"Seasons change with the scenery...weaving time in a tapestry...won't you stop and remember me?" - Simon and Garfunkel
So it's been a minute since I've written. I know, I know...but I told you all in that very first post that this would be a stop/start endeavor. What took my gas from TBB Reality was that constant pressure to produce. These days I'm working harder than ever professionally and on the home front. The gas tank is consistently hovering on empty.
Fortunately there's just enough to keep me running in the literal sense. Last Sunday I completed my annual half marathon and took second place in my division. With six months remaining until game day it was the encouragement I needed that my training is going in the right direction. Encouragement is so important in all the things we do. It was encouragement that brought me back to my Ipad to write today.
The last few months have been crazy busy for me. I've been working 6 days a week..and though God got to rest on day 7, everybody knows that moms don't. My only form of rest comes watching Open House TV on Sunday mornings with a pile of laundry in my lap. Why is it that most men I know spend their days off on the couch with a hand on a beer and another in their waistband, while women spend ours at the grocery store? Hell yes I am stereotyping...but this one holds a supermarket cart load of truth.
Being a professional and a momager...it's no wonder that this blog is the last thing on my to-do list. My life is a blizzard of moments crammed between Starbucks and merlot (hmm perhaps the title for my next neglected blog?), most times I can't even find my to-do list. If nobody is asking or expecting me to write...well then I don't. It's fine...but when I get encouragement in the form of appreciation, well then I don't have to write, I WANT to write. That is what happened today.
In January I wrote about being booted out of a large Anthropologie BST page on Facebook. This weekend the post surfaced in a couple of Anthropologie pages and people were enjoying it. That made me feel valued, it made me feel good, it made me see the worth in my words. My words bringing joy to others? What better encouragement is there? So here I am, catching you up on what has been a pretty usual few months.
Work, run, sleep repeat. There's not much more going on than that. I wish I had more to tell you. I fear boring other people...and when I don't write that is the predominant reason why (aside from the whole lost in caffeine and reds thing). What I will tell you today is to encourage others. We are all on our own treadmill, so to speak. Keep running my friends, whatever your marathon is. You're doing great!
* Miles logged this week 21. Days until Marathon 182.
