In no particular order, I look back on experiences and lessons learned in 2006.
1. "You like sunshine and fresh air." This was actually a fortune written on a little slip of paper inside a cookie. Fortunately, we live in San Diego.
2. Organic Athlete is a great group to join to get out and get some sunshine and fresh air. Running, biking, and as I hear it, swimming for those motivated triathletes.
3. Straining your ankle hurts, immobilizes you, and takes at least three weeks to heal before you can get back to almost walking normally.
4. There will be other half-marathons.
5. Everything that grows has protein. All Vegan store has a lot of great cookbooks and reference books. Eating more raw foods (at least a salad a day) makes me feel good and is good for you.
6. The H3 machine at the San Diego blood bank allows me to feel great after donating. They separate components they need (Apheresis (ay-fur-ee-sis)) and replenish fluids at the end of the process. I just wish they had Newman-O's in the canteen.
7. Cockroaches can't get into plastic zipper bags.
8. Ball python snakes like to hibernate in fluffy Santa caps.
9. Professional Organizing gives me some interesting stories. Ethically, I keep these stories generic.
10. On the special occasions when they let you into the Spreckle's Organ Pavilion during a concert, such as the 92nd anniversary, standing next to the pipes is very loud.
Homework for 2007: Try not complaining at all, out loud or in your head, for seven straight days. Or on the positive side, gratitude.
Quote: "We say that life is like a marathon race, but the former can only be run once."
-- Marathon, A novel by W. William Winokur, (c) 2005, p. 442.
