I love reading books and after finishing my doctorate in 2011 and taking a much-needed break from reading much of anything, I finally started reading for enjoyment again about a year ago. My reading patterns were scattered at best but the things I did read, I enjoyed. I was reading pretty much anything that was […]
Jun 3 2013
#35Project: I finished the race, F-yeah!
When the alarm went off Saturday morning, there was a cool breeze, the sun coming up and I knew if I didn’t get up right then and there I wasn’t going to go to the run. I was tired and nervous. I didn’t know what to expect. I was scared. I was unsure I could […]
May 29 2013
#35Project Update: Running a 5K Untrained
I think I may have become slightly delusional this morning after seeing the temperature in El Paso was going to be in the 90’s and filled with hot, dog-breath winds in the afternoon. Reading something like that at 5:30 in the morning always makes you wonder if you should have woken up because no one […]
May 17 2013
#FF: Drew, “Teenagers,” and Arnold Pumps You Up!
Wait, Is that Drew? It’s Friday and it’s the beginning of graduation season here in El Paso. I figured I would make some comment about how important education is, how graduating opens doors and how it will be the springboard for your future, blah, blah, blah. I even thought, “It would be great to get […]
May 16 2013
I did not win the Powerball lotto.
I’ve been foiled once again by the lotto gods. I didn’t win last night’s Powerball lotto, which meant I still had to come into work this morning. Oh, how nice it would have been to sleep in today, fix my air conditioner and mosey on down to the Texas Lottery office and claim my winnings. […]
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