There are only xxx more days (less than 2 weeks) to go until my daughter 'xxxxx' will be born. I don't think I will post this until after the event as it will contain info not yet shared with family including date of birth and name. Or maybe I'll just blank it out.
How do I feel about having a daughter? At the minute her almost 2yr old brother is crowding any introspective thoughts right out of my head so in time honoured tradition I am putting pen to paper so to speak. That should get me thinking.
It's 2105 or 9.05pm on Friday night. The beginning of a new financial year and day 1 of 95 days leave from work. A wonderful holiday. lol. I would not miss it for the world. I took 4 months off for Kaelan but this time round could only get 3 months leave (including some LSL). I have just finished running 10km in a time of 58.02 and that was after putting Kaelan to sleep. So my night sort of started at 7.30 when his mother got back from the pizza shop with dinner and relieved me from sleep duty which I had been attempting for 30mins. So now almost an hour and a half later and my Friday night can start.
By the way I also have an open beer which is going down very well. Best enjoy them for the next xxx days cos I don't think there will be many in the very near future. And as a matter of Interest Nicole just asked me if I wanted a cup of tea. hmmmmm, not yet. Maybe tomorrow night.
Running, why the hell did I start running after avoiding it for 25 years? Possibly because I have a 2 year old boy and an almost new born girl and by the time they turn 18 I will be into my sixties! My aim this year is to run the Sydney (C2S) City to surf (Bondi) a total of 14km with a 2km 'heartbreak hill' 7km in. I started plogging (plod & jog) November 2010. I kind of was half assed about it and took 3 weeks off over Xmas and it was once again the motivation of my wife who got me started back. Then this silly idea of the completing the C2S entered my head. I think I have my brother in law Shannon to blame. He started running this time last year and recently completed his first 45km ultra marathon in 3.5hrs, and his first competitive runs were the Sutherland to Cronulla surf followed by the C2S. More on this later.
Nicole has been great. I think I have been in denial. Last time we didn't know what we were in for. This time we do. But perhaps we don't. Baby xxxx'x room has just been trim painted in a nice pink and I have moved all my stuff out of her cupboards and into the granny flat / poker room.
To be cont…
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