Dreaming of a "Half"

It's Monday, and to start the week off right, I went on a 10-mile run with a friend. It was unexpected, I was really planning a shorter trot when I woke up this morning. But we bumped into each other in the locker room and she cheerily invited me along, so off we went.

I was initially reluctant. Last time we went running I couldn't keep up. I had to walk up hills and she would go on ahead, and then turn around until I caught up. But she promised we'd run slow, as she's training for the Middlebury half-marathon in late April.

Thankfully, a winter on the treadmill and getting outside to run early last month has put me in good enough shape to run with her again. And we ambled along, up hillsides with lovely views of the mountains, along a picturesque reservoir, through quiet neighborhoods with magnolias in bloom, until we were back in our sleepy college town.

Half-marathons are not easy. You can't just roll out of bed and go run one. A 5K, or even a 10K I could probably do without any sort of training "schedule" but a half-marathon is thirteen point one miles, not just a zip around the block.

Can I really run a half-marathon in two weeks? I hope so! I've signed up.

To Blog or Not to Blog

That is the question. I have started another, more focused blog over on Wordpress, called "The Power of One." That is where I will post my musings about raising an only child, and other child-rearing issues. Alas, I have found Wordpress to be a bit unwieldy, full of all sorts of buttons and things that I can't quite figure out. It's also not very pretty, rather utilitarian. The Wordpress blog is more 'public,' as it is picked up by a local family internet magazine called Hilltown Families. In fact, Katie has morphed into "Daisy" and other names are changed to protect the innocent.

Here, now, I am going to revive Earthly Sweetness with more focus, and more regularity (sounds like a digestive aid....) In order to motivate myself and organize my thoughts, I will have a schedule of 'what to expect':

Sunday: photo and/or quote

Monday: Back to school day! Celebrate with thoughts on exercise and health

Tuesday: My volunteer day, so no time for writing

Wednesday: Knitting, crafts, organizing the home

Thursday: Creative writing: poems, stories, ditties, etc.

Friday: Gardening, because after all, it's spring!! And/or food, glorious food.

Saturday: No time to write, day of rest.

In my revival of this blog I also do hereby pledge to hunt for readers, seek out comments and criticism, and thereby hone my writing skills. Are you in? I am!