Disheartened, etc. (Jo)

I have been so out of it, training fundraising, all of it. I hurt my ankle which put me out for a week, went to NY, came back with pneumonia, which put me out for over two weeks now and my fundraising is trickling. I would say it was at a standstill if not for the generous donation I received in the mail today from my Parent's friends who have known me since I was 8 or 9. Thank you.

My stomach aches, my body aches and my lungs feel squashed, very much the opposite of how I usually feel which is fit, strong and energetic. I roller bladed yesterday, it was the first official exercise I've done since walking around NYC. I have been trying to march in front of the TV for a little bit every day, but my joints really still hurt, baby steps. The TV marching was what I did in the hospital and when I was first recovering, it's gentle and I can sit down anytime. I am really ready to be well again. I am at about 93% of normal.

I feel really behind in my fundraising, I sent out my letters and as of today, have had one response. It's not like I expected a flood of money, but just some. My mother seems thouroughly unsupportive of this whole event, like I got roped into it and am doing it for no good reason. Maybe she's right, either way, it's for a good cause, the cause that helped Amy and I be alive today. It's not like I'm fundraising for boob implants and lipo. It's to cure cancer! Just because we are hale and hearty doesn't mean others don't suffer and what if we had perished, then would this be a good cause? Sacrificial lambs are a good motivator and reminder that not everyone lives. Both Amy and I have known those who didn't, some were so young, some were young mothers, some grandmothers, it doesn't matter, by raising money there will be more families that don't have to mourn the untimely loss of a oved one to Leukemia or Lymphoma.

That's my two cents for today. Why doesn't my keyboard have a cents sign key? There's one for dollars, but no cents...