GOODBYE TO SEPTEMBER
September was mostly a month of Ordinary Days, with one fantastic exception.
An Ordinary Monday:
Tai Chi class, held in this beautiful meeting room with wood floors at the Episcopal Church.
Violin lesson at Emily's home studio (the right-most window is the studio).
Perhaps a massage
with either of my favorite massage therapists,
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or lunch with a friend at a favorite casual eatery.
with either of my favorite massage therapists,
or lunch with a friend at a favorite casual eatery.
The day doesn't end any better than this:
Yep, the fall season of Dancing With The Stars! And yep, that's old stoner Tommy Chong on the right.
An Ordinary Tuesday:
A morning run
and an noon session with Pilates instructor, Corinne
followed by an evening fiddle class with local musician extraordinaire, Kari Barton.
Kari is on the left with the Celtic band she plays with, The Knockabouts. She also plays with the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra, a string quartet called Slugs From Space, and teaches at NAU, which is where the class I take is held.
An Ordinary Wednesday:
Yoga, violin and fiddle practice, email, house work, a walk with the dogs, reading, special projects.
An Ordinary Thursday:
See above.
An Ordinary Friday:
Another run
followed by another round of Pilates.
Sometimes an appointment for a freshening up with my favorite stylist:
An Ordinary Saturday:
See Wednesday & Thursday, with the possibility of a Netflix movie, most recently:
An Ordinary Sunday:
Sunday needs a little back story. Early in the year, I floated the possibility of a Christmas trip to Hawaii to Ron, with the idea of spending one Christmas in the tropics. When I discovered the Honolulu Marathon is held December 14, the mostly unformed thought of running one marathon in my life became a very formed thought. Combine a once-in-a-lifetime event like running a marathon with a trip to Hawaii? 1+1=2! Further, Ron and I each have our next Zero birthdays on either side of December (Ron's in October, mine in March). Now 1+1+1=3!
Of course, running a marathon requires a marathon training program. I jumped on the internet and found an appropriate 39 week run/walk program, and started training in May. The program is set up to do long runs every other week until the last 6 weeks, when they're every two weeks. My next ordinary Sunday looks like this:
Sunday needs a little back story. Early in the year, I floated the possibility of a Christmas trip to Hawaii to Ron, with the idea of spending one Christmas in the tropics. When I discovered the Honolulu Marathon is held December 14, the mostly unformed thought of running one marathon in my life became a very formed thought. Combine a once-in-a-lifetime event like running a marathon with a trip to Hawaii? 1+1=2! Further, Ron and I each have our next Zero birthdays on either side of December (Ron's in October, mine in March). Now 1+1+1=3!
Of course, running a marathon requires a marathon training program. I jumped on the internet and found an appropriate 39 week run/walk program, and started training in May. The program is set up to do long runs every other week until the last 6 weeks, when they're every two weeks. My next ordinary Sunday looks like this:
after the 20-mile training run that's scheduled.
The fantastic exception to this Ordinary September gets this preview:
Longtime friend and fellow musician Sally and I did our First Annual (2-Woman) Music Camp at her home in Kanab, UT. A separate blog will describe just how much fun it was.
Sure enough, I managed to do a little reading this month.
You’re searching...
For things that don’t exist; I mean beginnings.
Ends and beginnings — there are no such things.
There are only middles.
~Robert Frost, Mountain Interval, "In the Home Stretch"
Sure enough, I managed to do a little reading this month.
You’re searching...
For things that don’t exist; I mean beginnings.
Ends and beginnings — there are no such things.
There are only middles.
~Robert Frost, Mountain Interval, "In the Home Stretch"
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