Traveling

"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend."

Robert Louis Stevenson

Happiness

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."

Mahatma Gandhi

Keep On Running

So now I am averaging 30 miles a week on my runs. I LOVE IT!!! My favorite 1 hour and 40 minutes of the day. My best friend, iPod, and I have this perfect relationship. I listen to what I tell it I want to listen to, nothing more, nothing less. This is so nice since I get an earful of CRAP most of the time. My head is so clear by the time I get back home. So far this time has truly helped me "stick to my guns", stay strong and really say what I want and not back down. Until this 1 hour and 40 minutes doesn't do this for me I will keep on running.

One thing I have learned though- while the hills are REALLY good for my tush I really don't enjoy them very much.

What a Difference...

...Twenty years can make.

Man! I don't even know what to say.

I am still learning how to do the pics and REALLY get them to fit. Please be patient.

See why I am nervous about the reunion?

Amy

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New post coming soon but for now:

I am still nervous about my reunion.

My situation still sucks.

Nerves

20 YEARS!! Can you believe this? I have been out of high school for 20 years! This to me is nothing short of NUTS!! I certainly don't feel that old. Gut Punched by reality, yet again. So, my reunion on the 28th and 29th of this month. Looking forward to it although I am very nervous about it. I told my friend Shelly when she asked why I was nervous that I feel like I did when I moved into Monticello High School in our Junior year. I didn't start the year with them all and I definitely felt awkward. She has reassured me that I adjusted well so I shouldn't be nervous. She is very sweet. Going by myself and I'm not sure if this makes me more or less nervous? I decided that I didn't want to look "motherly" or "teacherly" so indulged my new found sense of self and bought a new outfit. I have to admit that it is an outfit not typical of me but I think I will enjoy wearing it.

So Monticello High School, Monticello, Illinois get ready! The graduating class of 1987 is coming back.

Amy

Gliding

Okay so I have the afternoon off from work because the boys have dental appts at 2 and 3. The school can't give me a 1/4 day off so I am off at 11:30. Wow, some free time. What should I do? Lately idle time for me is not necessarily a good thing. My mind is so full of the junk of my situation that I prefer to be REALLY busy. Maybe I will go shopping to find something for my reunion. Maybe.

Anyway the other day I was on one of my run/walks that I use to clear my head. It was an amazing day outside. The sky looked incredibly huge, it was very blue and the clouds were beautifully wispy. Because the sky was so gorgeous I looked up into it a lot of the time(probably not the safest way to do a run/walk but definitely a pretty way to do it) and I happened to see a large bird flying around. I don't believe it was any fabulous type of bird like a hawk or an eagle, I believe it was just a large black bird but it was far enough up I couldn't tell. Well this bird at one point stopped flapping its wings and just started gliding through the air. I thought that was very cool and how neat would it be to be able to just "glide" like that. I kept watching this bird thinking it would at some point start flying again but it kept gliding and gliding and gliding. It was awesome. I was very jealous of that bird. I mean it has to get tiring to continually have to flap your wings to stay aloft but to know that there is enough wind current that you can take such an extended rest and just be "carried" for awhile, how nice would that be? Then I wondered what it sounded like to to the bird up there just gliding. Being a competitive swimmer for so many years I became aware of the wonderful peaceful feeling it is to just go under water and stay there for a bit; not stroking, not kicking, just to be under the water. It is a great feeling. Weightless, quiet, and so very peaceful, I wonder if it is like that for the birds up that high in the sky when they are just gliding? I think it would be very cool to be able to find out but of course until I sprout wings that isn't going to happen. My guess is it is very much the same. If only there were some way us humans could experience those feelings on a regular basis. If anyone knows of a way to do it let me know, I'm in. Of course it must be a way that is free from chemicals, not into the drug induced escapes thank you.

Need to remember that...

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared
to what lies with in us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Childhood Cancer Awareness

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

What a Voice

Farewell to Luciano Pavarotti. How terribly sad. The world has lost one of its sweetest sounds.

So,Just Me

I had said that I was going to blog about our life after leukemia and I still am, on the Muston Life After Leukemia spot. But I had gotten some comments that maybe it wasn't turning out to be that. I felt I had more to say so I will keep the life after leukemia blog and devote it to my kids. This is where you can come to see what I am thinking about. Sometimes it may be thoughtful and sometimes maybe not so much. Just remember that it is just me thinking. Lately there seems to be a lot that I am thinking about.

Thanks.

Amy