training is coming along, but i am more tired this week

my body is tired from my training, but it is going well. I’m working out with team in training – but my knees and back have been achy this week. today’s a cross training day, so i’m going to take the pup out for a walk.

Buddy Running

Yesterday was my first Team in Training buddy run. Basically this is the part of the training where you meet up with others and go for a run together. It was not easy for me but it was fun. I got to hang out with one of the Mentors (because no one else showed up to our run) and she was content to go at my snail's pace.

Today is a rest day, but I may take the pup for a reservoir walk.

Violet Blue, one of the many SF sex goddesses

I love Violet Blue. She's just so on point. Today, her column (Sleepless in San Francisco) in the SF Chronicle was all about flirting and meeting people in the city. I will use it for inspiration for my continued adventuring. Thanks, Lady Violet.

Run ThirtyGirl Run

I'm training to the Nike Women's Half Marathon at the end of October, here in San Francisco. I'm a little bummed because I twisted my ankle last week, so I am sore. But all in all I am excited.

I'm training with Team in Training, and working to raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. They are searching for a cure to blood cancers.

Officially, training starts on Saturday. I'm a little nervous that I am going to be the slowest. But, as noted on my todo list, I am trying to get over it.

motorcycle last night

which was amazing, scary, wonderful and exhilarating.

today, the high priestess / card of wisdom

this morning i pulled the the high priestess card (the 2), the card of wisdom, spirituality and enlightenment. my walk was a meditation. my prayers ask for openness, a way to the path, adventure. my prayers say thank you to the universe for all that i already have.

the clumsiness of life

yesterday the star, today the prince of pentacles

and so i am feeling optimistic. opportunities, a pathway and the skills to accomplish it are popping up in my tarot deck.

i feel, however, that i need a bit more adventure in my life these days - i am in a holding pattern which is not especially interesting to me. my horoscope this week suggested wandering, and adventure:

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): After studying the astrological omens and consulting with an elite panel of 20 village idiots, my team of horoscope experts has determined that at least once in the coming week you would be wise to wander around town with no particular goal, responding with innocent enthusiasm and hungry curiosity to whatever scenarios you happen to stumble upon, pleased to be educated by the random flow of stimuli that come your way. If you don't have the courage or leisure to pull that off, here's the second-best strategy: Go someplace you've never been and do things you've never done. Third-best: Spend an entire day being naked.

Yay Rob!

uncertain

i met a person at my 10-year reunion. we have a unique and strong connection, but we live 3,000 miles from one another. i am unclear about my desire to pursue or just leave it be. i think the desire we share is relatively balanced, though i fear that it is becoming less balanced (with my interest waning) as distance and distractions intervene.

the midwest

The midwest is very flat, very green, and very spacious. I saw the funniest sign today which electronically alerted drivers to nearby animals. It said "If flashing, animals are present within 1/2 mile." It didn't say what kind of animals lived in the area though.

I'm in Iowa tonight, getting ready to head for Wyoming / Utah tomorrow.

escape from Maryland

I left Maryland today. Headed back to the west coast. I am so glad. I finished cleaning up my apartment and then waited for my landlady to return so that we could do a walk through. It was all sort of anti-climactic. The house was clean and ready to go. She's mailing me my deposit. I said goodbye and got in my car.

I made it to the outskirts of Lima, crossing Western Maryland (thanks J & S for the recommendation to go 68), Northern West Virginia, Southern Pennsylvania, and across the border into Ohio.

Boy, am I ready to climb into bed and watch a little baseball.

oh posting lapses

My dear friends. I've been unvelieveably inattentive to my blog over the last two months. My puppy, Santiago, takes up massive amounts of time. And my love life has not improved. But, my work, school, dog and friends are good. I'm preparing for my 10 year college reunion - which seems a little scary. And for a 3,000 mile drive across country from here back to the golden state. I am most certainly in procrastination mode, as I am thinking about burning CDs as opposed to finishing a paper on immigration.

The Puppy

I feel decidedly uninterested in my calamitous love life, but much more interested in my new puppy. He's a black lab, super cute, and a good new companion.

mon dieu, where did i go?

I've been so busy the past two weeks that I haven't managed to get much written. Classes and work are keeping me busy, as is my quest for a dog to join my family. Now, you can go to PetFinder and query their dog database and find hundreds of dogs with pictures who need homes. It is fun to see them and sad, because there are so many.

on adventure

"We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open."
- Jawaharlal Nehru

january wrap up

• went on a couple more dates
  
• celebrated my grandfather's 75th birthday, which was soooo much fun
  
• took steps re the dog
  
• worked on a painting, more involved than my usual
  

oprah's talking about being 30-something

i'm half-watching Oprah talk to 30-something women in the US and feeling glad that she's talking to us, and kind-of annoyed by her interaction with the muslim woman she just spoke with. in any case, being in the 30-something age group is really interesting because women are at such different places in our careers, lives, families and strauggling with the same, but also really different issues. It is a puzzile

poetry is good for the soul

and my friend Maya's is indescribably lovely. See, for example: one paragraph at a time: report card

on adventure (11)

"We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake."
--Marie B. Ray

shhh....

Secrets,
originally uploaded by RoBeRtO!!!.

Is something a secret if both people know what the secret is, but just never mention it?