WOW, almost to Thanksgiving!

This year is just flying by! It seems as if I blinked and October was gone and now we are halfway thru November. Well, fun things that happened in October would be the Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon - really a half but this is the name they chose, lol and also LOTS of folks in for the Marine Corps Marathon on Halloween. Per docs orders I walked Myrtle Beach and only did the 10k at Marine Corps, but spent much of the day chEARing on the marathoners. My HERO of the day was an Marine Wounded Warrior. He was on a crank bike, escorted by fellow marines, fighting hard to finish, and the only limb he still had was his left arm. I was amazed and inspired by him in so many ways. There were many Wounded Warriors on the course, but he summed up the word courage for me. Semper Fi. 

The not so fun thing, but definitely a step in the right direction, is that after 15 months of migraines, body pain, and stress, I have finally been diagnosed. Fibromyalgia. This is not something that I knew/know much about but I have been reading up on everything I can find. It is considered a chronic pain issue, and apparently the central nervous system causes a chemical imbalance in the brain which causes your body to react in various ways. It can mimic other diseases - like Lupas, rheumatoid arthritis and even MS, all things they checked me for. I have talked to a few people that have it and they have told me not to expect to run marathons anymore, but my doctor says if we can get me properly medicated and the pain under control there is no reason why I can't try. I have set my goal as the New York Marathon 2011, I had to defer this year because of my illness, but am in for next year. I would like to just feel like 'me' again and I know having a goal will really help. 

No big plans for Thanksgiving, just the 5 of us, but Zaki and I are already working on some little projects for the table. We just got the basement re-carpeted so the the kids are back in their playroom and I can reclaim my scraproom as mine again. I am excited about all the holiday projects I have ideas for, and thanks to everyone at SCS and The Greeting Farm for help in emptying my bank account I have tons of product to work with. ;-)