I ate a hot dog to spite healthy eating.

I went to Target today, and I ate a hot dog on purpose, to spite healthy eating. What's the point of eating healthy and exercising, if you're going to get cancer anyways? My mom's suffering from cancer now, and there is little hope for her to recover. A good friend of mine from church has breast cancer, and she's only 31. She has 3 kids ages 4, 2, and a newborn. I've turned cynical about eating healthy now. What's the point, might as well enjoy myself. I haven't turned my back on exercising though, because the endorphins still feel good. I still feel good after a 3-5 mile run. So for now, the exercising will continue. I've been exercising since May 1997, almost 10 years of regular exercising now. It's a part of me. I'm sure I'll grow tired of eating all the hot dogs, hamburgers, cheese, chocolate, cheetos, and whatever else bad-for-me foods that I'll get my hands on to spite healthy eating. But for now, I don't care.

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Thankful.

I'm thankful for:

1. Knowing Jesus Christ as my personal savior and friend.


2. Having my best friend as my husband.


3. My mom's great attitude and continued faith that God will heal her of cancer.


4. My steady job and my boss who is very understanding.


5. I have everything I could want, within reason. I have more than the basics of food, clothing, shelter. Most of all, I have love.


6. The Ohio State Buckeyes, who provided a thrilling fall season of undefeated football.


7. My nice faux shearling blanket on my couch.


8. My digital camera. It has helped me capture some of the best moments in life.


9. Photoshop Elements - for making a digital scrapbooker and designer out of me.


10. Sunny skies, warm breezes, and a 20 minute drive to the beach.


11. 7th annual Christmas on the Beach.


12. My health.


13. My body. It is strong, it gets me to places.


14. Bed Buddy - it's this bean-filled bag that you heat up in the microwave. Keeps my feet warm in the winter so I can fall asleep!


15. My friends. You know who you are.


16. My church home fellowship. After being absent from the scene, I'm so glad to be back in a group.


17. Food. I love to eat. :-)


18. Books.


19. My mind.


20. Tough things in life that shape my character.

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NEVER again. Last night I had the most unpleasant concert experience ever, although no fault of John Mayer or Sheryl Crow. We had paid $53 each for General Admission lawn tickets to the John Mayer/Sheryl Crow concert at Viejas Concerts by the Bayside at the Embarcadero Marina South. Based on our past experience with general admission lawn seats at Coors Amphitheatre in Chula Vista and Polaris Amphitheatre in Columbus, OH., there is usually plenty of room in a raised hill area to put down your blanket and enjoy the music. Although you're far away, you can at least see the stage. NOT the case this time. Viejas grossly oversold the capacity of this place. If you didn't buy an assigned seating ticket (for more than the $53 already), then you are out of luck as far as seeing the stage, not even from far away. It was standing room only, unless you want to be trampled by dirt and people while sitting on your blanket. The lawn area wasn't raised, so with all the people standing right in front of you, YOU CAN NOT SEE. And even when I did stand up the whole time John Mayer played, I still can't hardly see, because everyone else is taller than me. The whole area was flat, how can you expect people to see when the area is flat? I was so pissed. I'll never go to a concert at that venue again, it was such an unpleasant experience. John Mayer put on a great show, I did HEAR it. But I didn't need to pay $53 to hear it and not see it. There were PLENTY of people right outside the concert who put their blankets down on the lawn and also heard the concert perfectly clear, and paid $0 for it. In fact, they probably saw the stage better than I did. I was truly pissed. After John Mayer I didn't even stay for Sheryl Crow, because after standing for 1 1/2 hours, I wasn't about to stand around for another half an hour while they set up the stage again for Sheryl Crow, and then stand around for another 1 1/2 hours just so I can NOT see the stage. I don’t know who to blame in this case, but I gotta think it's the promoter/organizer of the show for over-selling the general admission tickets. They're not getting a penny of my money again. Greedy SOB's.

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My mom still has a joyful heart even though she has cancer and is going through chemo. The other morning I was upstairs and she was downstairs reading her Bible, when suddenly I heard singing. I realized she was singing some Bible verses. I was really moved. She did it again this morning. Her spirits are up even though she's going thru chemo right now. God is so good. Also, on Wednesday, I went for a walk outside with her in the evening, for 15 minutes. She hadn't gone outside to walk around and smell the flowers for over 2 months! She really liked it. I'm thankful that she has enough energy to walk around a little bit, and to eat well. She hasn't had nausea from chemo yet. I enjoy every day with her. I pray with her every night before bed too.

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One of my best friends, Sally, got married over the weekend on a catamaran. Since the catamaran only fit 50 people, they couldn't invite all of their friends, so they had a cookout at Mission Beach on Sunday 7/2 to celebrate their wedding with many other friends. It was really fun except that it was a bear to get there. Everyone and their brother is vacationing in SD over the July 4th long weekend, and everyone was at the beach! We parked 2 miles away and walked. This picture is me, Julie, Sally, and Stacy, all friends since we were 12 years old at Foothill Middle School! It's so cool to have this mini-reunion and catch up. Sally's mom Zora and her dad William, and Julie's mom all remembered me from the teenage years. We spent a couple of hours on the beach, the breeze was nice due to the heat, and had hamburgers, hot dogs, and drinks. It was really relaxing and fun.

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