Anna and I are scheduled to run a 5K this Saturday outdoors at a metro park. I’ve been pretty excited about this. It’s actually the virtual one that I posted the link for anyone interested. As it gets closer, some thoughts cloud my mind and take me back to the fact that Anna is not typical.
You see, I have this strong Warrior attitude and take her to all things possible. Well, I hadn’t thought about her little hands and feet during the about 3-mile run. I cannot tell her to move her hands, she cannot understand that. I could bundle her up but she would likely start to cry and then her tears would freeze on her face. I couldn’t cover the running stroller because it would not “heat” her up, just block the wind. My mind starts to get inventive. I could ask someone to sit with her in a warm building while I run for us. Nope, I don’t like that idea either. I want to spend the morning with her and take her out and do this race. I already pondered about the t-shirt, should I spend 80 bucks so she could have a shirt to wear under the coat that nobody would see? “that was quick no.” But I keep pondering the idea of the cold cold cold on Anna. So I called the other mom, Jennifer. She is so fun and easy to make plans with. I said I wasn’t sure how to maneuver this situation and had not thought it out. I jump full force into some things and this was one of them.
She responded with a great answer. “Nobody else has signed up, why don’t we move it to spring!” Yay! All done. I love when things get fixed so quickly. I just want to take Anna and do so many things with her sometimes I don’t fully think things through.
The alternative plan: Now I’m gonna have a girl’s day with Anna all day until I attend my final Christmas party of the season. I need to get her up and out of the house and wear her out so that her caretaker can just come over and supervise her mostly in bed while me and Paul enjoy this party. It will be breakfast, shopping, walking the mall, going to buy skates with her birthday money from Grandpa McCann and having a fun “go go go” day.
It’s funny though the life we Warriors live. I want to get to the Christmas party early and since we always have to maneuver Anna, we will have to take separate cars to the party. He could drop me off and then go back home, but we would have to pack Anna up and in the car for a ten-minute care ride (she can’t stay home alone). So she’s always the creme in the middle of the cookie tagging along. As you know sometimes it’s easier and for sure quicker to just take two cars!
Anna and I will have a good day and we can have a fun mom and daughter day. I’m planning on being busy all day and hoping to continue to take down holiday decorations and get excited about the New Year. She’s a sweet presence and company when we are together. Life is Good.
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin
