Saturday, November 13, 2010

Just Random Thoughts

I have not been a good Blogger since I found Facebook. AND I miss you Blogger!

It has been a rough summer with two hospital visits lasting a total of 17 days. Hey when I go to the hospital I do not mess around, I go for the long haul! UGH! Lately these guys have been my friends way to often (see picture) If you have never experienced the "joy" of potassium through your veins, I warn you ... eat foods high in P and take your vitamins! The pain is horrid. As my veins heal form the burns of the last round I have experienced muscle cramping. WHERE the hell is my Tylenol!! SO I am hoping this mess is over with and I can move on!

SO let me tell you about my AMAZING daughter Regina!! Early last year she decided to do a Triathlon. So she went into "over-drive" training very hard and ran her first NY Tri! YEA!! We were all so amazed at her task to do this. Moving forward she competed in yet several more Tri's only to get meaner and leaner!! Her next quest was the Mooseman Ironman Tri which was held this June in New Hampshire! It was really what they call a 1/2 Iron, 70.3 miles ~ swim 1.2, bike 56, and run 13.1. After 7 hours she did it! AN AMAZING JOB! Here she is soooo happy to cross the finish line! Weeks after her Ironman she was back at the NYC Tri, which also means the swim is in the Hudson River, I think that in itself is the bravest thing in the world to do, who the hell swims in the Hudson in NYC!! Anyway, she beat her time of last year and did I say looked lean and man! LOL (Photos from NYC Tri)
The swim! The Ride! Happy It is over! After that there were a few more Tri's and YET ANOTHER IRONMAN in NJ!! I'm not sure where she gets this energy from!!! She is an amazing woman, raising a son, working and training so hard. She has druing this quest raised a lot of money for cancer reseach. The world is a lucky place to have her in it!

OK so now I have been bragging about my daughter Regina .... now can I brag about my daughter Danielle??? Another amazing young woman!! She is my world traveler and dare devil! Yes, she may look like a California LA LA blond, but don't let her fool you!! She will be the first one in line to dive out of a plane or into the dark ocean at night! Actually she has dove at night, sharks and all!! She has motor biked through Vietnam, dove in the Australia reef, skydived, Bungy jumped in New Zealand 500 feet into a cavern, gone caving, etc. The list is just to long!! Here is her most recent adventure climbing Mt. Kinabalu in Borneo, a two day climb!

Climbing Mount Kinabalu from The Rogue Unit on Vimeo.



This is from her trip too!

Sipadan from The Rogue Unit on Vimeo.



What awesome woman I have in my life!!!!
Have a great day~

4 comments:

Bridget Willard said...

ow wow!

OldLady Of The Hills said...

You haqve two very incredible dauhhters! Both so full of adventure! WOW!
And I cannot imagine swimming in the Hydson, I LOVE to swim....!

I hope your Health is good now, my dear. Eat Bananas---they are filled with Potassium!

What did you mean you 'did Primak" at Hofstra?? Was there a course or something?

VV said...

Wow, very impressive. Now I feel like a slacker! I know about potassium. I went through heart, pain and cramp issues when a doctor proscribed a water pill with potassium for me. Apparently my body can't take potassium that way. That would have been nice to know before all the drama. Hope you're fully recovered.

Dawn said...

Hi, it's me. Your LUG in Sweden. I always love to hear what the girls are doing. Keep blogging away. FEEL BETTER!!! LUG Dawn