we'll, it's been a while without any real update. so many things have been happening, some good, some not so good, and i'm sure there is stuff you could care less about.
last month my sister and her husband came out here for xmas, along with my parents. it was good to see them all but after a week, it was good to have my space back as well. i do wish i could have spent more time with my sis though. i feel bad for her, she has more health problems than i can list and there doesn't seem to be a doctor anywhere that can help. her latest struggle is that she had to get a permenant feed tube attached into her arm that goes straight to the heart. a while back her pancreas stopped functioning properly and resulted in her stomach to shut down as well. she was basically starving to death (against her will) and she couldn't do anything about it. to compound the matter, she recently found out she was with baby. she and her husband really want a kid or two but trying to grow a baby without food... well hence the reason for the permanant iv tube. i really hope all goes well for her as this very well could turn into a life or death thing for both of them. it makes me sad.
as for myself, i seem to be about the same. work is still there but i don't know for how long. i found out that our company is for sale because we're almost broke. so, depending on who buys us and the terms of the sale, i maybe out of a job. it could be a sign that i just need to move on, i don't know yet.
ok, so by nature i am a very competitive person. every year i plan on racing in the single speed (mtn bike) world championships. i plan and train for this event all year and it's the one event that keeps focused on my goals. this year the registration process for the event was (unknowingly) a bit different. since it's held in the US this year, foreign riders got priority and the rest of us got entered in a lottery. i didn't get in. needless to say, i was really, really bummed out. not only did i really want to compete in the race, now i was lacking the one goal that i have come to rely on to keep me going the past couple of years. i have been trying to keep my chin up about it and look at it as a good thing though. it's forcing me to re-evaluate my goals and what motivates me. i don't know what that is yet but i'm still going and still training. on a slightly different note than cycling, i ran the rock and roll half marathon here a couple of weeks ago. with all my focus on cycling i really didn't spend ANY time running for training and still managed to finish in 1:45. seven minutes faster than my time last year. i had a hard time walking for a couple days after though. i am pretty certain that if i train even a little for a half marathon again, i can get into the low 1:30's without any problem.
well, there is plenty more going on, on this end but you have better things to do than to sit here and read my blog. thanks for listening...
last month my sister and her husband came out here for xmas, along with my parents. it was good to see them all but after a week, it was good to have my space back as well. i do wish i could have spent more time with my sis though. i feel bad for her, she has more health problems than i can list and there doesn't seem to be a doctor anywhere that can help. her latest struggle is that she had to get a permenant feed tube attached into her arm that goes straight to the heart. a while back her pancreas stopped functioning properly and resulted in her stomach to shut down as well. she was basically starving to death (against her will) and she couldn't do anything about it. to compound the matter, she recently found out she was with baby. she and her husband really want a kid or two but trying to grow a baby without food... well hence the reason for the permanant iv tube. i really hope all goes well for her as this very well could turn into a life or death thing for both of them. it makes me sad.
as for myself, i seem to be about the same. work is still there but i don't know for how long. i found out that our company is for sale because we're almost broke. so, depending on who buys us and the terms of the sale, i maybe out of a job. it could be a sign that i just need to move on, i don't know yet.
ok, so by nature i am a very competitive person. every year i plan on racing in the single speed (mtn bike) world championships. i plan and train for this event all year and it's the one event that keeps focused on my goals. this year the registration process for the event was (unknowingly) a bit different. since it's held in the US this year, foreign riders got priority and the rest of us got entered in a lottery. i didn't get in. needless to say, i was really, really bummed out.
not only did i really want to compete in the race, now i was lacking the one goal that i have come to rely on to keep me going the past couple of years. i have been trying to keep my chin up about it and look at it as a good thing though. it's forcing me to re-evaluate my goals and what motivates me. i don't know what that is yet but i'm still going and still training. on a slightly different note than cycling, i ran the rock and roll half marathon here a couple of weeks ago. with all my focus on cycling i really didn't spend ANY time running for training and still managed to finish in 1:45. seven minutes faster than my time last year. i had a hard time walking for a couple days after though. i am pretty certain that if i train even a little for a half marathon again, i can get into the low 1:30's without any problem.
well, there is plenty more going on, on this end but you have better things to do than to sit here and read my blog. thanks for listening...
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