THREE THINGS TODAY IN ORDER OF OCCURRENCE
Thing The One: it’s nice to know I can crap out 50k without having to build up to it past the marathon distance (probably because I run a marathon almost every week).
Thing The Deuce: my Fitly water running pack finally bit it today. It didn’t break during my run, fortunately, but once I got home and was unzipping one of the front pockets to get my key, the little fabric/plastic holder for one of the shoulder straps broke. It’s not actually fabric so I don’t think I can sew it, and I don’t know if I’d trust glue on it given I usually take that thing on 4+ hour runs.
Thing The Three: my mom is here for a week!
Yayz.
MY MOM IS HERE!!!!
Here in Calgary, that is. It’s time for her annual month-long stay in the city so she can hang out with us (and give us an excuse to go walking in places we don’t usually go).
WOO!
I’m already homesick.
Ugh. How am I supposed to wait another year to go back to Moscow again?
I just want to be back there for another few days or so, that’s all.
Sad.
My Life Here
I was born in Moscow. I grew up in Moscow. I went to elementary school, junior high, high school, and college in Moscow.
Because of this, I obviously have a ton of memories here. And I think I’m more appreciative of those memories thanks to being away from Moscow for a few years thanks to Covid.
This evening, for example, my mom and I were doing our nightly drive around town (which is something we’ve done for YEARS) and we turned down this one street we’ve always turned down. It hit me how many different memories I associated just with that street. All the different thoughts, obsessions, worries, and phases of my life that I’ve gone through and that I’ve contemplated on car rides past as we’ve driven this street.
It’s actually pretty wild to think of how much I’ve experienced here.
I really miss the past sometimes.
Moscow!
My mom and I got back to Moscow today, YAY!
I don’t have much to say ‘cause it’s late and I have to get up early tomorrow and walk, but YAY!
Calgary Marathon!
I finally did my first official marathon!
It was the virtual version, sure, but I did it on the same day as the in-person marathon and ran next to the marathoners during a part of it, so it counts, right?
My mom also walked the (virtual) Calgary Half Marathon, so we’re both too cool for school.
Pics!
(I was really slow because it was hot, haha)
The medals have the Calgary Central Library on them, which is one of the prettiest buildings ever.
Woo!
Edit: stupid freaking COVID, this looks so fun:
Mom!
My mom is here, WOO! She’s staying at an Airbnb for a month and then I’m headed back to Moscow with her for a few weeks. We’ve been looking forward to this since…well, since we did it last year, hahaha.
It’s my mom’s birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM!
That is all.
Saaaaaaaaaad
My mom left for Moscow this morning.
Am sad.
Ignore me.
Happy Birthday, Mom!
It’s my mom’s birthday today! We went on a tiny little hike (5 miles) and it murdered my knees, haha. I am built for flat, paved surfaces and I’m not ashamed of it.
Pics!
I say to thee: blah.
My mom left to back to the States today. We were worried about changes at the border, so we figured it was best to cut things short just to make sure she could get back.
Better safe than sorry.
Now the house is going to feel extra empty.
Oh, and I also ran 19 miles this morning…new personal record.
As if it matters.
Stuff.
My mom’s here, by the way. She’ll be here at least a few weeks.
I also got a salary increase at work.
Not that either of those things make what happened yesterday any better. I just want to be with Jazzy.
FINALLY
My mom is coming up this week! I finally get to see her for the first time since 2019. That’s easily the longest time we’ve gone without seeing each other.
It’ll be good for her to see Jazzy, too; I don’t think she’s got much time left.
Old Piccys
My mom sent me some old pictures she found while cleaning/organizing her stuff. And since my blog is nothing but random nonsense that no one else cares about but me, here are said pictures.
My grandpa in the military. He never seemed like the military type when I knew him, but there ya go.
Case and point: here’s my grandpa (and my mom) with books on their heads ‘cause I had a book on mine.
Apparently we had an actual factual pony when I was a kid. I have zero memories of this pony. This is, obviously, my mom and me.
My mom and a kitten!
Me with our cat Wooder sleeping on me.
“We ride at dawn!”
The end.
Don’t trip the light fantastic! He’s had a hard enough life as it is.
Y’all, my mom is finally retiring this year (end of May, specifically). And since I have a semester off coming to me either this spring or this summer, Nate and I are planning on taking her to see the Redwoods (the same ones we saw back in 2015) as well as…wait for it…A METS GAME!
Yes, we are actually going to see the Mets in person. We’re not going to New York, but we’re either going to see them in Colorado when they play the Rockies or in San Francisco (*shudder*) when they play the Giants.
It’s going to be freaking awesome and we’re all so excited.
Well, that’s great.
My mom’s here one night and someone broke into her van and stole a bunch of her stuff.
They smashed the window overnight and grabbed two of her backpacks full of stuff.
‘Cause people suck.
HOORAY FOR JUNE
MY MOM IS HERE, YAY
And for once, she’s not just staying for a few days. She’s here for the whole month of June! She got an Airbnb place that is like a block away from us.
It’s super awesome. I’m excited.
Home…
I’m pretty sure I’ve achieved Maximum Homesickness™ right now. The last time I saw my mom/was in Moscow was last September. I know that’s not a super long time ago by any means, but it’s the longest my mom and I have gone without seeing each other in person.
So it’s hard.
I’m really hoping being able to see her and being able to go back to Moscow a bit will get me out of this obnoxious funk* I’m in right now. I could really use a break from that.
*“Funk” is too weak of a word for it and “depression” is too strong, so I don’t know what to call it.
Back to Calgary
My mom and I drove back to Calgary today. She’s going to spend about a week up here hanging out with us before driving back to Moscow. Which is good, ‘cause I really miss her.
And the border crossing was super easy!
Now have some .gifs, ‘cause I don’t have anything else to blog about.
Happy Birthday, Isaac Newton!
Merry Christmas, people!
It’s still weird being back in Moscow. I really do feel like it’s been at least half a decade since I’ve been here last.
Anyway.
My mom got me, among other things, every sock I’ve listed on my blog since September, haha, and also got me that super colorful dress/shirt thingy. My dad’s off in cruise-land and won’t be back until the 31st, so we won’t be doing our usual two-day Christmas thing, though I suppose we’ll have “Christmas” again when he gets back.
Pretty uneventful day today, sorry.
Derr-nerr-nerr
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM! I love you!! We shall hang out and be weird together soon, assuming I survive my last final tomorrow.
Also, you know what would be a cool idea (if it wasn’t illegal…which I’m not sure if it is or not)? Get a group of friends together and have an “open to the public” reading of Shakespeare in the park. Like, each friend would bring a cheap copy of Hamlet or something and would read/act out one of the parts, and people walking by could join in at any time. We could bring a small whiteboard or something and indicate on it which parts were already taken (or just being covered), and people walking by could, if they wanted, just jump in and start reading/acting one of the uncovered parts (again, we could get a bunch of super cheap copies so that passersby could just jump in).
Wouldn’t that be cool? I have no idea how many people would join in a group of strangers reading Shakespeare, but I think it would be super fun.
WOO FINALS WEEK!
MOM!
I hate trying to blog about Mother’s Day, ‘cause there’s no way I could ever put into words how much I love my mom and how much she means to me. I want to make everything in her life a lot better than it is right now, but I don’t know how. So all I can do is promise that once I get my awesome stats job and earn/save enough money, I’ll get her the giant awesome kitchen she’s always wanted and we’ll go cruise the Mediterranean.
‘Cause she TOTALLY DESERVES THAT.
Anyway. This blog sucks, but like I said, this is really hard for me to put into words.
So I’ll just say this: I LOVE YOU, MOM!
Well today was eventful
- Took my algorithms test at 12:30, then my mom and I headed towards Pasco to go see BRIAN REGAN! On the way there, we drove through a torrential downpour and then through some MEGA wind. We also saw herds of tumbleweeds catapulting themselves into the roads like lemmings.
- Once we got to our hotel, I made coffee, ‘cause I just always do that at hotels, then drank like three sips of it ‘cause I put way too much Sweet n’ Low in it, then screwed around in the fitness room before going to the show.
- Brian Regan was, of course, hilarious. We spent the rest of the night watching “Say Yes to the Dress” ‘cause absolutely nothing else was on and the hotel internet was very slow.
YAY! Thanks for the late birthday present, mom!
Thanksgiving!
You know what I’m thankful for?
My freaking awesome mother.
I know a fair number of my friends have bad relationships with their moms, but I seriously can’t imagine having a better relationship with my mom.
Heck, I can’t imagine having a better mom.
So mom, I know you read these (whenever I get around to posting them, haha) and I just want you to know how much I love you and appreciate you and appreciate all the stuff you’ve done for me over the past 25 years. I’m so glad we’re as close as we are and I’m so glad we “get” each other.
I love you, mom! <3
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