Dear 3-Day People,
Please stop showing commercials for the 3-Day on tv. We’re NOT signing up again. We’re NOT. While it is 60 miles of “pure love”, it is also 500 miles of training TORTURE and aches and pains and long-lasting injuries (to a couple of people I know).
I’m glad I did it, but you, dear over-played commercial, will not guilt me into it a second time. I like my feet.
That said – if you’re participating, let me know. I’d be happy to donate. ahah 
I AM FREAKING THE FREAK OUT!
HOLY CRAP!
Tomorrow marks Day 1 of the Breast Cancer 3-Day. I am SO HAPPY that I made my goal, because I am FREAKING OUT right now. SERIOUSLY.
I woke up at 6:30 this morning, and of the 2.5 hours I have been awake, I think I have spent 1.5 of those hours so close to the verge of tears that I could feel my eyes stinging.
I hope I’ve packed everything. I hope I have everything. I have to stick my air mattress pump in the bag still because I had to exchange it. It was missing the little nozzle thing. I also can’t find my travel toothbrush, which I found by ACCIDENT two days ago but has gone missing again.
I hope I can sleep tonight. I hope I wake up in time to get to the Park & Ride so we can catch our limo (!) to the Cow Palace, where Opening Ceremonies is being held. I hope I survive Day 1 and am able to walk Day 2. I hope I survive Day 2 and am able to walk Day 3. I hope I survive Day 3. I hope I’m drinking enough water. I need to check my blister kit in my pack and make sure I have enough moleskin.
I need to find my Manda hat in case my Koolhaas hat is not finished. I need to make sure my new pink hat is ready to go. I need to check and re-check again.
I need to calm down.
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* post from work
CONGRATS TO TERESA AND ALEX!!!! They found out (a while ago, actually. I just realized I never posted. BAD, AUNTIE MANDA!) that they are expecting their 2nd child!!
CONGRATS TO APRIL AND JOHN!!! THey ALSO, like literally just this minute (give or take a couple of hours), found out that THEY are also expecting their 2nd child!!
Plus, Stacy’s sister & significant other are expecting their first child any second now…
AND my friend Annise is expecting!
And remind me to bring my OWN water with me when I come visit next time (which is looking like it’s going to be my birthday instead of Thanksgiving or Christmas, which works because it looks like I’m going to have to spend a lot of time in Dallas come spring! 
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YAY BABIES!!! I better get knitting…..
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Team Unraveled had their LAST TRAINING WALK this evening!! It went well and we celebrated by eating Mexican food at Alberto’s afterward. We have a Pasta Feed planned for Thursday, but it looks like I will be packing tomorrow night. I can’t believe how much crap I have to take with me. We’re camping right on the Bay, and it’s always cold and foggy there, so I have to pack tons of layers, not to mention the sleeping bag and all that stuff. Wow.
The team has all made their $2200 (some have been very fortunate enough to raise even MORE! Woohoo!), and I’m SO happy about that! Now we can all just focus on walking and having a good time.
I probably won’t have time to post anymore before the event, so I guess I’ll see you on the flipside. When I come back, I’ll be able to say I walked approximately 500 miles in about 5 months!!
Here’s a photo of me on a break on our last SF/big training walk… we were hanging outside of Taylor’s near the Ferry Building.
$300 away from my fundraising goal!!!! I am overwhelmed by all of the support, and I couldn’t have done this without you.
Thank you to everyone who has donated and supported me. I can almost stop stressing & I can start having fun!
*happy dance*!!!!
BTW, I apologize for the severe absence as of late. Literally all I’ve been doing is walking and working and napping and knitting and just trying to get through the training. We have 3 more training walks scheduled (5-6 mile walk on Wednesday, a 10-12 mile walk on Saturday, then a 4-5 miler next Tuesday, and we’re done until two days later when we start the event) plus a Team bbq, and then we’re done for two days until we start the event next Friday. NEXT FRIDAY! I can’t freaking believe it.
We’re having a fundraiser today at Chevy’s in Pleasanton, so if you’re in the area come eat some great Mexican food. You need a flier for it to count towards us, but if you need one, let me know.
Here is where we think we’ll be calling home for two nights in a couple of weeks:
Just picture it filled with pink tents.
And because I can, here is a picture of two of my teammates, who we jokingly call Heather and Heather:
This is a picture of them on the rare occasion that they are NOT dressed exactly alike.
Wow, I wish I had something to talk about, but my life literally consists of working, walking, and sleeping, and that is pretty much it. I don’t look forward to weekends because I know that I will be subjecting myself to some sort of torture that resembles walking. I like Thursdays. We knit on Thursdays, and while we still TALK about walking, we still get to KNIT.
Anyway.. it’s not all bad. I think I’m losing weight, even though it hasn’t reflected in the numbers on the scale. I don’t want to eat as much, even if I’m sometimes ravenous after walks. I don’t eat as much. Case in point: this evening. Unraveled walked approximately 12 San Francisco miles (which considering the hills and steps we walked is probably more like 15 or so Pleasanton miles, lol.) with the Warming Hut Hotties.
I am most definitely the caboose, but I’m okay with that. Every time I go out there and walk, especially now that we’re doing the longer distances, I surprise myself with what I’m capable. I’m really proud of myself.
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Joe was reading over my shoulder and annoying me, so I stopped posting. I’m picking up where I left off now.
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Yesterday on our walk, we tackled the Lyon Street Steps. There are 200-300 steps in this place, and one guy was running up and down like it was nothing. I barely made it to the top. When I did, there were people up there cheering me on, which was kind of embarrassing, but it really did help. After I did the stairs, everything else was easy.
I’ve decided that if we ever do another organized training walk, I will be plugging my ears and going “lalala, I can’t hear you! Lalalalalala” during the safety speech. Any walk we’ve attended where I’ve paid attention to the safety speech has involved me FALLING DOWN somehow. The first time, during the Expo Walk, was because I stepped funny on a rock. THIS time, it was because there was some metal circle thing in the road that none of us noticed until I fell on my ass with it hanging around my feet. WTF? Anyway… so I apparently do better when people don’t tell me to be safe. heheh
I met some cool people yesterday. Most of them are doing the Avon walk, which is in a couple of weeks. I wish them all the best of luck!
It’s getting tough! If you haven’t donated yet (or even if you have! hehe), please consider making a donation. I’d appreciate it. 
My team and I have walked close to 200 miles in our training so far, and we still have a couple months to go!! I can’t even believe it. A couple months ago, 3 miles was TOUGH.
