Running

Today is beautiful! The sun is out! We've been so blessed with a few sunny days. So last night I decided I'm going to try to improve my mile time. But first I had to find out what that is. My alarm clock started buzzing at 7am, I hit snooze 2 times and got up at 7:15. It's always the GOING to work out, not the actual workout, that gets me. I could be SLEEPING! I decided the most accurate way to track my mile was to go to the High School track and just go. The sun is deceiving, that's one way Washington is like Idaho, the sun can be out but it's still freezing. I wanted to get there early enough so I wouldn't see any hoodlums. I got through my first two laps then the descended on me like vultures. I survived. I even saw Blake Stever. That was a pleasant surprise. When I finished I was a little disappointed in my time, 16 min and 6 sec, but I haven't run a mile in a year and a half. So I figure, you have to start somewhere. My goal is to eventually get it down to under 10 minutes. But my goal before I go back to school is under 14 minutes. So that is taking off two minutes. I'm going to run 3 times a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I'll let you guys know how it goes. Now time for Insanity...

"Run from bills, run from mortgages

run from work, run from routine

run from your fears, run from

worry, run from relationships,

run from commitment, run

from handicaps, run from

disadvantages, run from

your wants, run from

your needs, run

from this, run

from that,

run run

run"

Atlas Shrugged

In August of 2010 I took on the impossible task of reading one of the most controversial books of all time, for pure enjoyment. This book is one of Nate's favorite books. I was in need of a summer read and followed his advice and got the book. Little did I know the book was full of complex ideals and words I didn't understand. The 1,064 pages of the book should have been a warning to me. The small print and long chapters should have been another warning. After a year and a half of dreading, complaining, and frustration over this book, I have finally started to like it. Not only like it, but I am unable to put it down at points. I still do not understand all the politics of the book, Nate helps me with that, but I enjoy reading about a world that I know nothing about. Isn't that why we read? To escape reality into a world that isn't like our own? I will never be an owner of a transcontinental railway or discover a revolutionary new metal that will change the way the whole world functions, but I can read about it. The dynamics of Dagny and Reardens relationship both fascinate me and frustrate me. I think that the government in the book is stupid. I hope our world never comes to the world they live in. I am proud of my progress in the book, I am about 100 pages to HALF way... I plan to have it finished by the time I head back to Rexburg. An impossible task, but if Rearden did the impossible, so can I!

In case you were wondering...

Sweat is fat crying.

Dreams

It's that time of the night where people start to wind down from the day and get ready for tomorrow. All I can think about is how much I would love to get on a plane and go. Go to England, Italy or Spain. Visit my friend in Korea or just go somewhere where no one knows me. Not have to worry about work, school, relationships or money. Just be alive. Someday, probably many years from now, I'll do that, and just be. It'll be an adventure.

Challenges.

Well, Insanity has officially killed me.... But I love it! My only challenge now is the food part. We don't have healthy stuff in this house and I'm too broke to go buy food for myself. I'll be stuck eating granola for the next 50 some odd days. Yummm...