December 2011
3 posts
my job is lame
December, as a month, is infinitely better than January. There’s just such a let down once you check off that final day of the year and whip out the new calendar.
And I’m not just saying this becuause December is home to both Christmas and New Year’s Eve, two of the best days of any given year. Rather, it’s because December is a month filled with so much promise of what...
a lesson in extreme discomfort
Throughout yesterday’s department meeting, I was constantly trying to will my co-workers to consume more and more the pizza that had been ordered for lunch. I was hoping there’d by anywhere from 0 to 3 pieces left at the end of the meeting, thus preventing me from having the chane to drastically over eat as I am wont to do when pizza is in play.
However, my Jedi mind tricks...
later '11: ending on a high note at the schaumburg...
Last Saturday, whilst back in the Chicago-land area for Thanksgiving, I capital ‘R’ Raced for the first time since…. July 2010? Yea, I guess so. Damn, that was longer than I had thought.
Sure, I’ve done a few races in the meanwhile, but just local 5Ks. And while enjoyable and a good opportunity to test myself physically and mentally, it’s just not a distance that I...