“You’re Crazy!” “You’re Insane!” “You’re Unbelievable!”
Lately I have heard a lot of comments about what people think of me. I often hear “I don’t know how you do it”, but the reality for me is “it is what I do”. Not only is it what I do, but what I need, what I love, and what I don’t think I could ever live without….running!
People aren’t talking necessarily about just running, but my life--in general. I am a person who definitely likes to keep busy but sometimes I go to the extreme which is where I am at now. This second summer school session has proved to be very challenging for me and it is only week 2. So you might be asking, what is her deal? What is she talking about? Well, let me give you a run down on my typical day during week 2…
3:00 AM my alarm sounds and a warily glance at the time and hit snooze. 3:05 my alarm goes off again, I wipe the sleep from my eyes, sit up and glance out the window to see how the weather looks, oh the moon was beautiful and bright this morning shining in my face. I roll out of bed and put on my running gear and head out the door. About 4:20 I return to shower and get ready to work since my shift has changed recently from 5:00 AM to 1:00 PM so that I can attend one of my two classes I am currently taking. At 1:00 I do get some reprieve and I retreat to MSUM where I sit in a small lobby in an oversized chair and either study or pull up work email on my ipad. The door opens to the class room at 2:00 so I head down the hall and get logged into the computer. 2:15 to 4:00 I listen to a lecture about probability and statistics, which for those of you that know me well, is like listening and trying to learn a foreign language. Let’s just say that any kind of math is NOT my strongest skill set! The thought of going makes me want to cringe and every day I wonder why this class has to be part of my curriculum to graduate! Once class is out it is off to downtown Fargo to pick up my daughter. Some days during the week I then race home so that I can get my son off to baseball (thank you to all you wonderful people that help us out with this on practice nights or late nights. You know who you are and I thank you!), then back home to start on homework which I work on until I retreat to my bed around 9:00 or 10:00 PM. In between homework time, I manage to also cook supper (well, some nights) and actually say “hi” to my family, shovel some food in my mouth. In addition to my probability and statistics class, I am also taking Health Policy and Payment. It is more my pace and I feel confident that I actually know quite a bit of the material we cover, however there is a paper that has to be written, along with a complete set of references in APA style, an outline, a power point presentation all on a subject that the professor has assigned in addition to weekly homework assignments, reading and discussion board amongst the group that I have been assigned. Phew! It is like I just fast forwarded through another day in lightening time which is the pace at which my days now go.
So let me ask you this…are you too busy to run? To workout? To take a walk? To stop and play? I have found time and serenity in my daily runs. Perhaps it is the medication that you need for ailments? As I am often told by a friend and co-worker….JUST BREATHE….
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