the moon lives on for another day

Wow what a day.  The idiots who broke into several cars in the employee lots yesterday decided to come back today.  How stupid - we had employee patrols going on at every lot.  They saw one of our employees heading to them as they were slowly cruising the lot - then took off.  She got a partial on the plate but knows the car.  Like are they stupid or what?  Morons.  Well the storms were a hit over the club yesterday.  Water Water everywhere -- flooding of the laundry room, over flowing of the baby pool backing up to the door and flooding the foyer.  I wish i was there - seen that many a times in the past.  The dead tree is still standing though!!!!!  The best I was told were the flying umbrellas off the bistro patio - with one landing in the dumpster.  

They are saying the moon will stay full until Friday - can not wait to see what it brings on. 

Today the little kid I teach swimming lessons to made a huge jump in his progression of swimming.  At the beginning of the summer he was extremely scared and had his swim belt filled with floaties.  As the summer went on we slowly took out a few of them.  Today - with the weather being in the 90's - yes you heard right- I took him to the slide pool which is only 2 - 3.5 feet deep.  I had him come in with out his belt on - knowing he could stand.  Put on some fins and told him what to do and he did it.  It was so awesome.  We had to take advantage of going outside to that shallow pool - our indoor starts at 3.5 feet and he can ot touch them.  We had a blast - found a frog in the gutter and  them we lost it!!  It was a great day -- all from the full moon.  A great thing.

Full Moon Tonight

I am so psyched that their will be a full moon tonight.  Not just any full moon - the Harvest Moon.  The last two days that moon has been according to the papers a not yet formed full moon.  But tonight it is supposedly official - the Full Moon.  I love when there is a full moon.  Crazy things happen leading up to it, on the day and after it.  I can not wait to see what will happen at work - what fun stuff will come forth from co workers and members.  Usually Thursdays are our slowest day - who knows the pool will be packed, new people will invade or old people who have not been at the pool in months will come.  Tonight we had a great storm again - tornado sirens going off all around us -- the projected path was going close to the club - did the electricity go off, did all the chairs and umbrellas go into the pool, did that dead tree fall over yet, blah blah blah!!!!  Oh the full moon - brings out the best in people.  They become moody or happy.  They become greedy or generous.  They become helpful or selfish.  What will happen - can not wait to see.  Love the full moon.  What about you?

Buckeyes 3 - 0

The OSU Buckeyes (football) are 3 and 0 - and looking strong (even though the special teams is weak).  They were rolling in the first half with Pryor 17 of 18 with 16 straight pass completion until the announcer said that fact.   Why is it - when a fact that is so positive is stated - a jinx starts to happen.  After that Pryor could not hit his players but the other team was looking good.  He was  3-9 with 2 picks.   Good thing OU had the fumbles and the jumbles.  They just could not hold on to the ball.  Finally after a D safety did the cobwebs get cleared and Pryor and the O was off again.  This team is very strong - maybe too strong.  Getting a lead of 34 may have bored the O into playing sloppy.  I wanted the juggler vein right before the half - but got the pick.  Would love to see OSU just once get more than 45 points.

My new ME!

Is kettlebell training.  Would never have thought a cannon ball with a handle on it can be so tough to do!  I am hooked on it.  What is kettlebell?  Check it out at www.dragondoor.com  Learn the standard movements - lose weight and gain strength fast.  It is an unbelievable workout.  You can do a hard 20 minutes or a long 45 - 50 3 set of 4 movements.  The Russians have been doing this for many many years.  It is an old school back in the old days training that has coming back.  Train with the best RKC instructor in Columbus at www.premieratsawmill.com 

What is SMA or Spinal Muscular Atrophy?

What the S--T is that?  Yes what is that.  Thirteen years ago I did not know what this was>  Even though I watched the MDA Telethon and JL was my favorite actor.  Never put two and two together until that day October 18 - 1997.  That was the day my younger sister told me my niece may have it.  I was at work when she called to tell me to be home for my nephew because they were being admitted.  I was like what for and she rolled those words off her lips --- Muscle Biospy they think she has Spinal. Muscular. Atrophy.  I think I asked her to spell it as I could not get how a little girl who was all smiles and joy could have something like this.   I had to write it down and said they have to be kidding right.  NO.  As I went back to work I told a few co-workers what I had just heard.  I had the paper with the words on it in my hand and was reading it off.  The words hit me -- Spinal SPINE.  Muscular -MUSCLE.  Atrophy - WEAK or WASTING.  I felt sick and had to leave.    Good thing I only had 30 minutes left to work.  Driving home - the words kept popping into my head.  Only thing I could think of was to get to the computer and do a search.  Technology - the search came up - MDA - found SMA- first time I read it I said no way.  Went to another search -- read it and was stunned.  Went back to the MDA site and reread that section on SMA.  After reading it I realized tears were coming down my cheeks and I was frozen in time.  Waking up I said -- NO way how can this 8 month old happy as a lark little girl have this  SMA type1.  SMA type1 the worst type -- she sat in her exer-saucer and spun around grabbing the elephants nose and reaching for the spinning balls.  She ate her baby food like a champion and she was saying some words.  And yet the descriptions for a SMA type 1 child said -- she will never walk, eat, talk or breath and die before the age of two.  WTS?  My mind was spinning - Gosh my sister, my mom who was with my sister -- they are at the hospital waiting to admit her.  Then I heard the door open and they came in.  The only good thing about that day was -- she was not admitted for the surgery.  Another doctor told the first doctor there was a blood test for SMA.  So she had her blood drawn and we waited another 4-6 weeks to hear she has Spinal Muscular Atrophy.  Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas. That was when our family vowed we would do everything and anything to keep her alive.  Not make her comfortable.  Not make small memories - but long lasting one. To defy the odds --- because when you looked into her eyes you saw something more than death you saw unconditional love for living.  Her soul was an old soul - with wisdom and knowledge that only came from a higher being.  She radiated sunshine, fun, laughter and a spirit that said I will not give up.  She gave us the strength to help her through her 13 years.  I would not trade her for any other kid -- she is not replaceable.  She is the driving force in all that we do for her and our new family - the SMA community.  The SMA community is other families with SMA and the SMA researchers.  She is the leadership and inspiration behind Miracle for Madison and Friends - SMA Research at The Ohio State University.  Read more about this at www.miracleformadison.org  Spinal Muscular Atrophy - you make it what you want it to be - Madison made it into an inspiration to live and to lead a charge to find a cure to end it.  Read about how her small fund has paved the way for Gene Therapy Research http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/03/02/gene-therapy-fixes-muscles-in-lab-mice.html?sid=101

At the end of her Songs of love song - it says WE LOVE YOU MADISON -- this is what it is all about - not SMA.

Blog Smog -

I have been wanting to do this for a while - just did not know if I was really up to it.  I will be blogging about many things -- hence a full moon - anything can happen.  So sit back and try to enjoy it the best you can.  if you can not - then do not read this blog.