MPD November Update

On Sunday, November 24th, I ran the Lincolnwood Turkey Trot, as I often have, on and off, for the last two decades.  I thought I had signed up for the 5K so that I would be done in time for the kids' Drumstick Dash, but evidently, I picked the 10K instead.  I ran it with Na, whose kids stayed with Nightingale and our kids.

Although I ran the 10K distance, Strava claims I did 7.5 so I'm going with that number instead.  There was a lot of walking back and forth to the cars.



Update:  As expected, I didn't run much the rest of November.  I did a run on Tuesday which was harder than it should have been so I decided to give myself the rest of the month off, especially since we had company over the holidays.

According to my stats, I have 25 miles to go with 29 days left (as of Dec 2).  Not a difficult number to achieve baring any unusual activity.  If I just ran 1 mile per day at the track after dropping off Moose and Squirrel to pre-K, I'd certainly put a dent in that 25 and then only need a few miles over Christmas Vacation to put it to bed.

The thing about a goal like this is I'm back to being married to a training schedule.  There are days when I have other things that need to be done, especially around the house.  Mowing the lawn, watering the lawn, raking leaves, shoveling snow.

I think for 2020 I'll go with not having a goal.  I'll just run when and if I feel like it and not worry about hitting a mileage goal. 

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What Dreams May Come

A little snow on Halloween

I have three recurring dreams.  I probably have more but I've noticed three in particular that have at
least a recurring theme.

In the first one, I'm back at Big Bucks Law Firm 1.0 and I'm a paralegal, assigned to a case that is just about to go to trial and I have no clue what the case is about.  I have not had this dream in some time, but it used to be more recurring.

In the second one, I'm back at the No-Name Software Company and I'm either back on the phones or watching everyone else back on the phones.  This one still crops up fairly frequently, even though it has been a dozen years since I left.

In the final one, I'm about to run a marathon but I have not trained at all.  In the past, it was a lack of training but real life has seeped in and as my body cannot run more than 5 miles on a good day (after two consecutive weeks of consistent running) now it is because I simply cannot run.   This dream seems to be more frequent.

I'm surprised I don't have any dreams from Big Bucks Law Firm 2.0, Low-Rent Consulting Firm or TopFive.  I guess my time there was too short to make lasting memories.

One last dream/theme that occurs frequently: living in my mom's crapshack and trying to renovate it. 


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First Day of PreSchool

A few weeks ago, we got an email that there was an open pre-school spot for Boris at a nearby public school.  We asked about Natasha and they found one for her too.  This would mean not paying for daycare any longer.  While we hem and haw about where were are going to live, even our most aggressive plans for moving still have us here in the spring.  Which means a substantial saving if this pans out.

 The hours are more strict.  We have to drop them off between 7:30 and 7:45 am and pick them up at 2:45 pm.  With Daycare we could and have dropped them off as late as 8:15, though I generally avoided that if I could.  We could also pick them up as late as 7pm when we first started and then 6 pm once Daycare realized that model didn't work for them.

If they were getting some superior education at Daycare or if it were only for a couple more months, I would be inclined to actually keep them at daycare.  But we are talking about a significant amount of money here.  And it's not like they are learning a foreign language or computer coding or anything.

So a new learning curve begins.  So far we have been able to get to school on time, which irks me when I think about it because that means we could have done this all along.

I've already figured out that the drop off is another Circle of Hell that makes the daycare parking lot a fond memory.

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