Freedom 35???

It's probably the stress talking, but I had a fantasy that I quit work today. Just turned on my heel and walked out. My kids miss out on so much because I work. My mom misses out on so much. If I cacked tomorrow, would anyone at work even miss me? No. But my family would.

I got into a bit of hot water today because I have to take my mom to the clinic tomorrow for some gum work. Ewww. They said it would be about 2.5 to 3 hours. Because she's not insured, she gets her work done at the dental school. Hey, they all gotta learn somewhere, and she saves about 30%. She's already postponed her appointment twice, and the school shuts down in mid-April...it was now or never. Next time I'll get the Husband to take care of it for me - hey, it's his children's childcare provider, right?

I missed out on my run yesterday because I didn't get home until 10 PM. I ran 6.2 miles today. It felt good.

I'm not so discouraged about being a slow runner. First, I've haven't been running all that long - 7 months (okay, I did have a 2.5 month hiatus). Second, my colleague NB tells me that when he started running 3 years ago, he ran at 5.5 miles per hour. Now he's close to 8 miles per hour. So there's hope for me!

I've been working bit-by-bit on a layout. It's the first time ever that I've used a whole piece of patterned paper as the background. I used to think it was so tacky a la CM style (they call it wallpapering) but the patterned paper isn't that bold or boring. I'm doing JulieD's This or That Challenge over at Love is in the Details :-) But not tonight, I'm mentally done for tonight :-(