December 2010
22 posts
Addendum
I forgot about the part of the day where I washed my flask.
My Day
In all of its wonderfulness and quirkiness.
Run 3.7 miles. Plug Garmin data into computer. Puzzle over the point at which the program says we were going at a 2:07/mile pace.
Convince Kevin to let me take the first shower because I’m going through my inevitable post winter run “cold phase.” Use my Burt’s Bees cranberry pomegranate sugar scrub. Then use my Burt’s Bees...
Ef.
I just ran 4.27 miles. And it felt really hard.
HOOOOOOOWWWWWW
am I going to run a marathon in June?
Let me rephrase that.
How am I going to run 4.27 miles over 6 times? In a row?
How am I going to run for 5 hours (or more)? For 300 minutes? For half a day? For an entire morning?
HOW IS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN?
Right now, it seems absolutely, completely impossible.
Medicine for Travel Fever
1) As I write Kevin is booking a flight for me. I am tagging along to some sort of work activity he has in Palm Springs. (A deposition? A hearing? I don’t really know the difference between all of his lawyerly meetings.) I will sit by the pool and study or find a way into some sort of town and explore. I will drink lots of good coffee. I will enjoy warm, dry weather and palm trees for 2.5...
What to say...
I haven’t posted in days because I haven’t felt like I’ve had anything interesting to report.
I’m home, in Indiana.
I’m spending most of every day in my pajamas.
I’m running. It’s really slippery out there.
I’m trying not to eat too much - working on being in the best shape possible when marathon training starts 1/3/11.
I’m daydreaming...
“Today millions of young women who benefit from the struggles of their mothers...”
– Isabel Allende, quoted here.
St. Lucia's Day
was yesterday.
Since my family did our own clueless version of this celebration when we were little (as much inspired by my Kirsten doll as it was by our dwindling Swedish heritage, I think), Kevin and I decided to head to Ebenezer Lutheran Church up in Andersonville to see it done up right.
It’s really a beautiful story and tradition. Legend has it that St. Lucia (martyred because she...
Marathon Training Schedule
1) My run sucked today. My nose was so full of stuff I couldn’t breathe, and I had nowhere to blow it. The snowflakes were more like little ice missiles aimed straight at my eyes. My stomach was queasy for no good reason. I swore a lot and generally made an embarrassment of myself.
2) Looking forward to nicer weather (the weather will be nicer than this in Minnesota in June, right?), I love...
My night
Lack of invitation to Kevin’s grinchy firm’s employee-only holiday party
Sex and the City II (I’m prepared to be both disappointed and offended but still taken in by all the colors and shiny objects) and The Blind Side
Whole wheat pasta with olive oil, garlic, goat cheese, spinach, tomatoes, onions, oh and let’s be realistic, salt
Christmas lights
Our “den”...
I just turned in my last final.
I’m home alone and needed to tell somebody.
!!!
“Okay, let’s go. I’m making you some fettucini. It is Christmas Eve,...”
– The Holiday
I just heard that a teacher I used to work with died suddenly yesterday. Forget feeling sorry for myself because I have a cold. Forget worrying about my stats project. I’m going to a party tonight, and minus some details, this is my plan.
Directionless
Kevin and I were talking about the failed Groupon/Google deal and were shocked to find out that the creator of Groupon is 30. 30! That’s about a year and a half older than me.
Sometimes I feel like I’m doing absolutely nothing with my life. Am I just in grad school because I’m too wimpy to actually DO anything?
I just don’t know, people. I don’t know how to focus...