Battle plans never survive contact with the enemy.

Seems to be the story of my year.. so far. Most recently, the project I've been involved with for the last two years looks like it will be slipping yet again. I was really REALLY *REALLY* hoping it would ship before I turned 40. For some reason having it going on from my 38th year into my 40th year is disturbing to me. As a "Type E" personality, I really don't like things that take that long.

Other plans that have fallen apart this year:

• Eugene Marathon? - gone, ran the half due to surgery a month earlier
  
• San Francisco Half? - gone, didn't run due to surgery 3 weeks earlier
  
• Idaho Falls Half Marathon? - did complete... not fast, but fun because I got to run it with sibs.
  
• Pacific Grove Tri? - Olympic Distance - gone, did the Sprint Distance due to family and work issues
  
• Valley of Fire Marathon? - questionable, sickness, work travel and husband's work travel have conspired again.. but I'm going to try really REALLY hard. I think I can finish under 7 hours.. even with a 1000 ft, 7 mile long hill.
  

Ok, Ok... most people would be happy to do even one half.. but I push myself hard and I know, given a chance, I could have done all of those things. I love the "exhilaration of exhaustion" - exhaustion from effort.. not exhaustion from sickness, illness or surgery. I did manage to run "Goofy's Race and a Half" in January less than a month after a hospital trip for acute pancreatitis. So that's not so bad.

Work has been hell this year, my health has not been up to snuff, my training has sucked, my family has needed me (I'm happy to do that one).

I'm just trying to figure out.. who is the enemy?