After reading a blog written by a good friend of mine, I decided this could be a good way for me to store thoughts, learnings, and general observations. I have always attempted to take calm and educated approaches to things I have done in my life. Why not start storing some of these experiences? If you happen to be reading this, I hope it gives you something you need, whether you know you need it or not. If not, I apologize, and hope it was at least worth a small bit of your time.
2010 has been a year of events for my wife (Amanda) and I. We have been married for 5 years and have been together for almost 8. In short I am lucky to have found and married my best friend. After years of trying we had our first child on June 24th. Nora is a healthy, happy, fantastic baby and has added a little more joy to our marriage.
June also became the starting point for a rather large remodeling project in our home. We have a 2 story house that has 3 bedrooms and one bath. The bath is on the first floor, and our bedroom was on the 2nd floor. We have decided to demolish the upstairs and turn our house into a 4 bedroom 2 bath home. The upstairs will have the master bed, a bathroom and a nursery. The timing of this project could not have been delayed into a worse time for now, but in the end, it will be fantastic.
I have been training for Ironman Wisconsin for the past 9 months. I have completed this race 2 previous times and have been working towards a lofty goal of going sub 11:30. That was until a week and a half ago when I had to have knee surgery due to some torn meniscus and a tear in my LCL. So, now I am have officially pulled out of the race, and am focused on the healing and rehab.
The events of the past couple months have been a number of things. There has been excitement, stress, joy, nervousness, uncertainty, pain, disappointment, elation, and pretty much any other emotion you can state. In the end, even with a knee brace, no upstairs, little sleep, my life is good. Frankly, my life is great. The task at hand, and going forward is going to be my attempt at finding and living a life of balance. A life where I can be a good husband, a good father, a good friend, and still find time to be the person that I have been. I have always strived to find balance in everything I do. I think this has lead me to happiness more than not, and I need to keep that balance going forward.
