had dinner with the folks tonight. conversation centered on the the anatomical and aesthetic differences between circumcised and non-circumcised penises. at one point i explained to my mother how to find the "mushroom" on the "uncut" version.
just another example of how my family is not like yours.
26 October 2008
14 October 2008
small victories
why wait for the huge ones? celebrate every little victory in your day.
a recent one for me:
i ran my first race this past weekend, a 5K benefiting the university of wisconsin alumni association. the professor nudged me into it, saying it would be a great "test run" (ha!) for the detroit free press marathon 5K for which i've been training since august - and is next week!
i figured he was right, so i registered and joined him at the starting line. we jokingly said that we would run together... yeah, 'cause novice-me can keep up with 6-minute-mile him!!!
in any case, my goals were to NOT WALK and to finish in under 34 minutes, and i accomplished BOTH! there were over 1,100 participants, and i finished 450 overall, and 17th in my age group (30-34 year olds) with a time of 30:52!!
yay, me!!
a recent one for me:
i ran my first race this past weekend, a 5K benefiting the university of wisconsin alumni association. the professor nudged me into it, saying it would be a great "test run" (ha!) for the detroit free press marathon 5K for which i've been training since august - and is next week!
i figured he was right, so i registered and joined him at the starting line. we jokingly said that we would run together... yeah, 'cause novice-me can keep up with 6-minute-mile him!!!
in any case, my goals were to NOT WALK and to finish in under 34 minutes, and i accomplished BOTH! there were over 1,100 participants, and i finished 450 overall, and 17th in my age group (30-34 year olds) with a time of 30:52!!
yay, me!!
05 October 2008
all that i ever wanted
i expected, by now:
to be married (happily)
to be respected in my career (maybe even famous)
to have friends who have known me for years and who understand my every nuance
to have made a couple of little people in my image (or his)
to have seen my parents show pride at my being their daughter
to own a lovely home in a quiet neighborhood on the far outskirts of suburbia
to have traveled throughout europe (and north america)
to be in great shape - and not just “for my age”
to have an admirable financial portfolio
to feel confident and self-assured and proud of my life and my choices
as it is,
i have him, he who i love and who loves me (we even talk of marriage)
i have a job i enjoy and at which i am quite good - maybe it’s not a “career,” but it’s interesting, challenging and rewarding
i have a small group of close friends - valuable for the quality of friendship, despite their relative newness (longevity will come, as always, with time)
i have two furry, four-legged canine kids (not quite in my image - or his, but wonderful nonetheless)
i have a great relationship with my parents (who may not understand me or my choices, but who love and support me)
i have a roof and four walls, be they rented
i have traveled to milwaukee, boston, chicago, phoenix, toronto, san francisco, las vegas and the canary islands (so far)
i can breathe and walk and bend and jump and run and speak and see and hear and think and remember... well, most of the time i can remember
i have a little green in the bank, minimal debt and the car runs well
i have more confidence than i did at 20, or 25, or 32; i have the self-assurance that comes with having made mistakes and learned from them; i have pride in my life as it is right now and humility regarding the choices - many of them poor - that got me here
this is not the life i planned, not the life i expected
i am not the woman i dreamed of as a girl, or even the one i envisioned as a young woman
my story isn’t poetic or heroic or even all that interesting
but it’s mine
and it, and i, am all that i ever wanted, and less
and more
to be married (happily)
to be respected in my career (maybe even famous)
to have friends who have known me for years and who understand my every nuance
to have made a couple of little people in my image (or his)
to have seen my parents show pride at my being their daughter
to own a lovely home in a quiet neighborhood on the far outskirts of suburbia
to have traveled throughout europe (and north america)
to be in great shape - and not just “for my age”
to have an admirable financial portfolio
to feel confident and self-assured and proud of my life and my choices
as it is,
i have him, he who i love and who loves me (we even talk of marriage)
i have a job i enjoy and at which i am quite good - maybe it’s not a “career,” but it’s interesting, challenging and rewarding
i have a small group of close friends - valuable for the quality of friendship, despite their relative newness (longevity will come, as always, with time)
i have two furry, four-legged canine kids (not quite in my image - or his, but wonderful nonetheless)
i have a great relationship with my parents (who may not understand me or my choices, but who love and support me)
i have a roof and four walls, be they rented
i have traveled to milwaukee, boston, chicago, phoenix, toronto, san francisco, las vegas and the canary islands (so far)
i can breathe and walk and bend and jump and run and speak and see and hear and think and remember... well, most of the time i can remember
i have a little green in the bank, minimal debt and the car runs well
i have more confidence than i did at 20, or 25, or 32; i have the self-assurance that comes with having made mistakes and learned from them; i have pride in my life as it is right now and humility regarding the choices - many of them poor - that got me here
this is not the life i planned, not the life i expected
i am not the woman i dreamed of as a girl, or even the one i envisioned as a young woman
my story isn’t poetic or heroic or even all that interesting
but it’s mine
and it, and i, am all that i ever wanted, and less
and more
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