Up at this late hour, I find myself compelled to blog, because my mind cringes at the thought of having zero posts for the month of September -- our ninth month of the calendar which gets its name from the Latin word for seven. Nonsensical, eh?It's been a month of transition in season. Certainly we don't have a true autumn on the Gulf Coast, but I'll happily take the cooler weather that's arrived recently. 60F is a lovely temperature to find at dawn for a run, and yesterday I marveled at having no beads of perspiration appear until I was a mile and a half out. Compare that to a Labor Day fun run I did earlier in this same month where three and a half miles in "eighty-eighty" conditions was enough to sweat myself into an uncomfortably low state of hydration.
During that same sweltering holiday weekend, I realized that there's been a uncomfortable change that's been happening in my inner self. In a phenomena that I could call leisure anxiety, my very body can feel threatened by fun situations. Nonsensical, eh? How I've discovered and begun to cope with this are topics that deserve fuller elaboration in another blog post when I'm better prepared to sketch it out.
During that same sweltering holiday weekend, I realized that there's been a uncomfortable change that's been happening in my inner self. In a phenomena that I could call leisure anxiety, my very body can feel threatened by fun situations. Nonsensical, eh? How I've discovered and begun to cope with this are topics that deserve fuller elaboration in another blog post when I'm better prepared to sketch it out.
In tribute to the passing of September, I'll close this post with seven of my old and new favorite destinations to visit on the Internet, presented in a rapid-fire itinerary like destinations on my favorite returning "reality" TV show, The Amazing Race.
- Our first leg starts with the words and images of Jenny Goellnitz in Ohio. After her pictures seize your attention, you'll lose yourself in her vivid narratives on running and surviving cancer.
- One state over, from the unpaved stretches of Pennsylvania, ultrarunners Chris and Dave talk about going the really long distance on Trail Musings.
- On Pennsylvania's paved surfaces, you might run into Flo, a.k.a. "Girl In Motion." Not only does she write a great blog, but she also has a great eye for designing running-related accessories.
- Not far away from Flo and the Trail Musings guys is another runner and self-described "mom blogger" that frequently rises above the easy "baby did cute" to genuine self-effacing hilarity. Here's a shout-out to MommysStillFab.
- Speaking of coping, I thought I'd share a link to a new series by a writer mom friend of mine concerning an entirely different condition. World, I introduce you to"CP Chick."
- From life with CP to life with PC: In the audio podcast Monitor Tans, a gaming couple discuss the highs and lows of what they're playing on the computers each weekend.
- This list finishes with a site that helps me cope between weekends, the webcomic xkcd. The humor can be esoteric, and sometimes I'm surprised at how much potential for pathos can be conveyed by scrawny stick figures.
