(Janae right here first, another reminder that I’m on Ali’s Podcast HERE)
Hey everybody, it’s been a minute or two. I simply wished to chime in and write a fast visitor put up, sharing a life replace by way of the lens of Andrew. Listed here are a number of snippets of life, not so as of significance, however somewhat how they got here up in my digicam roll.
One among my favourite footage proper now. We’re on our approach to Hawaii, and the little man couldn’t assist however put on his new snorkel and fins all through the home. I’ve by no means tried this sort of masks earlier than, however I heard it’s all the craze for youthful children!!
I’m nonetheless working within the Organ Donation world. I’m coming into my third 12 months on this position, and it has been a HUGE studying expertise. I really feel like I may do a complete put up on my job, however I’ll spare you this time; subsequent time, you gained’t be so fortunate. I work on the donation aspect of organ donation; it’s a very tense and difficult. I work with households who’re going by way of nightmares of shedding a beloved one.
People are superb, and even of their darkest moments, I discover individuals pondering of others and donating to offer life and heal by way of organ donation. My precise job title is an Organ Donation Coordinator. My job is strictly that: I coordinate organ donation from begin to end, and I’m answerable for all the small print to make sure viable organs attain the proper particular person on the proper time. I work all through the state of Utah, in addition to elements of Idaho, Wyoming, and Nevada. Janae has talked about a number of instances that I work on this discipline now, and I’ve had a number of readers attain out to share their experiences, which implies the world to me. Only in the near past, I had a reader inform us about her son’s expertise of receiving a coronary heart transplant. Tales like this assist me. Whereas I get to see the identify, location, and age of the recipient of an organ donation, I don’t get to listen to the life-changing tales, until the recipient writes to us or the donation household. I do love my job, even by way of all of the disappointment, and stress. Every day is rarely the identical, and it may be very wild.
One other work image. Typically that is my transportation to work and I LOVE IT! In one other life, I’d have beloved to have been a pilot. I really like being within the air. Most days I drive to the hospital I will probably be working at, however when it’s farther, I’ll fly on Life Flight’s fixed-wing (airplanes). Beck at all times asks me to ship footage once I fly!
That is how I survive the stress and decompress. My colleagues assume I’m loopy, however after an extended shift or within the OR, I would like one thing to decompress, so I discover myself most days or nights grinding on the coach to launch the sentiments I’ve skilled that day.
That is how I do know that I’m having a very good summer season. My tan line from my watch is off the charts this 12 months.
It’s at all times a very good time when it’s New Bike Day! This was truly a number of months in the past. I bought the Santa Cruz Hightower that I bought again in 2020, and made some extra room for this man. For these biking nerds on the market, I’ve a Specialised Epic Evo, which options 120 mm of journey within the entrance and 110 mm of journey within the again. Once I’m married to a distance runner, I really feel like I must do arduous issues too, so I began cross-country racing on mountain bikes.
I did my first bike race this final March, and I did it with Brooke’s dad. We love speaking bikes, and we truly deliberate to do that race when Brooke was within the hospital final 12 months. Once I first married Janae, I by no means would have thought that we’d do one thing like that, but it surely’s humorous how life is! I’ve some large objectives in biking over the following few years. My final objective is to finish the Leadville Mountain Bike Race in beneath 9 hours. In case you full it in lower than 9 hours, you obtain a big belt buckle. It’s fairly the feat. I feel that is going to be a 5-year mission; possibly it’s not attainable. We are going to see. To narrate a little bit higher to the runners on the market, it’s my “qualify for Boston”. Till then, it’s quite a lot of races throughout, plenty of driving within the mountains, and many coaching on my bike coach at residence.
Our present favourite date! She runs, and I bike together with her. I really like Utah and the mountains. There are such a lot of locations to discover. I’ve given up making an attempt to maintain up operating with Janae. I can solely do it on two wheels now.
My present meals habit! There may be nothing higher than chocolate and cornflakes proper now. Dealer Joe’s has this, so get it whereas they’ve it.
Skye is loving ice hockey and I get to go skate and do stick time together with her each week! My biking interest is fairly costly and takes up most of my little free time that I do have. However, if I had been to begin a brand new interest, I feel would do rec ice hockey. Possibly it’s all that nostalgia from watching all of the Mighty Geese films.
I’m teaching Brooke’s soccer membership once more this 12 months. Final 12 months, I began a model new crew, and it was actually enjoyable, though VERY time-consuming as nicely. This 12 months, we mixed with one other crew, and we moved right into a extra aggressive league. We simply gained our first event, and we’re two video games into our season, undefeated up to now.
We went to BYU’s Soccer season opener and the entire fam beloved it! Fortunately, this was an earlier recreation, so Beck and Janae stayed up the whole time, haha! We’re stoked for one more season of soccer at our residence!
Thanks for letting me take over the weblog for the day. I hope you’re all having a unbelievable day!!!
Questions:
Those that experience, what’s your present bike? What’s subsequent?
Do you might have a particular objective that you’re working in direction of that scares you? What’s it? What are you doing to finish it?
What’s your go-to favourite deal with proper now?
