oh what fun

did i mention that i love running?
'cause i do. this was the best run i've had since coming here. maybe it was the anxiety from the sock lines...
i'm starting to find some good routes around where i live and i'm getting stronger so the hills aren't really hard anymore. the only trouble is that my knee seems to keep getting worse. i think i might request to have all the records and x-rays etc. that were taken on my knee while in athens sent to me so i can take them to school and see if anyone in the physical therapy or sports medicine departments can help me. i'm willing to be a teaching case, to be experimented on if it means i may finally figure out what's even wrong and what i might be able to do to get better.

it's pretty amazing that the simple act of using my body can make me feel so much better about everything in the world. this is not merely limited to running; playing catch or tennis or soccer or frisbee or riding bikes or hiking etc. etc. all do it for me. so if anyone is ever around me and feels like doing any of these things--or really anything else--let me know. we'll play.

i also love reading. i'm not really super excited about having to get up before the sun and ride the bus for an hour to get to the hospital on tuesdays by 6:30, but i do love that i get an hour (each way!) to read books. my deal with myself is that while commuting i will only read fun books, books that i want to read, books on the long list that hangs on my wall. i hope that by the end of the year this list will be much shorter. mae, i will formulate this into #1 on my list. ask me about it next time we talk and i'll have something concrete.