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Yesterday I did hill repeats and can I just say: My ass has never hurt so bad in my LIFE. It's bad enough to not be able to cycle or swim for a week, but to not be able to sit? This is punishment I do not deserve. I always forget how painful hills can be because, news flash! There are no hills in Boston. At least none I can run to.
So right now I'm chilling on my couch decked in pants and 2 hoodies, buried under 3 blankets, and still shivering because my parents insist on keeping the house at 65. Wooonderful. Coming from a family that runs the washer nonstop all day and throws away paper towels like it's our job I just have to wonder: since when did we turn so environmentally friendly??? Probably right around the time I decide to come home.
So today is my last day in St. Louis and I have to admit, it's definitely bitter-sweet.
Bitter because I love showering without shoes on, sleeping in until ten, being coddled by mommy and daddy, having a dog around, and seeing my very best girls from high school. I love having no agenda - I could sit and stare at the family room walls all day if I wanted to - watching movies nonstop, and my king size bed.
Sweet because I miss having to-do lists and agendas and structure, walking everywhere, and the big city with all its honking cars and loud dump trunks. I miss my 3 very best girls living next door and my ridiculously wonderful boyfriend (even though I never get to see him...sigh.) and going out to Chester street on the weekends. Okay and I even miss public transportation - never thought I would admit that one.
So I'm excited to get back to my city =) but break was wonderful and exactly what I needed, especially right now...I almost forgot how much I loved napping!
And tonight I get to see my VERY, VERY best friend from high school. She knows me better than I know myself and I can't wait for her to call me out on all my shit and make me laugh harder than I ever have in my life, or at least since the last time I saw her.
..and then I have to figure out how the hell I'm going to get all the shit I bought over break back to Boston. Damn.

love love love,
me

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