a life beyond running shoes.

his first haircut..... and this one is turning three on friday.... how does it go so fast?

i had an adult dinner out last night with another couple. it was dine-in brooklyn week and some of the featured restaurants will do a prix fix meal for less than normal. it is way cool and only one of the amazing things about living here. anyway, i digress.... as i was walking to meet my hubbie i was noticing that i had neither hat nor gloves with me, that at 7:00 pm it was still light outside, and that i had a zippiness to my step....spring awakens. there is an energy here in the city that starts not just with daylight savings, but easter and the new birth of flowers, etc. the tulips are about to bloom as are the crocuses. while fall is still my favorite time of year, the anticipation of spring is not lost on me. the hint of warmer weather, hamburgers, eating outside, fruit at the farmers market, the fish guy is back...winter is over....i love living in this city.

i have been trapped in a blogging abyss..... it is not that i don't write entries in my head all day long.... they just never end up posted. i ran 10 miles last saturday sans partner. confession.....for all my indie-loving, alternative musical tastes radiohead's in rainbows could only get me through mile 6. i had to switch to top 40 pop....matchbox twenty, lifehouse, all american rejects....just to name a few. i am secure enough to admit that pink got me through mile 10. reading.... i finished waiting . not my favorite. muddled through the yiddish policemen's union . enjoyed it but the end was lame. parenting..... ARGH! defiant, disobedient, willful, and lots of screaming. i wish i could be funny and say that was me... but it is our almost three-year-old. not fun especially at 4 in the morning for two hours. teaching.... i love it! planning sucks. grading sucks. students are awesome. i hope they ask me back.

with my husband out of town this weekend, i had scheduled ourselves with lots of fun and activity. FRIDAY: chuck e. cheese play date, friend for pizza, night alone with chocolate covered pretzels, wine, chick-flick. SATURDAY: playdate, long nap, easy dinner, girls night in with friends SUNDAY: church, babysitter for long run, hubbie home REALITY: high fever, throw-up, diarrhea, short naps, laundry, too much children's television, 10 minutes outside. it really wasn't all that bad because the boys were sweet and cuddly; it just wasn't what i had expected. but considering i was parenting alone, it was very manageable.