It’s nice to touch base. This blog, for instance, is a nice pause in an otherwise bustling week. I’m at my mom’s house in Lake Mary which feels really relaxing to me. Mom has donated, sold or thrown away nearly 30+ years of stuff. It’s hard on all of us, but I home it’s also cleansing and …
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Holy Chalupas!
Two separate times this week I’ve been asked “Whoa, are you ok?” and “Had a rough morning?” Ok, work has been stressful lately, lots of patients in the ICU, very physically demanding work while at the same time mentally and creatively unsatisfying; not to mention, the hospital has been overcapacity for a couple of weeks now. This …
Moving Forward
Small metal hooks nailed into the walls still remained. “Just one more picture,” I said instructing my brother in taking the artwork down- artwork that had been there for nearly thirty years. I was slightly disappointed by the lack of comical white rectangles where the pictures were, as if the wall color around it had …
Road Trip in Review. Coming soon.
Road Trip – Day 2
What was going to be a shorter drive turned into a longer one than yesterday. With nothing very exciting on my route today, I decided that putting in some extra miles will set me up for more time in Denver tomorrow. I didn’t realize that I’d be in five different states today (Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, …
Snow in Florida
Cousin Charlotte, brother Adam and me in Jacksonville, FL 1989 In case you didn’t know, it snowed in Florida! Not recently, but on December 24, 1989. My family was visiting the cousins in Jacksonville when, on Christmas eve, the unthinkable happened. Unsatisfied with the “flurry,” my dad, on a whim, said, “We’re driving north until we see …
Dirtbag Dreamers
There has been a trend sweeping the nation. Perhaps this is aided by Instagram and other social media, but young people are retiring to the road and I can’t figure out how this is happening. Honestly, it’s likely my own jealousy that is influencing me to ask these questions. From what I’ve gathered, these very …
Happy Runnerversary!
This time of year reminds me of when I first took up running as a hobby. When I moved to Tallahassee to attend FSU in the fall of 2004, I moved in with my cousin, to whom I have always looked up. Then a junior, Charlotte showed me around the campus and one day brought …
On Board- Why I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Train
It’s been only one week since consistently riding Orlando’s new commuter rail from Lake Mary to my job at Florida Hospital in Orlando, and I’m amazed by how much I have learned. For nearly three years I have been driving 35 miles a day to and from work. I’m a Physical Therapist Assistant and see …
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The End and Beginning
This coming week marks the final week of my running group. The WereZoo started 4 years ago by a interesting young man, with whom I used to work at a mom & pop-owned specialty running store. He had dreams that were bigger than the tiny, rented store covered in shoes and endless spandex. One day, …
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