Sleep, Work, Sleep

I'm bored. I'm bored of being bored. Sleep eat work and then back to sleep.... what a fun and exciting life I live...how's that for a little perspective?

Big Bertha

We're goin to the lake tomorrow!!! YEAH FOR LAKE MEAD!!! I'm soooooo excited to go to Arizona and hang out at the lake for 3 days and not worry about anything and just have fun and enjoy the company of my friends. Skiing, soaking up the sun, bb guns, archery, motor skooters, waverunners, kneeboarding, kayaking, and of course, big bertha... AHmazing! Anyways, I just thought I'd let you all know how absolutely excited I am. So that's where I'll be this weekend, oshkay! Everyone else have a great weekend too, laterrrrr :)

The Block... and a Half

In high school I was on the basketball team. Every week we were required to run the mile. I think it was Wednesdays. Yeah, Wednesdays. Every Wednesday at the end of practice we would walk down to the sand track that wrapped around the less than impressive football field. It wasn't even a stadium, just had 2 bleachers set up on the side. Anyways, that's besides the point. So every Wednesday we would run, and every Wednesday I would come in last. Well, maybe not last; sometimes I finished second to last, or on a really good day, third to last. We were a team of about 10-12 by the way. So anywhere from 10th to 12th place. Every year, I never got any better, I always finished at the end.

After high school ended, I stopped exercising. Completely. Yeah, I gained the freshman fifteen. Maybe even more. Worse than gaining weight, I was just plain unhealthy. Well, maybe that's not worse than gaining weight haha, I can't decide which was worse. Anyways, sophmore and junior year I started exercising more. And by more I mean anywhere from 2-5 times a month. Well towards the end of my junior year I decided to really start running again and get back into shape.

When I got back from Africa at the end of May, I got back into it. I decided Monday through Friday, I'm going to run. I can't miss a day, because if I do, then I might just stop all together. So I've been running 4-6 times a week for the last 6 weeks. Now remember, I SUCK at running. I really, really just suck at it. I can't even run a mile without stopping to walk. Well at least I couldn't that is. So about 2 weeks ago, I finally did it... I ran 2 miles without stopping. I ran all 2 miles and I didn't stop once. I felt like I was the world's best athlete or something haha. (Obviously i'm exaturating) but really, I was proud of myself. So I've been running the last 2 weeks, running 2 miles without stopping.

Sooo, yesterday, I finish my run and I saw Chappie and Carly. Chappie asked me if I wanted to run 4 miles with her. I told her that I barely just learned how to run 2 miles, but after talking with her, I realized that I want to do it. I want to run 4 miles. Now I know that I can't... but a month ago I couldn't run 2 and now I can, so who knows what could happen in another month. So today I decided to start working up to it. So from now on, I'm going to run 3 miles. If I get tired, I'll stop and stretch a little, and then start running again.

So I ran 3 miles today. Once again, it's a new record for me!! I ran 3 miles for the first time in my life!!! I am excited... really excited!! I am excited to eventually work my way up to 4 miles. That will be an exciting day. Now this may not seem like a big deal, but I'm proud of myself haha, I mean this is big news for me. I'm not a runner... well, correction, I wasn't a runner... now I'm becoming one! Really, I'm so excited!!!

Well this was a long blog, just to say how excited I am about running 3 miles... but if you've learned anything about me through this blog, it should be that I never say anything straight forward, I never just get straight to the point, I have to dance around it for a long time before I can actually get to it. But that's kind of the point of a blog anyways, right? So I hope this wasn't too boring, but sometimes my perspective can be that way. Sometimes it's just about me haha, but what can I say, I'm happy. Just plain happy.

Stuck to the Earth

"...I think I was feeling bitter about the human experience. I never asked to be human. Nobody came to the womb and explained the situation to me, asking for my permission to go into the world and live and breathe and eat and feel joy and pain. I started thinking about how odd it was to be human, how we are stuck inside this skin, forced to be attracted to the opposite sex, forced to eat food and use the restroom and then stuck to the earth by gravity. I think maybe I was going crazy or something. I spent an entire week feeling bitter because I couldn't breathe underwater. I told God I wanted to be a fish. I also felt a little bitter about sleep. Why do we have to sleep? I wanted to be able to stay awake for as long as I wanted, but God had put me in this body that had to sleep. Life no longer seemed like an experience of freedom."



This is a quote from the book Blue Like Jazz... I just started reading it today. I'm on page 103-- I had a lot of time to read at work haha. It is a good book though... not like the ones I'm used to reading, but nonetheless, still good. I love summer because I can read for pleasure. I mean, of course I'm busy in the summertime, I've been pretty much going nonstop till 7pm everyday, but I enjoy bringing a book around with me throughout the day, reading whenever I get a chance. I just included the quote because I thought it was kind of funny. I mean who thinks like that? It's weird that it kind of makes sense though... I mean why do we sleep? why can't we breathe underwater? how come we have to eat? haha I mean I don't really think about these questions or anything, it's just interesting to see that this guy (Don Miller) does. Anyways, i think it's an interesting read, so you should give it a read if you have some time.

Oh, before I sign off, I should include some perspective for the day... let's see, hmmmm... I had fun on the 4th of July spending the day with Hooch, we were just blessed to have a day off that we could enjoy walking around Big Bear Village, visting some friends that we don't get to see often, and watching an amazing fireworks show. It really was a good day. Does that count as perspective? I think so. Anyways, that's all I got for you for tonight, because I'm exausted and I'm going to wake up and go running tomorrow morning, so I need some good sleep. Of course I'm going to read a little before bed though :) See, it's summer time after all!