Before I get going here - here is a tip. Do not buy American Idol for your Wii. Especially, if you have a member of your family who really wants to be the next Idol at age 9, and cannot sing a lick. He needs voice lessons now! Or, I am going to permanently hide the game. It feels like my own larynx is going to fall out of my throat while listening. It is my new definition of agonizing. I love him none the less though.
Umm....well lets just say this Vegas thing is history. Well, at least sometime within the next year.
4th of July was actually fun. We found a nice small town community parade to watch in Boulder City. It was a little long, however, the last 20 minutes was a blast. The parade turns into one big community water fight. End of the parade are water entries as they called them. Which meant WATER FIGHT! People on floats, trucks, cars, bikes, or foot flinging water balloons, squirting water canons and guns at the parade watchers. All while parade watchers are doing the same to them, and each other. Water Madness. It was fun. Kids had a blast. We also saw a short but very well done Firework display that night. We had a fun day. However, it was not enough for me to stay.
It is time to move. Plus, I keep seeing all these blogs by ultra trail runners who live in Colorado. The more and more I see the photo's and read the postings - I am getting drunk. Drunk with some of the most beautiful mountains, terrain, lakes and rivers I have ever seen. I have been there several times in the past. I have thought about living there. However, it always comes down to - I really love the ocean/beaches of the Pacific Coast. I just have a hard time living too far away from the beach/coast. However, really cannot find what Colorado has anywhere else. Washington has some great mountains and coast/beaches. Same with Oregon and California. Yet, it is not the same. Very torn right now. Big Mountains or Big Sur?
However, I am not torn about leaving Las Vegas. Hmm sounds like a movie? Which I have nothing in common with thank you. Tired of what I see here. Yes, as a Dad I am thinking this is the last place to raise kids as well. I know - I knew it was before moving here. However, now that I have a son who thinks American Idol Wii is the greatest thing - time to get him out of Vegas, before it is too late.
What does this have to do with running? Well, it started with my amazement with Ultra runners. Especially trail runners. I need this in my life. I need to get my endurance level back up with this as my lifestyle. I look at these Colorado Mountain trails they are training on and I literally get drunk with expectations. Expectations of doing this every day. My beautiful and talented Doc here in Vegas told me recently after a battery of tests to see if I was fit to train for a Marathon. She told me, you are 42. I am about the same age. I keep thinking and maybe you should as well - what do you want to do with the second half of your life? Yeah, well I know, I don't want it to be in Vegas that's for sure.
Will see what happens? At my age, I have learned life does throw around a share of the unexpected. Usually one lets a career or job direct them to where they live. How sad that is. I am actually letting my preference as to where I want to run every day of my life be my guide. Of course there is the whole thing of making a living for your family that is there. I guess that is more important (smile)? Yet, running is a very sliver of a morsel second. It helps when your spouse or significant other is on the same trail as well. In my case, I have been lucky I guess. Where ever we have moved from, we have always said - it was time to go, together at the right time.
It is time. Closer to the Coast or Mountains? Or, "closer to fine." Thanks Indigo Girls. Find out within a year.
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