Running for fun

why are we so crazy?  why do we run for fun?  well, pretty much because it feels amazing.  i ran my first HALF marathon, don't forget the half part, this past weekend from georgetown, co to idaho springs, co. there are so many times that running is just so painful, you just can't even do it.  other times you feel great and like you can run a million miles.  this weekend happened to be one of those times where it felt great!  gracias a dios.  the scenery was gorgeous, clear creek of clear creek county was flowing beside us the entire time, there were 3000 other runners, birds, kids, multi-colored spandex, supporters, cowbells, what fun?!  i'm going to keep that experience near and dear to me while i'm in the peace corps.  i'm not sure if i'll ever be running for fun while i'm in africa.  hopefully, if i am running, it won't be from some large animal.  good lord.  two months.  i'm eating up every moment, so i can draw on those things later in life when certain moments aren't so fun.     

Two months

so i've been learning french, listening to music from mali, watching documentaries about mali, reading about mali, trying to understand bambara...it's pretty much an obsession at this point.  i leave october 27th.  two months seems like such a long time, but it's going to fly by.  anybody wanna buy anything?  i got a lot of shit to get rid of...

Sleepless Nights

Goodness, there's so much going on these days, I can never calm down enough to fall asleep.  What better way to make yourself tired than to set up your profile on a blog.  Yawn.  Boring.  Glad that's done.  Let the blogging begin!