Yesterday I was at home for the first time in a while and I wanted to do EVERYTHING. I soon realized that doing nothing was far far better.  When I first arrived I found that everything was different and fortunately there was a great addition to the bedroom!!! There was a new pillow that defined the word laughter for me.

According to the pillow laughter is the experience of amusement or joy!!!

I next decided to watch eat, pray, love with my mom and dog.  I realized I think I must have a dog when I live alone after college because they are just so so loving. That was a wonderful part of the day.

Then I decided to get FUNKY. By "getting funky" I mean only that I did things I had never done before.  I found out we have a coffee maker where you put a pouch in and press a button and it makes coffee immediately.  It can also produce espresso and tea all of these WITH FOAM!!! Bad news- it seems kinda bad for the environment. SHIZ.

A great new discovery in the home!!! My sister brought me home bubble bath which was not bubble bath at all but a powder that created weird rashes.  Then I got in the shower and pressed a button and it turned into a steam room!!! Sweet.  So I decided to create my own hot yoga room.  I began doing usual yoga stretches and it actually was way more flexible and easier to stretch when it was really warm.

It was kinda weird doing yoga naked in my parents shower.

Then it became impossible to breath and I thought I was going to faint. My body and hair were dripping wet and I had not even turned on the shower yet.  I decided it is a new invention of a way to train for track meets when they decide to have them in locations where the temperature on the track in 105 degrees and no one competing can breathe or think.  That is what the steam room felt like! PERFECT SOLUTION>$$#!%!!!!

Good things that happened since being home!

Having asparagus quiche was a REALLY good thing

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON

My friend showed me the greatest youtube video of all times!!!

Also I got to share coffee with good friends and just see people! I am happy I was able to see people.  Also a good thing was going with my mom to volunteer.  There is a group that teaches English to refugees and it was a learning experience for me.  I was so frustrated because I wanted to be able for them to understand and I know they were frustrated that we could not understand.  I went to the library and printed the common translations for the leading Ethiopian language and brought them back but it was not the correct dialect.  I was able to see how grateful I am that I can communicate with the people around me.  All the refugees were very smart wonderful people but were so limited because they could not speak our language.  I wish I could speak all languages!!!

Indonesian baby on 40 cigarettes a day

Emily dickinson

So the other day I decided to stay in the public library for hours reading books after eating a very inspiring chocolate truffle.  I came across emily dickinson, whom when forced to read in high school I loathed, but now I have quite a liking for her poetry....

this is her letter to the world

Letter to the world with beautiful music

My heroes of the day!

Lindsay Anderson!! (won her conference meet in Texas) a 5k in 16:45!!! Holy SCHMOOKKES!! yayay I was so very happy for my speedy acquaintance :))

yeah. she is pretty awesome. take that.

Also!! My blood relative (we lived together for 16 years!!) K-flo tore it up out in Seattle and ran a 20:15 6k to take 6th place in the Pac-ten conference meet as a FRESHMAN. yeah, she is really good!  I hope that I can take some of her goodness for our meet tomorrow!!! Yay again!!

(sorry this is an old pic but I could not find a more recent one from Wash)...

ps-- Go hawks! Big tens tomorrow morn!]]

Not something you see everyday

Yesterday I was out and about and I saw an Avatar hopping and running around the ped mall.  I am pretty sure it was a female.  This avatar proceeded to go into capanna and run around.  She has an entirely blue body and an avatar sphere.  I think she was afraid that we were going to try and kill her so she felt the need to protect herself.  Later on I was walking past Starbucks and I saw the female Avatar ordering a drink and sitting down at a table.  I also saw the Avatar sitting at the bar Brothers

some thoughts

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the sucessive autumns."
-George Eliot October 1, 1841

Isn't it kind of cool that something can be written almost two hundred years ago and still make so much sense today? This week was a big week on the level of stress and anxiety(mostly about the future) and things I will never know of course!! But I realized when I was running with my great friends that all the best things like going on a run or having autumn and spring or listening to music or praying or laughing until your stomach hurts.  All of the VERY BEST things will never go away.  No matter what I do or how much I earn or where I live I can always have the best moments.

I also want to say on of the best things in the world is "hot cranberry juice"  Danielle introduced it to me and it is nourishment for the soul.  So much aroma and goodness.

the end.

Fall

Fall is the absolute greatest time of the year. I just feel most alive and the air is so fresh and it makes it joyful just to even breathe and be outside.  The wind is beautiful, the eerie nights and enchanting, and the colors and briskness make things pretty great.  Also...

running weather is best in the fall (This is TOTALLY what I look like when I am running)

Everything is pumpkin and so great! Whether it is pumpkin smoothies, pumpkin cream cheese, pumpkin coffee, pumpkin colored things, or carving pumpkins does not matter- it is all great!

Also Halloween is in the fall! It is also my favorite holiday although I think only my favorite because it is in the fall and I associate all the good smells and weather with it.  None the less- it is coming up!

Also also also! I can not forget the beautiful trees that are everywhere.  Sometimes I just lay beneath them when I have extra time before class.  I also love just staring at them, letting the leaves fall on me, crunching the leaves, smelling the trees, and being overcome with awe.  Thank you trees!