Mortaine’s Blog

My great-aunt died on Monday. In a way, I’m surprised, because I didn’t expect that she was still around. My grandmother is holding together, though, which is good. She’s just upset that life is so unfair as to take her younger sister before her.

I’ve heard it said that the relationship you have with your siblings is the longest relationship you’ll have, the one that will have the deepest and longest-lasting impact on your life. And this is true, I think.

My sister has asked me to be her kids’ guardian should she die and her husband be unable or unwilling to take care of them. It’s an enormous responsibility, even if it’s a responsibility that is eternally (I hope!) dormant, never used, never needed. I’ve never planned or desired to have children, but if they were placed in my care. . . . ? So, I don’t know, but I’ve got a “date” to talk it over with John tonight or sometime soon.

I mostly just post my workouts for my own log. If you don’t hear about me working out for a while, I am sad to say it means I haven’t been.

1 min. warmup.
2 min walk (3 mph)
1 min run (4.8 mph)
2 min walk
1 min run
2 min walk
1 min run
2 min walk
1 min run
2 min walk
1 min run
2 min walk
1 min run
2 min walk
1 min cool-down

1.27 miles, 108 cals, 6 minutes running, 22 minutes total.