Thank God tomorrow is Friday because today was one of those days that I would like to permanently erase from my mind!
I own a small business in Austin and to be quite honest things have been bumpy lately. We focus on helping other businesses achieve their branding/recognition/marketing goals. Sounds all great that I get to own a business, work from home, make my own rules, blah, blah, blah but when economic shit hits the fan (like it did in Sept. 08) marketing is the first part of the budget to get cut. Don’t get me started on what that makes ZERO business sense but it’s just the way it is. To put it lightly, my business has suffered tremendously. I know, I need some cheese with my wine!
Anywho, so there I was today sitting at my desk basically having a pity party for one when I checked my facebook feed. A friend of mine posted in her facebook status “ran on a treadmill today!!! for the first time in 2 years!” Let me tell you why this is such an amazing feat…. Two years ago my friend was minding her own business walking down the street in Manhattan when out of nowhere a car jumped the curb and crashed directly into her. When they rushed her to Bellevue Hospital they realized that her right leg from the calf down was mangled. We went on vacation together this summer and her mother was telling the story of the night the accident happened. She told us that as she was getting on the plane from Austin to NYC, my friends boyfriend called and said they want to amputate her leg…Mom said all she could remember saying was don’t you dare let them do that , I’m on my way. To make a long story short, six or so surgeries later they have managed to put her leg back together which is amazing because they never thought she would walk again. Well, today she ran! The irony of the story is that my friend was a model- her first 12 page spread came out in InStyle while she was in the hospital.
The point is that if my friend can not only walk but run after Dr.’s told her it was not going to happen, then I can sure as hell quit feeling sorry for myself. I can make it through being tired, cranky, hungry, and anything else life throws at me!
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