Time keeps on slipping...

...the countdown begins. I am four days away from surgery - the bathroom is gutted and ready for somebody, anybody, to show up and do the work we are paying them to do - the babes are in the process of kicking ass at potty training (well SHE is anyway - he is just beginning) - and with that...school for the bogos is around the corner!!!

Lots of changes this next couple weeks. Very Very excited!!!

Got notice Xterra has it's 2012 series posted! I so sucked it up these past couple of months - have a lot to make up for ESPECIALLY since I won't be doing the Warrior Dash next week...major drag! But, I should be back in the gym full board in 8 wks so that's cool. Come October, I will be ready to roll at Estrella!

Going to get the tikes bikes ready as well as my own tuned up and hit the trails north of my house. Mountain biking is going to be the next "experience" to get after. Hopefully, this will also aid in bringing my endurance back faster - amazing how quick that wanes when you aren't running regularly.

Took the kids for a run a week or so ago and at the start it was pretty rough but by the time we looped the last mile I was feeling pretty good and that was pushing a stroller with 35+lb/each twins so it was a nice surprise to see my lungs respond in kind. Just need a few runs at T-bird to get me back on track. I'll have to take the pup for a walk - she's been so patient. Perhaps this Sat. am?

No wonder at all...

To the left, the new and "improved" look of Wonder Woman as due in theaters near you sometime soon with the wrong lead actor...but that's another post entirely. To the right, the classic, lovely, iconic Wonder Woman of small screen we will always cherish and measure all things Wonder Woman to...any questions?

What a disaster, left!

Someone once told me when you have expectation of people they are bound to disappoint you.

So does this mean you shouldn't have them? They are set too high? Or that it is merely the inevitable consequence considering the fallibility of humankind?

I asked these questions to myself, as I have been disappointed time and again(as have we all). Then I asked myself, "Do I live up to these same expectations?" Well? Do I? On some I do and others, not so much.

I am not the parent I thought I would be or would have expected myself to be, I am inferior to what my expectations were/are - shameful.
I haven't spent more than an hour a week with any of my dogs (or collectively) in a couple of seasons - disgraceful!
I haven't financially or intellectually accomplished what I feel I should have or am capable of - wasteful.

So what do we do with this information? Is it trade-off time? Do we rationalize what we have from what we want from what we do from who we are? Is this where pride is weighed and tossed or held onto for dear life? Do we eat our words, our foot, some crow?

It's interesting how as we get older things truly do become less black and white and just when you think you are in the grey zone you realize you're nooot quite there yet. Tick tock tick tock...

Happy Valentine's Day, Lover

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” - Ralph Waldo EmersonI look forward to all that we are and can be. It's an amazing journey that has made me smile in wonderment. You are the best gift of all.