Welcome to the reintroduction of titles to post. I realize part of the reason I stopped writing so long ago was that often I don't feel there is that much to say. The day to day details of my life, to say nothing of hour to hour, can't be any more interesting than anyone else's. Different maybe, but no more enthralling. What's going on in my life? Something similar to what's going on in yours. Why aren't you writing a novel about it? Same reason I'm not.
Although, there are things running in the background. This past summer my mom and sister went to what is effectively the international summer camp for the world's girl scout organizations. An irony: its run by a former boy scout from Denmark. If you don't know, most scout organizations in the world are co-ed. Turns out this guy is looking to introduce some male staff to the program, and is allegedly hoping to use them to introduce some more high-adventure style programming (taking treks out into the Alps and actually camping out there, instead of simple day hikes, etc). Mom came back convinced that this is something I should investigate (and if you know anything about my parent's take on my wandering state the past year or so, you know that's kind of a big deal). I must admit, being a camping bum in the Swiss Alps certainly has its appeal. Quite a bit, actually...(I mean, c'mon, SWITZERLAND!).
I mentioned it to Steven at work, a guy who has become one of my best friends in the past year. At first, the reaction was "Sounds great, but I can't..." I mentioned it to him again the other night. The reaction was quite different. "Man, we really do need to do that..." "I thought you couldn't?" "Yeah, but come on, how can we not? We're supposed to be able to just jump at something like that."
That is of course not exactly how the conversation went, but that was the gist. Its all still academic; my email looking for information has not yet been replied to. But I wonder what I would do if they said yes, that's what's going on, and you sound like just the type. When can you start? Would I jump at it? Would I find a way to keep running over there? Would I just give it up?
How many people even get opportunities like that? I'm running now because I took an opportunity few ever have. Now another is potentially on the horizon. Another fork in the road?
This is one of the back burner issues at the moment.
Oh look, I came up with something to say.
Since this is technically a running blog (yes, facebook readers, you are reading a feed from a blog posted elsewhere), I should mention I am still sidelined with the plantar fasciitis crap, but massage seems to be helping, at least my foot FEELS better day to day...I will try running again in a few days. Hopefully it will clear up, because I'm not sure what to do. And the weather is so friggin nice. Its (mild) torture not to be able to run. And I'm starting to miss races. (The mark of a true runner: racing is often one of the most physically uncomfortable tasks you can take up, and you despise it while doing it, but then you can't, and you miss it. Only runners have screws loose like this.)
So we'll see in a few days.
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