Sassy Massie La La La

SO!!!  On Sunday, 1/15 I ran my 1/2 marathon in Arizona!!!  The weather was fantastic and the run was looooong, BUT, I finished and I wasn’t last!  Although not a full marathon, it felt ginormously super to complete my goal, especially considering that not all too long ago running was far from being an exercise option for me.

I had 3 other travel companions.  2 ran the full marathon and the 3rd was a representative of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.  The girl who was the rep was a PARTY ANIMAL!!!  Come the evening after the run she was doing shots and dancing on the bar!!  Myself, being the fuddy-duddy that I’ve become, was exhausted and had a charming evening with myself, some room service and re-runs of Law & Order. 

I did have the pleasure of getting to see my parents & their puppy dogs who came over from Nevada to watch me sweat.  Mike’s Godfather & his friend also came to cheer me on.  Ultimately it was a super time!

I’m still running, just not 13.1 miles!  I’m busy making wedding plans and dipping my toes into local politics… WHAT CAN I BE THINKING??!!  You’re reading the words written by one of the newest members of the Democratic Town Committee.  I figure knowledge is power, so I’ll check the scene out and if it starts to turn sour I’ll be more than happy to back out. 

Life… life… LIFE!!!  I love ya, Love Ya, LOVE YA!!!!

WICKED CRAZY…..

Oh!!!  And… did the entire length of the 1/2 marathon this weekend… 13.1 mi !!!! 

Phew!

Happy Jenny-Massie-Day YO!!!!

*SIGH*

Only fellow Mariposans can appreciate my holiday melancholy this year.  Now that my parents have moved to Nevada my holiday ritual has been thrown off.  No more Christmas Eves at The Miners Inn with Eva, Scottie Rose, Zak & Porsha & any other hapless local-yocals that happen to be around.  No more buying a drink for Walt, our local homeless character who, even after years of being away from Mariposa and moving to the East Coast, still remembered me and went out of his way to say hello and inquire as to how I was doing.  No more shooting pool or being bugged by Randy at the 49er Sports Bar for not putting quarters in the shuffle board game.  No more seeing Ron & Carl at the Pizza Factory … oh, the Pizza Factory (I’ve been all over the US and still haven’t found a better pizza! 

No Christmas Holiday ice skating in Yosemite… no New Years Eve celebration at the Bug Hostel.  Change is always a sure thing, and one just needs to roll with it… but that doesn’t mean that my head and my heart aren’t aching just a bit.  So… toodleloo Christmas in Mariposa… Sometimes you wanna go somewhere for Christmas where, between speaking to his imaginary friends, Walt somehow knows your name and your old high school boss still calls you by the nickname he gave you when you were 16.

Time to create new traditions…

Happy Holidays all!  And a very happy new year!!!!

I’ve gotten to that age where I realize I just can’t bounce back like I used to.  I’ve gotten to that age where going to bed at 9/10pm is not only okay, but encouraged.  I’ve gotten to that age when teenagers are listening to "retro" music that I listened to in high school.  That age where I find myself saying those older person catch phrases… "Life’s not fair, Liz"… "Enjoy being young, Liz, because it goes by so fast"… "I can’t play right now, I have ‘adult’ things to do, LIZ!"  : )  Liz is my favorite young person.  She lives next door and the practical joke war that is constantly going on between her and Mike & I keeps me young. 

Yesterday was election day, and Mike’s dad won!!!!  Why anyone would want to go into politics is beyond me, but he won, as did the others we were voting for so we’re all very happy.  He has been re-elected as the First Selectman of Old Saybrook.  For those of you from Cali, that’s the equivalent, of say, mayor.  He’s a Republican, but I love him anyway. ; )

It’s dark & rainy outside and it’s time to go to the YMCA to run a few more miles and then go home and be domestic.

Later yo!

I’m sitting here… alone… at work… it’s unusual that things are so quiet.  I just spoke w/ Jenny in NYC.  She finally got the squatter out of her apt … let me just say this - I miss my friends in the city, but I do NOT miss living in the city.  I go there for a weekend and leave completely exhausted and wondering how I ever survived 3 years there. 

I’m running a 1/2 marathon!!!  I’ve been training since mid-Sept & I’m up to 8 miles now!  I’m blowing my own friggin mind!!!  Slow but steady will get me to the end of the race.  I’ve never run so far in my entire life and it’s especially gratifying since that little bought with paralysis a couple of years ago. 

My friend Courtney includes things that she’s grateful for in her blog… I enjoy the positive digression and following her lead I will do the same:

Today I am grateful for…

Colorful leaves, the smell of woodfires burning, being in love with a rock star!, Cosmos Spike & Eli, good friends, little girls with big ideas, independence, having a job I don’t detest, HAVING THE CAJONES TO RUN 8 MILES!!!

HAPPY JENNY MASSIE DAY EVERYONE!!!!