you snooze, you lose…

Published by Jana on March 19, 2009

I know I’ve been AWOL the last couple of weeks. Kaleo has been laid off - his company has been hit hard with the economic crisis as the sales in its SOHO gallery have greatly decreased over the last few months. Anyway, as we moved to Philly for this job, it’s come as a great blow for us - and we still have six months left on our lease… We’re both desperately looking for jobs and hope something will turn up as we really are enjoying Philly. As a result though, I’ve been walking around in a daze and I feel guilty if I spend any time on the computer not looking for jobs.

But the kids and I have been out a heap lately - it’s easier to be out and about then home with my thoughts!

And when I’m lucky, I get a little time out on my own… I’ve taken up running again over the last couple of months. I have proudly finished my President’s Challenge - it honestly got me out to exercise on several days when I would have rathered stayed in. So, I definitely found it worth it. But, I needed a new goal, so was excited when my friend, Kim, mentioned she was going to be running a half-marathon in April in Central Park in NYC. It was just what I was looking for - spring in the city and a race for women only - so I started training with her. But, it’s taken time for me to actually be ready to register for the race as our life is still a bit up in the air. Last weekend though, I finally arranged the logistics to make the race possible, so went to the website to register only to find it’s been sold out! As it was to be first race (besides a 5K in college 15 years ago), I had no idea that races sold out… So, now I’m on the search for a new challenge… and I need something quick as I’ve totally lost my motivation for exercising this week…