3 Too Many

“It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before… to test your limits… to break through barriers.” – Anais Nin

What a day!  If I knew that I was going to have such a brilliant day then I would like to replay it again soon. It really has been one of pushing myself to new levels – well levels of fitness that I haven’t had since the beginning of March.  Also several people have done their bit to inspire me and give me faith that what I say in the blog does make sense and is helping in ways that I never thought it would.  Lets start it from the beginning.

Woke to Jacob bringing me a cup of tea in bed. I’m aching from top to toe, and really thinking it would be a perfect day to stay in bed and rest.  Motivation is low and so is emotions.  But today is the one day that I can’t slack off.  Energy, aches or pains, I have to suck it up as it is the boys footy prizegiving.  Drag my sorry ass out of bed and hit my meds.  Try to eat some corn flakes – 2 mouthfuls and that’s my limit.  Yep terrible taste in mouth and nausea doing its thing.  Dad turns up to take us out to Halswell. 

First up is Lachie.  The kids start out with a friendly game against each other, then the parents join in for a bit of fun.  Have a great time and a few laughs, even manage to score a goal – great cross Jamie.  Then go to the clubrooms for the prizegivng.  Jacob’s team is next.  This time it is parents vs kids.  No goals, but a buggered ankle thanks to 2 lads tackling me at once.  Still, not giving easy so keep playing.

Next up is the Pinkies vs the Masters div2 team.  Have a fun time playing that game. Jacob and some of the other boys come on for a bit too.  It is all a bit of fun.  Roll my already injured ankle just before the end – so really bloody hurting now!  Take down the goal posts then and head up the clubrooms for a drink.  Have a great time then Craig drops us home.  We pick up Chinese for tea (I know, 2 nights of takeaways, bad parenting!)  stuff it though as I’m stuffed and just not up to cooking tonight.  Manage about 2 mouthfuls again, before quitting.  To all those Halswell players that got awards today – congratulations.  To all the players – well done on your seasons.  To all the coaches and volunteers – thank you for your time (I do know how much time you give up, having done it myself).

Boys fed, watered, showered and in bed by 9.  I’m not going to be to far behind them I think.  It is a real effort to walk up and down the stairs though as my ankle is that bloody sore.  Still a bit of suck it up and I’ll be fine.

So effort wise today I think I have gone beyond what I thought even I could or would manage.  I feel good emotionally now too.  3 footy games – so probably close to 2 hours of running – not a bad effort really.  Absolutely stuffed now, and have tremors that make it incredibly hard to type at times, but that will be just lack of food I would say.  Not to bad an effort on 2 mouthfuls of cornflakes I think.  It was well worth it though as the fun I and the boys had makes every ache and bruise worth it.  It is definitely a Saturday I will remember.  Just so glad I got out of bed this morning.

The other big thing today, as I said, is hearing that what I put in the blog is helpful and it is been read by so many people.  This is at a time when I had been struggling with the blog and wanting to continue with it.  All things happen for a reason and this proves it.  Perfect timing really.  To hear how it helps is encouraging and makes me want to try to share more about how this journey affects me, you and anyone else that I, in some way communicate with, be it through meeting you and talking about it, emailing or just through this blog.  To know that my words that I manage to put down here, are reaching out to people is satisfying.  Just out of interest, last month there were 1275 visitors with 8246 page views – that is not a too bad an effort really.  So to everyone out there, I appreciate the feedback I get.  It really helps me, especially on tough days, and I hope I return the favour in helping you or someone you know on the tough days too.

Rightly folks, I’m sorry but I really am hurting and have a bed with an electric blanket on 3 calling me.  So M&D time – no Milo today though as it tastes yuck!  Hope everyone has had as wonderfully exhausting fun day as I have and made memories as rich as I have.  Till tomorrow – I know I’m going to pay for today big time tomorrow – take care, be safe and have fun – lifes to short to be mad or angry all the time, as I’ve found out.

Kia Kaha.