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Proof that you can get your life back- health and stamina.

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Proof that you can get your life back..... and then do something semi-stupid and feel fine the next day (a little tired but okay)....

This is my husband and I at the Kansas State/ OU game yesterday. It was 25 degrees at game time and 29 degrees when the game was over. We were so bundled up I thought we'd have to run the air conditioner in the car on the way to the game. Thank God for the furry hood on my coat. I decided I was going to pull it tight until I resembled Kenny on South Park. My hand and foot warmers gave up after the 3rd quarter. I questioned our intelligence when I went to stand up and found our lap blankets had frozen to the bleachers. What were we thinking? :lol: In spite of all that, we had fun.

I realized on the way home that 6 months ago I would not have been able to do this. Even if my gut was okay I would not have had the stamina to make the trip, let alone endure the elements. I am truly grateful.

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Thanks Carol. I needed to hear that. Keep moving, it's harder to hit a moving target! :banana:
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Post by gluten »

Hi Carol, That is great news. They would have to pay me to attend a game with the temperature below seventy. My son is going to Sunday Night game. The temperature in the teens with a zero wind chill factor and snow flurries. A heated suite would be the only way I would attend. But that is not in my budget. Jon
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Thanks to you both for your comments. Jon, I'm with you on the heated suite. When you buy tickets for a November game in Kansas, you don't know what you'll get into. I figured it would be about 40-50 degrees, like it is the rest of this week will be. I would not want to go to a colder game. But we did it, had fun with it, laughed about my husband's Pepsi which was solid in about an hour. It's always a fun time at K State even when the weather is not ideal.

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Yay!

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That's very encouraging to hear! Thanks for sharing hope. :grin:
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Looks like a great time....and a great memory. Thanks for sharing!,
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Oh my God, you look freezing….. but happy :)
It's been so nice and beautiful here. We went walking through Golden Gate Park yesterday and it must have been about 68 degrees. I love San Francisco .
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HI Leah, it was 60 degrees here last weekend, but of course that wasn't the weekend game we had tickets for!!!! :smile: Then a cold front came through on Thursday.
Ahhhhhh-- Kansas.

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Impressive! :thumbsup:

Thanks for sharing. (He said as he turned the heat up a little. LOL.)

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carolm wrote:Proof that you can get your life back..... and then do something semi-stupid and feel fine the next day (a little tired but okay)....

This is my husband and I at the Kansas State/ OU game yesterday. It was 25 degrees at game time and 29 degrees when the game was over. We were so bundled up I thought we'd have to run the air conditioner in the car on the way to the game. Thank God for the furry hood on my coat. I decided I was going to pull it tight until I resembled Kenny on South Park. My hand and foot warmers gave up after the 3rd quarter. I questioned our intelligence when I went to stand up and found our lap blankets had frozen to the bleachers. What were we thinking? :lol: In spite of all that, we had fun.

I realized on the way home that 6 months ago I would not have been able to do this. Even if my gut was okay I would not have had the stamina to make the trip, let alone endure the elements. I am truly grateful.

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How awesome that you were able to go and enjoy yourselves!! I would love to see a New England Patriots game @ Gillette stadium but given the fluctuations in the weather in the Northeast, I haven't yet made the leap. Yesterday it was around 5 degrees here with the windchill and it was probably below 0 last night so it would've been brutal in the stadium. I would have to bundle up so much, I couldn't walk, I fear!! Glad to hear you're doing so well!
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That's a cute picture of you both. You are right 6 months ago could you imagine trying to sit through a game or line up for a toilet or have to shed all those layers to go potty? Enjoy this life it's the only one we get!

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Post by ldubois7 »

Carol,

It's been terribly cold here in PA this week. The dog doesn't even want to walk when it's 19 degrees! You are a brave woman!

Bless you for picking up our spirits!
Linda :)

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Post by Sheila »

Thanks for the picture of your relaxed and smiling face. There is hope and you're proof. My oldest son and his family and I are celebrating Thanksgiving with a week in the Blue Ridge Mountains in N.C. It's been unseasonably cold, freezing rain today and snow tomorrow. The kids, Florida born, can't wait for the snow.

Last year I would have been terrified to spend so many hours in a car and then live in close contact with other people for a week. Without all of the Potty People and Tex, I probably wouldn't be here. Thank you all and Happy Thanksgiving.

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Post by brandy »

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! It looks like you had great fun! Attending a college football game is a huge achievement! Brandy
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Carol,

Good to see your smiling face in that freezing cold and mostly to hear that you feel good! Keep it up!

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