Preparations

This morning I was thinking about how I am such a planner and I love to prepare. I love to prepare most anything. Knowing that I have to prepare for company, inspires me to clean. Knowing that I will start school again this week, inspires me to get organized. I am not sure what this says about me, othere than I need a good reason to be motivated to do anything.

My thoughts are on preparing for this coming year. I want to get my family in shape. I want to cook more healthy meals and snacks. I want to run a 10k. I want to start school again. I want...I want.... I HOPE I can do just a couple of these things.

Tomorrow, I will run the Rescue Run. Tonight it will be -2 degrees and it will only get into the 20s when I run tomorrow. It will be just a bit nippy, but my mind is made up and I am gonna do it. Yesterday, Tom plotted out a 5k course for me and I ran it. Well, I walked and ran it. I did this in about the same time as the Turkey Trot, but in the trot, I didn't have to sludge through snow up to my ankles. I didn't have to wait two minutes at a redlight. I didn't have to find different running paths as the sidewalks were closed due to ice. I think all in all, my time may have been a little better. I did notice that I wasn't as tired as I was after the trot. Could it be, that I am becoming a real runner. Thoughts of the 10k in May have been dancing in my head. I know I won't be able to run the whole thing, but I think I will be able to walk/run it. My current goal is to walk less and run more.

I leave you with this quote as it is my last blog for 2007.

"You only live once-but if you work it right, once is enough" - Joe E. Lewis

Whatever your New Year's Resolution is, I hope you achieve it. I wish you all a great New Year's Eve. Have fun and be safe.