It is August 11th, and I have blogged everyday of 2008. Man am I tired. It hasn’t been hard to come up with things to write about, but it has been hard to find the time to write about the things I really want to. It is even harder to keep up blog reading! My feeds are out. of. control. I have 15 drafts in que - all incomplete. I have several post-its filled with ideas, a Word document folder with incomplete stories, and a file on my desktop filled with sites and blogs I want to write about and link to.
The summer rolled in like a steam train and I guarded my family time in the beginning… floated in the pool, went to the park, tried to keep things a little tidy around the house, and sorted through mountains of hand-me-downs that had been filling my basement for a year. I kept up with training after my half-marathon the beginning of June, and rolled half-heartedly into my triathlon training. Then Blog Her ‘08 came and went, a week-long visit from my parents, then my triathlon… Soon, Grandma will be here for a week and then a couple of other short family excursions will wrap-up August. School shopping needs to get done, neither of my 2 older children have had their check-ups, I need a blood-test to check on my thyroid levels, and there is a local sprint triathlon coming up the beginning of September, and I really want to do it. I gave up on the whole “Half Iron” tri - for this season. Oh, should I try a full marathon in November? I chalked the October marathon option last week. Too soon. If only I had no interests…
And NOW… the Olympics! I could gorge my eyes on all that is swimming. Michael Phelps… go! I watched his mother cheer for him on Saturday… my word it was precious. I cried with her. She doesn’t know it, but we cried together in celebration of her boy’s first gold in this Olympics. And then there’s Dara Torres, who could be my nemesis, except I’m not fast like her so I am just green with envy, and 6 years younger.
Did you see the Men’s 400 freestyle relay??? Me. Neither. !!!!! Why? Because I needed sleep. I set my alarm for 4:10 so I could get a sufficient workout after taking almost a week off. To assure I would get better rest - I took a tablet of melatonin. It takes me forever to get to sleep… except with this new tablet of magic takes over. I love thee melatonin…
SO. Whilst my husband laid in bed next to me and cheered the US mens freestyle relay to what look like the single most incredible swimming race any human could ever see !!!!!!!!!!… I slept. Hard.
And that, My Dears is a post in which I clear my head.
How do people do it??? Live. Blog. Eat. Mother children. Read and comment on blogs. Twitter. Work. Have an iPhone. Exercise. Go dancing. Blog. Sleep. ???? Any secrets? I am feeling like something has to give. And right now, I am thinking I am not ready to give up that melatonin…
Oh, here’s a first step… I’m not linking in this post. I’m sure Google will take you to all the hot Olympic coverage. I already ran 4 miles, but now (instead of linking)… I have to do some dishes, fold some laundry, sort some bills, make a hair appointment (roots are not pretty), get the spawn their breakfast, remind them to brush their teeth and wash their faces and find their shoes, and then we must catch a ferry and pick up Grandma from the airport. I wonder what I should make for dinner.
***rusting in pantry for Hamburger Helper***
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