the two things that truly make the world go round
It’s been a few years since my mom ventured out to Colorado for a visit. She claims her past visits were a bit ‘stressful’ due to my apparent need to show off all of the things while she was checking out my chunk of the world. I plead the fifth…I Read more…
When you’re a seasonal employee you give up what most people covet — weekends. Simply put, when you jump on a chance to work only six months out of the years you get a lot a perks, but getting your weekends off is not one of them. I write this Read more…
A few weeks ago I realized I had a long weekend off work…with nothing planned! I scampered off in search of cheap flights while convincing Robb the best plan was definitely to leave town. We ended up finding $80/person round trip flights to San Francisco. That’s about as far as Read more…
I’ve been riding a wave lately…one of those waves that violently crash down then swell back up. Life has been up + down, over + over. I started out the winter season excited about a full-time job in the medical field but a month later I was drowning in the Read more…
**disclaimer: there will be a handful of swear words scattered throughout this article — that’s abnormal for me + my writing — I’m sorry, but this is one time when I feel like censoring the force of my feelings takes away from actually writing this…for me or for you.** The Read more…
It’s no secret that I haven’t headed out on a ‘training’ run in many, many months. Honestly, it’s probably been more than a year, even pushing 18 months? I could pretend this is because I’m waiting for some motivation to boot me out the door + onto the trails. Actually, Read more…
At the moment I’m bouncing about, overly stoked on life. Why?! Because I got up before the sunshine, pretended to go climbing indoors [it’s been a while, I’m rustier than I care to admit] + got productive. All of this happened before any sort of caffeine even seeped into the Read more…
Contrary to popular opinion…you can not do it all. You just can’t. Time is finite, meaning we quite literally do not have time to do it all. That’s not to say you should always be throwing your hands up in the air + giving up on life. Oh, nooooo! Time, Read more…
As I pull my phone from my ear + thumb over the red “hang up” button my mind is overwhelmed. For myself + more so for my friend. Ideas pumped through my mind, already full of possible worst case scenarios. Was my advice worthy of his situation? Did I say the right thing? Was I leading him astray with my own interpretation of the situation? Life was really doing a great job of punching him in the throat with one reality check after another. I knew he could handle it, but it still didn’t seem fair. There has to be a way to make this better. Easier. Simpler. Yes, yes, I know! This problem is also not…my problem. The drama is not…my drama. Yet I want to help. I want to make a difference in the life of the friend I was just chatting with. There has to be a way for me to fix everything.
Let’s jump into the important stuff…like the fact it’s my birthday month. Yay, aging? Okay, so that’s not the most important thing happening in my life right now, but it will be my rebuttal to any agreement presented to me for the next 31 days. You’ve been warned. Start an argument, I dare you…okay, okay…just kidding. I’d rather eat cake.