Am just about to hit the ground for my lunch time run. Its official now i have began training for the marathon.
My plan is to do the 21 km race in about 2 hours, i must say this looks quite ambitious for one who is not keen when it comes to running but nevertheless i have been exercising, swimming has been my kind of thing! But now i have a dream and in front of that dream is an obstacle that i must overcome.
Whats my game plan? at least try and run 3 times a week and constantly increase the mileage as the days go by. Ohh yes and of course eat a lot since i don't wish to loose an ounce of my hard earned kilos.
Time frame about 3 months!
Stick around and i will tell you the results come October and just for the records i don't plan to be one of those who will be waited for hours on end to reach the finish line!
......2 hours later - if that was anything to go by, the kiddies race would be ideal :). Ave got work to do
7/15/2009
The Silver Has Been Polished!
Its been a month now since turning the big, let me hold it there the big O is still on its way (not that O i mean 30).
So after celebrating what I think was one of the best birthdays, it was time to do a checklist / inventory of me specifically health wise. One of my greatest fears is going to hospitals and a greater one is the site of needles and the other apparatus that one come’s face to face with and as such i have been a titan of procrastinating where that is concerned.
After much persuasion and pleading by my friend I made my debut visit to the dentist to get a filling on a cavity that has been developing since I was about 19! I think I gave the doctor such a hard time when I showed her one of my last tooth that never fully grew she wasn’t keen on giving a second appointed.
Second stop was the vct, it had been about two and half years since my last visit and don’t we know how harrowing that experience can be. The counseling session went on for longer than usual and am sitting opposite him wondering can he see through me, do I look suspicious or something am I giving ‘leading’ answers? Another funny thing this particular room was pretty small and I could see the control kits and how the blood was flowing. At one point I saw one line and smiled in my heart at another I saw two lines and wished that I had something to numb all my nerves. After an agonizing 45 minutes by which I had made such a list of dos and don’t s I couldn’t ask for a better miracle from the Lord than ‘YOU’RE RESULTS ARE NEGATIVE’.
Third stop was another debut visit. Much as there is lots of publicity about this type of test at times it really has to take a deep personal initiative and decision to do something. I went and did a pap smear test, had heard so much stories about the procedure and when I actually did I was like is this all? save for the drop the pants part which felt wierd, why all the fear! Am thankful to God again for some terrific results.
In as much as a blood test still awaits me coz of the fear of having blood been drawn from me!
I must acknowledge it’s been a somewhat challenging couple of weeks, but there isn’t a better way that I would have loved to mark the beginning of a new era in my life than by getting a really personal and intimate look at myself and my lifestyle. Now with all the knowledge and facts am at a better place when it comes to making some decisions of my life, the stakes are definitely higher. The silver has indeed been polished!.
So after celebrating what I think was one of the best birthdays, it was time to do a checklist / inventory of me specifically health wise. One of my greatest fears is going to hospitals and a greater one is the site of needles and the other apparatus that one come’s face to face with and as such i have been a titan of procrastinating where that is concerned.
After much persuasion and pleading by my friend I made my debut visit to the dentist to get a filling on a cavity that has been developing since I was about 19! I think I gave the doctor such a hard time when I showed her one of my last tooth that never fully grew she wasn’t keen on giving a second appointed.
Second stop was the vct, it had been about two and half years since my last visit and don’t we know how harrowing that experience can be. The counseling session went on for longer than usual and am sitting opposite him wondering can he see through me, do I look suspicious or something am I giving ‘leading’ answers? Another funny thing this particular room was pretty small and I could see the control kits and how the blood was flowing. At one point I saw one line and smiled in my heart at another I saw two lines and wished that I had something to numb all my nerves. After an agonizing 45 minutes by which I had made such a list of dos and don’t s I couldn’t ask for a better miracle from the Lord than ‘YOU’RE RESULTS ARE NEGATIVE’.
Third stop was another debut visit. Much as there is lots of publicity about this type of test at times it really has to take a deep personal initiative and decision to do something. I went and did a pap smear test, had heard so much stories about the procedure and when I actually did I was like is this all? save for the drop the pants part which felt wierd, why all the fear! Am thankful to God again for some terrific results.
In as much as a blood test still awaits me coz of the fear of having blood been drawn from me!
I must acknowledge it’s been a somewhat challenging couple of weeks, but there isn’t a better way that I would have loved to mark the beginning of a new era in my life than by getting a really personal and intimate look at myself and my lifestyle. Now with all the knowledge and facts am at a better place when it comes to making some decisions of my life, the stakes are definitely higher. The silver has indeed been polished!.
7/01/2009
Of writing from the heart
It's a Happy 1st Anniversary to thymoments.blogspot.com! and this comes with a some great lessons to me.
Since I started writing this blog. I have published articles only to delete them immediately after, or even after weeks or months of publication.
I have discovered that there is a great risk involved in writing things straight from the heart, driven by emotions and situations (particularly negative emotions and feelings) and having no one to edit them. Sometime what you write tends to rub some people you never intended to the wrong way, or it may just happen to be a misplaced written down thought. My initial strategy was to have an offline blog where I could pour it out as raw as it came, which seemed to work for a while but what happens when someone accidentally comes across such articles. Not to mention that there are things I have written and when I read them am like ehhh...... As for the online articles that I go back and delete that will only work for new readers but I know people who save and read the articles at their own time and so what I have deleted is actually not deleted in their records.
The greatest lesson I have learnt from this is not to write when am angry or when am full of lethal negative energy. In the past it used to be my way of letting it out which for a while seemed to work very well but I think am better off screaming it out in the field or apply some other outlet mechanism. Same case applies to replying sms when angered or emails because the danger in writing is that it leaves a permanent mark on the other end which you cannot erase.
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