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Emergency Stop Button Update
When I wrote the original post in January 2020, who knew the Covid-19 pandemic was on the way. Due to Covid, I effectively received my emergency stop. I had taken some vacation days when I was called to come into work to finish up some things before we started working for home for what I thought would be about two weeks. At first, I was gung ho about working from home tackling paperwork projects that often took a back seat to preparing labs. I started actually taking my lunch breaks, something I did not do when at work. The introvert in me was more than happy to be sequestered away…
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Lent 2021
Lent has begun and in the past, I have kept with the tradition and given up something for the forty days. One year it was coffee, if you know me, you know I never stood a chance that year but I was able to cut back the amount I had daily. Sugar was another Lent of failure as I just could not stay away from its tempting sweetness. A few years back I gave up giving up something for Lent but instead looked to add new habits to my life that I could continue well past the Lenten season. That first year I decided to make time to read the…
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Season of Laziness
Have you ever been in one of those moods where you don’t feel like doing anything? Lately, that is where I am. Now mind you I do go to work five days a week, I cook dinner about five times a week, the house is relatively clean and I get most of my training days completed but after that nothing. I sit on the couch and veg while playing computer games on my phone and watching television. I look over at the pile of books I have started reading thinking if I just picked one up I would be far more productive with my time, but they are just out…
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2020 Running Year in Review
As with many people as the year comes to a close I look back on the year to see what I accomplished and set goals for the upcoming year. Since this is the first time I am doing this on my blog I feel the need to catch you up. I have always enjoyed running and yet when I was younger never participated in any running sports, although there was one field day in sixth grade where I was selected to run for my class. I couldn’t tell you the distance, maybe a quarter of a mile tops. I ran my hardest, and at the end I remember it being…
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Snow Skiing
As I have mentioned in other posts, I feel I am a late bloomer when it comes to taking on adventure and trying new things. An example is skiing. The first time I finally went skiing I was in my late 20’s. When I was younger my Dad talked about taking us but we never got around to it. In junior high and high school there were yearly day trips but that was something my family could not afford. In college one of my favorite professors, Dr. McGrellis was the ski club advisor. If I joined I could go for free by fundraising, a week in Vermont sounded wonderful but…
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Sin & Shame
I have an hour commute to work, each way. I mainly listen to music during this time with an occasional podcast. A few years back I noticed how angry I was while driving, it seemed every little thing other drivers were doing had me yelling at them. Things like “ nice turn signal,” “sure you can cut me off” or just, “what on Earth are you doing?” I would arrive at work or home very agitated and I realized my commute was robbing me of time with my family and time to be productive. Lent was coming up and I don’t always give something up but sometimes try to incorporate…
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Holiday Traditions
As we approach Christmas, I have taken the time to reflect on holiday traditions. As so many things have changed in my life over the years the traditions I keep at the holidays have changed too. From my childhood, pre parents divorce, I remember a fake tree that we used some years but most years we had a live blue spruce that was then planted in the yard after the holidays. Except the one year we had a pine that my dad insisted would fit, needless to say it did not and we had two trees that year! Christmas meant taking out the electric race cars and setting up the…
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Charlie Daniels
At the end of last school year my middle daughter needed to interview someone for her music class. Being stuck at home with little options there I was. We talked about music I like and the few concerts I have attended and then the question that really started my thinking was who is one artist you want to see in concert that you haven’t. Charlie Daniels came to mind immediately. I wanted to see him in concert since I was about nine years old. Logistics, timing and money prevented me from attending concerts when I was younger. Over the years I attended a few concerts that were held at small…
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Friendship
I always felt that I do not easily make friends. Sure there were days on the playground when you were invited to play with a group and I remember having an epic day but lasting friendships did not result. Over the years I connected with a person or two and developed some close relationships that always ended due to typical childhood drama and my lack of healthy relationships to mirror. There were a couple of friendships that dissolved due to moving but looking back they probably would have self-destructed eventually. So now that I am growing up I realize that I was always too giving to friendships for fear that…
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Connecting with God Through Running
When I started a couch to 5K program in 2016 it was simply to get active and shed some unwanted pounds. Little did I realize I would start running again and all the benefits that running could provide in ways other than improving my health. My first few outings were alternating between walking and running, I could not sustain a run pace very long and often could not run for more than 30 seconds at a pace close to a 15 minute mile. I joined a virtual challenge to complete 100 intentional miles in 3 months, this group had its own Facebook page and was women only. I was in…
