countdown…. and a bit of fear.

 

So the marathon is NEXT Sunday, and I am feeling a bit overwhelmed. My training has been harder this time around… partially, I think, because my body knows what it’s in for, and because it is summer, and life is a lot less structured.  

I am hoping that I can make it through– with a little help from some cheering family and friends… (hint: cheer loudly, switch locations often, and take pictures!) Hopefully this race will be a great one.  I am looking forward to seeing how this race will play out, mentally.  It is as intense in your mind as it is on your body.  I am convinced that this race is more about how my mind can handle it, and less of how my body can. (said as I cross my fingers and hope my IT bands hold up.)

SF ‘08, Here We Come!!!

 

the wait

it is a life in slow motion,
it’s the heart in reverse,
it’s hope-and-a-half: too much and too little at once.

it’s a train that suddenly stops
with no station around,
and we can hear the cricket,
and, leaning out the carriage door,

we vainly contemplate
a wind we feel that stirs the blooming meadows,
the meadows
made imaginary by this stop

-Rainer Maria Rilke 

 

beauty…

 

Friday Night at the Launderosa…

I was set to finish some knitting at the local laundromat… thinking it would be just me, dozens of washers and dryers, and a bit of self-pity as i was face-to-face with the reality taht my life ihas amounted to doing laundry on a Friday night. 

Little did i know that it is quite the interesting social scene. Grandparental types with thier middle-aged son, college students washing a semester’s worth of clothes, parents with toddlers… (doing laundry at 10pm seemed a bit late for them, but oh well.)

It was quite an interesting event, and quite an interesting place to capture some interesting beauty.

 

Tunesday from now ’til FOREVER…

It’s TUNESDAY!!! And I think I have found my new/ old favorite musician… i just can’t get enough. I want to jump up and down, off of Oprah’s couch- Tom Cruise style.  I am really serious here. If you love soul… if you love toe-tappin’-turn your frown upside-down type music, you MUST check out this album.
It was released in June 2007, and i have like Marc Broussard’s music for quite some time, but OH MAN.

Trust me. If you aren’t in a better mood after listening to “Yes You Can” then there is little to no hope for lifting your spirits.

Check it out.