Experiences, updates, and thoughts

 Team Steve has managed to make great progress for this month. For myself, in two weeks alone, I have met my 200 mile pledge ! I rode all the way to Sac State with a friend on Wednesday.The trip was 32 miles and took us about 3 hours. Springtime allergies have been kind of a nuisance. We don't get much ground having all this pollen flying around into our noses and out to our lungs. Make us slower and when riding in the wind, it's quite the challenge. I am grateful for the exercise and a chance to get outside though. I like how we can do so much and cover so much ground on those trails. Plus, the website for the bike month challenges offers bagdes for motivation and competition amongst employers, teams, and individual goal setting. I wanted to try something within the work place. i know we do softball tourney's every year, but this was a way to get going on that, and connect more with people I work with. I didn't realize how many people in Sacramento and beyond ride their bike to work. I think that we can seriously benefit from using our cars less. It really isn't safe to drive at night, but if we do it correclty, we can save on gas.

 

 I think of memory as something important to have. It's kind of like hearing. We truly need it to function in life. I almost am wondering if I am deaf or forgetful at 26 years old. it's absurd notion, till you realize how many times you recall asking to repeat what someone said or did, or try and recall something from childhood and not being able to.

 

Yesterday I was in Winco and experienced finally, a Florida version of a storm! It was very cool listening to the thunder, lightning, rain, and hail from indoors against the ceiling of the building. My parents were worried about me being out there and told me to stay put. I chose to make a run for it! I ran out to the blacktop with the grocery cart and made a beeline for my car. It wasn't too bad, but my shoes were pretty soaked through by the time I got in the door to the car. Some of groceries got wet, but nothing a little water can't hurt. I unloaded, got into sweats, got warm, and then made some dinner. I am grateful God gave us all that rain, just hope no one got super flooded. Dangerous.

 

I read an article today in the Washington Post that I identified with so well. A woman was involved in an accident while traveling with her fiance. She described a time when he was in danger and how it made her feel and how she went into complete panic mode and worried about him for hours when she didn't hear from him. Likewise, when she got in the accident, it really made him think, while she was away in the hospital, what that was like to not have her there and to appear that she had died or something. I know some people call it overly emotional and dramatized, but seriously what if? I mean I understand we can't live in that mode all our lives, otherwise we'd be doomed. However, I get that every time spent maybe should be a big deal afterall. I angst when people don't text back, in fact it bothers me because I go straight to, are they busy? Are they hurt, in trouble. But seriously what if? Paranoia I guess comes for some people and that it does for me. I have to remind myself where I am, and what is going on, to see everything clearly. Shock value reading on a friday I suppose, but Washington Post somehow seems to really deliver stories that have you on edge either for a person or for yourself. I can't ignore how much people matter. This for sure makes me think and can get people going even if it doesn't hold weight for others. Never know how much someone matters until they are gone for good. May we not live in fear though, know we are accepted for who we are, and if we aren't we are with and seeking the wrong people!