March Madness

No, this is not about basketball, nor will my blog ever be about basketball.
I'm talking about the madness that has and will occur this month. Now, I'm going to stretch it a little here and include the last day of February, so deal.
On Feb. 28th my grandmother passed. The battle with cancer that she had given quite a good fight with ended. I was and I am sad but something is slightly relieving and peaceful about it too. My grandfather was at her side and she passed quietly. I know the last few months were pretty bad for her so I'm glad to know that she is in a better place and is not suffering anymore. That is not a way to start or end a month, or even a day for that matter. Life goes on and I know she would want me to be happy and live my life. That is what it's about anyway, living your life how you see fit.
Rob and I have started biking almost every day this month. I started out with going less than a mile and Sunday I finished the whole track, 3 miles. It wasn't easy or pretty, but I did it. I'm hoping that in a few more days I'll be able to go more than just 3 miles. I've noticed that I am able to fall asleep easier and faster and I'm not as hungry or bored during the day. I like having something fun and healthy to do with my husband. Of course he speeds right on past me on the track but I don't mind because we're still doing it together.
My 23rd birthday is in 2 weeks and I don't really know how I feel about it. It seems that after 21 birthdays are just not as exciting. I'm sure we'll find something to do. My friend Krista just called to see if I had anything planned. I don't, but I do have a few ideas so we'll see how that goes.
I've also started a 365 set on my flickr account ( www.flickr.com/photos/chaychayolei ). The 365 is for the number of days in a year. My goal is to take and share at least 1 photo a day. I want to be able to document my progress and hopefully my new knowledge of photography. I started this on March 1st so I'm about 10 days in now. Not much of a start, but it's been good to push myself to use my camera every day.
On the 30th my Dad is coming to Houston! Yes, I said Houston, not Austin. He's going to be putting on a training there for a whole week so I'm planning to drive out and visit him for a night. It's not much, but better than not seeing him at all when he'll be a few hours drive away. I'm excited to see him, it will be the first time since our wedding last year. I miss him and all my family in Maine but I really don't think they understand how cold it is there! Oh, I'm just kidding, they are very well informed on the weather. :) I've just given them a good excuse to come visit some place warm!

Well, I don't think there is any other madness to report so I'll leave it at that.

'Til next time.