The best-laid plans…

Go figure, a week and a half after I talked about the Evolution of this blog and the fact that it would no longer be simply Breast Cancer Walk-related, my first post is…yep, Breast Cancer Walk-related!

I wrote in November, while I was in-between the Arizona and San Diego Walks, about continuing in 2010 with my two Walks in one year precedent and walking both Michigan and Chicago’s 3-Day for the Cure events. That sounded great in theory, as I was supposed to transfer in September of this year, which would have put me on leave from the Navy in August. Both events are at the beginning of August, and we’d also intended to get Married in August as well…however, the best-laid plans are often put to waste.

Instead, I am off to the USS Halsey (DDG-97) in July, with a school en route. I will actually be underway/deployed during practically every single Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure event in 2010. It’s rather odd how that worked out, as the only time I would be in-port during the season, there’s actually a break in the events.

Instead of foregoing the fight this year, I am virtually walking San Diego again this year. What do I mean by virtually? Well, I will be doing all the fundraising (which I’m beginning soon, hopefully without having to resort to my friends for donations this year, a welcome respite I would think) and I will do the online check-in and everything…I just won’t be there to walk. I’ve already joined the OB Walkers-Breast Defenders again (because I had so much fun on that team!), along with my fiancee, Mary (who will be my wife before then). She will physically be participating in the Walk this year, her first.

What else did it affect? Well, other than the Walks, wedding and the fact that I’ll miss Devin’s, Mary’s, my own, and Colbi’s birthdays, plus a myriad of holidays (everything from about September through next March-April), it also has put a damper on my fundraising efforts. One of the big things I’d hoped to do this year was to design websites for donations, but I won’t be able to keep up with that since beginning in July, I’ll be underway a good portion of the time. So, I’ve had to come up with alternate plans (which I’ll reveal later, after I actually do them!).

So, again, I had well-laid plans, but in the effort of being fluid, I’ve had to adapt them. Such is life.