This is What I Know

This is what I know-

I do not do well with change.

I love routine.

I like schedules and list.

2012 is going to be an amazing year for my family full of accomplishments and celebrations, yet complicated by so many unknowns.

First off, I will graduate! Where will I be able to find a job? Will I be able to find a job? Next my spouse’s job changes location. This means she also loses her place to sleep in the city? How ill she ever get enough sleep? Will we have to buy a second car? Will we be able to afford two apartments for a while? Will I have a job that can help with this?

Our daughter graduates! Where will she go to school? Will we be able to give her money towards her education? How much? Will I have a job that can help with this?

Finally we are moving. How far away will be from our daughter, who will be away at school? How often will I get to see her? How hard will it be to be separated from someone that I have been with for over half my life? Where will we move? Will I have a job that can help with this?

There is nothing we can do right now to find answers. We have to wait. We can’t help my daughter pick a school because we don’t know where we will be living or how much money we will have to help her. We can’t decide where to live because we don’t know where I will be able to find a job.

This is what I know; Monday I start a training plan for the Chicago Marathon. I have a schedule. It is written in my calendar book. I know that I will wake up early Monday morning, run, come home start my coffee, check my email, eat my oatmeal and repeat until October 9th. I know I will drive a lot of people crazy talking about the marathon and my training. I know this marathon is important to me because I can’t focus on all the changes and unknowns. This gives me a schedule. This gives me a routine, at least until the marathon.

I know that I am grateful for the routine of running, the schedule of training, and the support and love of friends and family.