Happy Friday! Are you landing once again at the cusp of a hard earned weekend, equal parts exhausted and exhilarated? We sure are. What a week it has been at the W and in the worlds surrounding us. Whew!
Today I have some cravings that just won’t be shaken. So I’m gonna stir them, Friday 5 style:
- Running: Marathon tapering is in full effect and I feel restless to the max. I am up to date on all my training miles and actually grabbed my last 8 mile run on Wednesday, anticipating nasty weather this weekend, but other local runners are still looking forward to ten miles on Saturday. So now what? I feel weird. Really super duper weird. Like, am I off schedule now? Will my energy be weird until the race in 9 days? So, because at this point in my life running is the answer to every problem, I snuck outside in the soft rain for three easy miles on hills then wrapped it up with 20 minutes on the elliptical. Feeling good. Excited. But still craving a few long, stretched out hours of running!
- Tex Mex food: Like, as if that’s ever not the case. But rainy weather makes this craving stronger. I could really go for a massive steak fajita salad with warm tortilla chips, pico de gallo, guacamole, lime juice on black beans, freezing cold Diet Coke, and lots of sombreros hanging on the plaster walls. Maybe some mariachi music too.
- The Beach: Hot, abundant sunshine, limited clothing, and new books by Aimee Bender and Dean Koontz. Plus snacks and my husband sleeping next to me or swimming in the clear, salty water, watching birds and fish. No electronics.
- Fun: To laugh until it hurts with my favorite people. To stay up late by the bonfire, trading stories and screaming at imagined ghosts. To give and receive countless hugs and high fives. Games. Jokes. Connection. Yes to all the fun!!
- My babies: To have my girls here with us. Or at least to have continued assurance that they are happy and well. I have been dreaming of them so vividly this past week, very much along the same vein as those dreams I had right before Joc came home. It’s encouraging and thrilling. I crave the real thing.
What are you craving? Tell me everything.
XOXOXOXO
I’m craving… the smell of my daughter’s neck (how she can still smell like the fruity body sprays of her childhood after all these years is a mystery to me.) I just NEED it.
… the bone crushing hugs and the sound of “Nana” from the lips of 5 & 6 year old grandgirls and one slobbery toddler boy.
…clean carpets, clean furniture, clean dogs on them and a routine to keep them both that way for a long time. Please pray for me on this one.
…a rainy day in bed, watching “Highlander” on a tiny DVD player screen, loving (again) the soundtrack by Queen, popcorn in the sheets and playing footsies with Mr. Rock.
If we play our cards right, I bet we can satiate them all before Monday. 🙂
Happy Weekend my friend, love ya!
Every time you mention having adult children I’m surprised, I keep forgetting. You are both too young looking and too young at heart to have adult children! But what a charmed life, your posts are indulgent to me.