1. Heights
2. Losing Someone I Love
3. Going Away
4. Being Forgotten
5. Losing My Faith
6. Public Speaking
7. Dying
8. Being Abandoned
So the past three days have been wonderful, guys. My brothers and I went for a run together on Wednesday, and it just all seemed promising, like even though the rest of my family is falling apart, we’ve still got each other. Thursday morning was the Bonfield Express 5K, and I realized I’m not as out of shape as I thought I was. I hit my times and ran a 20:34, just about where I was at the West Aurora meet, which is great. Track starts Monday, so it’s time to get working again. No more fooling around and skipping runs. I’m going sub 5 for the mile this year, hopefully. I just have to drop another 30 seconds or so…. Sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? And today, well, today was kind of a lazy day, in between the work. Woke up and went out for a 6 mile run and felt pretty swell. Then I sat around and read my book (I’ve recently been obsessed with Jefferson Bass’s “Body Farm” novels) for a few hours. Then I talked on the phone with Chante, who is in Michigan, and we played Battleship over the phone, which worked out surprisingly well. I won, of course, but she still thinks she’ll beat me on Saturday; We’ll see about that. I did some yard work after lunch, and then sat around and read some more, hung out with Brian, and I’m about to go make Cinnamon-Sugar pretzels with Mr. Erich Eisenhart. Should be a blast.
[x] Eric
