I Would If I Could But I Can't

I re-did my second bedroom into a gym.  We have a bow flex and an elliptical in there, along with a Wii and some other exercise equipment.  I have an exercise ball, thera-bands, etc.  When I was in there doing that I cleaned the closet too.  While in the closet I found some paperwork on three research studies I was asked to participate in before I got the transplant.  The first one is the Ex-vivo Lung Perfusion study that I joined.   I explained this study in one of my pages if you are interested in what it is about.  The other two however I was never entered into.

The End of All Things

We have been talking about death with my great grandma passing the last few days.  Ironically on Facebook Jason saw an article about being buried in a biodegradable urn with a tree seed.  We have both talked about what we wanted done with our bodies after we died and both have decided on cremation.  This added idea of being put down with a tree really interests us.  The seed will use the nutrients from the ashes to grow and become a tree.  Like I said I knew I wanted to be cremated, but never had a set decision on where I wanted my ashes.  I thought maybe an ocean so something due my love of it.  This though is neat because there is something for people to go back and visit.  I know it wouldn’t last forever, but it is a neat concept on continuing on a little longer and giving life to something else.  I would have my very own tree and part of it would be me.  Here is the link if you want to look into it.  It says you can pick whichever tree you want too.  I wouldn’t have to think too hard on that one.  I would definitely want to be a willow.  I love those trees.

My Way

The last few days have been pretty rough for our family.  My great grandma died on the 17th.  My mom called me really early that morning to tell me.  My mom was the first to know because she is at the home right now for rehab on her shoulder.  She tore her rotator cuff and until she heals a little more and can get around safely she is stuck in there.  The only silver lining to her being in there was spending time with great grandma.  

We Will Rock You (They sure did...)

Yesterday was a lot of fun!  We had tickets to the Sabres game and Jason was away for business so I took Bobby.  I love going to Sabres games even if they are doing horrible this year.  We got the hand out sheets and saw their record was 45 losses to 19 wins.  I knew they were bad this year but come on.  When I saw these numbers all I could do was shack my head.  The first period was decent and I started out  a little optimistic.  However, this game was no different than the others they have played all season. It was pathetic.  They can’t pass, they skate slow and it didn’t even seem like they wanted to be playing.  That was disappointing, but we still had a good time.  I got this picture of us of during the game which was no easy feat.  I had to coax him into taking this picture with me.  “I don’t like pictures sister.” That is when I told him too bad and made him take one with me.  Well technically three.  I wasn’t happy with the first two that came out.  Haha

Titanium

Things are looking up since last weekend.  I have accomplished a few more milestones and had a good trip to NYC.  I wasn’t in the greatest of moods the last time I blogged because of stupid things that were going on.  Like I predicted, it didn’t last long.  I got the insurance issue taken care of (mostly), my cold is better and I am feeling more organized.  I have so many things that I want to do and for awhile I was overwhelming myself.  I was trying to do a bunch of things at once and then realizing I was getting nothing done.  I finally figured it would make more sense to pick something and do it.  I got the kitchen spring cleaned and I reorganized the basement.  I have a huge pile of stuff to give to my brother and then a pile of stuff for donation.  Once those two piles are gone it will look so nice down there.