May 13, 2009

• Well, its May....

  Posted by Sammy

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  So May is here and with it comes a ton of things. Including me calling in sick today. Blarg. Woke up this morning completely congested, running a temp, and a bit achy. No clue whats wrong but its lame. All im saying is if one of you students brought swine flu in the band room you fail! Just kidding but really this is no fun. Ive felt wose than whatever I have but it was enough to keep me home from school and wind symphony if that tells you anything. Speaking of swine flu.....

  Im all about being informed and prepared but some of what I saw on tv was ridiculous. Officals telling people to stay home unless you are really sick to keep from overwhelming medical staff and to avoid large crowds. What happens the very next day? About few thousand well people show up outside a Mexico City hospital and people in the US with runny noses crowd emergency rooms. Brilliant. Lets literally do EVERYTHING we are NOT supposed to do. But hey, we're humans. We loooove a good panic. Im not saying this flu thing couldnt eventually get rough. It could. And im the King Germaphobe. But trying to hoard Tamiflu at home is just stupid. In fact, thats a pretty good way to create flu strains resistant to anti-viral drugs. Read. Learn science. If you are hoarding drugs, you probably lack the common sense as to when to take them. Either way i started listening to the BBC and following Sanjay Gupta on CNN...i just want the facts....not a statement from the CDC one minute and media "were all gonna die-look at our cool new swine flu graphic" the next. Or see pictures like this

  

  Not really sure what these guys were trying to accomplish. I guess in a flu pandemic you send the Bobbys to billy-club the virus to death.

  Anyhow, were winding down the school year. Steph is home which is good. Weve been taking time to finally get the house back in order. Weve been making some good progress. My neighbor complimented me on the yard and front of the house so I guess were getting there. Im still at war with the weeds in the side flower bed but I think their time is about up. With school ending, my cycling is slowly ramping up which Im happy about. I really love being out there as Ive said before. There are some great areas to ride around here with a lot of climbing whicm Im told I am going to need for Philly. But with Steph now home and some time coming my way Im excited to start training a bit harder as well as having time to do things around the house and visit with some friends.

   

  Philly is only 3 1/2 months away. Im looking forward to it but have some distanc to go to meet my fundraising goal. This is how we fight back and Im still looking to raise more money for the LAF. So heres my request. I am asking everyone who reads this blog to consider donating. It does not have to be large amount....even $5 is $5 toward the fight against cancer. This is our chance to pick a fight. Put it in perpsecive. The news has been about flu since april. We should be on top of that and the scientists who do that are. But now think about this. In the month or so since the flu hit the headlines, 30,000 or more have died in this country from cancer (1500 a day). 560,000 die every year, just in the US.

  http://philly09.livestrong.org/sammyminge

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