Gardening

Since I started running I got this crazy idea in my head. I can do anything. So I have started chopping out a little piece of earth 10 feet by 30 feet. At the moment I am carefully removing the top layer of grass to trans plate it in the front of the house in an area I am not interested in keeping plants. It is close to the driveway and people constantly walk on it. Anyhow, my arm is killing me from demudding the piece of sod before moving it.

This evening I went to Lowes to get chicken wire to go around it. This week I am hosting an Easter playgroup and we are going to be outside. I want to make sure the area I am ripping up is fenced off so kids don't get into it and get muddy. After 3 hours I am almost done moving enough grass to fill the area I am covering. It is much harder and heavier than I thought and much more work to do it right which I my plan.

After the grass moving I am going to just rip up the remained of the grass. Not sure where I am going to put it. Then up with the wire fence and metal rods. Still thinking of an idea for a gate but at the moment I think I am going to attach it the neighbors fence. I need to turn the dirt over, at least o foot deep. Ugh, its all clay. Went to the store and bought something to make clay plantable and organic moss that helps everything take root naturally and cheap. Hope to finish all that and get plants as soon as possible. Getting the plants will be difficult. The race is Saturday, Easter Sunday, closed daily before Keith gets home and I can get over there. I guess it is going to be the trailer, me and four kids, hopefully a kind sales assistant to get the cart and plants. It is amazing how so many people will stand there and watch you struggle. Unfortunately those big plant carts need to be pushed and so does the stroller, neither moves correctly backwards. So please be helpful there.

Anyhow I need to get off here. I still haven't checked my email and my right hand and arm kill.

First Race

Well this Saturday is my first running race ever. I will be running the PVTC Easter Classic 10K at Hains Point, East Potomac Park, Washington, DC. I have so many mixed emotions. I feel pretty ready, still having issues with my first 2 miles but always feel good after that. Usually I need to stretch and then I get a good stride for a while. Seems strange to stop in the middle of a race and stretch but hopefully the blood will be pumping and I will just feel it. This is not a speed thing for me but an accomplishment on the road to finding myself again.


I am excited to being doing this with a friend. She is an accomplished runner that I know will help me figure who, what , where, why, and when. Also I am excited to have my family see me cross the finish line. When I was a little girl I remember watching my mom start races in the same area. I don't remember the finish but I remember being very proud of her. I am excited to start my journey in the same way. I am hoping to be able to catch a ride down so I can have Keith and the kids meet me at the finish. My mom is coming with a picnic lunch for me and the fam. We are going to enjoy the cherry blossoms while we are down there. I also need to look up what events are going on down there so Hunter can do a little something before getting back into the car.  


So all the work I have done so far leads to this weekend. Then the first weekend of May I will run my first half marathon. Chug a choo

 

Friend

Definition of Friend

• a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"
• ally: an associate who provides cooperation or assistance; "he's a good ally in fight"
• acquaintance: a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family" 

 Definition of Friendship


Friendship is the cooperative and supportive relationship between people, or animals. In this sense, the term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, affection, and respect along with a degree of rendering service to friends in times of need or crisis. Friends will welcome each other's company and exhibit loyalty towards each other, often to the point of altruism. Their tastes will usually be similar and may converge, and they will share enjoyable activities. They will also engage in mutually helping behavior, such as the exchange of advice and the sharing of hardship. A friend is someone who may often demonstrate reciprocating and reflective behaviors. Yet for some, the practical execution of friendship is little more than the trust that someone will not harm them.
Value that is found in friendships is often the result of a friend demonstrating the following on a consistent basis:

• the tendency to desire what is best for the other
• sympathy and empathy
• honesty, perhaps in situations where it may be difficult for others to speak the truth, especially in terms of pointing out the perceived faults of one's counterpart
• mutual understanding

In a comparison of personal relationships, friendship is considered to be closer than association, although there is a range of degrees of intimacy in both friendships and associations. Friendship and association can be thought of as spanning across the same continuum. The study of friendship is included in sociology, social psychology, anthropology, philosophy, and zoology. Various theories of friendship have been proposed, among which are social exchange theory, equity theory, relational dialectics, and attachment styles.

What is a friend or friendship to you?