I woke up before dawn – again – to run another 5k. My time is not improving, but I am still having fun and I’ll take it. Eventually I’ll get back to finishing times I can be happy with. Today I finished in 41:33. If I can run a whole race at my fastest split time today, I can shave almost ten whole minutes off my finishing time. Right now I’ll settle for running without stopping or dying.
Category: March 2025
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March 15
After last night’s cheer practice and the approximately five hours of sleep the team got, no one felt optimistic going into today’s competition. By the time their performance was over, I felt even more exhilarated than when I rode the wildest roller coaster at Sea World last weekend. They hit zero for the first time this entire season, and it was thrilling. This team has heart, and they deserve the win. So happy for them.
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March 14
It was a long, long day, and we have an early, early morning tomorrow. So here is a picture of a cake that I did not eat.
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March 13
I finally have a day where I can sit and relax a little after work. It feels weird! It’s ok, though. It’ll be back to insanity tomorrow.
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March 12
Today was a lesson in juggling. I had at least twelve balls in the air throughout the day. Luckily they were balls and not knives. I switched from one thing to the next so quickly that I have no idea what I actually did today, if anything. I’m tired, but there’s still work to be done. I am a human being that knows no boundaries, and I never quit. I’m not entirely sure that’s a good thing.
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March 11
I started teaching another NAMI Peer to Peer class tonight. I teach this one less often than Family to Family – this is actually only my second time doing it. For some reason, only two people showed up. But it was two people who were engaged in the class, so it was good. It feels a little weird teaching the class as a peer because I haven’t felt depressed in months. Happiness is so unfamiliar to me, and sometimes I even find myself wondering if I was ever really depressed or if it was just a lie I told myself for 40+ years. It makes me think I might not be the best person to teach this course. But I’m going to give it a go!
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March 10
It’s getting harder and harder to come up with something to take a picture of on a day where nothing exciting really happened. Especially when Pinot leaves his diarrhea poop ALL over the dining room floor for me to step in. Jackson is the dog I still like.
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March 9
Christina’s performances were both really good! Apparently one of her teammates was sick, so they had to perform without her. We never even noticed! The production dance was so entertaining – it really woke up a crowd that was falling asleep. We didn’t stay for awards because they were more than an hour behind schedule and we wouldn’t have gotten home until midnight, so I don’t know how they did overall. I’m sure Christina’s friends will fill her in! They looked phenomenal to me.
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March 8
We had an extra day in Orlando for Christina’s dance competition, so we went to Sea World. These dolphins looked like they were having so much fun. They reminded me of Pinot, willing to do anything for even just one kernel of dog food, and loving every second of it. The roller coasters were a lot of fun, too – we dared ourselves on all of them and none of them disappointed. The only one Robin didn’t like was the one that went backwards and straight up really fast. She thought it would fly right off the track. Overall, a nice way to spend the day.
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March 7
Robin had her first practice with Cobalt tonight and it went pretty well, other than not being able to practice any stunts because the flyer was hurt. They have a competition on Sunday, so we’ll see how that goes with just this one practice under her belt! She said she liked this team better than her team because they were a lot more helpful. It’s nice when kids can be nice.
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March 6
I am teaching another NAMI course starting next week. It’s been a while since I did one; I’m a little rusty. I remember many years ago when I took my class, they were still doing the videos on DVD, and the technology at the time was a total hassle. You’d think we would have come a long way from there, but it turns out the technology issues don’t improve, they just change. I’m just hoping our venue has WiFi.
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March 5
Robin has a virtual cheer competition tonight. I can’t quite wrap my head around how that works. Apparently they record the performance and submit it online and then… get an email with their score? The gym has to be silent during the recording, which also goes against everything I know about cheer competitions. We’ll see how this goes!
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March 4
Tonight we played That Escalated Quickly, and Christina came up with some hairbrained response that left Billy wrecked with uncontrollable laughter. I truly thought I was going to have to take him to the emergency room, he was laughing so hard. Poor Christina was so embarrassed that she actually left the house, but we won the round, it all worked out, all is good. This is why I love family game night.
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March 3
Not much to say about today. It was Monday. Kind of a disappointing day on the scale and on the treadmill. I ran 25 minutes out of my 30-minute goal. I don’t understand the mental block I have with this. I know I can do it, but in the moment, I don’t care if I can do it. I just don’t want to. I have a race next weekend and I really want to run the whole thing. It is going to take a huge mental push if these treadmill runs are any indication. Try again Wednesday.
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March 2
Considering we started the day on the other side of the state, I did a lot today. Not the least of which was finishing another big piece of the advent calendar. I am finishing the day with overwhelming gratitude. For every time Robin smiled over the weekend, for Christina coming food shopping with me today, for Billy pulling together all our National Parks photos into frames to put on the dining room wall… and so many other things too.
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