ok, so danville has this festival every year.....on the site where the state's first constitution was written/signed/whatever........and there is a 5k race on sunday evening to top off the event......this may be the first year that i did not participate...out of 20 that is not bad.........but i am nopw ashamed that i walked when pregnant yet became lazy on this particular year.....anyway........my spouse was the race director this year.....and i could have found it in my heart to be supportive......but i went to the event as a chaperone of a 11-year old daughter who was running..........and that made more sense this time around........she finished.......and looked good at the end.......the middle child placed third overall......with a sub 18-minute time...........i had a great time socializing...........mostly with the parents of the l.o...............who i do not see often enough.....and with a friend who recently had a baby after successfully adopting 2 infants...........she is now talking of adopting a 4th child........she calls her newest baby 'the surprise'........she and her spouse spent countless dollars on treatments....only to conceive after they stopped trying so hard.....and who wouldn't stop trying so hard with 2 babies under the age of 3.....and now they have 3 under the age of 4.............oh my...............ironically my friend has hair far greyer than mine.......i will catch up soon, what with the 11 year old trying to continue her illicit relationship with the 13 year old...............but back to the l.o.'s parents.......................they reminded me...as i spoke to them......what is missing from my new career twist.......interesting people to talk to..........i no longer have my friend gail...........and thus far i have come across nobody in any place that i may spend work time that i can have interesting conversation........about books, liberal causes, travel,.........i have found people who want to talk baseball...................but only that one person....................and he is a cubs fan.................ah well................i know it is quite late in my life to regret the path i have chosen, but i could have enjoyed a life of academia..................i only get to savor such possibilities when i meet up with those academics who(?m) i enjoy and admire..............maybe in my next life i will teach english......the mm version...where we only read my favorite authors....colette, jane austen, virginia woolf,..........and maybe a little hemingway, fitzgerald, ..............heavy sigh....................i will get over my guilt for not walking 3 miles this evening....................
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