Mid-Week Update

I know I haven't been blogging every day this week like I sort of promised I'd try to do.  I could say that I sort of tried but that would be sort of lying.  So I'm not going to do that.  I've been tired and didn't feel like staying up to write about what has been making me tired.  I'll recap the last few days though.

Monday
After I got to Chicago on Sunday after a stop at the Cooper residence in northern Indiana and went to the Cubs/Yankees game, I was beat and had a little sleep before my first day of work Monday.  This was not what I'd expected at all.  It was stressful.  I was flustered.  I was out of the loop.  I didn't get to do any programing that I'd be involved in.  I was all around pissed at what I had agreed to do for the next 10 weeks.  It was that day that I pretty much decided that I was going to not stay up here all summer.  I did get a run in and it was very quality.

Tuesday
Day 2 of work was a lot better.  Stuff began to make sense but I was still behind.  I still had feelings of not wanting to stay so I had a chat with Zach, my immediate boss in this endeavor, and laid it on the table that I'd probably be going home soon and not staying the duration of the summer.  He wanted me to stay but knew that I had to do what needed to be done.  Mainly that thing is the research project with the doctors in Evansville.  I need to get that done by the end of the summer since I won't have time once school starts.  Got a bike ride in on the Skokie Valley Bike Path.  That thing is awesome!  I wish Evansville, and even Indiana, would get their shit together and build something as awesome as that.  There was an awful storm that rolled through the area and knocked our power out.  I was worried for my turkey and milk I had in the fridge but it survived the power outage.  I was beat again after all that.

Wednesday
Another day that was better yet.  We had to work at Starbucks because our internet was out at the office.  We got a lot done.  I feel like I've helped get this team together and get stuff done.  Compared to what was done when I got here, what we've gotten done in these past three days doesn't even come close to the volume that was accomplished in the 3 weeks or whatever the other interns had been here.  Whatever.  I'm leaving after this week anyway.  I rode to work and back today so I didn't feel the need to actually run or ride extra.  Plus my posterior pelvic bones that sit on the seat were sore.  I did eat an entire box of shells and cheese tonight, including some on two slices of bread.  Would have been a great sandwich with some ham or bacon.  Now I'm just waiting out the rest of the week, waiting to go home now.  My Chicago visit was short lived but well worth it.

Cant say I didn't warn You

This post is gonna be long because it's covering days (21)-(30).

(21)-(24) were Teenpower week and (25) was "rest up for a day of driving to Florida" day.  So here goes for Teenpower.

This year was pretty amazing.  It went back to the 5 day camp like normal but started on a Sunday this year.  The kids this year, campers and youth staff, were phenomenal.  I got to dress as a Na'vi and Waldo.  All-in-all it was a very successful week.  I was gonna go into more detail, but it's not really necessary.  Great kids, great times.  That's pretty much it.

Now Florida.  It was a lot of just going to the pool and hanging out.  We went to Sea World on Tuesday and got security called on us on Wednesday.  We got a free go-cart ride on Thursday and all was good.  Very relaxing week with some alright people.  Haha.  It would help if most of the people weren't women and at least one of them was on her period.  Whatever.  It was fun.

Now I've got to go to bed because I'm getting up early to run and go to Chicago.  Hopefully I'll keep a better log of my days from now on.

(20)

I'm bored out of my mind right now sitting at the doctor's office.  Haven't done anything all day and the internet's getting tiresome, plus I'm not going to do anything worthwhile after I leave here since I got my Lego done last night. (it's awesome by the way) The only thing I'll be doing tonight is running or riding, haven't decided which yet, and possibly cleaning my room a little and packing for TP.

As I've said, today was worthless.  I sat here in this room all day on the computer.  Didn't even get my book out.  Stayed on the internet all day waiting for kids to come in for the research study.  Not a single one.  Wasted day in my book, even though I did get a blog post up on my other blog.

I need to get some stuff together for TP.  Haven't even started.  Should be a fun week next week.  I'll be sure to record the highlights and then post them here later.  Can't think of anything else of importance just now except that I should be getting my interview for the Chicago job some time this weekend.  Other than that, I'll post some time next week if I get a chance.  If not, it'll be hello from Florida.

(19)

Today.

The concept is relative.  More on that later.

Ran at about 7:20 this morning.  Rolled my ankle.  It sucked.  Here's what I wrote in my R2W post for the run.

I was looking for a nice easy run on the grass/ crushed limestone of the St. Hospital today but was gravely mistaken when I made that assumption. First thing that happened to make my run miserable you ask? 10 minutes in to the planned 6 miler happened on the grass. I don't think they have mowed in a week and a half at least, so I was unable to see the GIANT hole that I stepped in. Rolled my ankle. It was awful. Wasn't sure if I was going to be able to run the rest of the workout but I walked it off like a champ. Got back into rhythm and went well for a while. Then the #2 thing happened. Really. I had to poo. Stopped around 4 miles for that. Once that was done my Achilles and ankle were stiff and had to get them loose again. And then my arch started hurting again where my orthodics were pinching. (Got the orthodics fixed now though, should be good) Finished it all though.

After getting cleaned up after that, I went to YR for the work day.  That was successful.  I got stuff done and got to boss people around.  Always a plus.

Did some running after that and came home and ate some Bosco Sticks for dinner.  Delicious.  Heartburn will probably follow tomorrow though.  Watched the movie Conviction too.  That was pretty good.  Got all my Secret Pal stuff together too.  (PSSSTTT.  It's Kendall)

Gonna go finish my Lego and get to bed.  Doctor's office again tomorrow.

(18)

Today was a worthless day.  Almost.

I spent most of the day sitting in a doctor's office waiting to get subjects for my research project.  I was bored most of the day.  I'm doing it again Friday so hopefully I can get a post up on my other blog.  God knows it needs it.  But I did get one singular subject.  I guess that's more than I've gotten in a while.

I did run today too.  I've been doing pretty well about that lately.  Ran with Caleb Kerr around McCutchanville. It's really fricking hilly up there but it's all good.  Need to start upping my mileage though.  Still getting back in the swing of things after my injury.  Racing is going to suck this summer, if I do any at all.

I did realize one thing right now though.  The next two weeks might not get much posting, at least next week.  I'll be at Teenpower and then in Florida.  Hopefully I'll get at least a hard copy of next week and I'll be able to update it the next week while I'm chilling my ass off in the heat of Florida.

Probably going to go to bed and watch SportsCenter now.  It's early but I don't care.  Need to get my run in early tomorrow.

EDIT:  I did get a ton of new music today.  Seth posted a Mixtape on my wall and I downloaded the entire series plus some and put it all on an mp3 data disc and played it in my car.