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January 08, 2006
Late Night With Babies
My roommate from college and her husband recently bought a house and last night had their housewarming party. In general it was a nice time, but I felt like the odd one out all night. First of all, I'm pretty sure that I was the only one not in a serious relationship (long term boyfriend/engaged/married). Secondly, virtually every person there was either the mother of a baby or pregnant or trying to get pregnant. Now, these are not people much older than myself, I just feel too irresponsible to even consider having a child at this point in my life. Of course, there are other things that need to be accomplished before even thinking about babies. Sure, they were sort of cute, but I can barely take care of myself, how could anyone expect me to take care of another living thing? It was a late night for me, I didn't get home until a little bit after 11, which is very late after getting up at 6 to run. Everyone did mention that it is my choice to do that, but those are my priorities.
This morning was my obligatory off-road run. True trails are not my strength, my ankles turn too easily and I'm too prone to falling to go on seriously technical trails. J really likes me to get off the road at least once a week, especially when my mileage goes up. Even though it has been warmer than usual, the mud on the trail was much harder than usual, so it was almost like running on road anyhow. Since it wasn't that cold, lots of people were out walking their dogs on the trail. This is fine, but it really gets on my nerves when people take their dogs off their leashes. I had at least three encounters where I had to come to a stop so that dogs wouldn't freak out. It's fine on days like today, but if it were supposed to be an up tempo run it would really bother me. There are much worse things that could happen during a workout, but getting bit by a dog isn't my idea of fun. I felt much better than I thought that I would this morning given yesterday's run. The loop took less time than normal, but it was hillier than I remembered it.
I've been doing my laundry all day today. If I could live without ever doing laundry again, I would be one very happy person. The whole process takes me so long that by the time I'm done with putting it away it's time to start over again.
Posted by Blondie at January 8, 2006 05:26 PM