Stuology

First, the history. I’ll never repeat it again. Promise. Running wasn’t something I ever really liked doing. Until I graduated high school. I spent some time in Hutchinson living with my grandparents before I started college, mainly for money reasons. They lived on two acres, and a big bunch of it wasn’t really used except [...]

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Our constant, rainy, 50-degree October weather in May was dampening my mood along with everything else. These last few days have been in the 80s and sunny and slightly humid. Just like I like it. I do like thunderstorms, but we’ve had so much rain we need a little break. The kids and I have [...]

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My migraines are wicked. I make mention of them often enough that people know I suffer from them. The regular ache that I don’t complain about as much are my legs. I’ve been dealing with leg aches longer than migraines. My leg aches aren’t as life stopping as my migraines, so they are something I [...]

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Ada has been home sick the last two days, coughing and fever. She woke up today without fever. If it stays away all day today, then she gets to go back tomorrow. I don’t want her to be sick, but I’ve also been able to sleep in the last few days. Both Jay and I [...]

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I think I found a new running partner. I’m in Hutchinson, and was spending time outside with Jay, Ada and my niece and nephews. They started having a running competition around the house. Ada didn’t beat for speed, but endurance? Wow. They had quit and Ada wasn’t even panting. And she took a longer route [...]

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I let Ada command my interval training today. When Ada said run, I ran. When Ada said walk, I walked. When Ada said to run, she often followed it by a command to run faster. At one point, I told her she needed to let me catch my breath before she cracked the whip again. [...]

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Day 16: Doing stand-in I was going to resign myself to not doing this today. However, I decided th hurriedly snap a photo of my broken tv and the little tv that is pinch hitting. I just like it turned off because, wow, hard to even see anything. And I enjoy having the tv off. [...]

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