hello strangers! it’s been a long long time since i’ve blogged. feeling pretty sad about that, but today i arrive with a pretty cool update.

for some months, i’ve been collecting sponsors and pledges for AIDS walk wisconsin. the event happened on october 11, 2009 and it was a culmination not only of pledges for charity but for me, a personal goal of running my first 5k. with the exception of a few sparse places where i was forced to walk through the crowds of people (there were 4500 registered walkers!) i accomplished my goal and ran the entire 3.2 miles!

this was a huge thing for me. i had a big night beforehand with a Rob Thomas concert (thanks to my sister in law! woot!) and stayed up far later than i should have. i almost threw in the towel the next morning on several occasions, but thanks to support of my husband who wouldn’t let me talk my way out of it, i did it! the feeling of accomplishement was awesome and just the boost i needed to get back into the swing of my training. next year, i’m going for a 8k…and from there? the sky is the limit!

i’m going crazy. i’ve got a serious case of mom-overload. i know i’m not alone feeling like your kids (no matter if you have one or a ten) are absolutely pushing every button you have on purpose, and you just feel like packing your bags and hitting the road.

today is that day for me. it’s a beautiful sunny day here in wisconsin and i feel like i should be doing something outside. maybe groom the “wishful thinking garden”, or take a walk or maybe even load up the kids and enjoy a brisk day at the park. heck, if nothing else walk around my little town and peruse all of the rummage sales going on.

but what i really want to do is crawl down to the studio and WORK….yes, i have actual orders to be done and packed and shipped. and i still want to do that more than i want to hang out with the kids. does that make me a bad mom? or simply normal? all i know is i need to put the ear plugs in and pretend the world doesn’t exist, if only for a few hours. (or if i’m totally lucky and can be selfish, maybe the rest of the day?)

calgon….