MS Walk

Well it’s been a couple weeks since the MS Walk, but I’ve been meaning to share my experience. I think this is our 4^th or 5^th year doing the MS Walk but this one was a bit hectic, given my pregnant emotions. It started by us being late picking up my mom and Killian, so we didn’t get to trax on time and were late for registration. When we finally arrived, my mom registered for us while Jase and I went on a search for the free food. We wandered all over outside, and then were told the goodies were inside, where we just left. By this point, I really had to pee and I was worried we wouldn’t be ready for the walk start. We finally got our bagels, donuts and goodies and put on our shirts and numbers. After all the speaking and announcements, we finally got to walk.

The walk starts at the Gateway, and loops around the surrounding neighborhood, passed the old Children’s Museum and back. I think it’s total is about 3 miles. We first started walking and got a little behind, because I’d forgotten to pee and had to stop at the porta potties. While lagging behind, we caught up to a group called “Bob’s Army”. They were a rather large group and one of their members, I presume to be Bob, was walking with a cane and therefore walking slower. My emotions took over and I instantly started crying. It really touched me that this man’s whole team waited for him, making them one of the last teams walking. I’d been complaining about so many things, and it just humbled me to see this man. I’d felt terrible for all the things I had whined about, because compared to that, they were so trivial. I complain about my back hurting, and being tired and this man was doing it without complaint, slow, with a cane.

I finally recouped from my emotions, and we continued to walk. At the first rest stop, Harmon’s was giving out fruit and granola bars and a lot of people stopped to snack. We didn’t stop for long and ended up back in the middle of the group. From that point on, we walked with no problems and no emotions. The weather was a bit chilly, but I’m very glad it didn’t rain. We finished the walk and got back on the train to head home.

The rest of the day was emotional and tiring haha. After we got back to our car, we decided to get some lunch. We stopped at Subway for me and Killian and went to Apollo Burger for Jase and my mom. At Subway, we went through the drive through and the order just kept getting messed up. With my emotions being the way they were, I didn’t handle it very well and got mad at Jase. We ended up getting in an argument at Apollo Burger and Jase got out of the car and ended up walking home. My mom, Killy and I went to her house to relax and after we made up, Jase came over. Later that night we dyed our Easter eggs and watched movies. With the exception of me, the day was pretty good and it was a nice walk.