Day 36 - Running into Restoration
Besides ideas about the farm running through my mind, I also run for fun. I consider it great exercise and a wonderful method of stress relief and creative inspiration. While I enjoy running by myself, I find more and more satisfaction running with other adults. Being a kindergarten teacher and father of three young kids, any adult time away from those precious cherubs is treasured.
I was a member of a running group based out of my old community. I connected with a few runners and after a few times out together, I was invited to the subset of runners within that club who took running seriously, but also knew how to have more fun with it.
I have noticed that when I run alone, I tend to get distracted by other responsibilities, let more minor ailments derail my original intentions, and often more easily find excuses to shorten my route and avoid challenges that would otherwise help me reach my goals. When I run with others, my thirst for adult social time often leads me to lose track of how much I am actually running, mainly because I can be a bit of a chatterbox.
Luckily for me, I often run with others who have the gift of gab as well. We can talk about pretty much anything, but as is usually the case, life issues usually take the lead in these conversations. In one such conversation, I shared our potential move and described the property to the group.
Oddly enough, one of the runners knew this property quite well and better yet, had connections to people with the equipment and expertise to restore it. I jumped at the opportunity to get information about these connections and made contact with this restoration professional immediately.
When I shared my story about restoring prairie at my school and acquiring this new property in desperate need of restoration, the gentlemen in question promptly visited the farm. We had a shared restoration vision and education. Besides educating me, he aimed to provide the tools to allow me to eventually be able to take over the process on my own.
The information overload issue was starting to clear up.
