Looking Back/Looking Ahead (And, SHU!)
Let’s take a look back at February (SINCE IT’S ALMOST OVER, WHAT???) It feels like a month where not a lot happened. Or, it feels kind of like a month where things happened to me, but not one where I made things happen. For example… The Olympics were an exciting part of the month- except that I was a very passive observer this time around. Every night I would turn on NBC and enjoy whatever they were showing, but I didn’t plan any watching or do any deep dives into the athletes. I didn’t plan any special meals around the games, and I didn’t even remember to wear my Olympics tank top once! Oops. We didn’t have any trips or special events, other than Foxy’s birthday (but- I think if I’m holding up my cat’s birthday as a Big Event of the month, well then there’s something wrong with my life). There are two things I can point to as highlights of the month- my long run of 26.2 miles, and then two weeks later my 50K run. Those will have to count as my “little adventures” of the month (one of my goals for the year) because I don’t have anything else. HOWEVER. March is looking VERY exciting and eventful. Let’s start with the big, obvious event- on Mach 21st I turn SIXTY (egads) and it’s the day of my big goal race, where I plan to run 60 miles. That’s obviously the focal point of the month. My husband and I also celebrate our wedding anniversary on March 4th, and my daughter has an action-packed month. The band has MPA (what we used to just call “contest”), where they are adjudicated on the music they’ve been preparing for months. She also has her spring break, AND the band is going on a trip to New Orleans! I definitely include her events as part of my month, because they affect my schedule tremendously. THEN, at the end of the month Paul and Isabel- my son and his fiancee- are coming to stay for a week!!! This is a big deal, as it will be the first time Isabel will be here. It will only be the second time my husband has met her (he just met her briefly at graduation in May) and the first time my daughter is meeting her. I know! It’s crazy that we know her so little, and they’re getting married this summer. So, this will be an important visit for all of us. On the subject of planning… I saw SHU! I went to a talk she gave at a local library. She presented ideas from her book and led a mini-planning session. It was fun to see her in action. The participants ranged from young women barely out of college, to a woman with a three-month-old baby, to several older women. She managed to engage everyone and keep us all on track- which is hard when you have group participation activities. It also gave me a chance to re-think some of my goals, and add some goals in a new category, Family. Was February an eventful month for you? Do you have anything big coming up in March?