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| Mon, 11-24-2008 - 8:01am |
After a rough week things kind of settled down. Getting used to being in a relationship is slow going. I like things moving slow though. If it goes too fast I get scared. A lot of the stress I have been having is from the upcoming holidays the race and the relationship moving a bit fast.
I asked him to watch me run a race on Thanksgiving morning but I am regretting it now. My running group runs faster than I do and I struggle to keep up with them on the hill which is where EMT and a few others will be watching the race from. I will be embarressed for EMT to see me struggling to keep up with older runners. So I am looking for reasons for him not to come. Bad I know. I should just appreciate the support. Or maybe I should just kill myself to keep up with the others.
I opted out of doing Thanksgiving dinner with him. He wanted to do it at his house but it would have been too many people in too little of a space. Plus my kids like to cook so I am just doing it with my family at home. I feel bad about not being with him but I hate large groups especially in small spaces and a lot of people I dont know. That and I hate holidays to begin with.
Relationships are hard work.
Laurie

mom_uk2socal - Mom to DS22, DS19, DD16
Good luck on your run, Laurie.
I think that no matter HOW well you do, what is awesome is that
I agree, relationships sometimes are hard work. But the pay offs are wonderful!
I second that.
Oh I so agree about the teen issue. The last thing they want is to be dragged away from thier friends on a weekend two hours away to hang with people they dont even know. Maybe if there was a rock concert or an amusement park involved it would be a different story. I agree that if you know youre going to be miserable why concede and go. I wouldnt want EMT to do something that would make him miserable just to be with me. I would rather go alone.
Stick to your guns.
Laurie
Thank you. I just tried talking him out of watching me run. But he wont have it. He insists on going. I am going to suck big time. I kept up with the fast women (they are older too) on our training run Sunday now I am paying the price with sore hamstrings. Oh well, looks like I am going to suck in front of EMT and thousands of people. There are 12,000 people running this race and probably 11,999 passing me up.
Laurie