Moving again

My blog has moved!!!

Stuck in the Middle

So I cannot get back into school fast enough. It's been 3 years and I feel like I've been away for too long. When I graduated, I considered going to grad school right away and decided I really needed a break. Funny how some time away can make you change your mind. It's not that I miss being in college that much (ok I won't lie, who wouldn't want to go out every night and sleep until noon everyday?!) but I miss learning and feeling like I'm growing in some significant way each day. I think that's one reason I'm trying to really commit to this blog and to following other blogs. I guess this is becoming pretty typical of my generation, but I'm really to the point where I get most of my news/knowledge of community/world events/etc. from blogs and tweets. I used to think that was crap for hippies and nerds, but then I realized - I might be kind of a hippie and nerd. So I guess it fits.

Anyway, I'm trying to figure out how to get all of these timelines to add up correctly in order to slam out a Master's degree, then business school while maintaining some sort of life and full time (and sometimes a lot more than full time) job. Oh yah, and start a small business. I don't doubt I can do it, but everything is pretty scary! I don't like change, yet I constantly seek opportunities that require change. What's up with that? Anyone else heading back to school or already done it? Suggestions?

Why Do We Torture Ourselves Like This?!

My boss is an avid Orioles fan. Why? I have no friggin' clue. While I love that we can talk about baseball for hours at a time, sometimes I just want to stop and ask "WHY DO YOU STILL CARE?"! Let's face it, the Orioles are ridiculously awful. And even when they were good, they had things like this:



Virtually everyone I know is a Cubs fan. Now, I don't know why anyone would want to be a Cubs fan even if they were winning anything ever, but uhm, they're not winning anything either.



So my question is: why are we so loyal? Why do we even care in the first place?

I can't seem to come up with anything good other than cliches. We want to root for the underdog. We want to feel like part of the team. We're living vicariously through our favorite athletes.

What's up with that? Why do I care?!

Srsly...

Ok, so here's the deal. Apparently I suck at Blogging and Twitter, but I'm awesome at updating my Facebook profile with stupid, meaningless crap. Thus, I am trying to be not-so-sucky at the Blogging/Twitter part because frankly, I find both of these more interesting than Facebook updates.

So, that being said, here is a new blog entry. Try to contain your excitement.

I suppose my desire to be an actual not-sucky blogger was inspired by my buddy Pham, who was visiting NYC from Chicago for the 20sb NYC meetup this weekend. While I don't think I'll ever be the internet star he is, his work really does inspire me to document more of my life, thoughts, etc. I think I have a pretty freakin' sweet life and would like to remember this stuff when I'm like a million years old.

So Phammy and I spent the day running (and sitting in the shade) around NYC. We walked most of the way across the BK Bridge (it's shorter than I remember - weird), ate some ridiculously good pizza (Bella Vita in case anyone cares), and took an AC break at the Apple Store on 5th Ave. It was a freakin' hot but very fun day.

While I'm writing this I suppose I should be doing some work, as I'm flying back to NORMAL, IL Wednesday night to participate in an Extreme Makeover: Home Edition build! I'm totally excited and can't wait to help out. Wish I knew more right now, but I don't. They don't release the location of the build until the design team knocks on the lucky family's door! Anyway, I don't even care, I'm just psyched to be able to say that I played a small role in this huge endeavor. It's funny because I always thought it would just be really cool to see the house built and support the show I love, but as I wrote that previous sentence I'm realizing just what this really is about. I mean, I've never participated in something that could be so totally life changing as this. Anyway, I'm totally psyched. Plus, I'm totally excited to hang with the parents for a few days without the pressure of whatever event I usually have going on when I head home.

Since my last blog a million years ago, we've adopted E's dog from home. Uhm, she's the cutest dang dog ever. She also might be the laziest, but frankly, that's part of the reason I love her so much. It's easy to own a dog that sleeps 18 hours a day.



I pretty much stopped blogging when I broke my stupid foot running a stupid race. There's nothing much worse than running an awesome race (in the cold and rain), only to find out that some jerk stole your iPhone, credit cards, house key, and driver's license from your bag at the bag drop. Oh yah, and to also find out 3 days later you suffered a stress fracture as a result of the race. Well, in my experience...it sucks. Oh well, another life experience I suppose.


I guess I should go do that work now.

I promise I'll be back soon :)

I'm a total poser

Sooo... I'm currently getting ready to go out and meet up with the 20sb NYC meetup. I guess technically I have a blog.........

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If it's broke...I'm trying to fix it.

Well, the new diet/fitness/lifestyle change has been put on hold, and I won't be running the long branch half marathon afterall. About an hour after running the Scotland run 10k, my foot started to hurt. Turns out I have a stress fracture, bursitis, and some tendon damage. Awesome. Anyway, looks like I'll be in this awesome boot thing for the next three weeks. Wheee!

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Spring has not sprung!

I use this title as I sit outside freezing my booty off waiting for the train. It's not nearly as cold as yesterday, but still cold! It is also ridiculously sunny today-something I usually am not able to experience unless I leave work for some reason. I think I have finally figured out my horrible commute, now I just have to learn 1) how to wake up as early as I need to to get to the office on time and 2) to pretty much not have any spare time. Seriously folks, I would not recommend jumping into a 4-5 hour commute without having it all sorted out first. I'm lucky to have a lot of options, but none of them are fantastic. I guess that's what happens when you travel halfway across a state and back everyday.

In making-my-life-simpler-healthier-and-better news, I'm so far a failure! I spent so much time working last night that I didn't unpack anything, and the fresh direct guy got in too late to cook. And I didn't wake up in time to workout (or do anything else for that matter). BUT-tomorrow is a new day. Tonight my focus is to get some extra work in so I can leave to party with E Friday night, and maybe get a short run in. That would be awesome. Food wise we're set-it's stir fry night!

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