End of April Update

Somehow it's May already.  The biggest win of the month was completing the Strides for Life 5k here in Dayton.  I finished dead last, but I finished.  Thanks to all who cheered and encouraged me.  Amy and I also got to participate in the Cincinnati Reds Findlay Market Opening Day Parade. As another Donate Life Month event, we got to spend time in Life Connection Green Chair Sit In at Cox Media (Channel 7, Dayton Daily News).  It was a fun month volunteering and helping promote organ and tissue donation in Ohio!

Here's my progress report on my new year's resolutions.  I hit a lull in the middle of the month that nearly knocked me off my pace for reaching 2016 miles.  I had a cold/allergies that knocked me for a bit of a loop and kept me off the bike for nearly a week.  I rallied to end the month with 675 total miles completed on the bike for the year.  My pace requires 667, so I'm actually a little ahead still.

In terms of reading, April also didn't see much movement, but I had a pretty good buffer there to reach 16 books.  I am about halfway through "The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto," by Mitch Albom.  This is the same book I had just started at the beginning of the month.  It's a fast read.  I just didn't pick it up much until near the end of the month.  Fantasy baseball gained much of my focus for the last half of March and the first half of April.  Hopefully I'll get back on a bit of a speedier pace from here on out.

My current list is as follows:
1. Seabiscuit - Laura Hillenbrand
2. Heart - Dick Chaney
3. The Real McCoy - Hal McCoy
4. Mercy in the City - Kerry Weber
5. And God Said Play Ball - Gary Graf
6. The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto - Mitch Albom (about halfway)


It wasn't my best month, but the fact that the year is more than 1/3 complete and I'm still talking about it is a win.

Healthwise, April was fine.  I felt a fair amount of fatigue, which was probably more related to my cold/allergy/sinus problem than anything else.  I must admit, I haven't done much walking since the Strides for Life 5k at the beginning of the month.  I will need to get back to it as I am signed up for two more walks this summer.

Spoiler alert, May will not hold the same good news from the health front.  I received a call today letting me know I was back in Atrial Fibrillation.  My home monitor tipped them off to this change.  I don't particularly feel any different, so lets hope I can continue to do my biking, as well as get out and walk more.  I've got to get ready for a couple those 5k's this summer!

That's about all I have to report for now.  As always, please keep us in prayer as well as my future donor and his or her family.