293 Days (Or How Overwhelming This Next Year Will Be)

In case y'all haven't figured it out already, the name of each post refers to the number of days from now until we leave for a summer of riding.  If my math calculates correctly, one blog entry per week means that I have approximately 41 blog entries to go until June 1, 2013. Knowing me, I'll let other things take priority over updating this blog, but a girl can dream.

Since James proposed back in June, I have been trying to decide what the date of our wedding should be.  When discussing it together we take into account the football season (very Texas), nearby holidays, and our friends' school schedules.  I know it's going to be impossible for everybody to come, heck I might even want to pick a date in the middle of the week just so that nobody will be able to make it, but for now the date that seems most inviting to all of our stipulations is September 1, 2013.  Yes, it's labor day weekend and yes, it's a Sunday, but there's no game on a Sunday and our friends would have that Monday to make it home in time for school.  I have a hard time believing it, but from now until that tentative date there are only 385 days until James and I are getting married.  That's 92 days after we leave for Anchorage, and it's three weeks after we arrive in Anchorage.  I can't help but contemplate pushing the date back another week just so that I can have a full month to prepare, but I think that I'll be ready by then.

There are a number of deadlines with Texas 4000 which are used to keep everybody on track both with regard to physical exercise and fundraising.  Two of these deadlines are quickly approaching, and my anxiety ridden personality are having a hard time coping with this.  The most important of these deadlines is the fundraising one: we are each supposed to raise $1,000 dollars by September 3.  September 3 is in 22 days, and at 35% I can't help but be a little bit worried about it.  The next big deadline is a fitness one.  We're each supposed to be able to run a 5K in a few weeks.  This is something that is well in my control, but it's been hard for me to motivate myself to run.  I have made it 2.5 miles so far at a 12 minute pace, but hopefully with some grit and determination I will improve that time.

The enormity of these months seems to grow with every day, but through teamwork and determination I'm sure it'll all work out.  Here's to the next 293 days!