Sunday, May 30, 2010

Good News from the Homefront!

Stacey:  Hello everyone!  For someone who loves to write, I'm shockingly quiet on my own blogs.  Gotta love irony. Right now, life is very much focused on getting back into shape.  As Justin wrote, we are full swing with p90x and running and working hard in the yard.  We are exhausted and sound like 90 year olds when we stand up but we know this will all be worth it.  Already, we are feeling better mentally and are much less stressed.  I'm not sure if that's because of the stress-relieving properties of exercise or because we are so tired, but I'll take it either way.  My time at JDRF is wrapping up so we're trying to figure out what my next move is. I think I'm definitely becoming one of those people who need to "work to live" and not "live to work."  So it's a matter of finding company that doesn't want me to sign over my first-born in order to work there.
I'm horribly homesick and ready for a Missouri trip so I can catch up with friends and family.  Thankfully I get to see the folks and Lee & Family at the end of June.  A week at the beach that hopefully is still oil-free.....but as long as I get to see the world's cutest baby ever (JACKSON!), then I'll be alright. Another exciting reason for the beach vacation is that for the first time in 30 years, my mum is hepatitis C free!!!!!  She contracted it in 1980 and was diagnosed in 1984.  After several rounds on Interferon (a pretty nasty chemo-like drug), she's finally virus free!  While she has always worked her hardest to not let the disease rule her life, it's always been present in our family.  I haven't known my mum healthy since I was 7 years old and I'm looking forward to getting to know "Renewed Sue" as I'm calling her now. 
Of course, the big question is "what do you get the women who is now virus free"?  Lee Mackenzie and I were both excited to hear the news and then dumbfounded as to what to do next.  Any suggestions?

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