Random Musings

Recycled Resolution list…

Erika — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:41:20 +0000

Recently i was asked what my 2012 New Years Resolutions were, to which i didn’t have a ready answer. i had been thinking off and on about the question but not seriously until i was asked, which immediately reminded me of my list from last year. some i completed but most of them i did not. so i decided i would work on finishing the same list:

Learn how to swim- basically take a swimming class in the summer. i keep dragging my feet on this because it’s my one major fear.
Join a Co-Op- i primarily want to support local businesses and be involved in the community. i loved the Honest Weight Food Co-Op i just haven’t made time or money for it.
Take my vitamins daily- im so infrequent with this… but im buckling down and bought a butt-load of chewable vitamin C and Gummy Vitamins… i will make this fun!
Every time i buy a new article of clothing i give an old one away- whether it’s shoes or sweater…. if one comes in another goes out.
Volunteer at the Albany City Rescue Mission- i’ve been talking about this for years.
Join a running team- well im a member of two but i’ve never actually run with them. So i guess the resolution is to actually run with a legit team.
Organize my garage- im overwhelmed by clutter. so the minute i look at my garage i think of about 500, 000 other things i have to do…
Get through the Bible in one year- im still on day 62 from last year. yeah….
Stick to a budget- i tweaked this a lot last year and always feel like theres an exception…. this year exceptions not allowed.
Finish all the books i started last year-um, this is a very long list but i think i can, i think i can…
Live every day like it’s my best and last- i’m mostly good at this already but i have my moments where life isn’t fun and im lazy… and Mike mostly sees them.
Qualify for the Boston Marathon- i missed this by half an hour last year. i can definitely do a better job with my training and eating habits.

an education middle schoolers style

Erika — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:04:41 +0000

Snuff means to punch out and snot box is the face.
pop tarts is an acceptable breakfast.
coins can be turned into rings.
it’s ok to skip skool because you stayed up all night to play video games.
life is all about me.
the bathroom is the PLACE to text.
all major conversations happen w/in 3mins, through a friend and by the water fountain.
everyone knows everything within five minutes of it happening and every one’s story is different.
slippers are the new crocs.
i dont know or care is a proper answer on a test.
ripped everything is the way to go.
screaming i love you down the hallway is a normal way to communicate.
less is only best w/clothing.
there is no such thing as inappropriate touching.
taping your peers face and ripping the tape off is an acceptable form of entertainment.
burping in public is ok: the louder the better.
everyone is looking at me and talking about me. drama. drama. drama.

Musical Similarities

Erika — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:36:44 +0000

so a friend posted the first song below to Facebook after seeing the artist in concert Sunday, which reminded me of another song by a different artist that i happened to see with the same friend about two years ago, second song below… love both songs, musicians, videos as well as the happy memories

mystified.

Erika — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:11:26 +0000

the look in your eyes leave me mystify
uncertain of how to react to the tone you now set with wordless actions.
a response is quietly being demanded.
silently i ask why must a decision be made
when circumstances are better
left naturally unraveling?
sometimes we cant control what happens
or maybe sometimes we’d rather be out of control so then no responsibility can be accepted or applied…

running away

Erika — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:29:32 +0000

sometimes the heart breaks
at the decisions made
although the last thing desired
is to hurt loved ones
but often choices made separate
resulting in the unwishable…
unpreventable fears that are easy
to stray to every time.
hurt is such a tired companion.
a new one is needed
but how does one say bye
changing from a lifelong comfort
even if it is an unfortunate nemesis…

Never

Erika — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:08:25 +0000

Maybe i still think of you. sometimes. but only sometimes when i miss you. not often. only when im thinking of you. like: when i hear an ABBA or Johnny Cash song.wear your old Cowboy boots. remember you giving me away. drive by the house you built. when i think how you will never see my kids. On July 29th or September 1st…
think about the person i am today. when i need advice. or when i explain to kids the dangers of smoking. when my heart hurts cause something is missing. like i said. never….

A day on the job…

Erika — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:27:44 +0000

cake. eat cake. cake eating.

Erika — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:09:11 +0000

ok if you are a runner you might understand the above title… or if you are a mom which i am only one of the before listed and ill let you guess which one… um, and mother is not the right answer. just saying… anyway i’ve read articles lately on running mantra’s. just about every runner has one. most are lofty goals or encouraging wordy wonderful thoughts that i wish i could copy. but instead mine are mostly incomplete thoughts because that’s all my brain is registering about the time i come up with a mantra… honestly it does help me stay focus even it’s a few silly words strung together. which it usually is… the title started out as: just as easy as eating cake. went to i like eating cake. life is cake. eating cake. eat cake. cake cake cake…. another sucha one was: i like to run sam i am yes i do. i will not walk. i like to run. running i like. run run run. do you see a pattern????

it’s been a while…

Erika — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:32:18 +0000

“since ive first saw you…since i could call you…” ok not really sure why i felt a Staind song was appropriate to quote for this posting, i think it’s just the title unless there is something subliminally going on… hmmm, i haven’t even listened to them in a while… anyway back to the post at hand… so… that it has been, a while, since ive posted last… yes, life has been a lil crazy but that shouldn’t keep me from blogging. two ways i process are by running and writing… the former ive been doing to such excessive amounts i think i might have my first running injury although im in denial because i have a marathon ive been training all year for just over a month away…. i guess my writing has been more private of late but i feel a change coming on. yup. so beware or aware because i mentioned it. here is the Staind video (plz dont tell my students i started a sentence with because…):

Busy me silly ;)

Erika — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:21:08 +0000

for a girl that’s not working full-time during the summer im a lil crazed. how is that possible you ask? good question. at the end of the school year i planned on working summer school along with a part-time job at my chiro’s office (im loving working with some old friends and new ones as well). as summer school approached i opted to sub instead of full-time work, because frankly it collided with my NJ vacations plans that i was unwilling to give up. So i must be subbing a lot huh? nope. not even once. working lots at the chiro? not really, a few hours on Wed/Saturdays and maybe a couple other fill-in-hours a week…. what’s got me so crazed then? lots of running. not just in races but kinda all over. i dont even know where to start….

Ive been spending lots of time in Clifton Park running along some of my favorite childhood places but also driving to places like Philadelphia Pennsylvania for the Philly physical police exam. i will be heading back there in the next week for more test but before then i will be heaing to RI to hang with an old roommate and good friend as well as run in the RI Rock n Roll Half on Sunday August 7th. Oh and i think there’s a concert squeezed in there @ SPAC…Maroon 5/Train anyone? A few weeks ago Mike and i headed out to Utica to hang with some friends and for me to run the Boilermaker. Mike and I started off the summer with a trip to Annapolis and experienced the Fourth of July @ the Capital for the first time! I also had an opportunity to do wedding photography ride-alongs with an amazing photographer! Then Atlantic/Ocean City NJ for a week long vacation with some fab friends to come back home to run in the Indian Ladder 15k trail run. what a great adventurous summer so far… i’m really enjoying all the running around (just need to find a lil more reading/blogging/hanging w/friends time) that i kinda sorta dont want it to end too soon (although part of me misses school a lil… shhh)!