Taking a walk...

I took a long walk.  A long, chilly, walk, if I must be honest.  I came to a few conclusions on that walk, and a whole lot of non-conclusions. 

I am not a runner.  I'm definitely a walker, at least at this point in my life.  Sure, I'd love to be a part of that elite group of people who enjoy a nice long run, who pound out 5ks before breakfast, heck before their babies wake up, but, I'm not, and may never be. I walk.

As I walked, I watched the suns slip behind the mountains.  It was beautiful, and reminded me how lucky I am to get to live in Colorado.  It also made me miss my family; because, while Kansas may not have mountains, it houses most of my family, and, they really are more precious even than Colorado beauty.  However; a husband that loves his work and the people he works with as well as keeping the babies near their other set of grandparents... all important factors that keep us here.

Then, I circled around the elementary school and worried more about Anni's schooling.  Yes, we're doing a wee bit of homeschooling for preschool, but, if I'm being a totally honest mama here, I don't love it.  It's hard to imagine paying the rather steep tuition for the Catholic schools in the area; however, especially as I grew up in a diocese where Catholic educations is all funded by stewardship.  If we were there, Anni would be going to whichever school in the diocese was closest.  They're great schools with great teachers.  Unfortunately, we aren't living there, nor is it in the cards for us to move anytime soon (as far as I know).  Buuuuut, I also am less than comfortable with our public school options.  Also, montessori schools, also very intriguing, are equally or more expensive.  That walk included a lot of prayer, and no resolution on the school matter.

Then proceeded the long rambling consideration of what we should do for Lent.  Yes, it starts tomorrow, but there are so many things that I need to improve on, that I've been having a hard time prioritizing.  I think the facebook time has to take a serious hit, and food restrictions are always hard for me (I eat my feelings, it's just a fact).  Welp, I've got about 12 hours to make my decisions.  Here's to a soul-stretching lent!

In between all of this, I just enjoyed a little quiet and a little music (thanks to my husband's much-smarter phone than mine).  I'm definitely a walker, my friends, definitely.