So someone IS reading this, after all!!

Just when I started to think that NOBODY read my blog but my lovely cousin Deb from Texas, I get a few emails saying, "How come you never post anymore??" I'm glad that you're enjoying our marathon training adventures!

You'll all be happy to read that I don't have pertussis. I am actually feeling better. I still have an occasional cough that I can't quite get rid of, but I have alot more energy! I am back at work and busy as ever.

We had a nice weekend in Cape Cod. We left on Tuesday night to try and beat the weather, and I am so glad we did. We would probably have had to wait until Thursday, because my mom told us it was brutal in Philadelphia! The Cape was mostly ice, so we stayed in all day on Weds. We were able to go out to a nice dinner that night for Valentine's Day. We went to the Captain Linnell House in Orleans, which is possibly our FAVORITE on the Cape. We must go there alot, because our waiter recognized us! This either makes us "loyal customers" or "pathetic creatures of habit", but we're not sure which.

We did our training while up at the Cape as well. My roommate from college, Beth, is training for San Diego as well. She lives outside of Boston, and came out to the Cape for an overnight. We were able to go out for an early morning (read CHILLY) walk on Saturday morning together. We also dragged our friend Sarah along, even though she's not in training!

Our fundraising is going well. It's interesting to get responses back-- SO many people have friends or family members affected by blood cancers! We hope through our efforts and those of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, that someday, NOBODY will have to say "Oh, my dad had lymphoma" or "my boyfriend in college had leukemia as a kid". Someday we'll find a cure so this is all a distant memory.

Our good friend Kate's dad, Rich Fee, was battling Lymphoma just before Paul and Kate got married a couple of years ago. An old co-worker's uncle died from non-Hodgkin's. When I was in college, I nannied for a family whose middle daughter had Leukemia. A friend of our family ran in the San Diego marathon twice (GO KERRY!) for a friend of hers. So we're not just walking for Grandma now, we're walking for all of these people! We'll GET GOING for them, too!

Thank you all again, dear friends, for your support. You can't imagine how it helps motivate us through this journey!

-Sara