Here is what is going on....

Well, I finished the marathon. I am quite confident that EVERYONE knows this by now. I am still a little sore on the right leg but I am not worried about it any longer. It is just annoying. I think I just need to be good to it and it will heal. It must be another muscle issue.

I set a second goal and have already completed it. I want to read a book and finish it. I had started Angela's Ashes and DaVinci Code but never got around to finish either. And to be honest, I am not pulled into it to really want to start those again and finish. So, I heard from a couple of my close on line friends that the book Twilight by Stephanie Meyer was really good. I like the thought of vampires so this intrigued me. I had never read any of Anne Rice's books and have no recollection of ever reading a book on vampires before. So, since this was a well received book by many I decided to head to the library and check it out. Well, the waiting list for this book would have me waiting for it until January! So, I bought it online from Amazon and received it in two days. I read it in 2.5 days. I started it Friday night and finished it Sunday afternoon. I was not a book worm and was able to live my life and was able to give my family attention on Saturday. But this book kept my attention and was such an easy and enjoyable read I breezed through it.

I find myself thinking about the characters as if they were real and wonder what they were doing now. It is so silly. But I really enjoyed this book and would suggest it to others. I have even bought the other three that are after this one. I just have to wait for Amazon to mail them to me. I will never ship anything with them under the "Super Saver Free Shipping" again. I purchased the books on October 19th Sunday and was given a shipping date of October 24. Because I was so darn excited to get the books I though the shipping date was the delivery date. Boy was I ticked off when I realized the opposite. In fact, the delivery date was scheduled for November 3rd!!!! I couldn't wait that long. However, I just received a confirmation that they were mailed out today and I should be getting them next Monday. That is much better. And I can't stress to you all enough that I loved this book so much I am going through Edward and Bella withdrawal! So the sooner the better.

I have been pretty down in the dumps lately. I think it has to do with the euphoria of the race and training and now there is nothing. So I really need to pick another goal to contend with. I think I function better knowing that I "must" do stuff for my own good. So, besides reading the next three books in the Twilight series, I need to come up with something good. Nothing too far out there, as if running a marathon wasn't "out there". I am thinking of learning German. I would love to be able to learn another language but I need to be able to utilize it after I learn it. I need to be able to test it successfully to be sure that I have indeed achieved my goal. So, I am not sure if that is something I can really put in as a goal. So, I am on the fence right now.

And finally, I am going to start working out again. I know that my mood has slipped and this has happened before when I stop exercising. I feel so much better about myself when I work out. So, who knows.... I may just run another marathon in my life time. I am sure my Uncle Clark would be laughing right now. He told me from the beginning that once you run ONE marathon, you are hooked and will run another one. I told him he was nuts. I told all of you that running a marathon is nuts....Sooooo..... why on Earth would I consider it again? Because I KNOW I can do it and I want to do better. I want to run it without an injury. I want to run it with the heat factor. I want to run more of it and walk less of it. :) So, as of today, I WILL run a half marathon somewhere and maybe next year I will run the Chicago Marathon again. We have to keep an eye on what is going on in 8 months from now and decide if it is feasible. Well, technically we will have to decide in 3 months since that is when they open up registration. YIKES! I better get to the gym!