"Moment 4 Life" - Nicki Minaj & Drake

So the clock struck 6:14am.

I headed back to my "vitals" throne chair.  [I did get a copy of my vitals/stats, all pretty interesting, actually].

And. I. just. cried.

And cried.

And had Joe Dana camera man up my nose & I cried some more.

Thank goodness he switched over to Peanut. . . .

Yep, this is when he asked her . . .

Joe: "What do you think about this amazing thing your mom just did?"

Peanut:  "I think she's crazy."

Then, I got really cold and tired.

Once vitals were done.  I was IV'd with a drugged up medley of goodies. 

Then we headed off for the s l o w e s t, longest .2 of a mile walk in my life.  Right leg was ok.  Left leg was pretty close to a drag [due to my knee feeling all wonky].  So weird.  I had been running just 10 minutes earlier.

Got to the room.  And had the most painful I mean best muscle rub down ever.  HOLY.  freaking. Moly.

At this point I had my Mom call the Pita and say, "Ya, tell Joe, she's going to pass on the final interview."

To which Joe replied . . . . .

Well.  Let's just say.  I made it to the interview.

Funny, it seemed 90% better walking back than it did walking there?!  And nope, didn't even take a shower.  [gross].

The interview was great. 

Loved having Pita and Peanut in there with me.  I also love how you can see some of my family members reflections in the TV as they watched from outside.

Loved the cupcake they gave me.  Yep, gone within [I'd guess] 2 whole minutes.

Interview done.

Met my medical team outside for a photo.

DeRosa Medical is the freaking best.

Now sad moment. . . . . the pick-up of  [MY] ; ) Woodway Treadmills.  My return to running on  my crappy NordicTrack . . . . well it completely sucks.

Anyway . . . we headed to the car.  The Pita, Peanut, Dawn & I.

Homeward bound.

Shower bound.

Toothbrush bound.

Sleep bound.

Walked in.  Dropped everything.  Showered. Needed MAJOR assistance getting into my compression socks.  [This could be a post in and of itself.]  You think it's hard getting socks on yourself?? . . . . OMGosh.  Painfully, hilarious.

Hair in a towel.  In sheets.  Out cold [for about 10 minutes].  Woke up to myself moaning.  Meant to apologize for this Dawn.  Took some pain killers ate a salad from Paradise Bakery and a piece of carrot cake and now . . . . it's time to sleep.

I woke up only to hear the Pita saying, "I'm taking Dawn to the airport."  Then he says to her, "she's pretty out of it."

She walks in ------- I start bawling.  Full on, cannot breathe bawling.  Yes, I knew she'd be leaving but I wasn't ready for her to go.  Not. at. all.

The Pita returned and fed me [yes, literally fed me] waffles.  The freaking best ever.

Trips to the toilet would take about 10 minutes [I'll spare you the details but my home is not HUGE, my bathroom is close].

I came back to my bed to see this left by my Peanut:

Made. me. smile.

The next day was Mother's Day which worked out pretty freaking great for me.

I. just. stayed. in. bed.

Until it was time to celebrate MY mom.  Then we, ok I, waddled in for a visit.

And I even got my one blister popped by Dave.  What a soldier.

So many amazing moments.
So many people to thank.
So much money & awareness raised.
So MUST do this again.

Life. changing. day.

The chorus of the above mentioned [title of this blog post] song says it better than I could ever say it. . . . . .

      I wish that I could have this moment 4 life, 4 life, 4 life



      Cause In this moment, i just feel so alive, alive, alive


      I wish that I could have this moment 4 life, 4 life, 4 life


      This is my [our] moment, I just feel so alive.
 
 
Thanks to all of you for the incredible amount of support YOU have shown me.
 
I. am. so. grateful.