We're heading off to Chicago tomorrow for what should be a fun family wedding. Given our muddled American mutt heritage, an Indian wedding on Easter Weekend sounds like the right spice to add to the stew. Especially since I've done such a lousy job on Passover this week. It all started last Friday when I was packing preschool lunch for Maya. She was having a special pre-Passover break seder with her classmates, so a lunch was gilding the lilly. Still, I asked Maya if she wanted a tuna sandwich. She quietly withdrew into her own shell while still seated at the counter for breakfast. When I finally noticed and asked her why she was upset, she told me that bread wasn't allowed for Passover. I corrected direction as best I could and apologized to for not knowing the drill - she's really a good kid who so dearly wants to follow the rules. Oh well. At least I hadn't asked if she wanted a pulled pork sandwhich or a shrimp po' boy.
If you've caught wind of another blog I started last week, I hope you will check back as I look toward some upcoming goals. For those totally unaware, I'm training for a half marathon in little more than a week. And then a full marathon in early October back in Minnysoda (the Twin Cities Marathon on the 3rd). My new project ("You Should Run") is envisioned as a runner's blog that hopefully will add a bit more zazz than just running shtick to the daily posts. Please check it out if you want to track whether this not-so-long-ago big ol' load of a feller can pull it together for a full marathon given another six months of training. Not that it matters, but ages ago I ran my one and only marathon (Seattle in late '96) well enough to qualify for the Boston Marathon. But I trained so poorly and so ruined myself in the process that I had to skip Boston that following Spring. This time around, I'm trying to show that I'm a decade and a half smarter about the grand arc of such an endeavor. I know, I know - silly me.
Hope your own loops are new and tree-lined this weekend. Rock on.
If you've caught wind of another blog I started last week, I hope you will check back as I look toward some upcoming goals. For those totally unaware, I'm training for a half marathon in little more than a week. And then a full marathon in early October back in Minnysoda (the Twin Cities Marathon on the 3rd). My new project ("You Should Run") is envisioned as a runner's blog that hopefully will add a bit more zazz than just running shtick to the daily posts. Please check it out if you want to track whether this not-so-long-ago big ol' load of a feller can pull it together for a full marathon given another six months of training. Not that it matters, but ages ago I ran my one and only marathon (Seattle in late '96) well enough to qualify for the Boston Marathon. But I trained so poorly and so ruined myself in the process that I had to skip Boston that following Spring. This time around, I'm trying to show that I'm a decade and a half smarter about the grand arc of such an endeavor. I know, I know - silly me.
Hope your own loops are new and tree-lined this weekend. Rock on.
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