am so excited!!!! So, I would like to leave a message for that person in

The Pursuit

2011-11-21T22:53:00.001-08:00

So I love the national anthem. I understand America has its flaws, as all things do, but you can’t change who you are, and you can’t stop loving you’re mother. The national anthem is like that time when you see that friend who always needs something from you, never gives you good advice but always makes sure you are not alone. And they are happy-so you feel full. And I love life. I

Victory Lap!

2011-11-20T22:37:00.001-08:00

Of course I'm not doing anything... I'm a senior! Does that still count if I have been saying that since junior year? Je ne sais pas! MAIS! Here we are! (<--- To be read in an English accent) It's so early and I am working on my final project of my Undergraduate career and I said to myself 'OY! What do I love to do?' The answer came easy - Most things However, the problem will

Right back a'Cha babe!

2011-09-16T08:10:00.000-07:00

(By 'babe' I am referring to anything on two wheels and require a helmet.) This fall it is Cyclocross! The autumn weather hit the Greater Philadelphia area this morning. If anyone has Facebook or Twitter, you know because that is the subject of everyone’s updated statuses. Love notes to the mornings in sweatshirts, Hate notes to Mother Nature, tweets misspelled between frozen thumbs

Killing Time

2011-07-12T10:20:00.000-07:00

From time to time Frankiann and I get restless. So here are some suggestions to help you beat the winter time blues... 6 months pregnant and bored? Only have one working leg? Here is an example of what can be accomplished with a bun in the oven and a newly acquired ligament. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxQkAWyvVLk

Thank God That Hurt!

2011-07-12T10:06:00.000-07:00

As I tripped up the stairs yesterday I was so relieved to find that my knee was not totally healed!I twisted foot which twisted my knee, and it hurt!I was so happy. I have been such a cry baby lately, moaning and groaning about not being a rafting guide this summer. It is one of my favorite things to do. I felt like not only was I advised to take the season off, but after 6 weeks of therapy I was

Live In the Moment

2011-07-12T09:30:00.001-07:00

I'm sorry sir.I missed every other word.My coughing my have seemed absurd.The rattling and messinside my chestjust wont seem to give it a rest!So, I'm sorry teacher.I'm sorry mates.I guess I don't sound so great.I know what happened,I can explain!umm....welll....the answer is plain...You see, my friends and I were having such fun,and I didn't want to be the oneto leave the game and sit by myself.

Dr. Visits!

2011-07-11T23:16:00.000-07:00

Keeping up with the Jones'When I went to the Dr. for my usual 3 month appointment, I was told that because I can't exercise, it was in my best interest to do more treatments to compensate for the effect that exercising has on my lungs.I am going to start doing my vest 3 times a day. (Usually I do it once or twice.)Clearly this means that because I will have more time on my hands while I sit

A Very Personal Exert from April 20th, 2011

2011-07-11T22:56:00.000-07:00

April 20th, 2011Dear Diary,I was a big dorko in New Orleans, and I came home with a incompetent knee. Now, I have to get surgery and I am super nervous. I am not nervous about the surgery part, I have had plenty of procedures done before; but this is different. Usually the surgeon is cutting into my face to take polyps out of my sinus's. That's cake. This time, he will be replacing a ligament

Chuck Norris Doesn't Need Ligaments.

2011-07-11T22:28:00.000-07:00

I tore my ACL a few months ago and never let you know. So now you know. (Sorry to leave you high and dry!) My ACL was torn, leaving my knee is out of commission. I tore my ACL when I was skiing in February. Like my arm there was very little that was epic about it. T'was a beautiful day, I woke up, did not smell anything (as I cannot smell) but I knew that somewhere there were roses. I

Still

2011-07-11T22:04:00.000-07:00

StillI am stillMy heart wont budgeMy shoulders await the sunand my face; the windbut still,I am still.I want nothing more than a deep breaththough that seems harder then everYet still,I am still

Good Morning Sunshine!

2011-03-01T20:28:00.000-08:00

(and by sunshine I mean where the sun don't shine)WAKE UP! It's training season for bike season numbero dos eggs Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour!My baby is BACK! With a clean bill of health, good ol' Top Fuel and I are hitting the trails.I am super pumped about season number 2! I am

Breathtaking.

2010-11-15T21:00:00.000-08:00

Bonjour! Bon soir?! Bon Nuit?!?!This is breathtaking.Time: Midnight. (probably later by the time I post this)Place: Sitting in my kitchenSetting: Stella (my pupskidew) & Cooper (the old man dog) are restlessly wondering around me, trying to get situated on my feet.In front of me: The table is sprawled with notebooks and binders and this laptop .To my right: An open 'Human Anatomy' text I saved

The Ol' College Try

2010-11-11T07:49:00.001-08:00

Pressed for time? Vest in your spare time!I love to be jam packed with work from the time I wake up, to the time I go to bed. I do not see eye to eye with Cystic Fibrosis. CF never takes a break because I'd rather rehearse an extra hour than do my meds.I have tried to get around doing my treatments. I try to trick my lungs into thinking and acting like a poorly written high school research paper

Then, SHEBAMM! I was in Mexico!

2010-10-02T07:37:00.000-07:00

Team CF Travels!Stop #1: MexicoJust after my first race (and by just after I literally mean less than 14 hours after I finished my first race) I was in Mexico!My family usually vacations at the Jersey shore, but since my sister's occupation allowed for further travels, we went south of the boarder for sometime (and by some time I literally mean some time****).Fresh off the plane, catching a

D &Q Summer Sizzler - Jully 11, 2010

2010-09-30T19:26:00.000-07:00

Race Report: A Disclaimer of sorts: (for those who have never met me) I am perpetually late. I have no sense of time what-so-ever; this condition worsens with fatigue or lack of sleep. And so begins my Race experience. Getting packed For the Race (done the night before, of course!) What does one need for a race? Since this was my first, I wasn’t sure, but it couldn’t be much more than

TOMORROW, TOMORROW!

2010-07-10T21:31:00.000-07:00