It feels like forever since the last time I posted anything. I know it has only been a couple of weeks, but it feels much longer. The month of March seemed to go by in a blink and I just can hardly believe it is April already. Where has the time gone?

Things have been busy around here. I am doing my best to conserve my energy as I just don't have time right now for my MS. The steroids have helped me get back on track, even if only temporarily until my Novantrone on the 16th. So, what has been keeping me so busy? The NMSS for one. :) I was involved in two programs for people with MS in March and then of course the MS Walk is coming soon! The first was a Dinner for Two for people with MS between the ages of 18-30 who live in central Washington. There were not as many people as we would have liked to have seen come out for this, but it turned out to be a great night. I met a really nice girl, Arika, who is from the same town I live in and we were working together for the program. She has since joined Team MMSJ and kicked major butt raising money for MS!

The second program was a Women's Wellness Retreat on Bainbridge Island. This was a 2-night, 3-day retreat with approx. 65 women from all over Western and Central Washington. We had speakers each day on a variety of topics, great food, stayed in a beautiful resort, and more. As I feel the information is of great value to everyone with MS I will be doing several posts about this retreat.....to give you the information that we were given by the speakers (so watch this space!) And, of course the next big event is the MS Walk. It is next weekend and as of right now my team consists of 16 walkers that will be at the event for sure, and 3 walkers that as of right now are "virtual walkers" because of work conflicts. We have raised a confirmed $1800. with more money collected. By time of the walk we should have over $2000!

You may have noticed that I have added a bunch of links to my site. I now have a section for Team MMSJ and links to businesses that have donated/helped us along the way! I also now have a section called Must See Sites. These are all amazing women who either have MS or have some how been involved with Multiple Sclerosis. I met each one of them at the retreat and highly recommend that you visit their sites.

You will probably not hear much from me until after the walk and my chemo on the 16th as I have a very busy week coming up. I am traveling back to Seattle (3rd time in one week period that I will have been in Seattle) early Monday morning. I have to be at Swedish Hospital at 5:30 am as I will be having a port-a-cath placed at 7:30 that morning. My veins have had it and so this is the next step. I then have my oncology appointment, pre-chemo labs, and a couple of other appointments in the upcoming week. Not to mention getting all the last minute things ready for the walk.....most everything is done though. I just need to pick up my team t-shirts and our committee needs to haul everything to the site and set up the day before and morning of. I will start back to regular posts after my chemo as things are surely to slow down!

Well, I hope that you are all having a wonderful Easter weekend. I am spending it with my family and some friends. We will have a nice dinner together and of course we have everything set for the kids to find Easter eggs! Take care.