Weekend Red Part II

Sarah says:  I feel like I don't have any time to write anymore.  When we moved in August we finally entered the DVR world.  The first few months didn't change much for us - we DVR'ed some kids shows - it was just handy to have them available in time of need.  But it wasn't until recently that I started utilizing the DVR for myself.  I suddenly have hours of TV to watch every night.  I just can't keep up!  Although I'm more entertained now, I was probably better off before.  Since it's the weekend, I was able to catch up a little, so tonight I'm able to take a TV break.  Plus - there are four kids sleeping on my living room floor right now - making it a little hard to watch TV!

Aren't cousin sleepovers the best?!

Here's some of the things on my DVR lately; Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Modern Family, Ellen, and Live with Kelly and Michael.  I got into watching Ellen and Live when I was on my maternity leaves - so it's nice to be able to watch them again.  I was a bit annoyed with Kelly on her last episode though.  She had Jennifer Carpenter (Debra from Dexter) on, which was totally awesome!  Kelly's first question to her was "So, do you know that Dexter is a serial killer?"  Uhhh... clearly, Kelly doesn't watch Dexter.... but someone could have given her a little background!  Jennifer handled it gracefully and responded with something like "Well, watching him plunge a knife into a person gave me a pretty good clue".  

Jennifer also talked about how she was planning on running the upcoming NY Marathon (taping must have taken place before they cancelled it).  She's run 3 marathons, with her fastest time being 3:34!! Seriously?!  I suddenly want to go for a run.  That's fast!  All I've done lately is eat Halloween candy and sit around.  All my will power and motivation has recently disappeared.  I'm hoping to get it back before the holidays really kick in, otherwise I'll be in a world of trouble!

Anyways -Speaking of the marathon - I'm torn about how I feel about them canceling it.  As a runner, my heart goes out to the people that spent months, literally hundreds of hours, training and preparing for it.  I can't imagine preparing for all of that - only to have it cancelled just a few days before, especially for anyone who was running for the first time.  My heart also goes out to the people all along the west coast.  I feel bad for all of them!  As much as us Michiganders might complain about the weather, we really have it good here.  There are very few natural disasters that hit Michigan.  Other than seeing the pictures, I have no idea what it is possibly like to live through something that terrifying and devastating.  I understand that efforts need to be focused on re-building the city - but wouldn't the millions of dollars that the marathon brings in help that?  The news mentions the use of police officers - last year they had 1,000 police officers working the marathon.  Doesn't New York have something like 30,000 police?  Will taking 1,000 of them for 6 hours or so really impact the re-building process that much?  And the generators that were going to be used for the clocks and other electronics - it's not like they took those away from someone without power, or since canceling have put them to use somewhere else - it just doesn't seem like a valid argument.  Like I said, I really have no idea what it's like to be in the middle of that kind of destruction, but I would think bringing something positive like the marathon could be good for the city right now.

It's going to take months to get everything back to "normal", right?  So, how long is the right amount of time to wait before doing things again?