{"id":1408,"date":"2015-06-19T11:14:18","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T15:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2015-06-19T11:14:18","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T15:14:18","slug":"the-caboose-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/?p=1408","title":{"rendered":"The Caboose. 36."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 36 Days I will be attempting to ride 100 Miles in Burlington, Vermont.<\/p>\n<p>Scratch that.<\/p>\n<p>In 36 Days, I <strong>WILL<\/strong> ride <strong>100 Miles<\/strong> on my bike in Burlington, Vermont.<\/p>\n<p>Today is my diaversary. \u00a0Diagnosed with T1D 36 years ago today.<\/p>\n<p>I figured out this mathematical magic this morning&#8230; 36 more days til Ride and and 36 years of T1D on the same day. \u00a0That&#8217;s gotta count for something right?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the newest bit of &#8220;flair&#8221;\u00a0in my fundraising plans.<\/p>\n<p>Ok, you\u00a0knew I was\u00a0going to figure-out a way to decorate this bike right? \u00a0I used to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/?tag=dexcom-decorations\">bedazzle Dexcom<\/a> arm sensors. \u00a0All these warnings about creating drag on the bike&#8230; I&#8217;m already the slowest one folks. \u00a0If I&#8217;m going to be the caboose, I&#8217;ll be a brightly colored, glittered one for sure!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BIKE-NAMES-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1409 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BIKE-NAMES-copy-1024x789.jpg\" alt=\"BIKE NAMES copy\" width=\"584\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BIKE-NAMES-copy-1024x789.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BIKE-NAMES-copy-300x231.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BIKE-NAMES-copy-389x300.jpg 389w, http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BIKE-NAMES-copy.jpg 1947w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my social media fundraising idea (scheme) for today:<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU are going on The JDRF Ride! Say WHAT?!?! For everyone who has donated to MY riding 100 Miles on 7\/25, YOUR name (or message) is going ON the bike! Come with me! This bike is all about inspiration, funding vital research, and a LOT of Alecia flair. Where&#8217;s the glitter paint? <a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/gettingcrafty?source=feed_text&amp;story_id=10205369206443629\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:104}\"><span class=\"_58cl\">\u202a#\u200e<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">gettingcrafty\u202c<\/span><\/a>\u00a0#36 <a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/diaversarydream?source=feed_text&amp;story_id=10205369206443629\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:104}\"><span class=\"_58cl\">\u202a#\u200e<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">diaversarydream\u202c<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>-&gt; <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">****<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.jdrf.org\/goto\/aleciawesner\">MY\u00a0Dream<\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">****<\/span> &lt;-\u00a0<\/strong>(So close to beating the 2001- first year Alecia&#8217;s Stem Cells total).<\/p>\n<p>I have had a bit of a heavy heart lately. \u00a0When I think about this diaversary stuff, I have uncharacteristically lacked feelings on it. \u00a0 I haven&#8217;t been upset per se, but I have lacked enthusiasm. \u00a0My friend posted this photo today. \u00a0This certainly turned my mood around. \u00a0Note: I definitely do NOT like\u00a0chocolate mint Cliff bars.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/10639588_10105378013499653_8117084080210497807_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1411\" src=\"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/10639588_10105378013499653_8117084080210497807_n-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"10639588_10105378013499653_8117084080210497807_n\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/10639588_10105378013499653_8117084080210497807_n-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/10639588_10105378013499653_8117084080210497807_n.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also if anyone has a bike helmet covered in LED lights and rhinestones, let&#8217;s talk.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 36 Days I will be attempting to ride 100 Miles in Burlington, Vermont. Scratch that. In 36 Days, I WILL ride 100 Miles on my bike in Burlington, Vermont. Today is my diaversary. \u00a0Diagnosed with T1D 36 years ago &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/?p=1408\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,48,23,38,401,15],"tags":[526,529,528,541,527,514,5],"class_list":["post-1408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-diabetes-notes","category-diaversary","category-doc","category-exercise","category-jdrf","tag-526","tag-bike-flair","tag-diabetes-cycling","tag-diaversary","tag-downwithdiabetes","tag-jdrf-ride","tag-t1d"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2tD0n-mI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1408"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1413,"href":"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408\/revisions\/1413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}