Making Our Marks: February 2010

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Life, Un-caffeinated

Mommy is cranky.
Mommy is stressed.
Mommy is largely non-functional.

Mommy is a good Christian who gave up Coca-Cola for Lent.

Yay to Mommy for setting such a good example for her family.

Daddy?? When will it be Easter?????

Monday, February 15, 2010

First Mile[stone]

Today I ran ONE WHOLE MILE--ten laps around the track, consecutively!!!

My first mile ever.

Before today, the most I'd run in one stretch was two laps.

I think I was inspired because I ran into Emilie & Co. on the way in to the Rec Center.
I was so proud of myself afterward that I considered showing up on the pool deck and shouting "Hey Emilie, I ran my first mile!" but I thought this might be embarassing for everyone involved (after all, I work here...) so I took a shower instead and skipped across the street and back to my office feeling really good about myself.

8-)

So why is the world's worst correspondent starting a blog???

I can't handle Facebook--it's information [I use the term loosely] overload and (on the rare occasions that I actually look at it) I end up in complete social networking paralysis--but Emilie has this adorable, funny, thought-provoking, quietly inspiring little blog and I've been itching to try my hand. I used to write stuff. Here's my chance to compose little anecdotes and feel like I'm being communicative even if I am using it as an excuse to sit all alone in a book-lined study. If nothing else, some of those digital pictures of which I am so proud might finally find a home where people will actually see them. And maybe, just maybe, something will be posted here that makes someone laugh, or smile, or cry, or feel a renewed sense of wonder or love or self-worth or perspective...just like Emilie's blog does for me. But probably I'll mostly just talk about food.