Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock...

Today is Saturday, September 4, 2010, the first day of the Labour Day long weekend. It's raining outside - again. I went for a 2km walk despite the rain but my head is pounding with a headache. I always seem to get headaches when there are storms around.

As of today, I've surpassed my fundraising goal and am sitting at $2,092.59. I'm completely relieved. Glenda reached her goal of $2,000 as well and so we're both fine for being able to walk the 60 km on Sept. 11 &12/10.

I'm taking a brief break from painting my living room to write this update. My living room is a lovely creamy butter yellow with white trim, and my newly painted bathroom is a soft robin's egg blue with white trim. I love how they look! Bright but soothing :) I still have to figure out what colour to do the bedroom - maybe a soft green?

I've been keeping up with my walking and training and have likely inadvertently dropped a pound or two this summer. Don't worry, not much, but enough to feel slightly more streamlined LOL!

Later this afternoon, I have to go shopping to pick up a new pair of running shoes. I'll have the week to break them in a bit before the big walk.

Glenda & I will be heading to Toronto the evening before the walk so that we don't have to commute in the morning. Good idea Glenda ;o) I just hope that we have good weather so that we don't suffer too much out in the elements.

I can't believe that it is almost time for the walk. Time has just flown by. It has been 4 months since Meg passed away. So much has happened since then and yet, I'm sure her family, Adam & her friends still expect to have her call or visit them. I miss her 'pokes' on Facebook and just don't have the heart to delete her happy birthday wishes she sent to me this April.

Time flies...not necessarily when you are having fun, it just flies ... no matter what is going on.

Meg's brother got married to a lovely young lady who was a friend of Meg's. It was a beautiful wedding and I'm sure everyone felt her presence there that day. It was a happy day, as it should have been. I have no doubt that Meg would have had a great time there too. :)

Life is far too short. Personally, I think the best way to honour someone's memory is to enjoy life as much as the other person would have. Meg would have loved being at her brother's wedding, and her family enjoyed the day themselves as much as she would have. I'm excited and a little nervous about doing the Walk, but I'm sure that Meg would have felt similarly.

It's about living the best life you can. Life is full of challenges, joys, and yes, some tough times. For loved ones that are left behind after someone has passed away, it shouldn't be about living a life of mourning. Find the joy, seek the challenges and push through difficulties. Life is too short to live any other way.

Take a moment and think of something you've always wanted to do but were too nervous, too scared, too busy or too unsure to do. Is it really impossible? Close your eyes and imagine yourself doing it. Where would you be? How would you feel if you actually succeeded in doing it? What emotions would you feel at that moment?

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Ferris Bueller's Day Off, 1986.