updates

A few changes of heart:

Regarding the parking ticket: Now that I have calmed down about the whole thing, I have decided to just suck it up and pay double the fine to have it removed from my record. I'm still not sure whether or not I actually ran the damn stop sign but I'd rather just pay the money and forget the whole thing even happened. No court for me.

Regarding my Kona aspirations: I have decided to put that on the backburner for a while. I'm NOT saying that I am not going to continue to train and race. In fact, I'm still planning on stepping up my game a bit this year and I still have some big improvements I'd like to make before June. But to do what it would take to qualify (in the next several years) would take a major lifestyle shift for me, and I'm just not ready to be that dedicated. I have so much going on right now, so many other wonderful things, why pile on all the extra pressure? Its just not the right time for me to be that focused, maybe someday it will be. Kona ain't going anywhere and I've got all the time in the world to qualify. I'm not giving myself an excuse to slack (I've still got my eye on smashing the boyfriend's Ironman PR this summer!), I'm just making a conscious decision on where to spend my energy.