I basically didn’t sleep last night. My hubby, jokingly, said to wake him up when I’m done packing. However, that is basically what happened. I was so slow getting ready. There was always something to remember or do. We got on the road around 5:00-5:30 AM. I was so tired that I slept until Airdrie. (My daughter made sure that the house/dog sitters are at the house, because there’s always something that needs to get done!!) My hubby said that the fog in-between Beaumont and Airdrie was so bad that he couldn’t see a cars length ahead of him. It was in and out of fog and snow for a while. However, we were surprised by some rough, icy, super-d-duper snowy roads (just  before Golden). There was one especially scary moment during our decent when we were going 40Km/Hr and my hubby was desperately trying to go slower, we still found ourselves angling to the right, towards the right edge as the road began to sharply turn, left. It felt strangely like slow-motion, as we were sliding towards the edge of the road, unable to stop, seeing only the very high tips of the trees older than my grandad or even my great-grandad! I began to thank God for my family and all I had been blessed with (seriously!!) when the tires found purchase and the little bit of grit was enough for my hubby to catch the traction and turn us left, with the direction of the road. So so scary!! Also, it demonstrates how easily life can just end or change in a moment. Just a bit of dirt hitting the tire in the right place to give it enough traction for us to stay on the mountain. Thank you for the many many blessings in life. Don’t forget to say thank you. Don’t forget to be courteous and kind. What if your words are the last that someone hears. Do you want that to be a negative or a positive experience??!! Hopefully the latter…

To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.”

Hopefully once day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!