Didn't get the scholarship

But that's okay. I was a little worried about working the MMA booth. I'd still like to go, but not sure if we can afford it. And due to money, I decided not to take any fall classes.

Cleveland 2011 3 Day for the Cure

Yes, I just signed up for Cleveland next year. I can't wait to do it all over again!!! If anyone would like to join me, Team Page click on Register, Join Team, and follow prompts.

In other breaking news . . .

Jesse and I started travel trailer shopping 2 weeks ago. We found one we really like, but our Pilot won't really be able to tow it. So now we're looking at getting a new tow vehicle, an Explorer or Expedition. Those can tow A LOT, so now we're looking at the larger models that are similar to the one we like. My lease is up in November and our buyout is 16127.90 which is LESS than the trade in value!! yahoo!!! This gives us so many more options, we could buy it out then trade it in, or the Ford dealership said they could trade it in and give us the Honda to Ford promotion/rebates, or they could do an inventory purchase. My aunt may be able to get us A plan and also knows a good dealer/salesman. So we're pretty excited. The camper purchase probably won't be until just before our almost planned April Disney vacation.

The 3 Day - Day 3

I slept MUCH better Saturday night. I woke up to lots of movement around 4:30. I headed to the porta potty and the moon was beautiful! It's was a sliver of a crescent and you could see a thin portion of the other side of the moon, it was beautiful! I got back to my tent and started packing up. We had to have our luggage to the trucks and tent packed up and on the bus at 7:45. When finished I went to see the medic because my ankle that I sprained months ago was sore and my arch hurt pretty bad. The medic wrapped it up and I headed to breakfast then the bus. We were bused to a school closer to the city since we were pretty far north of Chicago.
About a mile in I felt like I was getting a blister from the tape she used on my arch. So I stopped and took it off and it was red, so I put some blister stuff on it and unwrapped my ankle which felt really tight. Someone else told me that a bunch of people were taking their tape off at the school we were dropped at. Once it was off, it felt much better!
At the last pit stop before lunch it started raining, so I decided to take the bus to lunch and skip 2 miles because I really wanted to walk the city and walk into Soldier Field. I really didn't think I'd be able to walk it all that day. So I skipped a majority of the rain as well being on the bus.
I inhaled my lunch to get going again. The wind had picked up pretty good and the rain was coming down sideways. Around a corner we went and then there was the beautiful city sky line! The end WAS in sight but still roughly 10 miles away! LOL I kept trucking on thinking of Tina, my friend who was diagnosed on July 19th with stage 2 breast cancer. It took everything I had to keep walking, my legs were so tired and sore, my feet were killing me but I was so close!
At our last pit stop with 2 miles remaining, I actually for the first time that day (except for the bus ride) sat down. I ate some chips and checked my feet for any signs of blisters and changed my socks. I could literally see the end, but still had 2 miles. And at this point the sky's cleared the sun came out and it got HOT!
Before I knew it I was just outside the Field Museum, then the Shedd Aquarium, then the play structure my kids wanted to play on when I took them to Chicago, then around the corner I saw the end, then entrance to Soldier Field and then it was hard to fight the tears. Everyone was cheering us on and I had to hug a lady for just being there and I thanked her through my tears and thanked me through hers. Once in the stadium you could see the huge field and everyone was stopping to get pictures. The we were led through the mezzanine, down a ramp where crew, walkers and medics were screaming and welcoming the walkers in. It was a fabulous feeling! I was done and I DID IT! The best part, I was minutes away from seeing Jesse and Riley.
We were giving a pink rose and a white victory shirt and survivors were given a pink shirt. When it was time for the closing ceremony, the crew/medics went out first and we cheered them on for all their great work keeping everything going smooth. Then the walkers lined up and we walked out and were cheered on by crew, family, and staff. Then the hard part, the survivors came out and we all took off a shoe to show our support and cheer them on. It was incredible. The Chicago walkers and crew raise 4.2 MILLION dollars for cancer research.
Then I found Riley and couldn't stop hugging him and nursed him for the first time since Thursday morning. And Jesse couldn't believe how far I actually walked. Not bad for only 8 miles of training 2 weeks ago! And I only had 3 small, and I mean small, smaller than a pencil eraser head, from the tongue of my shoe rubbing wrong on Saturday.
It was an amazing journey that I will be taking again. I think I'm going to crew next year for the Michigan 3 Day - maybe I'll walk. At this point, I never want to see sneakers or porta potty's! lol

The 3 Day - Day 2

Saturday came fast, especially since I didn't sleep well, felt like I cat napped all night long. Surprisingly I felt really good all around. Feet were sore, but not bad! I got up at breakfast and off we went. This time we walked in a big circle around more towns/cities, and neighborhoods. The police were fantastic and the crew guys were awesome. We had "Walker Stalkers" that would be cheering us on, and people driving by honking, and everyone telling us how great we were doing and how far we had to go until the next pit station or grab and go. The joke was "what are we going to do on Monday when no one is telling us how awesome we are?" lol The police were in their pink shirts and the cheering stations were amazing! One cheering station was 2 blocks long. People were handing out water, candy, and had bowls filled with ice for us to wet our bandanas or soak our hands for swelling. It was a great feeling to walk into camp that day!

I walked 13.3 miles out of 19.3.

The 3 Day - Day 1

3:30am came fast! We got all of our stuff ready and heading to the Opening Ceremony. The ceremony was very emotional and comical because everyone was dressed in their pink - guys in tutus and bras, women wearing bras outside of their shirts and LOTS of energy!
After all the tears it was time to walk! We walked about a mile when we were all stopped for credential scanning. That's how they keep track of all of us. When we left camp to walk, they were scanned and when we arrived to camp they were scanned. So after that we walked through the botanical gardens, through neighborhoods, cities, towns, and then to camp. First day was 22.1 miles, I walked 16.8 that day. Once back to camp I ate and saw the chiropractor and got my neck muscles worked on and my feet adjusted.
Camp was very cool, we slept in 6x6 tents that were pink and had semi truck trailers with showers in them. Porta potty's for bathrooms but very clean and they were cleaned daily so they didn't stink and all gross. We had the Shop 3 Day store, Energizer was a charging station for cell phones, and had portable battery chargers which were very cool. We had chair/foot massagers, a big screen TV to watch some TV.

I'm back from Chicago!

I'm going to break this up so it isn't so long and easier to read.

Arriving in Chicago:

I left Thursday afternoon for my 2:20 flight. We didn't board until after 2:30 and didn't leave Metro until 2:45. Like all my other flights to/from Chicago, it was bumpy and made me a bit nervous. We landed at 3:30/2:30 at Midway where I met Kristin and Erin. From there we faught Chicago rush hour traffic to our hotel and met up with Jen and Jenni. Kristin and I followed Jen to her house to drop off Kristin's car and saw them filming Transformers 2. VERY COOL! When we got back to the hotel we all got our showers done and headed to bed.