From KT – Oct. 14, 2017

Greetings to the Good People of DaVita!!

It is Saturday am, and I am at home!!  Wow, does that feel good.

A couple quick facts on the Tour DaVita – 585 riders, including 5 from International, the most ever.  3 were from Saudi Arabia, 1 from Germany, and 1 from Poland.  I got to talk to each of them except the teammate from Poland.  Fun!  Also 15 patient riders, the most ever!  Also 17 PCT’s, for whom we provide special financial support, they are each Shining Stars!  I want to have more PCT’s next year.  We move the Tour to a different spot each year, MANY riders are first-timers that are NOT regular bike riders, so please give it some thought.  We have little vans that pick riders up on the course, so you can stop whenever your body says that is the right thing to do.  We also had 96 teammates from local clinics and our big Tacoma neighborhood office at the finish line, cheering teammates on as they triumphantly rode, or walked, across the line.

We also did a Village Service Day right before the Tour,  where we packed and sent 600 Holiday stockings with notes to military folks overseas (part of our Star Troopers Village program), and also 400 packs of essential items for Dignity for Divas, for homeless women transitioning to housing.

Thursday night was a solid sleeping night, man did that feel good. It was only 6 hours, but a step in the right direction.  And last night, Friday I managed to hit the big 7, the rally continues!

I did not gain any weight during my month of almost constant travel, still at 191.  That is good.  I am getting better at the 5 minutes of meditation and deep breathing.  I still would not really call it meditation because my thoughts are so active and scattered, but by the 3^rd or 4^th minute I am taking much deeper breaths and it is quite striking how soothing that is.

There was a preceptor class in the Casa this week, so I got to meet several of them – which is always a treat for me, I get to say thank you to field teammates in person, live.  Always a gratitude moment for me. 

I hope each of you is finding Match the Mayor to be helpful in our shared journey towards healthy and fulfilling lives. 

“Be a person who not only lives the length of your life, but the depth and breadth as well.”

One for All & All for One.  Your Mayor, KT