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Christmas break. Yay.

I wasn't aware that the MidSouth had a monsoon season.

Where the Wild Things Are...I wish I could skip school tomorrow and just watch this movie all day long! I haven't been this excited about a movie coming out since...maybe ever. Dear Spike and Company, I know it will be nearly impossible to do, but please don't disappoint me. I have a lot of faith and excitement built into this movie. Love, V.

5.9 miles 1:22:51

Not getting home until 2 and having to wake up by 530 are not fun. Especially when it's raining outside my windows when I'm supposed to be waking up. That just makes me want to sleep more!

I'm ready for this time tomorrow to be here.

As far as I'm concerned, all is right with the world. College football has officially started up again!

I love the energy in the air during a storm. I love when I can feel the lightning before I see it or hear the thunder. I love the sound of rain falling through the gutters and the leaves of the tree outside my window. I pretty much love everything about storms, even when the thunder is so loud it makes me and the cats jump.

Has anyone else seen District 9 yet? If so, what did you think?

Penicillin is amazing!

My soccer team beat the team I coached last year tonight. It was our first win all season; it was their worst loss all season. I am so proud of them. This must be what parents feel when their kids do something big and important.


Damn, I'm so married to my job.

Day 4: 4.5 miles and a French Riviera Spa membership.

Day 3: 4.4 miles in 1 hour. (This was yesterday, but I was too tired to do anything last night.)


I'm using this as my accountability from now until the marathon the first weekend of December. I feel guilty that I probably won't have time to run tonight, but I do need to take some time to rest and recuperate. Just not too much time.

So, when I said I was training for a marathon, why did none of my friends tell me I was an idiot and I would hurt more on day 2 than I have ever hurt in my life?! Muscles I didn't even know were affected by running are sore right now. And I'll be back on the treadmill tomorrow.

Day 1: 4 miles in 60 minutes.
Day 2: 20 minutes on eliptical. 3.2 miles in 50 minutes.

youthvillages5k.com

April 18. I cannot wait! I just ran 4 miles in an hour. I can shave some time off my mile in 3 weeks. I'm excited. A teacher I work with has convinced me to do the St. Jude marathon with her in December. 26.2 miles is a flippin' long distance to drive and I'm going to run that?! WTF am I thinking?? But she's older than me and has 2 kids and is running this. I can do it.

Only 8 weeks until school is out for the year. Saying I'm done mentally and physically is probably an understatement. Soccer ends next Tuesday night. Dance tryouts are the week of the 5k. State tests are May 12-14. Finals are the next week. Next Friday is a break. Yeah, this year is over.

I hate this weather and what it does to my sinuses and allergies. I'd really like to quit sneezing. That would make me smile.

I just found out that the church I sometimes attend is going to plant a huge garden on like an acre of land they just bought! I am so excited and wanting dirt in my fingers and toes!!!! I hate that they're just now starting to get it all together though. It seems like it's kinda late to be planting some stuff, but I have no idea. I've never worked a garden before. Rachelle, any help or advice?? You're my gardening pro friend. :)

I'm at a really great place in my life again. Finally! All kinds of stuff still feels somewhat unresolved, but I'm not stressing over any of it or any of the people involved in it anymore. I am rediscovering that no one is worth all those tears and all that stress and that I deserve only good things in my life. I am also working on starting a new phase of my life. I have been feeling pulled toward working with the homeless here in my area. I'm sure it has something to do with hanging with Lauren last weekend and talking with some of my dad's homeless friends Friday and also just trying to get outside myself again. I have no idea what I might be getting myself into, but I'm ready for it. It will be fun and hopefully will help people which is really what this life is all about: Have a good time and help as many as you can.

I spend too much time inside my own head.

I plan on telling my principal today that I'm leaving at the end of the year. I am really scared but know he will understand. At least I hope he will understand. I know he can't fire me or take soccer away from me at this point. I think it just feeds into my huge fear of disappointing people. This is also scary because I haven't even finished my application anywhere or have any idea of what I want to do next. I know where I would like to go, but I haven't taken any real steps to get there yet. I've just got to get out of here now or I'll be stuck here the rest of my life.

I know I'm overreacting, but why would you say that? Or send that? Please don't be like every other guy out there. Please just be me having a long week and reading too much into things.

Now I'm going to cry myself to sleep over something totally stupid.

I have become more than a little obsessed with freerice.com. Seriously, go there and answer questions in just about any topic and help feed folks. I plan to take my kids there at some point (or several points) this semester to get them ready for MCTs in May.

I watched the movie The Boys of Baraka earlier tonight and had to fight back the tears. I know it's probably because I'm just extra emotional right now, but that movie really struck a nerve with me. If you get the chance, I encourage you to watch it and all the bonus features that go along with it. It didn't make this job search process I'm going through any easier, but it was eye opening.

I think I'm going to talk to my boss next week about not coming back next year. That has me more scared than anything else I've dealt with the past few months.