While today is the last day of January, the idea for this project actually came together last Sunday, January 27th, over lunch at Zingerman's with my good friend Rick. Over a grilled corned beef sandwich, I asked Rick what he thought of the idea of Paula (my now ex-fiancee) and I reevaluating our relationship in six month's time. In the meantime, we would live life apart. After taking a bite from his pastrami, he commented that he thought the idea was fine as long as I took the opportunity to live life. In other words, it was ok as long as I took the opportunity to do things I might not have done otherwise. A ha!
From this discussion an idea was born, and I was off. Originally, I planned to document my progress in the form of a novel. My therapist, Judy, was the one who suggested that I start a blog and share the experience with my friends, family, and whomever. This seemed fun and also a good way to get new ideas of things to do. It will be a challenge to find that many things to do!
Anyway, the first official day of my project was then Monday, January 28th. And on this day, the thing I did was sign up for a race, the Shamrock Shuffle. This race will take place on March 30 in Chicago. I will be running with Rick, who lives in Chicago. To be fair, I will probably running behind Rick as he is quite accomplished as a runner.
Well, we're off! I'm excited about the idea of running in my first race, and now need to figure out a reasonable way to train. It's been about five years since I did any running and I am way out of shape. It also is very cold as we all know, so I may bite the bullet and join a club. The good news is that it will likely keep me on the quitting smoking path, which I've managed to stay on since November. And perhaps training for this race will get me back into some kind of shape before I turn 40!
We'll see how this looks on the blog. I'm nervous! But really it wasn't so bad and I think this will be fun!
4 comments:
Way to go Tom! I am so glad to hear you quit smoking...I quit too, it's been one year now, and my lungs are so much happier! Good luck in your race.
Hi Tom,
We jumped right into your blog after the phone call. Nice start!
I also shown mom how she can read your blog and leave her comments.
Like Lauren said...way to go !
Love...NaNa
Hi Tom;
Glad to hear you quit smoking!
It is wonderful to have this communication available.
Have fun!
Love you.
Pikul.
hey tom. how's that quitting smoking thing going?? You think if you give up everything in life that provides you with any kind of personal gratification, whether it good or bad for your health, is necessarily a good thing or not? I am glad you gave up smoking, just don't let it drive you crazy or anything. I am under the philosophy that you die a happy man, even if your life is cut short long before it should be. Happiness is the key to life no matter what it may be that you have to do to acquire that happiness, as long as it doesn't hurt others. i am off to bed now.
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