Hi Guys!

Happy March! I hope you are all having a great week…can you believe its almost spring?

So..hmm, I’ve been trying to work out more but it has been a frustrating experience because my muscles aren’t allowing me to run like I normally do. I can do a nice light jog, but I still feel a strain on my “good” leg after about 5 minutes (UGH!). I am going to really try to wear my night brace more because I need to if I am going to continue to work out at this pace. Whenever I run, I always feel a slight pain on the outer edge of my foot…do any of you experience this? I just am feeling super tense and sore in the morning when I wake up, and it is almost a struggle to get moving. This is obviously a sign that I am not stretching as often as I need to :/

Aside from my little problem…. Big things are beginning at the TSpot! (my parents gym) We are fundraising for The Wounded Warriors Project once more! We are going to put on the “push-ups for charity” event again, but this time we are trying to involve a little competition between the local fire dept. and police dept… and maybe even the marines! How fun would that be to watch? The goal is to raise as much money as we can by having people donate money to the cause, or sponsor each person “per push-up” in a 90 sec time frame. Hopefully I’ll knock out a ton so we can beat our last years price of $17,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project. Also, our 7th 6-week weight loss program, The Takedown Challenge has begun! Which means…. healthy healthy eating, lots of exercise, and fun group Sunday hikes! I will hopefully get some pics on here of the next few hikes that we do over the course of the program. About 130 people signed up, so we want to get a big group going for the hikes around OC…yay!

Let’s see, what else is going on… ahh well I have been receiving acceptance letters (finally!) from a few colleges in San Fran, and one really great liberal arts college a bit south down the coast from here (the pic on this post is the campus, Soka Univeristy of America.) Beautiful!! I can’t wait to hear back from all my colleges so I can make my final decision! I’ve also been taking into consideration the campus size…and being in San Fran because I am going to have to walk A LOT if I end up there. Luckily  there is good public transportation, but knowing me I am going to want to just  get to places by my own means. That is one of my hesitations because my feet get very tired, very quickly…and after a long day running around I definitely start to feel the effects of that. So, yes there will be a lot of very very big decisions to make in these next couple months for my future. It’s all so exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time. TeenCPers…is there anything that helped you decide on a college or anything similar? What factors did you take into consideration, knowing that you have CP?

It will be bittersweet leaving my twin sister Sara as well. We have always planned on separating in college because our interests are very different, and we feel like it will be a healthy change for the both of us. But now that the time is actually coming up quickly, we are really trying to make the most of the time we have together. (I don’t realize how convenient and comforting it is to always have someone by your side until I think about the prospect of being on my own!)

All in all, I am coming to understand that CHANGE IS GOOD… and it is also very necessary to learn and to grow stronger as an independent person. Whether that be a change of health, a change of mind, or a change of place…it’s all in the realm of wellness! 2011, keep on coming!

Thanks for listenin! You guys rock, take care.

-Katy