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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:03:24 GMT

Snow and snowdays! That is nice for a change! I love snowdays!

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:15:46 GMT

Misc Thoughts :

I have to say that the ads on the side are most irritating for the display now. It is almost enough to also look for another site. perhaps we should follow grh158's lead?

Winter plows on. At least we have more snow and in quantities that are actually measurable so more fun for the kids.
Court still in motion. Still no good news there. A huge source of stress really.

Robert is getting fitted for a prosthesis for lifting weights.

Still adjusting to married life and extenuating circumstances....7 months now.

I have a birthday looming...yikes. I am getting old. Why is it that for the past 5 or 6 years, the "odd" year birthdays seem to hit the hardest, as far as feeling like you are getting older. The thing is that different this year is that, physically I feel old this year. Many things hurt on me.

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:28:37 GMT

Ok Ok. So, now I am posting again.
I am volunteering less and I actually have more time free. I was also talking with a friend who said I never post anymore so I am trying to keep it in the loop. Truthfully, I feel like I am not a good or funny writer and it is sometimes hard to think of a post worth typing.

At the risk of being dorky, I will start with the darn weather.....
But, I would like to ask a question. What is up with the weather? What is up with the seasons of the year? Does it seem like they have shifted out the their usual places in the calendar year? Does it seem like we really have 2 seasons, gray and damp and rain or hot? How do we go from beautiful 6 inches of snow to gray and rainy and 55 in 2 days?
Is this every where or just here....

I would like to ask another question completely unrelated.
As a mother with boys just heading into teen years, what is the best way to deal with the fact that they "push " Mom away. I know it is normal but it feels hard. GRH158, any words of wisdom? TW?

Lastly,
I head to court soon dealing with custody. It is likely to go a trial after that.

My thoughts and prayers are this.
Lord, Help me accept the outcome. Let Your will be done not mine. Please help me to be wise and strong.

Sunday, January 06, 2008

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:40:23 GMT

Well, Happy new Year!

I have made it through the holidays. They were good despite the fact that I had 12 days of no boys. But Andrew called alot and that helped me tremendously. He had a hard time....

It turned out that my new husband and I had 5 days to ourselves before Christmas and I will say that was nice and though we didn't go away it felt a bit like a 2nd honeymoon.

My Resolutions are as follows:
1. To lose at least 5 pounds.
2. To be more patient with children
3. To say NO to volunteer work.
4. To stress and worry less.
5. To trust in my husbands' love for me.
6. Trust in God as we go forth back to court regarding custody.
I think I will stop at that. Those are hard enough.

We received a great Xmas gift in the form of a puzzle that was taken from a photo. We have put it together and it was so fun and clever. That was a highlight.

Thanks for all the gifts that were given to me and my loved ones.

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:17:51 GMT

Hello everyone.
Life is moving along. The boys all had good report cards and conferences.
Christmas is coming and I will not have my boys from Dec. 19 to the 30th. Now looking at the bright side, I will have them for a stretch over New Years, but somehow not having your children for that long over Christmas is tough stuff. It is feeling a bit hard to get in the spirit knowing they will not even be here in the leading up to and following Christmas which matters. It is the bitter reminder of why divorce sucks! Excuse my french! All of you married readers.... take heed. Go hug your husband. Appreciate him.

Sunday, November 04, 2007

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:38:31 GMT

Well, finally time to update as I am sure you have been waiting to hear how the marathon went. (Ha ha..).

We finished and I am not injured. That was my goal and I did that. The time was as expected: 5 hours 18 min. The one surprise was somehow I actually picked up my pace for a bit in the last 10K So, that was kinda cool. I thought to myself, I have never run more than 20 miles before, let's see what I can do. Many people were walking by that point and we were running. In fact, I really only walked through the aid stations and a short time at about mile 17. That was a great mental boost as well . I was physically tired by the end, no doubt. I did take an ice bath that night and was only moderately sore the next day. I taught yoga which I believe helped even more and by Tuesday was sore mostly in joints and my ankle still a bit swollen.

TW was great and was really wonderful as he kept trying to hug me as we finished together. I felt pretty emotional that I had actually completed it, with my husband and realizing again, how without his support through training and the run itself, I probably would not have done it at this point of my life. I am sure I ran better with him there as I was wanting to do well in his eyes. (I am pretty sure I would have walked more if I had run alone) There is more to say but... I guess that is all for now. I am happy to be done with the training. I have done a marathon, I may do one again, but not any time soon. Thanks again TW.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:32:19 GMT

Sunday is the Marathon. Stay tuned. I guess I am ready. I am ready. 26.2 miles here I come.....

Monday, October 15, 2007

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:20:47 GMT

We ran 20 miles yesterday. I felt just terrible the whole run. Not even my foot and ankle but my whole right leg.It was just so tight! Poor TW to run at that slow of a pace. 4 hours 20 min! Yikes. The only good things I can say is we got up and ran early, we were on the road by 7:45am and thank goodness, because if we had left it for the afternoon it was raining hard and that really would have been a drag. The other good thing is that TW was very patient and continually was trying to keep my attitude positive. He doesn't like to hear comments like this next one but I am having to admit that perhaps endurance events for me are to be few and far between, if at all. This training has felt harder than ever before. Maybe it is just that it is one discipline and my body just can't take the running that much... Is it my age ? I don't know. I have toyed with a half Ironman tri at some point..it seems unlikely now in light of how hard and time consuming this has been. The Olympic distance was hard enough!! I may be finished with triathlons anyway because of my neck thing anyway...who knows..At least I have done what I have done.
Thomas competed in the Pepsi Punt Pass and Kick. Don't know yet if he moved on. There were 11 kids that had moved on . He did great Each thing was consistent. I don't know how many are chosen or what. He seemed to be the smallest and youngest for sure. He is still only 7 in a 8-9 age group. But it is be 8 by Dec. 31 so he qualifies.
Gotta go!

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:26:29 GMT

Well, another week, another ankle roll. I did it again. The same ankle I rolled last week. I rolled again. On another rock, only this one was bigger. Great. Thankfully, I had my phone and grh158 found me and brought me athletic tape to tape it and I did finish my run. I am now keeping it wrapped or taped constantly and of course the ice... I find it ironic. TW has been running his long runs in the evenings so half of it is in the dark. I am running in the days when you would think it is easier to see objects in the road..What the heck? I don't usually see myself as a klutz. One more long run and then taper and then the race. I only hope to finish under 5 hours and not be hurt!!! Cripe.

I must "let go of competition and expectations with myself and others"

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:17:34 GMT

Well, I did run the lake successfully.
I shortly thereafter caught a wicked cold so that has put a crimp in my training program. As of now, I am behind schedule. Not a good thing to occur 5 weeks before the marathon and you have to taper runs 2 weeks before. I am congested, coughing is not too bad now, still not much voice. Energy? what energy.
I tried to run my 15miles on Mon instead of Sunday and a series of things happened. Anne Flynn, who is Madel's CC coach and an Olympic trial qualifier in her youth has been coming to yoga. I said jokingly, hey do you want to run today. She said Sure! But on the way to go run, which I had barely enough time for, because I am so slow I needed to allow 3 hours, my phone rings. It is Andrew saying he is sick. So I go to school. Long story short there, he comes home but I am still trying to swing a run. (He had no fever just upset tummy and exhausted from Dad's weekend) I get Roberta to sit with him and am scrambling to meet Anne. We meet and head out. I end up running a pace that was way to fast for me for 7.5 miles. Darn pride.I didn't want to seem like such a slowpoke to her, add that to feeling rushed anyway, I thought, maybe, I would be ok. Right.... We split after that, it was kinda chilly and threatening rain. I think, I'll run home 2 1/4 miles, make a loop or two to make 13 then run back to school where we had met and then I would pick up Robert from school. I stiffen up like I have never before..my feet must have weighed 5 lbs each. I was freezing and my legs were tight. I end up walking at least halfway home. I check in and stretch and try to run. So I am maybe 2 /10ths of a mile from home, I step on a rock and the next thing I know I am on the ground, I rolled my ankle, but good. Can you believe it? What a Joke! I try to run and it is sore but I decide I am not taking chances so I walk /run back to my car and should have grabbed a coat because I was completely sweated and then a storm starts to roll in and the wind picks up more and I am so freezing. I only ended up doing 11.5 or so.
Luckily my ankle seems ok . I ran a short 2 today to try it and it might be ok. I did ice it and have kept it wrapped and have treated it correctly from the start. We'll see as I will try to run 10 tomorrow to get some miles in. Maybe just the half marathon.