Washington, D.C.

At this time tomorrow night we’ll be landing in DC.
This is our first capital V Vacation since we went to Belize last summer.  Since then it’s just been small trips to our home towns or college towns, weekends and such.  We fly out tomorrow morning and don’t come back until next Sunday.
Which means: Fourth of [...]

Baby Steps

It’s Day 2 of Let’s Get Serious About Working Out.  (And by “let’s” I obviously mean “just me” because my boyfriend is working ridiculous hours.)  Day 2 of running at lunch!  Day 2 of fighting through the strong desire to hit the nearest pizza parlor for lunch instead of working out.
And I was excited about [...]

My Friend List

I admit, I got sucked in by Facebook.  Look at all these old friends I thought to myself as I added friend after friend after friend.  And by friend, I mean “friend” because, let’s face it, we’re nto friends.  And having these people on my friend list does not make it so.  Sure we were [...]

Le Tired

It is only 7:20 am and I feel like if I fell asleep right now I could probably sleep for 8 hours, wake up, and still be able to sleep well tonight.  That is how tired I feel right now.
Why is it that waking up even an hour earlier than usual can make the day [...]

A New Start

Last week, in a fit of boredom at work – boredom with my job, the “career” (if you can call it that) path and just life in general – I signed up for the GRE.
I’m going to teach! I proclaimed to everyone I told.  That was the plan after college: to become a teacher.  But [...]

Motivation

Shortly after Pole Paddle Pedal I got a bee in my bonnet and was all set to enter some races and compete instead of just sort of finishing.  Not that just finishing is a bad thing.  But I wanted to set goals and meet them and then beat them and then set more goals.  I [...]