anxiety

Today was an exciting day, as brother Pete (or is that Father Pete?) was doing his Ironman competition.  I was following along, cursing the athlete tracker for being so slow, when his stats stopped.  His wife Roo soon notified us that he had crashed, was out of the race and was being taken to hospital for checking.  His helmet broke and he had some facial lacerations that needed stitches, but no head injuries...at least none that he didn't have before.  Lets face it, the decision to even attempt
the training for this begs the sanity question!

So over the course of a few hours we learned that he got his stitches and was released, but Roo and the grandkids were stuck on race site due to road closures for the race and he couldn't get back there for the same reason.  So currently he is stuck at the hospital he's been released from.

The amazing thing was the outpouring of love and support before and during the race.  I feel blessed to even be a part of something so awesome!

I learned a few things today.  The first is that anxiety feels a lot like hunger, a gnawing in the pit of my stomach.  I will need to make sure I watch out for that sly fox...

The second is that when I eat anything with sugar, even natural sugars, which is the only kind I've had today, that it immediately triggers hot flashes and profuse sweating.  I have been suspecting this for a while, but today confirmed without a doubt.

Send out love whenever you can spare it and trust there will be enough for you when you need it, elly

"just know that you have the power to do whatever you want."  Jon R