LITTLE SISTER: A good RW quote, and one more from my good friend Apolo

"It is a sublime thing to suffer and be stronger."


"I do my best thinking when I'm running. I don't know why that is - everything seems to flow so easily. It's almost a spiritual thing for me."
--Apolo Ohno, Olympic Speed Skater

Ran once this week. Might get a run in today. Lets hope.

Home in 2 days. Woohoo.

BIG SIS- grace

Days like yesterday make days like today that much better. I continue to be amazed with Jesse's ability to love me when I am the least loveable. I truly am so blessed by God through him. I am glad to hear your heart is feeling lighter after a tough couple of weeks. I had no doubt that it would. I never did make it out for that run yesterday so I am definitely going this evening :) ... which reminds me to tell you how much I LOOOVVEEE pandora radio too. My dearest musician friend (lol) got me hooked. You can download the app on your iphone and run with that. Just don't trip on the sidewalk and drop it like me hahaha.
So I am so in for the family trip to Alaska, I really really wanna go! It would be super fun to do as a group.
Also, advice about money- this is a discussion we will have when you are home (with Jesse too becasue he is soo smart with it.) but a couple notes
-dont love money
-be patient and save for things that you want instead of impulse buying them
-know what you make, and what you can spend
-make lists!
-dont live out of your means
-pack a lunch!
-give yourself a weekly allowance of free money

Well little sister, I cannot wait to see you :) i have to run to do wedding stuff

BIG SIS- rough day

uuugggghhh! i am having one of those days. i am feeling super overwhelmed, super stressed, jesse and i got in a fight. it just won't end :( its just a horrible no-good, very bad day. maybe a run will help me feel better (if i can drag myself out of the door). the worst part is, i cannot even tell you what got me feeling so bad??? no one particular incident set me off. say a prayer for me. ill call you later
love ya

LITTLE SISTER: The Comeback

Finally, yesterday at 2:37P.M. I ran for the first time in a week. When you've been running everyday for a while, not running just feels weird! Being sick sucks...that's all to say about that. Now that I'm about 90% better I feel a lot better about the approaching week. And even if the week is horrible, I'll be home saturday.

I've been a bit down the last couple weeks. But this past weekend, God penetrated my heart, opened my eyes to the ways I had fallen from his grace, and through the Holy Spirit gave me FREEDOM and peace in Christ Jesus. He is good.

Well--hope all is well in Florida. I really hope it is warm while I'm home!!!!!!

LITTLE SISTER: Getting up with Technology

Do you ever use this?---kinda cool for mapping out runs. check it out

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/

Also, since I put my I-POD in the washing machine (don't know if I told you that) I've been listening to Pandora online radio and now have a sick list of awesome running songs to make for our 1/2.

love you.

LITTLE SISTER: Just Chillin

Well. Still sick, but on my way to a fast recovery hopefully!

Snowboarding was a blast--landed a couple 180s but was sad to leave right when I was starting to get good! Definitely need to plan a trip next winter--the West is calling my name! (since I cant run, I'm going to keep talking about not running)

There are so many cool things I want to do/so many places I want to see!

And this summer will be a great place to start......
Bonaroo? yes.
Biking/Camping Trip across Florida? yes.
Running? yes.
Another 1/2 marathon if we finish the 1st one? yes.
Finding you an instrument to play in the band? definitely a yes.

In the future......
Family trip to Alaska.
Family trip to Costa Rica.
Family trip to Kenya.

Alright, well back to work. I might try to do a small run tomorrow...we'll see. we'll see.

Less than 2 weeks till I get to see you! Yay.

Oh, one more thing--I am really bad with my money. I think you said you had a little bit of the same problem. So if you have any tips for me, I'm an open book.

BIG SIS- run to live

SOOO it was such a busy weekend with valentine's day at work that i didn't get time to run for a few days. When Monday arrived, I was overwhelmed and exhausted and then I had to work another double on Tuesday! Finally yesterday I had the morning off as did Jesse so we decided to hit some weights at the gym together. Since it is only 1 mile to the gym from his house, I suggested we run there since we had both been feeling stressed from the weekend. We ran and worked out hard. On the way home, we were both feeling really competitive and decided to practically sprint the mile home! It was super hard but soo fun at the same time. When we finished we started laughing and I was so winded that the laughing almost made me pass out. Needless to say, all my stress was gone and that is just one of the many reasons I love running :)
Today was a little chilly again so I decided to head back to the gym and run on the treadmill. It was one of those days where you just felt really good and I hit 5 miles easily! Then I did a good 20 minute power abs session.
Other than that I have managed to catch a little of the olympics and am seeing why you are so hooked. PS Shawn White is a bad A** lol. I sure hope you did not miss his half pipe session!!!! Makes me want to snowboard bad! Speaking of how was your trip with mom???
Well I cannot wait to see you, its coming soon and we wil get to run and hang together. YAAYYYYYY
Oh and you will be an amazing teacher, I have NO DOUBT that you will be able to meet every challenge presented to you.
xoxox miss you and love you