I've been a busy girl...signing up for races left and right. I'm sure I'll regret it later, but here's a list of the upcoming races for this Fall and Winter:
Saturday, September 8 - Color Me Rad 5K - Fort Worth, TX
Saturday, September 29 - The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror 10 Miler - Walt Disney World, FL
Saturday, October 13 - ING Hartford Marathon - Hartford, CT
Saturday, November 10 - Mighty Mud Dash - Grand Prairie, TX
Sunday, December 9 - MetroPCS Dallas Marathon - Dallas, TX
It's kind of crazy seeing that list. I know that I've spaced them out pretty well...but it's still alot to take on.
Stay tuned to see how I do...you read more about them on my running blog.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Zoo Time
Thanks to my friend, Andy, I have a membership to the Dallas Zoo. He gave me the membership as a going away present. And because of this membership, I get membership perks...like after-hours events.
It was such an event that I took my 'goddaughter' her mom to a couple weeks ago. It was hot, and Jordan loved the misters that were set up all over the African section (only that section of the zoo was open for this event). I felt like I was back in cheerleading, because I was doing alot of Liberty lifts with the little one so she could get right up to the misters.
She got to see the penguins...who were swimming away because of the heat.
The picture below reminded me of the last time we went to the zoo with Jordan. Her first zoo visit in fact. Here's the post.
Look how much she's grown in those two years!
Anyway, we fed a giraffe, which was awesome! He was right in our face and took lettuce from us. So awesome. Look how close we were to him!
After dinner, an experience with two lions (behind netting and glass), rides on the carousel and shopping in the zoo gift shop, we were sweaty and tired.
But even so, I'm excited to go back!
THANKS ANDY!
Change
I know, I know...it's been over two months since I last posted. But I've been busy.
In mid June I accepted a new job. This new position took me away from the city and job I had been in for 4 years. It was a huge switch for me, leaving the home that I had built, the friends I had made, the people who had become family.
It was one of the hardest decisions I had to make. So many things were changing in my life and with my family and I needed to do this for me. I still think about that decision today actually. I still get upset knowing what I left behind and while I'm happy that I am at my new job, it's hard being the 'newbie' and having to start over...again.
I feel like I've moved so much in my life already and to do it again, hurt actually. I was going home, I would going to be closer to my parents, which was important for me, but to physically uproot myself, even for a place that I was familiar with, was difficult.
People were upset with my decision. Some mad, even if for only a little while, they were still mad. Some sad, because me leaving hurt them. Some happy, for me and for my chance to go home. I was feeling the same emotions too, for similar reasons and different, all at the same time.
Anyway...change was hard. But change was needed. I've been back in Dallas for 5 weeks now and I am getting back into a routine. I've been able to reconnect with old friends, though not much. I live in a cool area of the city, though I haven't experienced much of it. It's kind of work and dog, dog and work. Now there is a kitten in the equation, though he is going to another home soon.
I miss my friends. I miss my family. I miss a job I used to have and a city I used to live in. I miss the routine I once had and the comfortable feeling of knowing what I was doing when I was doing it.
Starting over is difficult. But sometimes, starting over is necessary.
I don't really want to do it again though.
In mid June I accepted a new job. This new position took me away from the city and job I had been in for 4 years. It was a huge switch for me, leaving the home that I had built, the friends I had made, the people who had become family.
It was one of the hardest decisions I had to make. So many things were changing in my life and with my family and I needed to do this for me. I still think about that decision today actually. I still get upset knowing what I left behind and while I'm happy that I am at my new job, it's hard being the 'newbie' and having to start over...again.
I feel like I've moved so much in my life already and to do it again, hurt actually. I was going home, I would going to be closer to my parents, which was important for me, but to physically uproot myself, even for a place that I was familiar with, was difficult.
People were upset with my decision. Some mad, even if for only a little while, they were still mad. Some sad, because me leaving hurt them. Some happy, for me and for my chance to go home. I was feeling the same emotions too, for similar reasons and different, all at the same time.
Anyway...change was hard. But change was needed. I've been back in Dallas for 5 weeks now and I am getting back into a routine. I've been able to reconnect with old friends, though not much. I live in a cool area of the city, though I haven't experienced much of it. It's kind of work and dog, dog and work. Now there is a kitten in the equation, though he is going to another home soon.
I miss my friends. I miss my family. I miss a job I used to have and a city I used to live in. I miss the routine I once had and the comfortable feeling of knowing what I was doing when I was doing it.
Starting over is difficult. But sometimes, starting over is necessary.
I don't really want to do it again though.
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