Friday, February 28, 2014

Friday Five

1) School is kicking my butt.  I am so glad I dropped the second class, it's hard enough to keep up with life and one single graduate class. You name it, I'm behind in it. My opinion swings from one end to another lately about whether taking classes is even a good use of my time or not.  Sometimes I think the benefit isn't worth the sacrifice.  At other times, I think maybe I should pursue a Masters Degree rather than just a professional certificate.  In reality, I just need to take it one step at a time.  Right now, I need to focus on getting through this class successfully and figuring out how to juggle my life priorities.

2) My training plan called for a long run of 8 miles for this weekend.  I did it this morning. 8.1 miles was my total distance employing a 3:00 run - 0:45 walk interval from beginning to end.  My knee feels good.  I think this means the half is on!  However, I don't think I'm going to be able to do the Albuquerque Half because that's the week I'm scheduled for oral surgery. I have a consultation with the surgeon on Monday, will see what he says about recovery. Worst case, that just means I will plan on doing the half at the run for the zoo two weeks later.

3) It's been a full calendar month today since my mom died.  Yesterday I was going through old phone messages and happened across one from her.  A few weeks ago, hearing her voice would have made me cry. But yesterday it made me smile. I still miss talking to her, but I think I'm starting to move past the overwhelming grief phase. Happy memories are beginning to emerge again. In the words of  Dr. Seuss "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."

4) Don't hate me, but our weather has been quite pleasant lately with several days with highs around 60.  I think I might wear sandals today because Daughter and I are supposed to get pedicures.  I don't quite know why the nasty polar vortex hasn't managed to dip down far enough to affect us in central New Mexico, but I'm not complaining.

5) I'm just about to head out to drop off my car for 50,000 mile service plus a repair.  The driver side read window has decided that it doesn't want to be rolled up.  This is the problem with electronic everything - when the electronics act up, you can't do simple things like roll up your window.  I guess it's a good thing that our weather has been pleasant.  Image driving a car with a window down in nasty winter weather.  No thank you!  I hope they are able to resolve it today.

Have a good weekend everyone!!

8 comments:

  1. I can't imagine taking classes right now. One step at a time!

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  2. Awww I love those words by Dr. Seuss!
    I was thinking a couple of weeks ago about that gesture we used to make when we wanted someone to roll down their car window. In these days of electronic everything, my kids have no idea what I'm talking about!

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  3. Yeah for a successful 8 mile run, so glad your knee is holding up!!

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  4. Good to hear your knee's doing well. So jealous of your warm weather - could you fan some in this direction ;)

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  5. One step at a time sounds like a good strategy for your studies and managing possible half marathons! It's so exciting your knee is doing well though, and congratulations on the 8 miles :)

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  6. That's such great news about your running. All your hard work and patience is paying off.

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  7. I'm glad you have nice weather! We had more snow today, but now that the calendar says March, I can take comfort in the fact that it might be the last one. Or close to the last one. And I will be in DC later this week, and I'm hoping to see some sun there.

    I liked that you smiled hearing your mom's voice.

    I have dealt with the window rolling up thing before -- they have to take the whole door apart and replace a motor. Do they even make cars with hand-crank windows anymore?

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  8. Glad to see you are still at it! I'm in starting over mode myself. You will have to stop by the new blog when you get a chance.

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