......my friends! I've been missing my bloggy world and with the storm/tornado threats raging outside my window, the kids happily entertained by Legos upstairs, I get to have a little computer time and check in here.
Marathon Training. I am a month away from official marathon training time (end of June). According to Marine Corps Marathon's FB page, as of last Wednesday, only 150 days separate me from the start line. I am training with 3 girlfriends, following Hal Higdon's Novice 2 plan, and picking it up at Mile 9 or 10 at the end of this month. I managed to keep my mileage up around 10-12 miles since my last half marathon race. I am beyond excited to start, but I am hanging in there, feeling the pull of burn out which I don't want to go to. I don't know if it's burn out or just boredom, because I have no actual race in the calendar this summer (aside from a virtual half marathon race) until September. Races usually keep me going and all excited, but even the thought of a summer 5K race bores me. I don't mean to sound snobby, but I need something more - something.....different. Any suggestions?
Art. Yes, art! This is what's currently consuming me right now. I entered an art competition over at
Lilly Oncology On Canvas. I am over the moon with this project, and I have one month to do it! Ack! The challenge is to express my story of dealing and coping with my mom's lung cancer diagnosis and her passing 3 1/2 years ago through art and narrative. I am looking forward to this for the searching deep down, the cleansing, the freeing, and for the letting go....Sigh.
My idea for this piece came to me during my 9 mile run almost a month ago now. I was running solo, without music, and I went into a zone. I was thinking about where I am now with my mom's absence, where I am now with lung cancer. It got me thinking. When I started running, I ran away from grief, the loss, and the anger. Then I started to run through those same feelings. Now, as I run, I feel like I am leaving them behind me and moving towards....free. I can't explain it, but I am running towards butterflies and this time, I am happy to let them go. I am anxious to start, but with any art project, I am intimidated by that blank canvas. I need to just attack it, the way I attack hills on a run.
Motherhood. We are just 2 weeks away from summer vacation! I am looking forward to not having a schedule. Little Man is already out of preschool which means running for me during the week has been challenging, getting my 5 miles in when The Hubs is home from work (early evening) or at 6am on days when he's working from home. I haven't gotten my groove on yet with my new weekday running schedule, but I'll get there.
Sporto is finishing up the spring flag football season. Deep down, I am happy we have one more game to go. His football practice schedule made our weekdays crazy and hectic. I do not like rushing through the day. I don't know how families with multiple kids in sports do it. It's just not for me. But Sporto loves football and nothing makes me more happy than seeing my kids happy, so flag football it is and probably will be a part of our life for awhile. Yes, this is why I haven't blogged regularly! Blaming it on flag football! lol.
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Today, Sporto watched the "growing up" video. If he wasn't my child, I would've died. Why are kids these days growing up too fast too soon? Some friends of mine had The Talk already with their 4th graders. I wasn't sure how far The Hubs and I should go with this talk. The video only covered the basics of what happens to your body during puberty, so why give more information? There are times when I can't believe Sporto is at that age already. Ugh.
Tank continues to amaze us. His current obsession is writing and drawing in his journal and playing with Snap Circuits. We are relieved he has not blown up anything (yet).
Little Man is sad about preschool ending. He is obsessed with Bob the Builder and arranging play dates with friends without consulting with me first. I am grateful for those play dates. My friends and I take turns watching the kids so that we each have a turn having a kid-free afternoon. Oh those days go by way too quickly.
So there you have it, in a nutshell, what this girlfriend's been up to lately. I am behind in race re-caps, but I'll get there soon.
I hope you are all having a good start to this month of June. I know I am.
Now it's your turn. What have you been up to lately?
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