I Want to Run!

I like to run. I don't love to run, but I like to run. I like to run enough to run a three mile turkey trot with a potentially fractured hip a week after I fell off of a horse (I don't know for sure because I didn't go to the doctor, but it still bothers me a little so I came to that conclusion). Of course, I was loaded with advil and couldn't feel anything for the half an hour it took to run the course.
I like the high I get from running. I like the energy it gives me. I like feeling my muscles work. I like how it works every part of my body. I like the way that a breath seems so refreshing and fulfilling when I've finished running. I like running off the demons of stress and worry - and sometimes frustration and anger - even if only temporarily. I even like getting sweaty (I hope that's not too gross) when I run. It means that I've been working hard. However, I don't love to run. If I loved to run, I would be on the cross country team at school. I would be running for hours everyday. I get bored running for that long.
Even though I don't love running, I still crave it sometimes. Every couple of days, I get the urge to run. I fidget in class and the hours seem to take forever. Then I can't wait to change and head out on my run. Today was one of those days. However, accompanied by the yearning was a little pinch in my hip as I sat in my last class, reminding me that running would only aggravate it more. So I went to the gym and worked out on the eliptical at a lower setting than usual. I was dissatisfied with my workout. I wanted to have that breathless, satisfied feeling of a good workout. But I didn't. One of these days I will be able to run without being reminded that I haven't completely healed yet. I just hope that day comes soon. I have learned to enjoy walking, though. It is very refreshing in itself and you don't smell sweaty when you're done. That is a plus. It just takes longer.

Procrastination

I'm procrastinating. I don't want to write a book review, study for an exam, or read my textbook. I'm super tired and really want some coffee. I think I'm going through withdrawals. However, I'm trying to cut back on my coffee intake a little (I'm your #1 coffee addict) and my roommate is taking a nap...in the same room as the coffee maker. Why don't I take a nap? Good question. I can't take naps. Not unless I'm hopelessly exhausted or I'm sick. I'm neither at this moment, so I wouldn't be able to rest my mind enough to follow the suit of my roommate and other friends who delight in the pastime. Also, it is quarter after 5 o'clock in the evening and that is too late for a nap (in my opinion).
So, I'm blogging. Hmm, what exciting thing can I tell you all about my day? Not much. I only had one class. I went out to the ranch today and that was so much fun! It never gets old. I rode Chance for about 45 minutes, but apparently that wasn't enough because he still wanted to play when I let him go into the arena to chase his ball. Like I said, I have a big pile of homework. Sometime tonight I'll go down to dinner. Then it's back to the books and then to bed. Maybe, if I finish in time and if my "Lost" friends want to we will watch the new episode.
For those of you who don't watch "Lost" it's intriguing but I wouldn't suggest it. Especially don't start watching it on t.v. now. Rent the first four seasons and watch them first or will literally be lost. For those of you who do watch "Lost," are you any closer to making sense of it than I am?
Well, there's my day in a nutshell. Hope you all have had a good one!

Brandy's Blog

I decided to give Brandy and Chance their own blog. Well, it's Brandy's, but Chance will be featured on there as well. If you desire to see what I'm doing with them, you can find them at mustangbrandy.blogspot.com.

Apes and Baboons

Usually when I read my Bible I'm put into awe by the many attributes of God. If I reread the verses, it's to dig deeper into the verse to further understand the realization of the verse. However, every once in awhile I come across a verse that strikes my funny bone and I have to reread it simply to ascertain that I read it correctly the first time. I came across this verse while I was home on Christmas break:
"The king [Solomon] had a fleet of trading ships at sea along with the ships of Hiram. Once every three years it returned, carrying gold, sliver and ivory, and apes and baboons." 1 Kings 10:22.

The glorious halls of King Solomon filled with riches!...and being ransacked by monkeys. Does anyone else find this amusing?

Alysun took this picture with my camera. It was an adorable picture to begin with, but I was playing with the photoshop on my computer and made it black and white and fuzzy.

Cupcake Jones.

Tuesday was my roommate's birthday. We are exactly ten days apart. Because I worked Tuesday night, we weren't really able to do too much celebrating on her birthday. However, on Thursday we headed up to Portland with two of our friends. All four of us crammed into my little truck. Allyssa (my roommate) loves cupcakes. We heard about a place in Portland that makes specialty cupcakes, so off we went. It was a cute little place. We each bought a different kind. They were a bit pricey, but they were oh, so delicious!




Our cupcakes left to right: spiced chai cream (something or other), the pearl, s'mores, double downtown chocolate

My friend is majoring in journalism and she convinced me to let her interview me for our school's online newspaper.

http://hilltop.corban.edu/campus/morrish