Quick note to start - yes, I am still training and fundraising. In fact, it would be fabulous if you would throw in $30 to the cause. I pretty much need $30/day for the rest of the time to meet the minimum. Also, things are starting to hurt a little. I'll save that for another... Continue Reading →
Where I’ve Been
I feel like I should be putting up a "Hello World" post as I have been away from this space for so long. I'm writing in here now to summarize a week that has been rather mind blowing which is also a culmination of the past 18 months or so which required my full attention... Continue Reading →
Where you can find me
After a lot of years juggling many different things that I both wanted, and needed to do in addition to my day job, now that the high school years are over, I am taking a break. While a few other opportunities to fill the time that was released when my volunteering & sport shuttling/school nagging... Continue Reading →
Lessons Learned
In no particular order other than what pops into my head as I ponder this topic from events of the past month or so: Change is a constant - remember that new office we moved into in late summer? Well, I received notice on a Monday afternoon that we had to vacate it starting Thursday.... Continue Reading →
Home stretch
I feel like my whole life this last 10 days has been hyper focused on getting me to tomorrow. Tonight, 17 & I went shopping for shirt/tie/dress pants for him. I am happy to report that he is not afraid of color! Also happy to report that after he was set free to meet his... Continue Reading →
It’s a Hard Knock (Volunteers’) Life
For the new visitors who don't know me, I have an insane habit of raising my hand to volunteer to help out my son's sports teams/leagues even though I happen to already have a full time job and run a house with 2 cats & 2 sons all by myself. My hand seems to go... Continue Reading →
Scenes from the past week
I'm taking an online writing course through Coursera and the assignments the last two weeks have been to describe scenes. We had to specifically use a certain number of sentences and parts of speech and such, but I thought "hey, since that's the way I am thinking right now, why not share scenes?" Seriously, just... Continue Reading →
Frazzled
I posted on my Facebook status today, just this one word: Frazzled. My brain has had to be so ON the last 3 days - that I can feel the synapses burning from overuse. A football meeting directly after work on Monday followed by more work I had to complete from home that wasn't done... Continue Reading →
Priorities
I didn't join the usual group on a long trail run today. The IT band on my left knee has been barking way too much, and since I don't have any specific goals to run a long distance anytime soon, I thought it best to just start taking it easy with shorter (4.5 miles) less... Continue Reading →
Riding in the sunset for a while
Photo by @KCAlfredphoto Torrey Pines golf course at sunset. I thought this photo was perfect - I was going to look for something that depicted "swamped" or "rat race" but really, in keeping with my NO Whining & NO Gasbags motto for 2013, I must say that while I will need to maintain a... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 