[Today’s run: Watson Road – 3.4 miles. Friday, 2 miles in Laurel, MS]
Sorry I’ve been delinquent about the blog recently.
On Friday I took the day off and we drove about 2 hours south of here to Laurel, MS where my wife was scheduled to run a 50K race on Saturday. We checked out how to get into the National Forest for the 6 AM starting time, then we found some food and got ourselves set up in the hotel. We went to bed about 7:30. We jumped up at 2 AM, got some breakfast at Waffle House and then loafed around at the motel until close to 5 AM before heading out to the race.
Her race went very well. She finished the 50K (31+ miles) in just over seven hours. She had a great race. There were some other folks at the event from our running club in Starkville and some of her friends from on-line.
After the race we drove back home and have been having a mostly-quiet weekend since. We did make it to church this morning and a quick run to Wal-Mart for a handful of items.
Tomorrow morning I am off to the Alabama Broadcaster’s Association in Birmingham again for a 2 day advanced radio engineering course. I hope to pass a certification test at the end of the class.
And then I have a couple of auction-purchase items to pick up in Anniston, AL, about an hour on the other side of Birmingham, either late Tuesday or early on Wednesday.
On Thursday I have a phone interview with a candidate for a co-worker position at the office.
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On another front, some events toward the end of last week before we took our trip reminded me how very much I want our two children to be a “success” in the world. That doesn’t mean rich and famous. What I really want is for them to enjoy the blessings that I have enjoyed. They don’t see that, of course. Anytime I talk about the good things that have happened to me, to them it sounds like I’m bragging or something, I guess. I’m not sure exactly. All I know is that doesn’t seem to be much help. I think maybe it comes across like I’m expecting them to replicate my life, and that’s not what I’m talking about or want.
I just want them to be thankful. Not thankful to me, particularly, but just thankful, for life, food, clothes, friends, material possessions, whatever. That is not to say that I want them to be thankful because I said so. I want them to realize the joy of life and then be thankful. Not they they should internally produce thankfulness.. I want them to experience thankfulness. God is good to them and I want them to see that. But they won’t if either a) they don’t see God or b) they don’t see good. (And I know some of both cases)
I want them to have a good life, like I have.
So we pray for them a lot and try to be helpful when they ask for help and otherwise settle in for a long and very suspenseful observation.