I haven’t really told any of you this, but I figure now is as good a time as any. (No – I’m not pregnant). My BIG news is….
I’m training to run a 10K.
I’m going to drop everything for cancers below the waist and run in The Underwear Affair ‘09 on August 29, 2009. Yes – I’m going to run 10K through the streets of Toronto in my underwear Mom – aren’t you so proud of me?
For the past couple of months I’ve quietly been chugging out kilometre after kilometre in the heat on my lunches at work. On Tuesday I did my longest run in over a year: 6.85 Km. It felt absolutely incredible! And I’m so glad to be back – I *almost* feel like my old self again. My run was so good on Tuesday that I fell asleep in Sierra’s bed next to her while putting her to bed – LOL!
Today I totally persevered and ran despite not packing any socks in my gym bag. Did you know that running without socks messes your feet right-the-hell-up? I am now sporting an entire box of band-aids on my feet. I’m ok with it though ’cause I managed to run 5K before the pain caused me to stop.
Today’s run reminded me of a great quote that I want to share with you:
You can’t hit a home run unless you step up to the plate. You can’t catch a fish unless you put your line in the water. You can’t reach your goals if you don’t try. KathySeligman
So go on now everyone – get out there, try and persevere! If I can do it, so can you!
How was everyone’s weekend? Oh wait – yesterday was just a random day off in the middle of the week so our kids could drive us nuts up here in good ol’ Canada! (Happy Canada Day folks!). I spent the whole day loving and enjoying my family, and hanging out in the backyard.
Nah – that’s not all I did….. I also took an hour after the family went to bed to write up a great post about bloggers being compensated for hosting giveaways. If you have ever been approached to do a giveaway or review on your blog then you may find this an interesting read.
“… there’s one trend I don’t see going away anytime soon – and that’s product reviews and giveaways. I’m not sure exactly when PR firms woke up and realized the value of bloggers for helping to spread the word about products, but I’m glad they did. While I think it’s great that these firms are branching out and looking towards non-traditional ways of marketing, I often wonder – are these companies taking advantage of us bloggers?”
How do you feel about bloggers being compnesated for hosting giveaways? Are for it, against it? Please share.
Wow! I can’t believe it’s Sunday night already! Where did the weekend go? It was like a small town, blink and you miss it!
We had a ton of fun, though it didn’t start off well. Oy! Sierra is back into the parrot thing she did when she was 2.5 yrs old – saying everything 5 times, interrupting, whining and being downright rude and obnoxious. It’s so irritating, even though i know she’s *just* looking for attention. She did this ALL weekend long! Once or twice I can take – but the whole weekend? Holy smokes – somebody shoot me now!
The clouds I’ve previously blogged about have pretty much disappeared both figuratively and literally. I bet the sun has burned them away. It’s been ÜBER hot here the last few days and it’s been amazing – Squee! I love, love, love it! We’ve been in the pool every night after dinner. It’s about time ‘cause we opened the pool and pretty much just stared at it for 3 weeks ‘cause it was way too damn cold to swim. Last night I even got in the pool for my first twilight swim since we moved into this house 2 yrs ago. Yep – after the kids went to bed I had an insane surge of energy and took the pooch for a 4K run around the neighbourhood, then jumped into the pool afterwards and swam some laps for 15 min! It was absolutely AMAZING! I swear I was meant to live in a much hotter climate than the one here in Canada (or Canaduh, as my best friend calls it).
I often wonder if what I’ve felt during the winter months over the past few years has been SAD – seasonal affective disorder, rather than the PPD – post-partum depression I’ve been attributing it to? Maybe I should tell hubby that I need to get away for 2 weeks every winter. Yes, that’s it. I need to get away for 1 week in December with the fam-damily, and another week just him and I in early April (yanno, for our anniversary and all).
My NEW JOB is going well – very well. I’m absolutely in love with the corporate culture here. There is such a focus on health, well being and finding the work/life balance. My co-workers are so positive and I often wonder why more companies don’t take this approach? I bet employee productivity would surge for them if they did. My NEW JOB is a very good fit for me, that’s for sure. It’s so nice to find people to exercise with and run with at lunch time. We also have “Flex” time here. I apologized for being late a few times and my co-workers laughed at me – they said there’s no such thing as late as long as I make up the time. This is a MUCH different philosophy than the one at my previous employer. The way I feel here makes me wonder if my previous job was contributing to my grey cloudy skies? My role and the environment here are very different. I’m angry at myself for not realizing before how much my previous job was contributing to how I felt about myself. I’m mad for not leaving sooner, or for not speaking up for myself. Fighting for what I needed to feel good about myself…. Enh – who cares – it’s all in the past, right? Hakuna Matta, right?
I’m just glad those grey clouds are pretty much gone!
Mom – aren’t you so proud of me?
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