November 1, 2024

What’s happening…2 months left in 2024, wow…

My goal of 3 workouts per week has been going ok still. I missed my bike commute this week as I wasn’t feeling all that great that morning, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise b/c when I got home my front bike tire was flat again (it was also flat Tuesday night when I checked, but I filled it). So I ordered new tubes to be replaced hopefully today.

The Dolphins finished 2nd in possibly the last SCCYSA season we will play. We won all our games, except against the first place team. Indoor starts tomorrow, which will get us through winter, then on to high school tryouts in late February.

St Charles FC also finished 2nd in SLYSA Division 1, S scored her first goal for the team in the last game, which tied it up 1-1 and they ultimately won 2-1. It was a good moment for her after missing the previous 2 games with a weird illness.

Francis Howell North varsity soccer is playing better. A moved up to forward and had a bunch of goals in the last few games, which helped. He really enjoyed contributing to the scoring, as he probably hasn’t scored a goal in soccer since maybe 2nd or 3rd grade. Their regular season record was 6-10, districts coming up tomorrow.

Otherwise, I have been stressing about the upcoming election. Obviously there is a lot at stake. Some good articles I’ve read on it lately include:

Heather Cox Richardson’s daily newsletter warning about how Trump’s speeches lately have echoed the warnings the War Department issued back during WWII about Fascism. Yikes.

This classic from 2017 about political disagreements, when the core issue is one side just doesn’t want to live in a society that cares about their fellow humans.

Finally, I have this reminder each month to ask myself Am I still on track?. Lately I’m not even sure what that means. I kinda just feel like I’m going through the motions, every day is the same (like the Nine Inch Nails song).

I keep telling myself I need to prioritize exercise, eating better, doing a personal retreat to get away and think for a day or so, etc but then life happens and where did the time go? I turn 50 in a few months, and am all too aware that time is flying by. I did start a “I’d be thrilled” list but never seemed to make that much progress on it. Maybe it’s time to revamp and make sure it’s part of my weekly review.