March Goal Check!

It’s March! Time for a goal check.

I’m still ahead on my biking mileage goal and behind on running but I’m closing the gap on running. I should be at about 18% toward the end of the first week of March (any math enthusiasts who would delight in providing a precise number please feel free). I’m only at 13%, but I’m also comfortably running more miles at a time which will make it easier to catch up as spring weather approaches.

This morning I ran 6.2 miles, most of it with a new friend I met through the sustainability circuit in Wellesley which was amazing. I forget sometimes how nice it is to have a conversation during a run. While I love the convenience of running any time and any pace when I run solo, the miles go much quicker when you’re talking to someone.

Seen on our run! Boo climate change, yay flowers? Can we still like seeing the flowers?

I needed this run, and the sunshine and conversation. I’m a big Warren supporter and seeing someone as exceptional as she is being overlooked in this primary was very hard for me.

After realizing that I was struggling emotionally more than I thought I would, I went all in and tried to release the pent up sadness and despair in the most dramatic possible way last night. I lit a candle (organic soy based lavender that I had to buy for the occasion), poured myself a big glass of wine, and watched Kate McKinnon dressed as Hillary Clinton singing Hallelujah on repeat while I let the tears stream down my face because once again America has betrayed me by not electing the candidate I consider to be the most qualified to help the most people.

Yes. That happened. I will not apologize for it.

I even took a picture of my personal pity party so I could share it on the internet later.
There’s just so much to unpack here.

Greg told me last night that I have a big heart and I want what’s best for the world so badly that it makes me suffer and get depressed during election seasons. He’s not wrong.

But as Kate McKinnon playing HRC says “I’m not giving up, and neither should you.”

That said, sometimes it’s time to close the browser tabs, blow out the candle, switch the wine for water, and go for a run in the sunshine rather than agonizing over what people’s voting decisions will mean for family separations at the border and EPA rollbacks and people in jail for medical debt.

Do what you can, yes, but when you’re not doing what you can do, don’t worry and agonize over what you can’t. Focus on your sphere of influence.

And now for happier news – my kiddo made homemade bagels! He used the recipe from Vegan Brunch by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and they were DELICIOUS and more importantly so fun and satisfying and exciting to make.

Happy Spring!

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