We went to the State Fair on Thursday night. It was the first time in seven years that I didn’t have to lug around an oxygen tank. The last couple of years Travis had to carry my bag because we had to carry such a large tank in order to have enough air for me to walk around for a couple of hours. This also meant I was tethered to his hip, literally. It was liberating to just walk around amongst the crowd without worrying about my oxygen tubing getting caught on something or someone.

For the first time in years I climbed the 102 stairs to the top of the Giant Slide without stopping! I didn’t have to stop to breathe and let the people walking behind us pass by. I walked all the up to the top in one shot.We even saw a couple of Turkey’s!We have had a great time celebrating Travis’ 40th birthday. It started with dinner on Wednesday night with family, the State Fair on Thursday, and last night was “date night”. We pulled into the parking lot of an industrial building and he asked “what are we doing”? I surprised him with a night consisting of dinner on site with a personal defense, flashlight defense, and personal handgun fundamentals class. Yes, I know I am the romantic type 🙂 Nothing like getting yelled at to hand over your wallet and shooting guns to celebrate turning 40. I’d say we did pretty good, both Travis and I shot directly in the center!