Love the Life you Live, Live the Life you Love

Something I've been thinking a lot about lately is how things look in retrospect. Anything: relationships, friends, exams, races, clothing, decisions... What seems acceptable, normal, and even a good idea almost always changes form when flipped on its belly and looked at from a different light - like say, the future. Don't you wish we could live life backwards? Take, for instance, my Intro to Biostats exams. Prior to, and even during them, they were unsurpassable mountains. Huge. I had no idea how to get over them. I cried, gave up, sat in my chair confused, gave up, blanked, had moments of clarity, forgot again, gave up, blanked, doodled, walked out early with half my exam unfinished...you get the picture. It was an uphill battle. And a class that's "introductory" suddenly became harder than my main classes in SAR. But now, as I'm studying for my cumulative final and redoing my exams, I realized these exams aren't hard at all. And I'm flying through t...

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I know I've said this before about Boston...but it is a cruel cruel place when it comes to weather. My face is wind burnt. Actually wind burnt. And raw - lovely. This is a great new look, especially when it comes hand in hand with my breakouts, which are caused by - what? Wind burn. And dry skin....from the wind. Oh and I have scaly lizard lips. Such attractiveness going on here. I was going to go for a run this morning but the second I stepped outside that plan was caput. My legs instantly turned bright red and when all burning. You know the drill: first it burns, then it tingles, then it goes numb. When you go back inside to thaw it tingles then burns again. That was basically my face today. On the upside- SAINT NICK CAME LAST NIGHT! I woke up to a boot filled with a stuffed reindeer, peppermints, a giant candycane, chocolate coins, gum, and my beloved Dunkin' Donuts coffee. Did you know St. Nick's day is pretty much only celebrated in St. Louis, Chicago, and Cincinatti? ...

GUESS WHAT. GUESS FREAKING WHAT. I'm 99.9% sure I'm moving to MONTANA this summer! Random. I know. Whenever I tell anyone, the usual response is along the lines of "...Montana. Why." I'm not exactly sure why I picked Montana. First I wanted to move to CO...and then everyone I talked to said Montana was like CO but better. And the more I thought about it, the more I liked it. So I did a lot of researching, talked to a few of my friends who live/lived in Montana and it just seems...right. Like the perfect fit. Did you know Montana has produced some of the fastest triathletes in the world? Like Matt Shryock, Adam Jensen, and Linsey Corbin. There are TONS of triathlons in the summer and a huge triathlete population. Maybe it's just what I need to get me inspired again. Long, flat roads with huge climbs and amazing views. I'm so, so, so excited. I just want to be out of the dirty, stuffy, rude city and back somewhere where I can actually take a breath and just ...

Darnit! I said I would blog more often - it's been almost ten days! But I do have an excuse - I went home and did nothing even remotely related to school work and came back to a heaping pile of stress. But home was worth it. I ate a lot, slept a lot, drank a lot, went on a brewery tour, saw some wolves, and survived Chris meeting the family! Which actually went awesome - what a trooper. Even though it started out something along the lines of the movie 'Meet the Parents' with the airlines screwing up Chris' bags...but all in all, the whole thing was an A++. Chris LOVED my family AND Missouri - he's a keeper! So I came back to Boston to freezing weather, a presentation, a test, and exams. But only 15 days until I go back! I'm also really excited for this week because I get to move in with the lovely Nina (also known as Tena -cause she's a 10, not a 9). We've talked on and off about being roommates since freshman year Thanksgiving break when we had a blast ...

The delayed muscle soreness is finally coming to an end - thank God. It took me about 15 minutes longer to get anywhere on campus the last 2 days. I look like a 100 year/old woman who got beaten with a bat. No bad pain though, just a ton of muscle aches in my quads, calves and back. But I popped a Vicodin (left over from Wisdom tooth surgery - yay!) yesterday and I was able to sleep a lot. I've also eaten a lot, thank God. Nothing helps more than a lot of good food. But today I woke up and it's been getting a lot better. I think tomorrow I'll pretty much be normal - especially if I can get to fitrec today to stretch and foam roll. I leave for Saint Louis tomorrow at 6 am! I'm so happy! I haven't been home since spring break - going home is WAY past over due. But until then I have biostats to get through- womp womp. love love love me

I'M A MARATHONER!!!! It feel so good. I can't even describe. 2 years ago, or even last year, I never dreamed I would do a marathon this soon, if ever. I've never been a good runner and always did it just because it was part of the triathlon. But after all the training and all the misery of running 26.2 miles, I can finally say I'm a runner. And I actually like it. How odd. So here is my race report! Which is something all triathletes do after a race so they can recap and learn how to do things better for next race. Also, other new triathletes look at them so they can learn about the race they might do next year. It's a really great idea - I love race reports! The trip started off with triathlon team (David, Nick, Chris, Jamie and I) meeting at Espresso Royal (our normal meeting spot) at 8 am. We were all on time and ready to go! We had our shoes, our food, our coffee, our gallons of water and gatorade. Ready to hit the road before Colin started massively texting us ...