The Day of A Lifetime

Wow.
Where do I even start?

I've always disliked when people say "It was the best day of my life".
If this is the case what else is there to live for?
So, please try to start saying 'so far' after these types of comments.
With that in mind, Saturday September 13th, 2014 - Cruisin' for Cleavage - 1st Annual Poker Run was one of the best days of my life, so far.

People have birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, babies being born, engagements etc. They are all memorable, but I'm not sure anything will compare to the memories of yesterday.

The amount of people and support was amazing.
The mix of different types/groups of people all coming together made everything that much better.

We had 145 registrations come through. I didn't count but I feel like there were many more people than that.

I didn't go to registration but I was at the first stop.
3 people beat me but then I stayed and watched everyone else come through and play the game.
It took almost 3 hours to get everyone through. It was great!
I left with one of the last groups of people and road to the next stop.
Wasn't there long and I left with a different group of people to the next stop.
On the way my heart sank, a bike had gone down.
I heard mixed things about what happened but I did find out the rider was ok over all.
He ended up with some broken bones but no head or organ damage.
I was grateful to hear this news.
Sad that someone came out for me and ended up in pain themselves though.

I met people that have read the blog and followed along this whole time. That's was a little weird at first but good at the same time.
I'm glad people are following.
That is nice to hear!

I had one lady say she is following and knows someone who was recently diagnosed and the blog has helped them so far with what to expect next and to realize that it isn't the end of the world. There can still be laughs and positive attitudes!  I'm glad I've helped someone, even if it's just one person, it's worth it. (PS, when you're reading this if you have ANY questions feel free to email me.)

I heard some sad stories about lost family and friends to this shitty disease.

Those were a little hard on me, but I understand that's what some people needed to get off their chest that day. (still no pun intended) :)

Lots of tears, stories and laughter were shared on Saturday!

I've been told that Kelsey is pretty bad ass, but I did see tears of amazement and joy on Saturday. It took everything I had not to shed a few myself.

Now the hard part... How do you repay someone who devoted a tremendous amount of time and energy to put something like this together? The only real way to pay them back in the same fashion would be if something terrible happened to them as well. 

Of course I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. 

With that in mind I will be ever indebted to my sister Kelsey.

Kelsey, be proud, you did a wonderful job!  

Not to discredit what anyone else did but none of this would have happened without her.

A lot of this wouldn't have happened without the additional volunteers and bars to help as well.

The monitary turn out wouldn't have happened without the generous donations of various companies and individuals throughout Northern Colorado either.

A big, warm, THANK YOU to everyone that helped put this together.

The final numbers at the end of the day was just over $9,000 with $700 in prize payouts.

(I have random 'entry fees' still coming in from people that couldn't make it, when I get a grand total I will update this post)

This was hard to believe and didn't sink in until the next day and I just wept on my couch.

With this and the previous financial donations the weight of medical bills for 2014 and I'm 90% sure the medical bills for 2015 will be taken care of in total.

Without this stress over my head I am able to focus that much more energy on my success at kickin' ass.

I cannot say thank you enough for everyone involved that donated their time, energy and opened their wallets to help as well.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

We will be putting in an order for more t-shirts this weekend.

If you want one and missed out please let me know asap.

We will be collecting money before ordering.

There are grey or pink shirts and pink tank tops.

$12

Everyday should be filled with joy, laughter, happiness, love, human touch, and honesty.
--- Post coming about this soon.

Sorry it took longer to write this post than it should have.
I came down with a terrible cold last week and didn't have the energy to write.
I'm getting better now!
I apologize.

When this was first planned I said I wanted to pay it forward and help someone else next year, with that in mind;

We will have a 2nd Annual Cruisin' For Cleavage Poker Run next September, recipient to be decided.

Can't wait to see you all there!