Well, I ran 10 miles today and it felt nice like the good old days. Now, I am drinking Meritage wine… 🍷 In lieu of whatever the hell corona virus and 2020 ended up being, a loved one spoiled me with an awful sarcastic ribbon to laugh off all that crashed and burned. Should I laugh or cry? Either way, I bet I'll feel all nice again in the fall and I can pretend last year literally never happened to me. I love it almost as much as my NOLA medal, I need gag gifts to laugh off the things that really bother me a lot…😻 Sarcasm is a very important thing to pair with humor. Onto the nonvirtual fancy things next year, hopefully the rest of my life makes up for last year omg. 😸 In terms of nice things, I am going to frame maps of my favorite Marathon courses for my office space! I love all my medals, degrees, awards and sarcastic awards all together in my office, it is cool. Everyone needs a shrine of themself. I don’t hate my life, I just need an extra fancy race somewhere extravagant to shake off the rug being pulled out from under me, like a half marathon in Italy or Canada, make learning French and Italian worth it after all. Fake Paris turned into fake Canada this year, and that is pretty bad.😂😂😂
It feels ridiculous to get back in perfect Marathon shape after doing them for ten years, like it feels ridiculous to still be doing math by hand towards my doctorate for the same reason. However, I need both of those things for my career and vocation, and after this horrendous year there is not another option, because I need to bounce back fast instead of having something linger into five years from now. I have fresh legs to bounce back, and everything is going to even out or fall into place.
It's the stubborn with goals and flexible with methods concept. For instance I need to feel nicer on a Marathon weekend than I did at seventeen, by having things such as lavender from Provence on my pillow the night before or truffles with fine wine the night after. 😼 There are ways to do things at different ages and feel good, instead of burned out and beating a dead horse.😸
Laughing through my nightmare, but not letting it ruin my life long term. Everyone has the luxury of acting like 2020 never happened. 🌹
