29

Well, I'm reaping the rewards of a decent clinic and thoroughly enjoying my time with hubby. I only hope I can do the same next week and get another ton of time with him. My ideal lifestyle right now is having him around (and doing a few more outdoor activities than usual), but also having him leave me to do more active things daily so that his mind and body can be exercised to what a healthy person needs, while I rest and do treatments. I know this is a hard system to create for us, being a couple who essentially is attached at the hip, but slowly I see it working and it gives me a lot of peace of mind. I like seeing my man happy, and it helps me relax and focus on taking care of myself when he is. He will have to adjust again one day when I get my mojo back with new lungs. Something tells me that adjustment will be easier.

It's getting hot out, which doesn't thrill me, but I suppose it still beats the constant rain we've been having. It's sort of a lose-lose situation for 24% lungs.. I actually don't mind the rain at all except that we can't really walk the dog in it, and therefore have almost no reason for getting some outdoor o2-accessed walking happening. However, with the humidity, at best I can walk a tiny bit then have to return to the car or house. I've also found that since only a few months ago I was upgraded to a portable oxygen system that is too heavy to be carried, that our usual park walk sucks now. So far the grass has been too muddy anyways, but even when its not, the wheeled oxygen just struggles to navigate the field. Today we took the street instead, which may be the new way of things. I do enjoy watching Bauer play with the other dogs in the park off-leash though.. so maybe theres a way to do both.

Lately I've been getting into a few new ways to earn freebies while I sit on the computer so much. I had my contest thing, and now I have swagbucks. You can see the widget on the blog here.. what it is is essentially a reward program for (I believe) letting these people see what you're searching online. You use their toolbar and earn swagbucks for doing so throughout each day. You also get them by doing daily polls, finding codes (on their facebook page, eg.), playing games, etc. At first I was skeptical, but I found them while contest hunting and they were referenced on moneyville.ca.. which seemed like a reasonably trustable site. Swagbucks can be redeemed for lots of gifts but I'm interested in the amazon.ca gift cards. If you're interested, please let me "refer" you so that I get bonus bucks lol..

Oooh I just realized that I titled this '29'. My birthday is on Wednesday..I will be 29 and it feels scary. On the cusp of something big... 30. Ironic that it parallels my path along the cusp of something else even bigger: transplant. A lot of CF'ers value the attitude "don't regret getting older, it's a priviledge denied to many" with which I agree wholeheartedly. With that said, feeling a little uneasy with age doesn't make me ashamed, it makes me feel normal. That feeling is priceless and elusive sometimes, so I'll take it.

Happy hot weather to all you who can fully enjoy it, and to those who can't, keep your head up and find a way.