Bridges Fun Run 10km Race Report

Getting a ticket to the Bridges 10km Fun Run? 

Worth the entry fee and some.

Catching up with the Perth CoolRunner's for a chat? 

Always a great pleasure; lovely crew.

Running a Personal Best without trying? 

Will dine off it for a week....or more.

Inadvertently swapping numbers with [faster] husband for a published time of four minutes faster than that PB? 

PRICELESS.

A Place in [My]Space

There's a lot of talk around about online social networking. Following a very good, thought-provoking episode of 4 Corners on this and the insidiousness of cyber bullying I decided to open up a page for myself on MySpace.  I thought I was on top of things having a Facebook account, but have learned that that's just for boring old folk (which is why I have so many friends on there).

Imagine my surprise when the 'friend suggester' tool offered my daughter as a possible contact. 

Seems she is actually 16 years old which is an even greater surprise as I distinctly remember giving birth to her only 13 years ago.

The most difficult thing for me was telling her that I had sent her a Be My Friend Request, but that she was welcome to delete it as I understood that being friends with your mother on MySpace is probably a form of social death when you're only 13......I mean 16.

I know I am not the coolest chick out there (and if my kids are the barometer then I am uber-uncool), but I am learning more and more how important it is to 'chill'.

Steve Power's 40th

Things I think of when I think of Stevie Power
1.    Being a cool dude and a kind soul are not mutually exclusive.
2.    It’s possible to offer love to others and not to yourself.
3.    Hope and hopelessness sometimes sit together.
4.    Good people are remembered forever.
5.    The best conversations are often had sitting on a step, not a chair.
6.    Love is easy to see in some people’s faces.
7.    A tortured soul can also be a beautiful soul.
8.    Forgiveness is everything.
9.    Kindness is very important.
10. Wonderfulness and terribleness live together.
For your 40^th birthday in heaven, Stevie. You are so missed.