Hodge Podge

Wow, what a wild weekend.   Seems like so much has happened and yet my mind is blank.  What do I write about?  What do I focus on?

Work has been super busy, which is both a good thing and a bad thing.  I like to be kept busy, but when I hit the ground running and don't stop until quitting time, well...not sure I like that so much.  Sounds a bit like I'm whining, doesn't it?   I should be grateful for a job...and I am...but lets slow it down just a smidge, shall we? 

I recently put on  post on my blog regarding "time stealing"...and it resulted in a bit of ..shall we say..flack.   I've never made a secret of the fact that what is on my mind tends to come out my mouth.  I have a faulty filter.  I know this.   If you read my blog, you'll know that I state it as it is most of the time.  I have a right to express my opinion and feelings, and I will do so when I want and how I want.  If you don't like it, don't read my blog.  Pure and simple.  

My nephew Blaine was in S. Korea for the Special Olympics World Winter Games as a snowshoeing racer in the 200m, 4x400m Relay, and individual 400m.  He came home with a Silver in the 200m with a winning time of 0:37.2 seconds.  Freaking Awesome.  His relay team came away with 4th place, and he came home with a 7th place ribbon in his individual 400m race.  We had his welcome home reception today from 1-5pm...in a blizzard.  Yep.  The weather gods were NOT in our favor today.  However, those that braved the weather and showed up today were awesome!  Thank you so Very much!. 

If you haven't been following Blaine's Olympic Journey on Facebook, you're a minority it seems.  As of tonight, we're at 1,531 Likes.  Freakin Awesome!  it started out a small little page on Christmas Eve with a request for 100 likes by midnight.  We had 200.  It took off like wild fire when Blaine headed for Korea.   Blaine's fan base is totally awesome.  But then, look at Blaine himself.    I swell with pride whenever I think about what he has accomplished in his life.

He goes back to work tomorrow and returns to the gym at 6:30pm to work out with his trainer.  He never stops.  He has a goal in mind and he's going to work towards it.     For now, Blaine's Olympic Journey will become  idle... but don't "Unlike" it...you never know when Blaine will embark on his Next Olympic Journey. 

So tonight, I'm sitting her in a blizzard, watching the Grammy's and writing about a hodge podge of things on my mind.  I'm a bit scattered, overwhelmed, proud, teary-eyed, tired, headachy, and relaxed yet energized.  I am a hodge-podge

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