You Gonna?

Hello everyone!

I'm sorry that it's been so long. I really, really, really, am-uh gonna try to get back to this more frequently.  I woke up this morning eager to put together a quick update on what's been going on.

First bit of news: our son David was born August 31 at 11:00 in the a.m. The joy of having him in our hearts and home has been unspeakable. I have found myself a little bit more perceptive as to why couples have a lot of kids. The more kids we have, the more fun we have. I can't say with any certainty that this realization will manifest itself into an actual following in the footsteps of those couples. I'm just saying that it's been a nice awareness.

I had been training for about a month and a half for my first marathon. My training started in July and about halfway into August, I started experiencing a really sharp pain in my knee at about the second mile. So unfortunately my training was put on hold, and I am still in need of putting together a new plan to accomplish this quasi-lifetime goal.

I turned 36 this August--did everything happen in August--and I still feel every bit of 25. I have no plan. I have only scratched the surface of my hopes and dreams. I'm still overcoming the obstacle of a lack of confidence. And yet, I feel great about it. I really do.

Did you notice I said "am-uh" at the beginning of this composition? I encourage you to try that sometime today; just once. When you go to say "I'm gonna..." modify it just a little bit to say "I'm-uh gonna..."

It's just so much more fun and at no extra work. In fact you'll notice that it rolls off the tongue a little easier.

Water

I was listening to someone talk about water awhile back; and had a lot of really cool bits of info. One little bit of info that has surfaced my memory in the past couple days is how he connected dehydration to depression. He said that when the body is lacking in water intake, the body is in a state of panic. The body is "worried" that it is not getting the proper amount of water to help it function like it's supposed to. Which many times will cause a state of depression or being down that--often times--the person will have no idea why they feel the way that they do. That just really impacted me. In the past, I had only thought of the need for water as something that affects the physical requirement of the body; and not including the mental and emotional stability and well-being of the body. So, I just thought I'd share as well.