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.