Let's get technical

Is it a competitive nature..... or a desire for self improvement?

random thoughts...

Been training to run a marathon for the last 5 months. Caught a virus this week and the run is on Saturday. Murphy isn't kind.  On a more positive note, we got our box of fresh veggies from Local Farmer's Garden today. There should be plenty of quality vitamins inside! On a side note... the baby on the side of the box... the one from the Babe Farms logo... is very creepy looking. Sort of a Damian and Chucky cross breed. Perhaps they should take a look at Gerber and learn what "cute" is. I don't mean it as an insult to their logo designer. Hell... I doubt I could hand draft a baby that well... but oye... time for a redo. If that kid has been the baby face since 1986, he's nearly 25 years old now. Time for some plastic surgery or a make-over Photoshop style. I'm just sayin'.

Short, not so sweet, and all over the map today. I have work to get back to (we're givin' a Hog away!... no no... nothing to upset PETA... this is a Harley), and something sounds like it's trying to kick its way out of my dryer...

Please let me know if you'll be in the Santa Barbara area this weekend. I'll be dragging a virus down the road for 26.2 miles in the SBI Marathon... and I might need to hitch a ride to the finish line!  ; ) Hot pink running shirt, unmistakable blonde pony hangin' out the hat, thumb waggin' at the traffic...... I'll be hard to miss.

getting old...

Do you ever wonder "If I feel this bad now... how am I going to survive being -- years old?" Recently, I pondered the fact that we exercise our bodies to keep them stronger longer, but then wondered... in doing so... have we done more harm than good? Really. Are couch potatoes living shorter but more pleasant and pain free lives? My heart and lungs may be those of a 25 year old, but dang, my joints are feelin' like they belong to my 80 something grandmother! Scratch that... my grandma has new knees... soooooo.

Three weeks ago, I was told "You might be at that age, where you may be required to do some activity modification." Alllllrighty then. I tried to explain that after 20 years of soccer, and 10 more of hockey, running IS my modified activity! :-p Knitting anyone? Underwater basket weaving? Yes yes... I understand there are sports and activities out there that still have some "hair" to them, but are much less strenuous on the body... But, I refuse to believe that I'm hitting middle age. RealAge.com tells me I'm still much younger than that, and computers are never wrong. If it's on the internet, it must be true. Right?

Are we ever too old to reach and dream? I read about a woman who finally earned her college degree at 98 years old, and passed away two days later. My bucket list isn't long... but I guess I have to face the facts that I'm on the "downhill slide". If you can help me out with any of these checklist items, I'd be happy to waste a few more of my employer's hours coming up with a new list to blog out..............

1. See New Zealand
2. Run a full marathon
3. Develop automobile resistant body armour for squirrels and opossums.

....... holla if you can help. You know where to find me.