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Entries from August 2008

Oklahoma: the Birthplace of Woody Guthrie.

August 28, 2008 · Leave a Comment

You might be surprised to learn that Oklahoma has places like this:
The Red Cup - OKC

The Red Cup - OKC

But Oklahoma gave us him:

Woody Guthrie

Woody Guthrie

I wish Woody were alive today.  Can you imagine what a man that wrote this song in 1942 would be singing today?  Woody wrote of the McAlester Pen, migrant workers, leaving the dust bowl, and the Oklahoma hills where he was born (where the black oil it rolls and flows and snow-white cotton grows). But tonight, I can’t help but hear him sing:

I’m gonna clean up this world
The best I can if I can
I’m gonna leave this world behind
The best I can if I can
I’m gonna get through this world
The best I can.

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*Humbling loving world*

August 27, 2008 · Leave a Comment

So this whole week with being upset and all , things are always placed in perspective one way or another….

Starting with Antares, what Billi calLs “OUR PLANET” which according to scientists is sooo vast and huge (1,0000 light years away), that the human mind can’t even comprehend it, it’s like trying to explain the internet to an ant.

With that, I realize that it is like quantifying love… I feel like you can quantify anger, sadness, envy, pretty much every feeling EXCEPT love…You can’t quantify LOVE I think compassion is a derivative like a cousin of love, so thats why you can quasi quantify that one. BUt, everytime you throw love into the equation it potentially becomes unquantifiable….if you take anything else and take away time, you’d be left with nothing…taking time out of the equation of love it won’t die it remains…it’s something.

It’s like getting a cut…it needs time to heal…if you take time away it’s nothing, it doesnt hurt it wont change its nothing…For Carlos, time is life, but he is dead without time, and in this case literally.

So ANTARES= love

Anyways, seeing these comparisons IS HUMBLING.

it’s amazing!! first OF ALL how as westerners we think we can just compare things. We automatically compare things in order to gain perspective on something, that alone just confusses me, because its such a western way of thinking. Sure planets are planets, but you are comparing them with respect to what? size according to what? color? temperature? How do we know that at 500 light years away there isn’t another fold that makes the planet seem 3 times smaller?

Secondly, we are sooooo tiny!!! ha! Our problems are so small and you know, seeing James/Jack that have to endure the uncertainty of “will i eat food today, or will i have to stuff myself next time in order to make it?” and dealing with the heat outside, I mean, thinka bout it, the weather can simply dictate how good a day they will have, just like some abused wives in South Texas that I was able to help with their legalization. They pray everyday for there to be sun so that their husbands can go to work and they don’t have to deal with the possibility of pissing off their husbands and getting abused. Shelters know that when it rains, they can expect higher occupancy.

We are so lucky, we have so many constants in our lives and safety nets, most importantly, we have love and neverending motivation. i feel dumb when i think of the things I complain about and how strict and exigent i am with the world… when really, there are reasons for everything….why did we meet James at that exact moment when we where walking into the restaurant…would we have met him if I hadn’t found the art deco district in Oklahoma? maybe or maybe not. Would Jake still be looking for food had i not found parking at the cuban coffe place? who knows? BUt, there is a reason, so there is reason why i need to be patient with my life.

Anyways, i THINK i have to start being more thankful for what I have and for the people around me and not complain so much, unless there is something i can do to change the situation…If i can’t, then I need to look back and maybe sit down with the KB people….

thank you universe for LOVE…and for you…and your car for breaking down Nov.1.

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In Tall Buildings

August 25, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Someday, baby, when I am a man,
and others have taught me
the best that they can
they’ll sell me a suit
and cut off my hair
and send me to work in tall buildings

and it’s goodbye to the sunshine
goodbye to the dew
goodbye to the flowers
and goodbye to you
I’m off to the subway
I must not be late
going to work in tall buildings

now when I retire
and my life is my own
I made all the payments
it’s time to go home
and wonder what happened
betwixt and between
when I went to work in tall buildings

and it’s goodbye to the sunshine
goodbye to the dew
goodbye to the flowers
and goodbye to you
I’m off to the subway
I mustn’t be late
going to work in tall buildings

(By John Hartford, 1976).  Listen Here.

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Being stuck in the U.S. — isn’t being stuck at all.

August 15, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Places Tom and Caro can travel that they’ve never been to:

1) Arizona, New Mexico

2) Utah, Colorado

3) Wyoming

4) Oregon, Washington

5) Chicago

6) New Orleans

7) Alaska!

I know so little of my own country that I am not even thinking about traveling abroad right now anyway.  In two years, you and I will take care of that.

So lets start planning our next trip.  Something this winter (not Alaska):  perhaps New Mexico/Arizona?  If we can’t find the time apart from our families around the holidays then we’ll do a long weekend in Chicago or Portland and leave the vacation for February.

Life with you is exciting enough.  I don’t need to go abroad to find adventure.

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New York City Triathlon July 20, 2008

August 8, 2008 · Leave a Comment

After lion’s crest jelly fish encounters in the water, running to the start to make sure i made it, cramp at mile 4 and a lot of hot hot hot humid air…..TMAC finishes his first Olympic distance triathlon in less than 3 hours!!!! pretty impressive: 2:59:51

Splits:


FN LN DIVPL SWIM T1 BIKE T2
Thomas MacWright 171/294 25:21 7:55 1:22:06 4:17
RUN

1:00:0

TIME

2:59:51

Especially for the amount of training that he did, which was not voluminous and he was injured pretty much until race day.

After a scare of inability to SHOW at NYC tri due to work!!!! tri life was SAAAAVVVEEED and so to the woods where there are ghost deer we went… i have woken up at the crack of dawn to see these supposed “deer” with their little babies, and yeah NO SHOW…

Anyways, here’s a recap of the race in pictures… Tom did amazing…I am ridiculously proud of him!!! he did amazing!!!

here we go…

coffe place —

TMAC’s wetsuit fit perfectly..yes he finally floated…

let the race begin…….

the little girl was running late! we are all ubber excited…..

NOT knowing we were going to encounter this ::::

it is TOTALLY not as cute when it touches your face while you are swimming. EVIL JELLYFISH

TMAC having a blast and the little girl as well…

to be continued….. bettter pictures to come!

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