Lulu's Adventure's

As I sit and ponder the events of the past few weeks, I feel such gratitude for what I have, and for those who are a part of my life. I have been finished with Interferon therapy for almost one year, and at last blood work check, my viral load is still undetectable. I have my up days and my down days, so I just try and plug along the best that I can. It can be frustruating, that I still have flare ups. I am trying to get more sleep, and that is always a good goal to reach for. I need to listen to my body better, and rest when it 'tells me to.' My family continues to be supportive, even though they sometimes don't understand why I feel the way I do. I have finally begun to exercise, a little bit at a time, a few times a week, and I hope to be able to increase that as I get stronger. Now if I could just start losing excess weight that my liver does not need, life would really be cool! I'm working on it... I have good friends. Many of them I have 'reconnected ...

Today is a great day in American History. Today Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States of America. He has reached this great office, the first African American to do so. As I sat watching the proceedings, (somehow, an alarm on our Atomic Clock in the Kitchen, started ringing at the evil time of 6 am. mountain time.) After I had decided to stay up, I went in and started my marathon Inaugural television media coverage watching. If you can't be there....participate any way you can. It doesn't matter who you voted for. I believe that today is the kind of event, where we are all equal, and can come together. It is also important for me, that I must mention, that President Obama and I are from the same generation. I'm getting older, and the President, at least this one, is younger. I watched as Senator Kennedy entered the seating area for the swearing in. I thought he looked very well, and even distinquished. It must have been the hat. I was sadden...