A Post Every Six Months is Not So Bad, Right?

Hello!

Well, since that last post waaaaaay back in....January....(that's me hanging my head in shame right there), lots has been going on, but I have not been keeping up on the blogging.

We are now 19 days from the delivery of our little boy, who will be named Charles, so I have been battling fatigue and trying to Keep Up With Everything the past few months. I did not send a single Christmas card, I did not do my usual load of holiday baking, I have just sort of been going along. Never mind that in February we moved, and we still have some boxes in almost every room of the house. I did take the giant leap of hanging up a couple of pictures this past week, and that was quite the moment. The crib and all are ready, and wee Charles will not mind if there are boxes of his big sister's toys on his floor. Well, not yet, anyway.

In all that, I have had a very hard time with the whole athletics thing. I finished the Shamrock'n 5K, which was GREAT, and I managed to do it in the time I set as a goal. Now, my goal was an hour, which is not exactly a lofty one, but since I was doing this 6 months pregnant and all, I cut myself a break. I think I actually finished in 54 minutes, which came out to a 17:30 mile or so - not bad, especially considering that when I started all this business a year and a half ago, I was having a good day when I did a mile in 20 minutes. So, while it's a challenge to keep it all in perspective, I do try. Right now, I am just ready to not be pregnant anymore, and I'd like to get recovered from delivery and all so I can get back out there on the trail. This baby is going to grow up in a jogging stroller, I tell you.

I hope to be able to keep up on this better, really. Us "real" folks need a voice and a place to speak up - to realize YOU, yes YOU are (or can become) an athlete in the best and truest way, even if you don't feel or look like one today. Heck, no-one walking down the street would say about me, "hey, I bet that chick did a triathlon this time last year!" but I did. Nightmares about lake weeds and all, I did it. So hang in there!