I’ve been so caught up in life. Surely we all get that way sometimes, focused solely on the hectic stimulation that is our personal reality. We can recite our own day’s events, the price of gas at a local station (depressing, no?), the cause of our dog’s barking at 2 PM, and what’s for dinner. But sometimes we [...]
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Chug-a-chug-a-chug-a-chug-a-choo-choo! Neeeeeeeeeeeeerooo! What the…? Let me explain. During my infancy, meal times were littered with sounds of transportation mechanisms (The former was a train, and the latter, a plane. My onomatopoeia for a plane is admittedly a tad sketchy.). Imagine a spoonful of baby food coming straight towards your face, the spoon veering toward you like a vehicle, and [...]
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I feel weak-kneed. Pale-faced. Clammy-palmed. I feel the need to designate a lucky pair of underwear. Maybe I’ll choose the green and white striped ones. Or maybe plain black, to reflect the seriousness of the occasion. I feel it, deep inside the pit of my stomach. The feeling one gets while being pulled over by a police [...]
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Two days ago, I ran a speed workout that will go down in the personal record books. And let me tell you, I love personal records. Lately I’m more optimistic about school, my running career, and the future in general. If it weren’t for this blustery wind, my outlook might border on idealistic. Spring is in the air. The grass [...]
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I’ve had a revelation! A revelation, I tell you! My Back-to-Basics blender - the one I believed for the longest time couldn’t crush ice - has officially crushed ice! You can’t believe how exciting this is for a girl who had all but given up on her bladed kitchen appliance. It made my day. I’ve long been wary [...]
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1:22 PM. Ever noticed how we spend so much of our lives waiting? Waiting for one thing to begin, to then wait for it to end, to then wait for another thing to begin. I notice this even with running. I love running, don’t get me wrong. But when undergoing the discomfort of repeats on a track, my [...]
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