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Acknowledgements July 8, 2005

Posted by Amber D. Evans in : Reflections, Chico CA , trackback

To You: Why and how you mean so much to me!

To my parents: DI AND I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! I doubt
we'd be doing this if it wasn't for your lifelong morals, ideals, and
support in everything we do. It is because of you both I've always had
the courage to try and do the new things that make my life worthwhile
and exciting.

To my "better half": I love you.
And you love me. And I really couldn't ask for more support than that.
Thanks for not making fun of me (other than for blogging) or for ever
saying I'm fat. In fact, thank you for always telling me you love me
and that I'm the most beautiful woman in the world. I may shrug it off,
but for a few minutes every time I hear you say it, I'm feeling like
the queen of the world.

To my sister: Thanks
for trying to do this thing without me! :P Actually, thanks for showing
me that it is possible for us to eat, feel great, AND look great. You
are (and have been) my inspiration to continually push my physical
limits. You're a gem both in the family and as a friend.

To my triathlon-in-training-friends:
Thanks for finally giving in to my constant pestering to do something
active besides 12 oz. curls at the bar. Ha, ha, just kidding! Actually,
thank you for your constantly humorous support and laughable foibles.
You remind me to remain humble and with humility throughout all of
this. And it would never be as much fun without you. Never have I ever
hurt as much from laughing as I have from lifting. I couldn't be any
happier.

To all my other friends: Thanks for
rolling your eyes at me, feeding me fried foods, and making me coffee
drinks laced in carmel, chocolate, and whipped cream. Thanks for
keeping me "real" as I'm going through this. And especially thank you
for always being there for me when I'm whiny, cranky, achy, sore,
tired, boring, silly, annoying, suddenly absent/missing, or like my
otherwise normal self (whatever that may be).

To my dog: Ruff, ruff, growl. Bark, bark, woof, growl. (singing) "Cal-lee-pal, the greatest dog in the world." (end singing)

To Bidwell Park, Chico, CA:
Where else is there a better place to practice "Bricks" than One-Mile?
Where else is there fabulous biking paths and differing terrain? Thanks
for being so bike friendly, easily accessible, and free. You may be a
cheap date, but you're a date I'd never pass up.

And thanks to myself!
For without me, I simply *couldn't* have done this, for I would not
have existed. (Yeah! Ha, ha!) Truly though, I do thank some part of
myself for actually filling out the registration and billing
information so that I actually have to do all this AND recruit others
to join me on this journey. So stoked … so stoked!

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