Falling Behind and Being Mary

So, the last post here was November 11th, and I believe it was me.  Where have my two partners in crime gone?

I always say I'm busy, but I often sit back and wonder how it really appears to outsiders.  Yesterday, I ran into someone I rarely see to speak to.  She commented on how busy I am (or at least say I am) on Facebook between work, baking, crocheting, and writing a book.  What am I most impressed with?  That she reads my Facebook, to be honest.

Today, someone else commented on how I'm always baking something and asked why.  So, I started on my laundry list -- Christmas gift for a lady at work, my child's teachers (3 dance teachers and 1 school teacher, although I never think about how she has a different teacher for math and a different teacher for PE), my grandparents, and a couple of other people.  Plus, my name is permanently etched on the dessert list for pot lucks at work and I think it's better for me to bake every week or two and have some sweets made with items I can pronounce and REAL SUGAR!  I'm not one to go back over and over and over again for sweets, and that cake will last at least a week in the house with 4 of us eating it. 

I'm still dancing, although after tonight's class we've got two weeks off.  I still feel like I'm struggling to keep up with what's going on, feeling like we move forward too fast.  It's great, I'm sure, for those who have been doing this for years, but for those of us who are essentially just starting, it's tough.  I made the decision this month to miss one class per month because of girl scout meetings.  I just have to try to make sure that it's not more than one per month.

And, now, on to being Mary.  There is a thing I want to participate in called a mary-a-thon.  You can do the full maryathon (make a commitment to exercise at least 30 minutes per day for 5 days per week for 26 weeks) or a half maryathon (30 minutes per day for 3 days for each of 26 weeks.)  If you mess up, you have to start over -- it must be 26 consecutive weeks.  It can be done anytime in the year.  (But we are talking half a year here, right?)  What do we think?  Shall we do it?