Today I got a letter.
From Sarah.
To me.
Yay!

This is Lita:
I know her from the LIVEJOURANL (teehee) community I am in called 2_lines. Basically, you get two lines/sentences to say what you need to say, and two posts a day to get it done. Somehow, we manage to communicate very effectively, and are all rather close in this community. She goes to UW-Milwaukee, and we decided to meet for lunch today. It was quite fantastic.
I am _sheep_ on livejournal by the way. She said she made the sign in case it was crowded, and then could act like we were meeting at an airport.

attactive right?

James told me to take a picture of myself brushing my teeth, and he would give me 5 cents the next time he saw me. So I did, and will put that nickle towards my college fund.

I won't lie. As bad as my knees hurt and as tight as my IT bands are I am getting freaking EXCITED about the Provo River Half Marathon in August. This may be, in part, because I haven't run in almost two weeks, and I am not letting myself run again until I am home for Spring Break in hopes that my knees will stop being angry at me.

Having said that, tonight I went to a presentation given by Dr. Smith (one of our school physicians) about how she is into Ultramarathons. An ultramarathon is any race more than regular marathon distance of 26.2 miles, they are usually 50, 62, 100, or 135 miles. Dr. Smith explained how she got bored of running regular marathons, and decided to to ultras. The specific race she talked about tonight was a 135 miler through DEATH VALLEY. In Death Valley, the day time temperature is around 120* F, soda condenses to syrup in 11 minutes, and your sweat evaporates so fast you never feel it on your body.

Now, believe me, I understand runner's high. I understand the feeling of being invisible and strong. The feeling that sets in during the middle of your run where you are just cruising, where it seems as if you are moving effortlessly. I understand pushing your body to its limits, realizing that these limits are only mental, and pushing yourself even further.
But Death Valley seems a bit much really.

* From Ultramarathon Man. Great book.

snow

Today everyone was freaking out because the snow was "giant flakes! They are all light and swirling all over the place!" I of course, just rolled my eyes because THAT IS HOW SNOW IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK. We got more snow in 3 hours today than we did two weeks ago when it snowed for over 48 hours straight.
Unfortunately, it would seem that no one in Milwaukee has ever heard of a snow plow.

nom nom nom

My momma sent me Pop-tarts.

I am going to eat them (But not all at once.)

And I am NOT going to feel bad or stress about the calories damnit! *bangs fist*

I miss volleyball. By the time I was finished with sitting on the bench my whole senior season, I had a very "Well fuck this then" attitude towards the whole sport.
But I haven't played for two years.
And I see the club team practicing every Monday when I go to the gym.
And it makes me miss it so much.

I think I'm going to try and start an AT intramural team next fall.