First I have to give credit to an old high-school friend, Marci, who recently started her own blog at:
http://ramblingsofarunningaddict.blogspot.com
I was so entertained by her updates that I was inspired to give it a try.
And then, those who know me, realize
that...
(1) I'm crap at keeping up with emails
(2) I'm even worse about picking up the phone and calling people
(3) I can't even keep my Facebook up to date
(4) I even tried my hand at scrapbooking (medival form of Facebook for wives over the age of 30) and failed miserably at keeping up with that
....so somehow I convinced myself that I would be *much better* at blogging.
When I told my husband, Terry, about the blog, he said, "You're not going to write about ME, are you?"
Funny that my co-workers asked the same question.
They know me well enough to guess that the answer is YES. What would be the point of having a blog????
Now, about the title of the blog.... I'm sane, really I am, but I find that life with a husband, a 2 year old and a dog can be a little insane sometimes.
Before I started running again, I would stay sane by nursing a large glass of JT Pino Grigio every night (we call it "easy drinkin' wine"), but then decided that I should spend my time doing something a little more productive.
After taking almost 3 years off from running, I decided to start training for a 1/2 Marathon. Again, those who know me well will tell you that I may be prone to the occasional delusion of grandeur.
I've run two 1/2's since and now I'm training for a marathon in September (ScotiaBank) and another in January (DisneyWorld).
I think people (especially Terry) will generally say that I'm much nicer to everyone now that I'm running again (that's a big thing coming from Terry, because he just about the nicest person you'll ever meet). And I find that my running helps me cope with the weird things in life like..
- my son, Finn, having a meltdown because he accidentally flushed his poop, when really he was trying to save it for Daddy to see
- the dog having "worms"... ugh, so disgusting
- my monthly credit card bill
I will mention something funny that was overheard in our house today... Terry said,
"He wanted to play with the thong.....with me.... but I wasn't having anything to do with it."
He was talking about Angus, our dog, finding underwear in the bushes. I had nothing to do with the underwear in the bushes.
So come back every so often to take a look at what's happening in my life... and feel free to comment!
4 comments:
Thanks for the nice words Lynda. Now we will inspire each other with our blogs! I will add you on my links.
I am running Scotiabank in September, we should plan on going for EXTRA LARGE drinks to celebrate completion afterwards! Good luck with your training, I'll be reading!
i got your site from Marci, and since she said to pop over and say hi, thought i would. i'm get what you mean when you say running helping you cope... i've become addicted in the last year. I'm also training for Scotiabank! Good luck with your training! Cheers.
Thanks for stopping by my blog! I'm looking forward to reading more of your running adventures, especially leading up to Scotiabank.
I'm tagging you!!
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