1. marcus has been busy learning the new biebs hit 'boyfriend', practicing a toddler heart throb combo of beatboxing [yes, seriously.] + breakdancing [again, seriously.], loving his little kickers soccer academy and when he's not busy dropping the occasional deuce in his alligator fancy pants, continuing to wrap himself around my heart, and me around his finger:
2. i grabbed my job by the you know what [soccer-mom-balls]. i just realized this is the chapter to do it. so i've been working harder than ever in my life, because i want success more than i ever have in my life. i want to do awesome things for marcus. and i want to do awesome things for myself. and most important, i have a handful of goals for 2012 that are still tbd that require some dinero to make happen. and i'm going to make those happen. so. basically. i've been working my butt off.
3. miraculously our digs are still clean. for real. and aunt betty didn't even need to make any emergency trips to the sauga to make it so. thank the g.o.d. for the entire greenworks cleaning solution collection. we bought 3 of everything at a recent shoppers sale. our toilets, counters, mirrors and all-purpose surfaces have never shined brighter. and bonus: we haven't ruined the off-white carpets [yet.]
4. i'm kind of becoming okay with probably not being the 'fave' parent for the next decade of two. there were a few days that 'no. i don't want to go to your house. i want to go to dad's!' came out of the kid's mouth and flew like daggers into my wide-open heart. truth? that sucked. but after talking it through with someone who may or may not have come to know + understand me better than almost anyone by now, i realized that it's okay. marcus didn't try to hurt my feelings when those words shot out like arrows from a bow. organic kale and reading from the toddler bible might never top hot dogs + chuck e cheese tokens on thursdays. but both sides of the coin are totally important, whether i get to be the fave or not. and wouldn't you know it: in our weekly parental touch base, james assured me that the kid plays the same card at dads, and asks for me! that didn't hurt. and i may have bought natural selections hot dogs just to up my 'cool mom' ante. between us. don't tell james. he'll one up me and buy white bread ;) jokes aside [but seriously i did buy the hot dogs.], i've realized that being the fave parent isn't nearly as important as the foundation of the relationship i share with marcus. and trust, security, integrity and an awesome moral compass? all of the chuck e tokens in the world couldn't buy that kind of goodness.
5. i'm still running. even after rupturing a beautiful hernia mid-run about a month ago. now i'm one month and one day out from my first half marathon. i can run a solid 16k and climbing. i need to bring carbs back into my life at this point. i'm freaking out. my surgeon told me to forget my initial goal time and to just finish the race because if i push myself i'm going to end up in surgery. so, we'll take it a week at a time and i might need to extend my goal time to accomodate. but overall i'm pretty happy with how far i've come with it. will i ever run again after may 27? time will tell ;)
6. i may or may not be a less-than-single-single-mom these days.
7. i still wear jogging pants with elasticized ankles sometimes.
8. i have not eaten nearly enough chips in recent months.
9. yesterday i found my tiffany earrings that i had [lost]. bliss. i feel so fancy wearing my tiffany ball earrings with my elasticized ankle jogs.
10. i'm kind of crazy about life right now. about everything about it. life is totally rocking my soccer mom socks these days and i'd be lucky to order more of the same off the menu.
so that's it. the dl on all things kare + marcus. because i totally love every single message that comes back after these posts, and still can't believe people actually read.this.blog. i love me some blogging. i love me some feedback. and i wanted to make sure to let you know what's new in our world. bc i seriously. totally. appreciate that you make this little blog a part of yours ;)
tgit!
-kare
xo
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