What am I doing this for?

This American Life

My father owns a small 1953 Tripacer and when I am in that tiny little plane I feel safe. However when I fly commercial I tend to get a little nervous. Which would be fine if I fly once a year but sometimes I fly 3 times in a day. One way I deal with this is with my ipod and the podcast of a NPR show called This American Life.  Something about the stories. The calm coolness of Ira Glass voice whatever it is it gets me through a flight even the bumpy ones. I get lost in the story and the way they set it up you can close your eyes and see the story unfold. Showtime picked up This American Life and they now are on season two of a TV series and it does not disappoint. The episode above is a great sample. No worries if you get hooked you can download season one from itunes... After watching the main story above I had one of those full circle moments. It's the line at the end when Michael says "I really don't have time to waste on fear." 

Admitting that I have a problem.

It's time I admit that I have a problem. I've joked about it in the past but I need to seriously fess up. I am a chronic furniture mover. There I said it. It's true. I come from a long line of chronic furniture movers. I'm not going to out them but I have family members who have confessed to me that they have a problem. I can laugh it off most days. It's most often the bed. Then when home for more the 48 hours it becomes the whole house. Kitchen Fridge isn't even safe. It's even started to carry over to my road case. It's never in the right spot the best spot the I feel comfortable here spot. Which leads me to finding happiness... maybe I just secretly wanted to be an interior designer and ended up working production? or maybe I just really enjoy change. I've said many times I thrive on chaos so perhaps this just feeds that addiction. Whatever the case may be I see no harm in I look at it as a quirk. I feel better now I am going to put the house back together now. So, do you have any quirks you need to share? 

"I don't go all the way."

13.1 miles. I completed my first half marathon 2 hours 37 minutes. It's amazing what you can do if you set your mind to it. I think having my ipod nano helped. I remember Will Smith at the kick off, Rage Against the Machine at Mile 5, Fergie at Mile 8, and Indigo Girls as I crossed... At that point I was suppose to be doing my cool down walk but didn't quite keep the pace I thought. LOL. It was so much fun and to the person who at mile 12 said to me "you are doing awesome" thanks for that push that seriously helped. Liv and I waited in line for after-the-run snacks and some camera lady shoved a camera in our faces and asked what hurt we both smiled and said we felt great. She pulled the camera away and said we were lying. Lady we both woke up at 5am and just ran 13.1 miles... You really don't want us to go all www smack down on you do you? sighs... anyway.. that day was spent refueling and just relaxing... not so much sore until the very next day when you try to walk down stairs ouch ouch and ouch... but the line of the day was when Olivia said if someone was chasing her right now she wouldn't even be able to run away. it was funny. it was sad but most of all it was true.