It is time to begin training for the Walt Disney World Half Marathon. I cannot avoid it any longer. I am actually looking forward to the training this year. Again I am training just to finish, though I’d prefer to be in the under-3 hour category. Maybe closer to 2:45. And the training period marks a whole new time in my life. There are a few categories to put it all under.
Fundraising Time
This year I have decided to do some fundraising. I am not yet sure exactly which charity to support but there will be one. The one I used to like has gotten bad press lately and I am sad to see the changes being made. I am researching options currently. I know it will be a charity that deals with kids and/or cancer. Now to pick one, and the method through which I do it.
Weight Loss and Health Goals
I have decided to tie my fundraising to weight loss, for me. I will donate one dollar for each pound lost before the run. This is some serious motivation. Add it to the news of a sick friend and another who has since passed on and I am ready to roll…err, run. I want my picture of me running through the castle to be one I am proud to hang for everyone to see. I want it to be a big F-U to my current and soon-to-be former shape. I also have another goal: to get a rowing machine. I have found one on Amazon that is just what I need at a good price. I have done the research and have concluded that one in particular should be sitting in my home, getting sat on by me, rowing the stress, and pounds, away. I’d like to maybe one day row for real on water with a group. They have Dragon Boat races at WDW (they are back this year after a bit of time being in downtown Orlando). I’d like to do that one day. It looks fun. Anyway, now I just need to get the rower here since they won’t ship it. I am guessing it’s too heavy or long.
A New Me!
I am ready to take this anger and depression I have and let it go. I have been depressed since our move. It was harder than I thought it would be. I spent so much time making things okay for the kids that I forgot to help myself. I forgot that I had things I needed to do here as well, things that will help my family and me better people. And the anger. Oh, I have gotten angry quite a bit since July. It seems stupid but deaths and illnesses of friends and friends/relatives of friends, coupled with ”celebrity” deaths (which shouldn’t bother me but just keep adding to the pile of bad news), have just gotten to me. I just read on a friend’s site that her son is sick again and in a coma (medically induced). I can’t take it anymore. When does it stop? (This situation is the one that made me have to run for a charity. I need to do something and since I can’t personally make it all better, I will help an organization that maybe can provide some sort of relief.) So Goodbye Anger and Depression. Hello visions of sunshine, happiness and, most importantly, HOPE.
Let Operation:Goofy 2013 officially begin!
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