Category: Friends & Family
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Life is short
Surround yourself with people who actually matter. Surround yourself with people who love you and respect you. Surround yourself with nature. It’s amazing the clarity that can be found on a running path or a mountain top. Always choose coffee with a friend over an evening with the DVR. Over the past few weeks I’ve…
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“Do you have any drugs?”
Who needs drugs? When you can go out for an early-morning stroll and see this: And when you get to the top you’re surrounded by rolling hills like this: — We hit the Appalachian Trail this past weekend for some exercise and some R&R. A few in the group are doing a South Beyond 6000…
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Discouraged
I just ran 4 miles. It was harder than it should have been. All my runs lately are harder than they should be. Running partners, I need you. You haven’t seen me lately. Don’t let me get away with it. Make me run with you. Make me run with you a lot.
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It’s all uphill right now … but I have a hammock.
Stealing this picture from Kevin’s blog because this is just what I need right now: And lucky for me, I have an awesome brother and friends who invited me to go hiking/camping with them this weekend in Roan Mountain, Tenn. We will be leaving tomorrow evening and hiking 3 peaks (a total of 12 miles.)…
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On the loss of a friend
I’ve been sitting here staring at a blank page, trying to find the words to tell you about Virginia. It’s hard to know where to begin. When you work with someone for 7 years, side by side on numerous projects and late nights and early mornings and meetings and seminars and drinks after the meetings…
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On running a 5K while sick
First, let me say I’ve never had a cold that lasted as long as this one has (more than a week.) But by Saturday, it had been around for 6 days and I was feeling better and better. I was even well enough to meet Scott for a couple of drinks on Friday night. And…
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Do NOT give grandma a sleeping pill while the basketball game is on …
Things I learned while staying with my grandmother at the hospital and rehab center: = Nurses at the rehab center are not the same as nurses at the hospital. Nurses at a hospital are nice, with good bedside manner. And they come when you push the call button. And they don’t roll their eyes and…
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They tried to make me go to rehab …
Where I’ve been the past few weeks: = I spent the week in Athens, Ga., visiting Chris. = On the way home from Athens, on a Sunday, I got the news that my grandmother was in the hospital. = I spent the better part of the next week at the hospital. My aunt, Josie, stayed with…
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Update on my grandmother in the hospital
My grandmother is 93 years old and she’s one of the healthiest people I know. She’s always been very active, even mowing her own grass on her 1-acre property up until recently. She spends her days gardening and weeding and generally doing anything she can to be outdoors. Time spent at her house as a…
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Goth makeup, bar hopping, and fishnets with boots
Charlotte vs. Athens As you may or may not know, I spend a lot of my free time visiting Athens, Ga. And who wouldn’t? It’s such an awesome place to be. Last night I was chatting with a guy at a bar in Athens and he was telling me about his favorite Charlotte places. He…