Let’s go… Slaho!

I have just realized how little time, and at the same time, how much time I have to do the things i want to do.  Between work, tutoring, basketball, the carnival and training, I feel like I have no time whatsoever to do anything.  And yet I have the time to get on facebook and play Word Challenge for an hour (or more) every night.  I always feel like I’m too tired to get on and blog, and yet I’m on the computer doing nothing important instead.  I gotta find the time (hence the title) to be productive by eliminating unproductive time.  Today I begin this.  Wish me luck.  And oh yeah, yesterday i couldn’t train because of rain.  (That’s my little poetry for the day)

So here I am thinking that I am going to finally just do the half marathon, when I van calls and tells me that the half is full and to get in we’d half to raise $500 or more for some charity. I don’t want to seem cold, but I’m not in a position to start raising money for some unknown or yet to be decided charity, and if I don’t raise it I have to make up the difference. Not interested. So he told me that if I was up for the marathon, then he’d do it. So, on a moment’s notice before I had a chance to think about it too much, the two of us registered for the full Disney Marathon. Yes, 26.2 miles. I’m really excited. I’m also about 3 weeks behind schedule if I want to train for the big one. So I did what any normal person would do. I put on my running shoes and I ran 5.5 miles tonight. Yep, I just finished them. And I felt like I could continue but it was 12:30 am and I decided it would be better to simply start there and move ahead from that starting point. My next step is to do 7 miles on Saturday. My plan is to be up at 6:00 am to run. Let’s see how that goes b/c I’m not exactly a morning person. Then again, I better begin preparing because I need to be up by 3:15 am for the Disney run so I better start getting used to this. Honestly, I’m totally psyched. It’s always been a dream of mine to run a marathon, and now I’m finally on the verge of doing. And the best part is that I know I’ll be ready. Mind over body, baby, and this mind is stronger than ever! So bring it on! P90X prepared physically for anything. And I know that with God at my side this won’t be to difficult to conquer. Let’s do this!

It seems we’re always waiting for permission to save our world.
In the meantime we wait to see if someone else will do us all the favor.
We watch in horror as so many tragedies before our eyes unfurl.
And complain that nothing gets done while we wait for our Earth’s savior.
We all sit on our couches and look for candidates who can possibly step up
And roll our eyes because none of them can stand up to our ideals.
We drink coffee while thinking we should act, but only after another cup
And second guess our thoughts, afraid that no one cares how we feel.
We are so in need of heroes, and we look everywhere else to find them.
Well our heroes lie deep within, we just have to let them out to act.
If everyone would stop looking back to see what is behind them
They’d get through the obstacles they face ahead and still come out intact.
We must let go our fears and take action for what we know is right.
We must each allow the hero in me to decide our world’s direction
If we all stand up and act together we can put up quite a fight.
We would then walk hand in hand forming one impenetrable connection.
Today’s the day we must decide to act instead of sit and wait.
Because within our able hands we hold our beloved world’s fate.

So, I go almost three weeks without posting. What happens next? I get called out by my good buddy, Begs, to post something. It’s the kind of kick in the butt I need. I’ll take it as a favor returned for doing the same to her some time ago (though I don’t think she reached three weeks without posting at her site) THANKS BEGO!
I also got challenged to do Nanowrimo with her this year. Unfortunately, I think that one’s out of the question for now. (For those who don’t know Nanowrimo stands for National Novel Writing Month, or something close to that) I would love to write a novel and it is one of my dreams, but I’ve already chosen my next goal… running a marathon. My aim was actually to run the Disney half marathon on the 10th of January, and I had just secured a sponsor, only to find out that the field is now closed. DRAT! Now the only way to run is to do the whole thing… 26.2 miles. You know what, I think I’m up to the challenge. Last Friday I ran 5 miles as a warm up. That after not running for over two months. And i did it in 50 minutes. I think that if I prepare properly I’ll be ready. I just have to make sure that my running partner, Ivan is up to the challenge of doing 26 himself. Can we be ready in 13 and a half weeks? If he thinks he can be, we better hurry. The full marathon is 97% full, so we better sign up and PRONTO!!! Let’s see what happens. One way or another I am psyched. It’ll be a great challenge to meet, much like my P90X. Did I mention I just did my Plyo workout. No pot belly for me! Maybe the intellectual pot belly if I stop writing, but physically I’m determined to not let that happen again! Yep, I’m pooped. But, it’s OK that I’m up at 1:20 am. I have the day off tomorrow. No complaints out of me. Now, the only thing I have to do is actually write something CREATIVE. That’s why I started blogging 3 years ago after all. So, I better start cracking. Let’s see. What can I write?