I wish I had the internet when my first child was born. I mean, I HAD the internet but not the way I do now. I didn’t have it as a friend. As a support group. As a place for respite in hard times and celebration in the good times. Like I do now. If…
No running for now, right? Right.
I sat on the vinyl table with the sterile, crinkly paper as he said it. “No running for at least a week and no half marathon.” “No half marathon…?” I echoed his words. “Nope, you’re not properly trained anyway, right?” Right. And there it was, the new doctor, who I liked a lot, said what…
“One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” won the Academy Award the year I was born.
Today I am 37 years old. What a strange number, right? Totally not divisible by anything. That has always bugged me about any number, frankly. No idea why. I just do not like odd numbers in general, even though I was born in an odd-numbered year. And getting older means that you tend to ramble…
Mediocre
Sometimes I feel like this word defines my life. Mediocre. First of all I want to say that I am not writing this here to get comments that say “Oh Elaine, you are so great, etc, etc….” I mean, if you really think that, then awesome but I’m not looking for it.That’s not why I…
She’s Got Legs/Miss Elaine-ous Monday
I go to our gym 2-3 times a week to run, cross train or take zumba, etc. The place we go here in Laffy, is quite unique in that it is owned by an individual and has grown a lot since he opened the doors in 1963. Not to mention “he” is a former Mr….
In the Silence / Miss Elaine-ous Monday
After mass last Wednesday we all walked up to get our ashes and then those of us who wanted to, also approached the altar and randomly chose a piece of slate with one word on it. The week before our priest had “warned” the congregation that these would be available and that each word represented…
If wishes were horses then dreamers would fall… (and get back up again)
There are times when I do not believe in myself. Times when I let the practical thoughts of my brain take over the romantic ones of my heart. Lately that has been the case more than not. I will not go over the litany of things that I seem to be slacking at these…
Do you ever feel this way…?
I cried as I washed the dishes tonight. I try to keep things in this space light and cheery and happy but some days, just are not that. Like today. He snapped, I snapped. No one’s mood could really be changed. He’s stressed, I’m stressed. Life is full of stress. Of course there is much…
Oopsy!
New cars and I don’t get along that well.(you know where this is going, right?) Back when we got our CR-V in 2005, it only took me a few weeks to “bump” into something. It wasn’t that big of a deal and we got it fixed but I felt horrible about the whole thing. Enter…
The Evolution of a Runner
Person thinks maybe they’ll take up running after being inspired by friends. Person goes in closet and thinks, “these shoes will be fine”. Person goes to the gym treadmill and runs one minute (not mile) and is pretty sure death is upon them. Person reconsiders. Person is persistent and goes back to gym and works…