Can You Hear Me Now?

I have been spending a lot of time on Facebook, searching for old friends. I’m finding a few, but not a ton, because I’m at the age where most of those people have families and careers (unlike me) and better things to do than hang out on Facebook (like me). However, the ones involved in the arts are usually found on there, because they like to network!

One of those old friends from 15 years back I have been communicating with, and after catching him up a bit on the changes in my life since my MS diagnosis, he sent me the following message:

Life can be such a struggle at times, but it is the struggle that makes us stronger and also more complete. I feel that if a person has an uneventful life, they haven’t lived it. You are resiliant and can roll with the punches and you have also learnt who your friends are.

Keep enjoying all that you have and also what you love the most. Life is a great gift!

I love that message.

I forgot to link to this in my last entry… a long time ago I posted a song on here by a hilarious New Zealand folk/comedy duo called Flight of the Conchords. They now have their own show on HBO, and the entire first episode is online. It is about the funniest thing I have ever seen, and I sure wish I had HBO!! This will be another series to buy on DVD when it comes out. You can watch it here, and I can’t recommend it enough!! Make sure you have 27 spare minutes to laugh your ass off.

I didn’t make it to a Quantum release session this past week, but I should get my last two in next week. I don’t know if I will continue after that or not… I do FEEL great, mentally, but I sure don’t physically, and that’s really bugging me. I dunno. I said I’d give it 6 sessions, so I will, and decide after that. According to my practitioner, my last two sessions released a LOT of emotional crap. The last one he said was like a bunch of GI Joe figures (or Barbies, or whatever) mashed together and exploding out of me like a cannon. Basically representing the release of people that have hurt me in the past. Like I said, I do feel better emotionally so maybe I am getting something out of it subconsciously. Time will tell if there is any long term effects.

I have decided I am going on a vacation in September, whether I can really afford it or not. Where there is a will, there is a way. I will be going to Toronto for about 6 days, and then off to Montreal for 5 more. Hit two birds with one stone! Emma will be in Toronto at the same time, so I will bus it back to Montreal with her. This trip will involve seeing/meeting soooo many wonderful people and some of my favourite musicians (of course!) so I can’t wait! The only condition is, in order to go to Montreal as well, I need to be able to do the stairs in Emma’s house (and to get on the bus in the first place), which I wouldn’t be able to do right now. So that means I have just over 3 months to exercise and get my legs working better so I can go. So that is my goal, and since I’ll be booking my flights soon, I will HAVE to be able to do it. No backing out. Exercise every day or no trip!!!