Moving Back to New York

I wish I had spent more time crafting a beautiful entry about my feelings, changes and new life realizations(all with a swig of sass and witty humor to entertain the masses of readers) BUT.. this may be pretty boring!  Although informative, this may just seem like another boring day or repeatitive life event: I AM MOVING TO NEW YORK WITH IVAN! 

Our apartment is in Queens and we have a short contract so we can go on another  cruise ship this spring.  I got cheap flights to JFK and we are at the airport now, but I couldn't be less happy this morning.  I have been all over the place this year and I still don't even have goals for 2013.  Every year is like a long distance run, we start of January with a nice stride, doing all the things we wish for ourselves, hoping to get our best PR, setting a good pace for the rest of the year.  Well, my 2013 started off with a mix of standing, walking backwards or sideways, skipping, sprinting, and maybe even some napping.  What I'm trying to say is that it's almost the end of October and I haven't even determined my pace yet! It is exactly how my Zombi5k went one week ago today!  I could never get a steady pace going since I was sprinting from those zombies, so I got tired and had to walk. As far as my year is concerned, A big part of me is like "well, I haven't even started my run yet, so I might as well skip it this year!"  This past week I was with my mom doing all sorts of fun things and I really wish I could stay at home and just play all year long!!  But, I can't.  I have to go back to New York and start running, or jogging at least!  I have to figure out something to do that I can feel stable, content and capable of finishing my race this year!  I know I can do it.  I feel comically lazy and I really hope I get out of this funk soon and start running with joy, skipping would be nice too!

I'm not sure if anyone ever feels this way. Maybe the definition of my feelings is just, simply, boredom.   But I only have one flight left and then I will try and put on my most incredible Nikes and begin setting a stride for myself and starting to feel my runner's smile!  After all, I'm going back to my favorite city in the world (after almost a whole year) and as long as I focus on the two most important things: being Mormon and being a Couple, I think the surviving part will just come!

Melissa Hoffman, The Surviving Mormon Couple