Marathons

Something happened today that made me think that life is a series of marathons. There seem to be very few one shot things. I was doing the dishes today after breakfast and thought, ' now I'm done.' In actuality I would have to do the dishes again after lunch, then after dinner, then the next day and the day after. In the recent past, my husband has been working out a lot...to the point where he developed some definition in his abs that he was very proud of :) Recently though, he has neglected to do his workouts because of work and family. All too quickly the definition in his abs vanished. In some ways it seems unfair. Now his abs look like any other person who hasn't worked out....even though he devoted months to obtain those (now absent) firm abs. Funny thing. I've also had other things in my life where I think 'okay, that's done' but it's only done if I continue to put effort into keeping it from coming back.
This complicates my life because it means that I have to think about a lot of things all the time. Well, I guess that's the reason we humans have relatively large brains. Sorry I don't have any pictures to post today. I went to a birthday party last Saturday and left my camera there. I should have it back by this weekend. :)