Not What You Think

Can I create my own short form? Cos LOL is all played out. How about NWYT? Cos my absence isn't due to...well you get it.

IT WASN'T BECAUSE I STOPPED RUNNING!!

I ran that 3km race and then I kept on running. I ran a 5km race and kept on running. And the temperature dropped and I...stopped running. I swear it's not the usual kind of giving up; it wasn't for lack of motivation. It started because I didn't have the gear to run in colder temperatures and didn't have the money to buy anything warmer than the 10 year old calf length yoga pants that I wanted to retire for sudden butt modesty.  And then I found some cheap gear (running tights, running pants (okay, jogging pants aka house pants) and a shirt) but then it got even colder. And things have changed so drastically with the wee one that I don't know when to fit the run in!

AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE RECAP:

The baby has learned to sit up, learned to crawl, given up the boob, taken the bottle, fallen in love with yams, apples, pears and finally homus (spell it how you want yo, my local Lebanese restau spells it this way), is pulling to stand, understands to pet the cat gently and respect her space (only took being boxed once), loves music and dances to it, pretty much sleep through the night and is amazing to me every day! I love her so so much, and we have so much fun together that I thank my lucky stars that my hubby and I decided to have her. Or I am so glad we decided to have a baby and she is the person we get to raise. Whatevs.

I have joined a craft sale and am prepping for another, am taking a workshop kind of related to my field, joined my first sew-along and kept up for one week (see bit above about not knowing when to fit things in), have rediscovered 99% of my pre-pregnancy body (a bit extra remains in the belly district) and enjoyment therein, have had one anniversary and one awesome date with my husband. I have discovered that I need a lot more time to ponder things of significance.

*breath*

I have read some books that were a waste of my time and some that were so well written they could have been about paint drying and I would have been captivated just the same. One from each of the previous categories: former, The Golden Compass; latter, The Tender Bar. I read a book that made me laugh so hard I inhaled cider through my nose and then sprayed it out my mouth (Bossy Pants). I had my opinion of an author whose memoir I had just read and loved completely changed when I read her latest blog entry (It Sucked and Then I Cried). I learned to stop obsessing over my highschool rival's blog, and to not compare our successes, or her perceived thereof and my perceived lack thereof. And NOT by being a better, bigger person. (But the point is, I did it, right? ...Right??)

I watched Moonrise Kingdom and was as charmed as I had hoped I would be. I watched Cabin in the Woods and was disgruntled and disenchanted (except for that one scene with the elevators) until I gave it a good old think.  I have discovered new music (Santigold and Django Django and math rock)...

AND FINALLY

I keep promising to update this more often, to use it for more thinkerly pursuits (hey? Like that?) and maybe get to the bottom of some of my fears and stressers. Maybe be able to write about winter running. Maybe be more interesting to anyone who ever reads this... Who knows?!

Oh, and I watched the Sopranos for the first time. Didn't hate it.