running log

ran 3 this morning, so i'm at 5.5 for the week already, and it's only monday. today's run was lovely. i hit just the right pace for my mood and fitness level, so it felt like i could run forever. afterward, while i was still outside cooling down and stretching, the fog condensed on my eyelashes. it could feel it, cool and moist on my cheeks, whenever i blinked.

i've been doing the back exercises i got from the PT several years ago, too. they are very helpful.

( back exercise descriptions behind cut )

now i'm having breakfast. yogurt with a sliced banana and a little honey, if you're curious. also grapefruit juice and coffee. i love how food tastes after a run. the only time/place it tastes better is on top of a mountain i've just spent several hours climbing.

hmm. i think i just made a belated new year's resolution: this year i will hike more. over the past 3 years, transportation has been the main issue keeping me out of the woods (that's when i sold my car--december 2003), so i guess my corollary resolution is to figure out how to get myself to the hiking places more often.

pigsty

wah! my room is such a MESS! really a lot. bad bad bad. every single pair of underwear that i own (along with the other stuff i wear regularly) is dirty and on the floor, almost every sweater that i own is inside out and on the floor, and i haven't changed my sheets in over a month.

in an effort to rectify this situation, i'm currently doing 3 loads of laundry, which will take care of the dirty clothes portion of the mess. i'm also going to change my sheets and put my sweaters away. i don't have time to do much else, though, so the piles of papers and books stacked everywhere will have to wait, probably until this weekend. hopefully what i'm doing today will help.

i've been so stressed out about everything lately, feeling like i'm not going to be able to keep my head above water--and the messy room just adds another layer. the running is helping, but i have been carrying so much tension around with me for months and months...it will take awhile to feel like me again.