Sailing, training, and piano playing

So much has happened.. let's see... I wouldn't have to think back if I actually kept up here! HA! Anyway...
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I had a gig last Friday where I had to fake my way through Bach's Brandenburg Concerto (no.5), third movement. OY. FAST. Everyone seemed to enjoy it, despite my desperate groping to stay alive through the whirling eighth and sixteenth notes.
I also got some extra cash for writing out some violin parts for The Prayer. Thank you comp lessons!... it comes in handy.
And afterward, I came to the conclusion that I REALLY need some legit piano lessons. So I emailed an old friend/professor, and I'm going to get some from him. :)

I got a homemade recipe from a friend for some sun screen. I either need to make it, or just buy some at the heath food store, cause this is the third time in the past two weeks that my face has gotten burnt. Oy! And I'll be going sailing again on July 4th, so I need it by then. (And yes.. that's right.. I will be DIRECTLY under the fireworks out on the Bay. It will be awesometasic)

My last session with my trainer on Tuesday didn't last as long as it normally does. It had been a month since I have seen him last, and I was not in the shape I had been in. Ugh. Needless to say, I got a little sick to my stomach. :P So I decided to keep going with him, and signed up for 5 more sessions. I opened up a little more with him, and I think that helped both of us out... me for motivation, and him to see where I'm really at. Should be good, and get some results.

I'm going to do a 7 day raw food challenge...Brought to you by the creators of the Renegade Health Show. SUCH a great website. From the blog today, here's 6 great tips to improve your health:
1. Take a 24-48 hour Internet break.
2. Take a hike in a park you’ve never been to before.
3. Do a one day juice fast.
4. Eat a head of lettuce every day.
5. Go to an exercise class you haven’t been to before (or haven’t been to in a while.) 6. Do a vision board for your own health.
(This is something I need to do often!!! Especially the bit about an internet break....)

The musical I'm playing for is doing well. I am in DESPERATE need for a regular back message... my numb spot is not getting better on it's own, and will most likely only get worse unless I work these knots out!

Speaking of knots, I love sailing. :) And I can't WAIT till my count get's higher, cause no matter how I try, I get bruises when we go out. (It's inevitable) I'm getting a little discouraged, cause it's still not up yet. It's not like a really mind all that much.. I certainly just go on living my life with "low platelets" in the back of my mind. However, getting bruises means blood vessel damage. And some of these bruises leave what I have now deemed as "shadow bruises." Which is: once the bruise is healed, a shadow of it is left behind..and still hurts a tinsy tiny bit. It seems quite unnatural, and slightly disconcerting... They go away eventually, but not for months after the initial heal. So I don't like to get bruises, cause it seems like they never really truly heal, and I'm worried that if I keep getting them, I'll cause some serious damage to my blood vessels over time. :( Hard to say... hard to know... But dang it all, I won't stop sailing! I'm slowly getting better at it, and learning more and more each time we go out. :) I'm starting to remember all the terms (and there are LOTS of them), and Leo started teaching me the names of all the different kind of boats and more technical stuff. LOVE IT!
I'll get a CBC next week, but I can tell, it's still low. I'm guessing in the 30's. Bah! Am I missing something!? Is there one more piece to this puzzle that I don't know about? Come mid July it will be 5 months since starting hpathy. And I know the rule is: the longer you've been sick, the longer it takes to heal... And for sure I've had ITP for 6 years...(maybe MUCH more... not sure on that one, and impossible to find out). Maybe for every year of being sick, it's a month of healing? That would be nice. Then that would mean I'm close to the end.... or at least closer. Come on platelets! You can do it! (Hmm.. maybe I should cheer my body on..rather than my platelets..since they are the byproduct of my bodies functioning.... Let's go body, let's go! Hey hey!) Maybe my missing piece is just getting to my optimal weight and fitness level.. cause I'm not there yet, to be sure. Ugh! How many years upon years have I been saying this? Will it finally change? Man I hope so. My life and health depend on it.

And I just had to add this photo... It's in SF.. the STEEPEST street I've ever walked on. I'm pretty sure cars aren't allowed to drive on it, and with GOOD reason.