Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years to all. Safe Travels to where ever you go.

Me in 5 years

Where I would like to be in 5 years:

Happily married to my wife
Maybe a child on the way or one already running around
At a job that I love or like that keeps me changed
Still running and keeping active as much as I can
In a location that I enjoy and gives me peace away from the speed of life
All of this God welling or what ever He as in store for me I know I will be ok.

FIVE YEARS

A question was asked of me today and I thought I would put it out there to see if anyone as asked about it. The Question is:

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

I will put mine up Monday. I don’t want to give anybody any ideas. Tell me where you want to be in 5 years.

A Thought

When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it.
Bernard Bailey

rest of the weekend

I noticed yesterday that I dind’t finish my story. Sorry for those who read them anyway.

Sunday I went to Sunday school then went to Jen’s to pick her up and it was difficult getting to her house because all the water the thawed yesterday turned to ice over nite. I think it was worse driving Sunday then Saturday. Well I made it to her house picked her up and went back and enjoyed a great church service.

After church we went back to my place and had soup and cheese sandwiches, which was a great idea, from Jen. We watch Harry Potter most of the day before I had to go back to church.

Every year they put on a program called Advent by Candlelight. So I went to church leaving Jen at my place to study. I told her that I wouldn’t be long cuz I thought it would take like 30 mins. Oh no, I got there finding out it was going to be a whole evening. The people in charge said it would be ok if the singers would stay. I asked if I could be Jen and they said it would be ok.
Jen forgot her phone so I went back to my place and asked if she wanted to come and said “Sure.” So we made it back and enjoyed a nite of with singing and eating some great dessert. I got to sing Tenor for the first time. I thought I was to high but everyone said we did fine. We had a great nite.

After that we went back to my place and made a late dinner and watched another movie before she had to go.

We both had a great nite doing a lot of things and not sitting around. I have a problem of sitting around. I have to feel productive and I don’t feel productive when I sit around. It great weekend and a packed week ahead.
More to come.

Running on ICE

The weekend was crazy thanks to the weather and so unexpected fun. Well the storm came in Wednesday nite and was a pain in the butt for a lot of people and missed up people’s plans.

Well it started getting bad on Thursday during the day when I was working and so I was expecting to go out in the storm unless I had to. Well, there I go assuming again. One of my co-workers needed to run some arenas around town and so I played chauffeur during the day. Not once, not twice but three times I went out. I hate to say it but I had fun in the bad weather. I feel that I drive better in the bad weather.

That nite I signed up for the Jake Frost, which is a race, that goes around MSU campus and usually it is a 5k but this year they also had a 10K. I wouldn’t have mind doing the 10K but not this time not knowing out knowing how good my running is. This would be the first race back since the marathon and I didn’t feel comfortable yet running. So Dan and I signed up for the 5k and I hoped for the best.

Yes even with the 7 degree predicted weather there was still a race. So Friday I drove around town again not with to much trouble and the roads were getting cleaned off by our great City of Springfield works. I even shoveled some snow for a little bit. I live hard work. I miss it but it isn’t always good for the body. That nite Jen and I hanged out and watched movies and relaxed. I packed my bag for the next day ready for any kind of temperature that was given.

Then race day came. It wasn’t as bad has I thought it would be. It was cold and slick out but that is what I was expecting. It was cold but not cold enough for me to ware my shorts, long sleeve shirt, gloves, hat, and racing jersey.

I ran on ice a couple of times back when I was in high school but that was only for practice but never raced on it before. I was planning out going out with Dan but when the gun went off I went out again. I felt comfortable but still it was still fast. The whole course like a big ice ring where we had to watch each other and not fall ourselves. I almost went more then a couple of times but I kept on my feet. My friend Yimmy ran with me and in the last straightway he had a burst of energy and I couldn’t follow. I really didn’t want to hurt myself on the ice so I sped up but not enough to keep up but enough that I was comfortable with.

Ever since I have known Yimmy this is the first time her beat me. I felt sad because I knew I probably could have done better and he ended up with the third place medal in our age group. That could have been me but sometimes that is how it goes. I had thougth about bring my old high school spikes but I didn't think I could fit in them. I now have another competitor that I will just have to watch out for and beat. There will be other times and maybe this weekend it will be another chance for me to do that.



This weekend is the Jingle Bell 5K and the last race for me this year. Hopefully the roads are clear and the weather is nice.