Another Week

It is quite an interesting exercise to sit down to recall what has passed in the short span of a week. Perhaps this is why a diary would be a fascinating adventure, I can only imagine what I might have written ten, twenty or thirty years ago. It would be interesting to go back to see my life develop as Sue and I started and raised a family. If I could go back even further, I feel I would uncover many shinning bright spots obscuring blunders I wish I could take back. The irony is that blunders forge the personality as much as success.

One of my “Successes” occurred Wednesday when Susan and I celebrated our Thirty First wedding anniversary. My day started off well, an eight mile trail run in the morning followed by a hot shower and something to eat. My plan was to head off to the mall for a gift but to my complete surprise my GI track had other plans. Several hours later I was totally “beat up” realizing I would not make it to the mall. (Ugh) Susan saved the day by returning home from work armed with a bottle of Champagne, shrimp and mussels for a wonderful Anniversary dinner.

A good portion of Thursday was spent waiting with my father for a medical procedure. We were on-time, Dad was stuck with an IV on-time and then waited four hours for the Doctor. When Doc finally arrived there was no apology or attempt at explanation. To say I was displeased would have been a gross understatement, yet I held my tongue.

I had mixed feeling about the upcoming weekend as I had dropped out of the Steamtown Marathon. Withdrawing however, gave me an opportunity to run a 5K Breast Cancer Run/Walk in Frederick. It was a perfect morning for the event, cool and dry as showers held off allowing the event to go off without a hitch. This time I would not get off course and ran a 21:18, the best time I have run in a number of years. With two hundred yards to go I “Heard Footsteps”, intent not to be beaten I pushed hard with the inevitable result of heaving (Dry Heaving Fortunately) as I  shuffled, bent over out of the finish lane. My time was good enough to finish seventh overall and first in my age group. The “Funny Thing”, was, that the footsteps belonged to a high school kid who attended one of the kids training programs I've assisted with. Hows that for payback ?

After a five mile Sunday morning trail run with group, Sue, Kevin,Maggie and I headed up for an afternoon with Mom and Dad. Mom looked great and maintained a good level of energy all afternoon. After a “recorded interview”, followed by dinner we left sometime after six, calling when we arrived home. I was quite surprised to hear Mom's voice answer, we assumed she would lay down as soon as we left.

Of course much more happened during the week, good news, bad news good feelings and not. Amazing what goes on in the normal course of a week.

Appreciate Your Week ............ Mike