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Limits

After some incredible encouragement from the most wonderful man ever put on this Earth, my mom, and my sister... *drum roll please* I decided to sign up for the Philadelphia marathon. Can I do it? Yes. Dumb idea? Of course. Will I get injured? Most definitely. Will it hurt? Without a doubt. Has that ever stopped me? Ha. Racing is my thing. I can't describe it...it's not what I do, it's who I am. If I can't race, I lose my passion, my thing that gets me going through everything else. I live for the starting line and train for the finish line. When I'm not actually training, I guarantee I'm thinking about training. It makes up 95% of what Chris and I talk about on a daily basis - which would bore most people out of their minds. I think that's one of the reasons we get along so ridiculously well, because we're two of the few people in the world who can sit around for hours on end discussing the pros and cons of forefoot running, or what angle your arms shou...

Workaholic

Quick blog in between Anatomy and Physiology Chapters - I'm learning about Phonation - some things in life NEVER get boring..especially learning all the ins and outs of the thyropharyngeus and the cricopharygeus muscles =) Those elevate the larynx...in case you were wondering. Spoiler alert! Here's something for all your Jeopardy fans: Did you know the hyoid bone is the ONLY bone in the body not attached to another bone? Anyway, not that that's out of my system. Actually it should be getting INTO my system, big exam one week and two days from today! Then it's OFFICIALLY summer. And I mean OFFICIALLY...besides working at the lab and CS and racing... Oh the woes of being a workaholic. And I really am, when I'm not working, I feel guilty that I'm not. And when I am, I just want to be working on something else other than what I'm working on. I have a REAL problem just sitting and staring at a wall or reading a magazine or napping - everything seems to be in sho...