Date: 2009-03-10
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I haven't gotten very far with my plan. Trying to make time to sit down and do it is just not working out.   Work is not very much fun. There is no satisfaction in trying to empty a corporate headquarters.   I have spent days and days emptying filing cabinets and moving crap from one place to another. And, by the end of the day I am tired.And, then I go work out. So by the time I get home - I am not really in the mood to do anything. But, I will get it done.I spent the other night making my Freezer Bag cozy. Pretty rudimentary, but it should do the trick. I will give it a try this weekend.I saw my foot Dr. a few weeks ago and my new orthotic finally came in. I have been wearing it in my hiking boots since Friday. At this point, I don't really feel a difference.   What I do feel is that I am getting a blister on both heels. I called the guy and I need to bring them back with my boots. He is going to do some sort of adjustment. I hope it's the kind of thing that he can do right away. I want to start walking in the AM with my pack and some weight. Basically, to start breaking in the body.I need to start finalizing my plans to get back down to GA. My parents have agreed to drive me up to Erwin, but it has to correspond to their schedule.   So, I emailed my hiking partner and she said that something has come up and she may not be able to start until maybe June.   She said she would know this weekend for sure. I will be really disappointed if she can't start with me, but I will go anyway. I told her that if she can't start until June that she should get on the trail wherever I am and join me at that point. If she starts in June there is no way she would make it to ME if she started at Erwin, but she might get that much closer if she hops on where I am. I hope that she is able to start, but I will deal with it if not.The SQ was looking thru my journal this past weekend at responses from people and clicked on a link from back in 07.   And it was the link to a guy that I had met back then who was doing a combination hike/canoe trip.   Apparently, he was in a really bad accident in Oct.   So, I got on and read the threads in Whiteblaze and it was really very sad.   His name was TDS and he was a really great guy. Very encouraging and friendly. We pretty much hiked together from Springer to Erwin and kept in touch thru the summer.   He was hurt pretty bad. What was so strange about the whole thing was that within a week of his accident a young cousin of mine was in a similar accident and their injuries were pretty much the same.   Both of them are tough cookies and are on the road to recovery, but it will be a long time for both of them until they are anywhere close to where they were back in the fall. Everytime I think of either of them - what I think about is how your life can change on a dime. One minute you are going along and the next minute everything has changed.   Whenever I hear a story like theirs I think you really have to live your life to the fullest because you just never know. And, putting something off because of one thing or another no matter what it is - hiking the trail, getting a new job, going to school, - you have to do it because well just because.   If you have a dream you have to try to fulfill.   Which is where I am at right now in my life.   Get another job right away or do something that I really want to do. Get a job right away or go to school and try something that you really want to do.      So, I will go hike and then decide what to do next because if my life ended today or changed dramatically, I want to know that at least I gave it a shot.