i used to log the miles i ran. each day i'd go out, start the running gps app on my phone, then post it to facebook or whatever when i was done. i'd say something like "felt great! sun was shining!" or "my left ankle is acting up again, bleh" or "it was 10 degrees this morning. my eyelashes have icicles on them!"*. and people would comment or 'like' or give suggestions on sore ankle. having a community that shared in my joy/misery was helpful in a lot of ways. it held me accountable, gave me a little something to think about while running and satisfied that small narcissistic part of me that i'm just going to admit right now - we all have it, fools!
being a mom isn't so different. i hardly get a chance to run anymore, but it has been replaced with a new kind of endurance. parenting. waking up to a crying baby. endless loads of laundry. trying to get her/me fed, clothed and out the door in the am. navigating the extremely long "do this/don't do this" list that floats around in magazines and mommy blogs and in the eyes of other moms at the park. remembering that my husband still needs a wife. choosing the right child care. pumping while traveling for work. endurance.
it felt weird to start blogging again under Unexpectedly Expecting as that was such a different life. this blog is a blog about our family. our new and sometimes-awkwardly-figuring-out-what-it-means to-be-a-family-of-three family. written from my (mel's) perspective... here are the Smileys. our life, our miles.
*that really happened. in 2011. i have pictures.
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