February 28, 2010

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  Posted by Sammy February 28, 2010

  5pm From Home

   

  Wow its been a while. Sorry about that. Ive been a massive slacker the first two months of 2010. Not sure really why. Well, partly Ive just been busy. Got musical going on at school, plus getting ready for contest, plus planning for spring/summer marching band activities, plus Florida Trip preparation, and helping mom with show choir. Cause Im a good son like that. But I don’t think that’s all of it. Partly, I just needed a break. Needed a few months of this non-cancer (hopefully post-cancer for good) time for us to just step back, and for a little while do some things that normal people do. To take a break from thinking about cancer, what it has done to and in our life and in others lives. To just pretend for a small window of time that there was some kind of normal life out there and pretend to live it. But for better or worse, here I am again, back and posting. Go me.

  So whats new?

  Not a lot to be honest. Like I said, busy. So much so when Im working that I feel  like a bird smacking a skyscraper window every afternoon.

  

  I think this about covers it.

   

  But it’s a good kind of brain-fry that Ive been experiencing. As busy as my job keeps me it is rewarding and I love what I do. It helps that things have been going very well this year and I am very excited about the upcoming months and next school year. Of course that is when we are actually at school. Its been snowstorm after snowstorm here. Im ready for July. At first it was kind of funny. But after losing two weeks of rehearsal time and shoveling my driveway twice per storm (thanks for that mountain of ice and snow, city of Springboro plows) Im over it. Ready to get back out on the bike. (More on that in a sec)
  

  
  

  So much snow this year even the outdoor appliances have had enough.

  We head to Houston for a checkup in a few weeks. The last week of the month to be exact. Looking forward two a couple of days in Texas to thaw out (though hopefully it will slowly be warming up here by then). Not looking forward to doing the CT scan dance and waiting on the results. That’s always nerve racking. Really at this point it is living life 2 months at a time. So we’ll see how it goes. No reason to suspect it wont be fine, but always in pins and needles fearing it wont. Speaking of cancer and riding…..

  Im heading to Philly again this summer. Yes 100 miles in the heat and humidity wasn’t enough…Im back for more. On August 21, Ill give myself a nice 30^th birthday *shudders* present of the 100 mile Philadelphia Livestrong Challenge. All money I raise will go to benefit the Lance Armstrong Foundation in the fight against cancer. Last year we raised over $1,500 and the Philly event did a total of 3.2 million. This year Id like your help to double what we raised last year. Ive set a goal of $3,000 this year. Please go to http://philly2010.livestrong.org/sammyminge and consider giving what you can. Lets go into the rest of 2010 telling cancer we’ve had enough! Any amount is appreciated and please share the link with anyone you know.

  Good to be back.

  Sammy

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