NBA Game - Blazers 84 - Pistons 83

We won! The last few seconds they slammed a point and it was great. The weather almost stopped us from traveling to Portland to go see the Portland Trailblazers vs. Detroit Pistons play last night. It just poured sideways all day yesterday. It was coming down so hard and very windy. With 3-5 inches of rain coming down and having to drive to Portland which is 135 miles away (270 round trip) we almost passed on a game we have had tickets for months. Jonathan had also invited a friend to go with us a few months back. The boys were psyched and so looking forward to this game. Rather than let them down Derrel drove through the storm and all the rain...and we had a blast. None of us had ever been to a live NBA game. We made it with a few seconds to spare. We were almost late and we could hear the crowd going wild, so we took off running through the Rose Garden to get to our seats before the team introductions. I ran.....never before, the old Susy doesn't run. I would of never done that a few years ago. NO- I could of never done that until a year ago! It was fun. And Derrel say's "mom's running...we better pick up our feet boys". It wasn't me slowing us down or holding us back. Anyway, here are some photos from last night. We had nose bleed seats when we got there. The boys headed down closer to try to find 2 extra seats closer. They sat as close as they could with out the people checking there tickets. At half time Derrel and I were able to snag 2 seats on the side of the court and much, much closer. I jumped, we screamed and it was a blast. I realize now how much I held myself back being obese all those years. Being afraid that someone might notice me I guess and that kept me standing on the side my whole life. It's just so different now. I don't feel afraid and I can just have fun and not worry who is looking at my fat body and judging me...just a silly NBA game but even there I had a few Ta Da moments of FREEDOM.