Archive for June, 2012

Here I am Again

June 28, 2012 · Filed under Just... Life, Outdoorsy!

Once you fall out of the habit of doing something, it’s incredibly hard to get back into it.  And, seriously, I took a loooooong break from this blogging business.

I mean to blog, but somehow it just doesn’t happen.  And then I just keep writing blogs about how I mean to blog.

And who the hell wants to read that!?

So… new topic…

Outdoor activities!  New Obsession!

If you have been around here at all, I am sure you know I get obsessed with stuff.

Now that Derby is officially done and I am “just a fan”, I have room in my life to head back out in the woods.

I have also recently discovered the ABSOLUTE JOY of flatwater kayaking.  OMGAWESOME!

LOVE LOVE LOVE!

Bonus – it appears to be something the SB will be willing to go along with sometimes. So there’s that whole “marital togetherness” thing as well.

We got passes this year to the US National White Water Center so I can pretty much go grab a kayak any time I want and head out on the river.  This place is awesome and about 5 mins from my house.

But of course – as with all things I find I like – I WANT MORE MORE MORE!

I don’t want to only be able to go on the river by my house!  I want to get out!  Lakes!  Rivers!  So much flat water, so little time!

And so, as I have learned, I need to rein myself in a little or I will definitely get all crazy with this.

Rules:

  1. I am absolutely not allowed to consider buying my own kayak until I have spent the WHOLE SUMMER paddling at the USNWC.
  2. I am NOT ALLOWED TO BUY A NEW CAR THIS YEAR!  (because, obviously, one cannot buy kayaks without a vehicle that can carry them.
  3. START SMALL! No jumping into thinking about crazy trips or anything.  One step at a time, girly!

So there’s that.

I made the rules, I gotta keep them.

In the mean time, with all this time I have that is no longer taken up with derby, I am getting back to the woods.  Hiking. Loving it.  Even considering an overnight!  Just one, though!  See rule 3 above :)

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Oh Stage Deli, is there nothing you cannot make better?

June 18, 2012 · Filed under Fooooooooooood!

So tonight I had intended to have oatmeal for dinner. But I opened the fridge and saw one of the bottles of Stage Deli mustard that I bought while in NYC.

I had a sudden attack of MUST HAVE DELICIOUS MUSTARD!!!

So dinner tonight was sautéed haddock with mushrooms and onions in a sauce of equal parts mustard and Greek yogurt. Served with brown rice and veggies.

Oh the yum!!!

I could get used to this “stop working when you leave work” :)

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The Road to Hell is Paved With Unbought Stuffed Dogs

June 14, 2012 · Filed under Just... Life, Navel Gazing

One of my favorite quotes.

Intentions… I have many of them. I would like very much to keep up with this intention to blog again.

So much other stuff had crowded out the ability to keep up with this simple pleasure.

It’s not that I consider myself a particularly riveting blogger. I’ve never had a hook to my blog … Always been kind of here and there. Never had a huge audience, although back a few years ago when blogging was wildly popular, I might have had 20 regular readers. Many of those folks stopped blogging themselves as well.

So why keep coming back? Why keep on baring the minutiae to the interwebz?

There’s just something, I suppose. Some need for attention, for strangers to come along and say… Yeah… Me too!

So I will keep my intentions and try to keep coming back… Maybe I will even end up buying the stuffed dog.

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Withdrawal’s a Bitch

June 3, 2012 · Filed under Just... Life, Navel Gazing

But I made it MY bitch.

OK… So yeah, that’s a bit over the top, but I am through it and feeling better.

The cold turkey method of quitting Derby is painful, as evidenced by my previous posts… But now that it’s done, I can see that it was definitely the way to go.

The first couple of weeks were bad… But as I have talked with other retirees (quitters), I think it’s a pretty typical span of misery. Now that it’s been 4? 5? Weeks… I am fully recovered and able to see that my life is freer and belongs to me more now that I have shaken that derby addiction.

Make no mistake… Talk to any derby girl… It IS like an addiction. It becomes who you are… Sucks up all your time… And keeps you from pretty much all other obligations.

Of course, you are totally willing to put up with that because it’s super fun and makes you feel like queen of the world when it’s going well.

Hmmm… I’ve never done heroin… But the similarities seem uncanny :)

Anywho…

The thing I really needed was some perspective, which I got in the form of a business trip to NYC. Being alone is good for me sometimes. I need that kind of thing to step outside myself and see what the heck my brain is doing to me.

In this case, I was like… Hey brain… You are being an idiot!

Or maybe I was just all hopped up on corned beef.

Either way, I came back from NYC in a much better head space.

I am having a great time trail running and paddle boarding.

Hoping to get more hiking in this summer.

I had forgotten how much I like being in the woods.

Now if I can just have things at work calm down, my life might belong only to me again!

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