I lived off the adrenaline from Boston for weeks. As it started to run out, I found myself looking for my next big goal and knew I was in trouble when I started looking at super marathons. The training schedule for a 100 miler gave me a panic attack and I settled on running the Seattle Marathon at the end of November. Running a Marathon at the end of November IS pretty crazy.
A couple of weeks later I ended up registering for college. The college with the 2.2 mile track I've run hundreds of times, imagining the day I could finally attend it's classes. It started out as my way of proving to Phil that I would never be able to find classes that worked with the stupid half day kindergarten we have in Oregon. I'm not sure how you can even call 2 1/2 hours a half day.
I registered, took the placement tests (as if 20 year old SAT's would help me now...) and expected to sit around for the next year. Instead, I found 2 classes that are perfectly timed with Irelin's school.
So... my "next big goal" is a bachelors degree. In my normal style of biting off more than I can chew, I have chosen clinical laboratory science as my end goal. I'm taking it small bites at a time, but every time I glance at the big picture it almost knocks me over. I really want everything to stay the same. I want to camp and hike and get the kids to soccer practice. I want to be there when they get home from school. I see some of this slipping away in the near future, and it's scary.
Looking at class descriptions for all the Chemistry and Biology classes is scary too. I'll eat, sleep and breathe that stuff soon. I love science, but maybe I wont be able to pass the advanced classes. It's all to unknown for a 'plan ahead person' like me. So for now I'll step blindly into this goal.
I never thought I could run the Boston marathon either.
A couple of weeks later I ended up registering for college. The college with the 2.2 mile track I've run hundreds of times, imagining the day I could finally attend it's classes. It started out as my way of proving to Phil that I would never be able to find classes that worked with the stupid half day kindergarten we have in Oregon. I'm not sure how you can even call 2 1/2 hours a half day.
I registered, took the placement tests (as if 20 year old SAT's would help me now...) and expected to sit around for the next year. Instead, I found 2 classes that are perfectly timed with Irelin's school.
So... my "next big goal" is a bachelors degree. In my normal style of biting off more than I can chew, I have chosen clinical laboratory science as my end goal. I'm taking it small bites at a time, but every time I glance at the big picture it almost knocks me over. I really want everything to stay the same. I want to camp and hike and get the kids to soccer practice. I want to be there when they get home from school. I see some of this slipping away in the near future, and it's scary.
Looking at class descriptions for all the Chemistry and Biology classes is scary too. I'll eat, sleep and breathe that stuff soon. I love science, but maybe I wont be able to pass the advanced classes. It's all to unknown for a 'plan ahead person' like me. So for now I'll step blindly into this goal.
I never thought I could run the Boston marathon either.
