This weekend, we took a ferry trip to Bainbridge Island, an island in the Puget Sound near Seattle. I was driving the rental car, and my husband was in the passenger seat. The wheelchair and the luggage were in the trunk. As we pulled up to the ticket booth, I saw that there were price [...]
I’m on a long business trip. Here are a couple of things I’m doing to stay sane: Better Eating There are only so many meals in a row I can eat out (astonishing, I know). Even though I get a per diem, I still can’t quite stomach paying $16.99 for a bowl of oatmeal and [...]
Kathryn of Kathryn’s Brain and Alpacamundo (new website coming soon, Kathryn says!) has awarded me the One Lovely Blog award, which, it turns out, comes with conditions (kind of like the chain letters of our youth): Thank the person who honored you with this award and post their links; Nominate up to 15 other blogs [...]
(Total aside: I love the word “juggernaut“, defined as “a huge, powerful, and overwhelming force or institution”. I also love the fact that it’s used in Britain to refer to a very large truck. I’m very fond of the word “checkmate“, too, but that’s another story.) The 2012 Summer Olympics are almost upon us, which [...]
Today I am being interviewed over at Frugal Travel Guy!
This afternoon I stopped in at Barnes and Noble, and, having MS, needed to use the restroom. Three stalls, one of which was accessible. Its door was closed. I peeked under, and saw feet. I settled back to wait. Women came, and women went and still I waited. Eventually no one else was in the [...]
A nice introduction to wheelchair racing from Paralympian Jessica Galli:
Packing for a four day trip to Phoenix. Two travel days, two days of meetings. Day time temps will be 95-102, night time temps in the low 60s, and the temperature indoors may be in the high 60s. On the plane: Green tunic, leggings, ankle boots, jacket, scarf. This green scarf is a very stretchy [...]
My brain is having trouble adjusting to this whole walking thing. Thursday night we went to a friend’s clarinet recital in Denver. We found the place, we parked, we walked up to the door. The concert was being held in a small art gallery, with one large step into the building and then a full [...]
Here we are at the beginning of the racing season. The weather has warmed up, and it’s time to hit the road and get some training in. I’ve been hunting for an event or two to do before the Bolder Boulder 10K on Memorial Day. Sadly, a lot of the 5K, 10K and half marathon [...]