in my recent running ventures, i've found so much satisfaction in being up and at 'em while the sun is rising.  ...

this is my niece eli (pronounced 'ellie,' short for 'elizabeth'), exhausted and still cute as ever after swimming. she's one of the best chunks around. the only time she gets fussy is when she's tired, in which case you case lay her on your shoulder, slowly sway back and forth, and hum lightly. she'll usually sing right along to whatever you're humming until...

I used to make goals pretty consistently, but I had a hard time actually following through with them. I plan to really push myself this time and get through everything I'm setting out to accomplish. since its already half way through september, I'm just going to start all my goals today and have a little extra time to get where I want to...

yyyyep. take a gander at this... with particular attention to "Lung Age"... so today I went to the doctor because I've been running quite a bit for the last two weeks and my exercise induced ashtma has been kicking in. I really didn't think it would be that big of a deal, figured I would just have to get an albuterol inhaler to...

I turned 22 in may, and mat surprised me with a trip to disneyland! now for those of you that don't know mat, this is a big deal. not the whole "surprise" thing, he's actually quite good at surprises. but the whole disneyland thing. he hates disneyland! I've been asking him to go to disneyland for as long as I can remember, and...