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Originally Posted by Bex80
I hesitate to join this thread. I totally suck right now but I have nowhere else to turn.
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Bex, you can do it! This thread is a wonderful source of support. Please feel free to ask questions and share your struggles and triumphs! I have been off and on myself - I believe that is probably the way it will be for life, especially while I am the mother of young children. This time last year I had finished my first half marathon and logged 150 miles in the month of May. Right now I'm doing great if I get out 4 times a week for a total of about 15 miles a week, and that's after some long stretches of not running at all. You just have to keep plugging away. Remember that every step you take is a step for better health, both physical and mental, and every little bit counts.
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Originally Posted by babybugmama
How about this...would anyone be interested in picking an online running buddy? I know we kind of buddy up with each other here...but sometimes it moves so fast it's hard to keep up. What if we each had a single buddy that we were accountable to and could work to be each others cheerleaders? Thoughts?
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I like it! I'd be in!
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Originally Posted by HomeBirthMommy
I ran home carrying a bag with Gatorade, saltines and two new coloring books. It's no chicken, but it was a little awkward.
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I don't know how you do it, HBM. The one time I ran with a 1 lb. bag of baby carrots I thought
that was awkward. You rock!
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Originally Posted by doctorjen
The thing with my ds is that he really wants to be at college. He loves it there, loves the independence, loves his friends, and was horrified at the thought of coming home for the next year.
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Jen, I would have been absolutely horrified at the suggestion that I come home from school at this same point in my freshman year. I resisted the notion, didn't think I needed to, etc. etc. until literally about 2 weeks before I was supposed to go back in the fall. It suddently started to feel like it was closing in on me and that is what clued me in that I'd better not go or it would be the same deal or worse.
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Originally Posted by doctorjen
I know in the big picture one bad year is no big deal, but it's a life pattern with him, and I'm wondering when he's going to start caring about something, anything - you know?
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The only real experience I have with someone who doesn't have a lot of drive is my DH. I think that is definitely connected to his other issues, so I don't know that that's an appropriate road to go down with regards to your DS. For myself, I do recall a feeling in college that I was supposed to pick something to do, but I don't think I had the right criteria to use to decide. Somehow I had very little understanding of what the real world is like - i.e. what it's like when you have to pay your own bills, etc. I put all my focus on finding a major that would make me happy - and while I think that is important, I think it is not the only thing to consider. I also didn't really know at the time what would make me happy - I felt like lots of stuff was interesting, but how was I supposed to know if it would be something I would love for the rest of my life? I just had a really abstract view of the world and felt a lot of pressure to make the right decision, but really had no clue how to do so. As it turned out, I had planned to be an elementary school teacher, but needed a primary major. Lots of elem ed majors did psych for their major, so I took some classes. Loved the research aspect of it which was viewed kind of negatively by the education professors, so I ditched the elem ed part and threw myself headlong into psych. This was well after naming majors such as Spanish and computer science. I might as well have been throwing darts to pick a major in my first 2 years of college. Psychology and research really lit my fire and I no longer felt all the doubt that I felt when I was just "picking" something.
Don't know if any of that ramble makes sense...
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Originally Posted by doctorjen
Also, I think you and I are similarly driven to do the right thing and to want folks to like us. That's how I was always the standout student and made it through med school. My kids are nothing like me! And here I am like "What do you mean you don't want to?"
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Yep, exactly. It was a little tricky when my peers were giving me grief for being the smart kid - but I don't think I ever considered just totally ditching schoolwork. I think I figured I was too nerdy otherwise for it to work - then I'd still be nerdy but with low grades and in trouble with my parents!
RR: I think your plan for this week sounds good. Here's a pretty good
article on tapering before a marathon... but it has lots of good advice no matter the distance. Let me know if you want any eating/carb-loading advice!
I have been meaning to say
to Aurora! Jump right in!
Poppy, glad your toe is healing. I always think of you at Derby time. Have fun!
Worked in the garden tonight. Remind me next year how much I hate hoeing up clumps of grass and weeds if I get any big schemes about expanding the garden. We doubled its size this year and I am still trying to get it ready to plant. I dug up a half of a brick tonight!