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October 8, 2007
Kinda Quiet? Not So Much.
Do you ever feel that you have so much to say, that you don't know where to start? So, instead of saying something, you don't say anything? That's kind of how I feel about my blog right now. My world is spinning at a million miles per hour and I'm trying, trying, trying to keep up. Here are a few notes:
1) With reference to my cross country team, it's gettin' on go time. State is in less than 2 weeks. We have a state championship to defend, but, for a whole slough of just plain silly reasons, we aren't running like champions. The question is whether we will get our proverbial acts together on time, or not. Are we ready for that challenge?
2) There were 2 more grizzly bear mauling/encounters that happened in the last few days on national forest lands in close proximity to where I live. They resulted in 1 dead bear and 1 injured hunter. Without remorse, I will say that I'm sick and tired of hunters getting into it with grizzly bears. It's just plain dumb luck if you go creeping silently (as hunters do) around grizzly bear territory and you don't experience a bear encounter. While I empathize with the people who have lost various pieces of their bodies from fighting with bears, I will not sympathize. It is no one else's fault but their own. Instead, I will sympathize with the bear that died on Saturday, because it was innocently doing what grizzly bears do.
3) Grad school. Ah! Eeks! Stop the madness. I'm swimming in homework, readings, papers, group assignments, and, and, and... And it's wonderful, and interesting, but I'm working so hard to keep up!
4) I'm getting back into my own training. After a relative hiatus in which I was recovering fom my 50 miler and then spending time working on the running of other people, I've been back at it with my own training. Common sense would say that I would wait until after the cross country season ends, but my bones, muscles, connective tissues, and brain were getting restless.
5) Snow. Yellowstone National Park got a tremendous amount of snow earlier this week. Up high, say at 10,000 feet, there is over 2 1/2 feet of snow. That's enough snow that it's not going anywhere until spring. Thus, winter arrived swiftly and we are all scrambling to winterize our worlds in time for Mother Nature.
6) Sigh. This blog entry is stressing me out too much. I'm stopping now.
Posted by Meghan at October 8, 2007 8:12 PM
Comments
Relax, Be Happy...
When man lived off the land and not in steel structures there was a reason they wanted to kill all the bears. It was kill or be killed. Not to mention the bears were competition in our food chain. We can choose to go out in their territory and risk an encounter or stay home watching Pushing up Daisies on the boob tube. Empathy was a good choice of words. Somehow your whole story reminded me of the song "Cows with Guns". Chickens in choppers and all that you know.
Hope the team gets it together in time for State! I can't imagine you having any problems with a bunch of teenage girls. I'm sure they are very focused. Can they run a 6:20 pace and text message at 65 wpm?
Glad to hear that you are finding your grad school work interesting. Sounds like it might be just a bit too interesting with all the other stuff you have going on in your life!
Snow? Well perhaps the big fat bears will find a hole and hibernate.
Remember... relax, be happy
Posted by: Eric at October 9, 2007 12:08 PM
Wow, winter really is there. We only got a little cold. Had one morning of frost.
Look on the bright side - all the bugs that fly and some of the bugs taht crawl won't be bothering us until late spring. Hallelujah!
A spider bit me in the shoulder - probably a retaliatory attack for killing all their uncles, grandmas, and such. Hey, it's kill or be killed! Or maybe it's just a little bite for me and a big squash for them. I'll wear a spider-bell in the future so I won't have any more spider-encounters.
Good luck with the track team and the homework.
Posted by: JeffO at October 9, 2007 4:41 PM
there is over 2 1/2 feet of snow---BOOO :-)
Sigh. This blog entry is stressing me out too much. I'm stopping now.
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This post stressed me out for you Miss Busy BEE
Get back to some running so you will not go insane!
Good luck at States, & WAKE up those dang KIDS, IT's TImE to DEFEND ur TITLE....let me know if you want me to fly in for a motivation talk-lol
Posted by: Bob Gentile at October 9, 2007 9:24 PM
Thanks for all the "relax" reminders! You are all so right, I will take a deep breath and -try to- roll with it all.
Posted by: Meghan at October 9, 2007 10:11 PM
Meghan,
I can empathize with you - life has been crazy here too. Of course, I always feel like that when we are away for the weekend because none of the little things get done.
So: in through the nose, out through the mouth...deep breaths, repeat.
Posted by: backofpack at October 9, 2007 11:06 PM
Is Fall season always like that to all? The first paragraph rang a bell for me. So just take it a day at a time - that's what I tell myself:)
Posted by: olga at October 10, 2007 2:47 PM
Your list was so comprehensive! How do you DO that? I can't believe XC is already winding down. It seems like I just read your entry about practices beginning. And I so second that emotion on the bear encounters. It's hard to think of all the orphaned cubs who already had slim chances with Mommy protecting them... and now...? (Sob!)
Posted by: Kendra Borgrizz at October 11, 2007 8:49 PM
Hi Meghan,
Thanks for stopping by :). I haven't posted in awhile obviously. Thing have been -- well, rough.
My XC girls are doing well though, on the most part. Considering several are new to the sport, and several didn't much all summer, I think we're doing well. The team's #1 boy won a big invitational yesterday and got a course record, so that was cool.
I'm glad to hear your team is doing so well!! I'm sure they all love you :) Best of luck in the weeks to come...you're probably more invested in THEIR running than your own right now (I know the feeling and it's a good thing)
Take care, you!!
Joan
Posted by: joan at October 15, 2007 5:42 AM