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Next Stop, Please!

Well, the commitment was made months ago, I stepped on the train, and now it is racing down the tracks to May 21, 2011, IM Texas. Frankly, about three weeks ago after a tough training week and a LONG weekend of juggling training, kids, events, training, husband, and more training, I was looking for the nearest depot - yes, to get off. Ok, I personally wouldn't have taken the first step to get off (call it ego, call it strength - or just call it stupidity), but I was looking for my "life" passenger (ie: partner, ie: Steve) to give me that nudge I would have needed to step off the train. "I feel like I'm spending so much time away from the kids." "Oh, and this is just one of the first long training weekends - I'm not sure this is the right thing to do right now." No nudge off the train. "We really need to talk about how, as a family, we're going to fit training into the other commitments we have together." "I need to spend more