My overall goal is to run the half marathon coming up this Sunday, but I have a few goals for the actual duration of the race ( Read more... )

And after talking about how great my cardiovascular health is, my doctor just told me I have a heart murmur and need to get an EKG. Ruh roh...

During my 9 mile run yesterday, I was thinking about what my mind goes through on a long run. 9-10 miles seemed unfathomable to me a few months ago, and actually it still does before I do it every time. I actually get nervous (about what I'm not sure since I can technically stop whenever I want). Here's where my mind usually goes ( Read more... )

*I've been thinking lately about how much I love cafes. When asked if I could do anything in the world, regardless of how much money I would make, it always comes back to being a barista or working in some respect in a hip coffee shop. The thought of sitting at a coffee shop is one of the most calming images I can conjure. Every weekend, I have ( Read more... )

*Some of the most exciting times of my young life revolve around snow. I remember being little and hearing that the first snowstorm of the season was coming and being absolutely ECSTATIC. I would wake up in the morning and gaze outside to see the white blanket of snow and I would run around the house gathering warm clothing. I couldn't get ( Read more... )

Until I moved to Somerville, I hadn't really seen that many slugs. I didn't even know there were slugs in these parts. I'd seen a few in Wilbraham and several in Maine. It wasn't until I was outside in really wet weather a lot last year, that I noticed that Somerville was absolutely infested with slugs ( Read more... )

So I was at yoga today and we were doing some deep breathing and different poses and I felt close to sleeping. Is this the deep relaxation yogis talk about? Is it close to sleeping? I legitimately couldn't tell if I was just almost napping or if I was deeply relaxed. I mean, I guess there was nothing in my mind, but that's because I was almost ( Read more... )

As I was pondering whether or not I would have a softball game tonight, I had a thought. My thought was as follows: Wait, I'm on a softball team? And then I started thinking about the things I would not have believed if you had told me three years ago ( Read more... )

I'm reading Breakfast with Buddha by Roland Merullo. It's an interesting book about a guy who is happy in his life, but ends up travelling cross country with a "Rinpoche" (kind of yoga/buddhist master) by a bizarre turn of events and realizes there's a lot he's concerned about and a lot that could be made better in his life. Yeah, kind of ( Read more... )

I don't know about anyone else, but the day before a long travel day is always sad. The entire day has a cloud hanging over it. Tomorrow I have to get on a plane for 6 hours bound for a cold place and work ( Read more... )