Again offering profuse apologies for a lack of updating. This has been the craziest three months (much less craziest summer) of my life. I hate having regrets.

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Marathon: hard, hilly, wet, muddy, amazing
Time: 5 and 1/2 hours
Alaska: farther away than you think (seriously, look in your atlas); mountainous, pure, breathtaking; ( Read more... )

Yikes! Its been nearly a month since my last entry. I really need to post more often so that the idea of an update isn't so overwhelming as I think about all that I could say.

May has been an interesting month. Somehow simultaneously unsettling and peaceful. I have run a few races since my last post. On April 30, Dieneke and I completed the ( Read more... )

Deep exhale. What a week and a half. The day after my last post, life became a whirlwind for a short time as my family and loved ones and I coped with the loss of a wonderful man by the name of Leslie R. Brantingham. He was simply known to me, Kyle, Kate, Matthew, Codi & Keegan as "Grampa." He actually was Codi & Keegan's, but he played the role ( Read more... )

Goodbye to a grandfather not by blood but by a decade of love. Goodbye to a father, a widower, a war hero. Goodbye to army reunions and letter stuffing and ice cream. Goodbye to veterans ceremonies and yardwork and doughnuts in the morning. Goodbye to "How's Miss Kari?" and hugs and pictures with "my girls ( Read more... )

Here I am, back in the LJ saddle again to inform you all that I am alive and well. I realize that I use this much less as an emotional outlet (I'm much less open emotionally than I realized) than as a update letter to friends. I like thinking of it has correspondence because it makes me feel close to those of you that I adore but never or rarely ( Read more... )

Things have been good lately, but an old friend voiced to me today what I just realized myself about 3 days ago. He said, "You're bored, aren't you?" We were having a wonderful, light-hearted conversation and I couldn't believe that he read me that quickly. This time off of school has been wonderful, and I am especially grateful that I have been ( Read more... )

I want to be New York City and a cabin in the woods ( Read more... )

YUCKY! Sorry for the icky pictures left by icky people. They're gone now. Commenting is safe again.

My sleep schedule is way off since I worked last night and slept during the day today, so here I am. Things are good, my days are full. I honestly never realized how much I cant stand sitting still and not having a list, a plan, things to cross off.

Marathon training is going great, but I'm going to make an appointment with my doctor because my ( Read more... )