RunningAHEAD - Topic: I miss zoomy!

jlynnbob

You'll ruin your knees!

posted: 11/15/2006 at 7:40 PM

Hurry back, sweetie-pie! Hope all is well with you and your family. Lynn B

""...the truth that someday, you will go for your last run. But not today—today you got to run." - Matt Crownover (after Western States)

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 11/15/2006 at 10:48 PM

Awww...thanks! I REALLY missed this place and all the folks who make it so great, too! Smile

Just got back tonite...tired and glad to be home. Long trip. We'll be making the 8+ hour drive again for Thanksgiving, then vowing not to leave the state until Spring. I love my little car, but I don't want to be spending so much time in it for a while. We're doing well. My MIL is made of some tough stuff and doing FAR better than I think I would under the circumstances. So is my hubby. I got a run in with my MIL's running group on Sunday AM. That was really a treat and very relaxing for everyone. I wish we had a group like that around here. Nice bunch of folks of all ages and very close-knit...also super supportive of my recent HM achievement. I got SO many kudos from those fellow runners. One member might show up here, too. She's a professor at the university (Western IL) where my FIL taught.

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

Wingz

Professional Noob

posted: 11/15/2006 at 11:26 PM

We're glad you're back! Smile

Roads were made for journeys...

rockenmamaof5

posted: 11/16/2006 at 8:23 AM

Yes I missed seing you around Zoomers. Glad your back!

Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson

Mile Collector

Abs of Flabs

posted: 11/16/2006 at 10:40 AM

I missed you too and I'm happy to see you back!!! How's the family doing?

Beantown Runners | On the Bench

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 11/16/2006 at 11:10 AM

Thanks, guys. Everyone's doing pretty well. I think reality really hasn't set in, though. The holidays are likely to really be pretty rough at times, I expect. DS seems to have a pretty strong understanding of what has happened. Sat. eve. he was being a bit of a pill and hubby took him downstairs (we have been staying in my IL's finished basement when we visit) to have a little chat and get him settled-down. Apparently he had a bit of a melt-down and really was very upset. I think he has a pretty clear understanding of death for a kid his age. In some ways losing our Gus kitty this Summer helped to prepare him for the loss of his grandpa, I believe.

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

Ann-V

posted: 11/16/2006 at 1:37 PM

Glad you're back Zoom-zoom.... Your son is 5, isn't he? Yes, that's the age a child can start to realize that 'dead' is not for a short time, but that it is something forever.... When my son was that age, my grandfather died. It helped him to talk about all the beautiful memories he had, all the things he remembered about 'pa', all the nice things they had done together... Knowing that Pa had died, but that the beautiful memories would always be there, something like that....

Running in Belgium
Ann

jlynnbob

You'll ruin your knees!

posted: 11/16/2006 at 1:59 PM

Hooray (woot)! The zoominator is BACK! 8 Ball

Lynn B

""...the truth that someday, you will go for your last run. But not today—today you got to run." - Matt Crownover (after Western States)

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 11/16/2006 at 3:24 PM

Quote from Ann-V on 11/16/2006 at 1:37 PM:

Glad you're back Zoom-zoom.... Your son is 5, isn't he? Yes, that's the age a child can start to realize that 'dead' is not for a short time, but that it is something forever.... When my son was that age, my grandfather died. It helped him to talk about all the beautiful memories he had, all the things he remembered about 'pa', all the nice things they had done together... Knowing that Pa had died, but that the beautiful memories would always be there, something like that....

Yeah, we've been talking about all the fun stuff Dane used to do with grandpa Darrell. Poor kid...that's so young to lose a grandpa. I think I was at least 9 or 10 before my mom lost her folks (grandma died, then grandpa followed a few months later--he couldn't live without her...it was so sweet). Lynn...you crack me up! Zoominator... Big grin

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Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

ABCGreys

My dogs are fast, not me

posted: 11/16/2006 at 3:30 PM

Glad you're back, girl! Smile

Robin

JakeKnight

posted: 11/16/2006 at 3:45 PM

Not much doubt about it: this place ain't the same without you. Then again, the level of woot-ness decreased by 42%. So it wasn't all bad.

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jlynnbob

You'll ruin your knees!

posted: 11/16/2006 at 3:48 PM

*chuckle* - Jake said woot! Woot! Lynn B

""...the truth that someday, you will go for your last run. But not today—today you got to run." - Matt Crownover (after Western States)

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 11/16/2006 at 3:57 PM

Quote from jlynnbob on 11/16/2006 at 3:48 PM:

*chuckle* - Jake said woot!

*snort*

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

Mile Collector

Abs of Flabs

posted: 11/16/2006 at 4:19 PM

woot woot! Big grin

Beantown Runners | On the Bench

Wingz

Professional Noob

posted: 11/16/2006 at 5:24 PM

whooooooooot! Tongue

Roads were made for journeys...

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