It is August 11th, and I have blogged everyday of 2008. Man am I tired. It hasn’t been hard to come up with things to write about, but it has been hard to find the time to write about the things I really want to. It is even harder to keep up blog reading! My feeds are out. of. control. I have 15 drafts in que – all incomplete. I have several post-its filled with ideas, a Word document folder with incomplete stories, and a file on my desktop filled with sites and blogs I want to write about and link to.
The summer rolled in like a steam train and I guarded my family time in the beginning… floated in the pool, went to the park, tried to keep things a little tidy around the house, and sorted through mountains of hand-me-downs that had been filling my basement for a year. I kept up with training after my half-marathon the beginning of June, and rolled half-heartedly into my triathlon training. Then Blog Her ‘08 came and went, a week-long visit from my parents, then my triathlon… Soon, Grandma will be here for a week and then a couple of other short family excursions will wrap-up August. School shopping needs to get done, neither of my 2 older children have had their check-ups, I need a blood-test to check on my thyroid levels, and there is a local sprint triathlon coming up the beginning of September, and I really want to do it. I gave up on the whole “Half Iron” tri – for this season. Oh, should I try a full marathon in November? I chalked the October marathon option last week. Too soon. If only I had no interests…
And NOW… the Olympics! I could gorge my eyes on all that is swimming. Michael Phelps… go! I watched his mother cheer for him on Saturday… my word it was precious. I cried with her. She doesn’t know it, but we cried together in celebration of her boy’s first gold in this Olympics. And then there’s Dara Torres, who could be my nemesis, except I’m not fast like her so I am just green with envy, and 6 years younger.
Did you see the Men’s 400 freestyle relay??? Me. Neither. !!!!! Why? Because I needed sleep. I set my alarm for 4:10 so I could get a sufficient workout after taking almost a week off. To assure I would get better rest – I took a tablet of melatonin. It takes me forever to get to sleep… except with this new tablet of magic takes over. I love thee melatonin…
SO. Whilst my husband laid in bed next to me and cheered the US mens freestyle relay to what look like the single most incredible swimming race any human could ever see !!!!!!!!!!… I slept. Hard.
And that, My Dears is a post in which I clear my head.
How do people do it??? Live. Blog. Eat. Mother children. Read and comment on blogs. Twitter. Work. Have an iPhone. Exercise. Go dancing. Blog. Sleep. ???? Any secrets? I am feeling like something has to give. And right now, I am thinking I am not ready to give up that melatonin…
Oh, here’s a first step… I’m not linking in this post. I’m sure Google will take you to all the hot Olympic coverage. I already ran 4 miles, but now (instead of linking)… I have to do some dishes, fold some laundry, sort some bills, make a hair appointment (roots are not pretty), get the spawn their breakfast, remind them to brush their teeth and wash their faces and find their shoes, and then we must catch a ferry and pick up Grandma from the airport. I wonder what I should make for dinner.
***rusting in pantry for Hamburger Helper***
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I can totally relate, summer has breezed by before i got to get into the groove of it. oh well it will be here again before we know it!
I can’t believe how far we are into August already. Fall and rain is coming…blech.
And I love melatonin too!
I honestly do not know what I did with all the time I now use to blog. And I really do not know how folks with kids manage to squeeze it in. Right before I read this post, I was hyperventilating a little over all the stuff I’ve still got to today, and now I feel downright lazy!
Oh, and I LOVE melatonin, too.
I just wrote a post the other day asking people how they manager their tech lives. I didn’t get any responses so I’m hoping you do! Surely someone has some helpful hints!
so you know…I know of this half marathon in october…near portland..
http://www.turtledash.net
I’m sorry you didn’t get to see the relay live. Absolutely hands down the best race ever!! My throat still hurts!
I have no advice. I only got a few hours of sleep last night. I watched the Olympics till midnight and got blog posts ready during the commercials.
You know my secret? There are none! You can’t have it all my friend, but you’re darn near close. I have banned twitter because I’m afraid of it. It would be dangerous to my spawn. We’re busy taking private swim lessons at night that get me home at 8:00 after a nearly 10 hour work day. So my workouts have come to a screeching halt over the last month. Plus it’s so hot. That treadmill is waiting though…
My advice – keep getting that sleep! Waaaay more important than all the other stuff combined…your loyal readers (me!) will still be here if you need a day off!
I agree – keep getting that sleep. And if you don’t have time to read blogs, well, as long as you read mine, you’re good. ;-)
Two things:
1) Rhi+Melatonin=True Love
2) Dude, I am now hungry for Hamburger Helper. I’m asking my mom to make that for me when she comes over for nurse duty tomorrow.
I TOTALLY do not know how you do the things you do……at your age…I COULDN’T…and believe me…you are young…but you do an amazing job, with EVERYTHING you do! I stand amazed at all of my family “UP THERE” and all you do! Luv ya! Lady!
What?! A gal can take Melatonin? How come I didn’t know about this?! Info, please!
Relay was awesome, sorry you missed it. Surely there are replays somewhere on the ‘net. Almost as good.
The workout is always the first thing to go on my To-Do list. Maybe not the wisest choice . . . but there you have it.
I think the sleep is way more important than blogging. The good thing about blogs is that they will always be there when you have the time. I do know how you feel though. School is about to be back in session which means my job will be as well. With working, after school activities, dinner, etc., I feel time squeezing me. My hubby works night so I can’t even pawn those things on him so I have my computer time. ;)
Wow, I am so impressed that you have blogged every day in 2008. I had a hard enough time with NaBloPoMo!
OMG, that relay was the awesomest thing I’ve ever seen! Plus half-naked swimmer chests! YAY!
I don’t know how a lot of people do it either. I have no kids and have no time to work out. I need to cut back on the blog reading if I want to squeeze anything more in.