I was too tired to post yesterday. I pretty much fell asleep right after dinner and had been running around since I got out of school, one of those days. I did manage to finish the 10k! Woo! I missed my goal of 15K but just barely. Unfortunately, my schedule got very busy and I ran out of time to keep walking even that extra bit. I can't even make up for it, because my pedometer decided to run away RIGHT after I recorded the last of my steps. I have no idea where that sucker went to, it's just gone. My students decided they wanted to tally up how far I went and it came into somewhere around 450K for six weeks, just under half a million steps. I find it both impressive and equally sad that I can't even make half a million steps in a little over a month. Either way, I'm feeling better and even looking a little better. I noticed today that since I've been outside so much walking I've picked up some color and lost some weight. I look happier too.
To celebrate the end of the 10K, I blatantly did not walk today. I'm kind of regretting that decision now, but it gave me some time to do other things I might have put off if I had gone for a walk...and I'm pretty much a night owl anyway so maybe I'll still go out for a bit now that it's cooling down. So, yay! I did it! I did 10K steps a day for six weeks!
Now onto the next project: journaling every day for a month to help someone out with their master's thesis. I think God is just giving me opportunities to work on my writing and continue my spiritual growth now!
May 21, 2013
May 11, 2013
One Week To Go
I just wanted to update on my 10K, I don't really have a lot to talk about, though. I'm still keeping up with my goal and I only have 8 days left. Yay! I'm actually kind of looking forward to being able to walk as much or as little as I like. I started to discover I really don't like being bound to this pedometer. It's like a constant reminder of potential success or failure. Even if you try not to be consciously aware of it, it seeps into your consciousness and takes over. I'm finding myself becoming more and more preoccupied with at least getting 10K and less and less able to focus on anything else while I walk, which is something that has become annoying to me. I'm already easily distractable and I think the whole point of doing this was to get better at my prayer life and to start trying to make choices which would help me to become more active. If nothing else, I think I succeeded in laying the foundation for both.
I'll try to put up a few more updates this week! After that, I'm not sure how often I'll keep up with this blog. I'm trying to find a job and life is starting to catch up with me. If nothing else, I'll be back during Lent!
I'll try to put up a few more updates this week! After that, I'm not sure how often I'll keep up with this blog. I'm trying to find a job and life is starting to catch up with me. If nothing else, I'll be back during Lent!
May 6, 2013
Walking For Life...FOR LIFE
I have felt a lot better since I started doing this 10K a day. I usually have more energy during the evenings and have found myself able to relax much better than I ever have before. Who knew that I only needed to get a bit more exercise to balance out a little? I've since decided to continue this regiment of sorts after these next two weeks are up. And also, I can't believe that we're in the last two weeks of this walk already! Six weeks seriously goes by very quickly!
Walk for Life update: In less than 36 hours, I obtained my goal of $150 to donate to the pregnancy center for teen pregnancy prevention and health care/adoption options for pregnant mothers. I should have totally taken a picture of the t-shirt I got for the event, but I can't find my camera at the moment and am too lazy to go look for it. Maybe I'll update a picture later. The walk itself was pretty easy. I do twice that on a given day (as it turns out, my pedometer isn't accurately tracking my steps).
Special thanks to everyone who sponsored my walk! You guys rock! Also: Woo! Two weeks left of 10K a day! I almost made it!
Walk for Life update: In less than 36 hours, I obtained my goal of $150 to donate to the pregnancy center for teen pregnancy prevention and health care/adoption options for pregnant mothers. I should have totally taken a picture of the t-shirt I got for the event, but I can't find my camera at the moment and am too lazy to go look for it. Maybe I'll update a picture later. The walk itself was pretty easy. I do twice that on a given day (as it turns out, my pedometer isn't accurately tracking my steps).
Special thanks to everyone who sponsored my walk! You guys rock! Also: Woo! Two weeks left of 10K a day! I almost made it!
May 1, 2013
Walking for Life!
This is my shameless plug of the week as well as an update!
I've hit a bit of a wall with the walking thing. I've run into a ton of stuff I'm doing all at once so my steps have gone from "I think I can do 15k a day" to "OMG how am I going to get in 10k?!". Even with all of the craziness going on right now, I've decided to participate in a 2 mile walk for life on Saturday. Typically, it takes an hour for me to walk 2 miles, so I don't really forsee this being a problem. Not to mention, I get to raise money for a good cause, and get my walking in early so I can finish my paper due this week! It all falls into place.
For my friends who actually read this: would you be willing to donate to my cause? You have my number, text, call or otherwise message me (if there is another way to do so from your phone that will contact my phone...I don't have fancy iPhone-nonsense!) or you can hit me up on facebook. Prayers and support are likewise acceptable, but contributions help more!
Oh yeah, the update: I've made my 10k every day so far and we're almost done with week 4! Two weeks left to go! Woo!
I've hit a bit of a wall with the walking thing. I've run into a ton of stuff I'm doing all at once so my steps have gone from "I think I can do 15k a day" to "OMG how am I going to get in 10k?!". Even with all of the craziness going on right now, I've decided to participate in a 2 mile walk for life on Saturday. Typically, it takes an hour for me to walk 2 miles, so I don't really forsee this being a problem. Not to mention, I get to raise money for a good cause, and get my walking in early so I can finish my paper due this week! It all falls into place.
For my friends who actually read this: would you be willing to donate to my cause? You have my number, text, call or otherwise message me (if there is another way to do so from your phone that will contact my phone...I don't have fancy iPhone-nonsense!) or you can hit me up on facebook. Prayers and support are likewise acceptable, but contributions help more!
Oh yeah, the update: I've made my 10k every day so far and we're almost done with week 4! Two weeks left to go! Woo!
April 27, 2013
Not Sure if Luck or a Higher Power
I've had a rather week this week. There has been SO MUCH going on that I haven't even had time to settle down and write a blog. It started last week when my supervisor wasn't keen on the final project I had for my students. She wanted something more "fun" for them. I rather agreed with her, mostly because Greek mythology was what sparked my interest in theology to begin with, so I decided to create a shiny new project with just three days to go before Monday when it all needed to happen.
My weekend disappeared in a flash.
It literally took from Saturday morning to Sunday night with brief intermissions for my niece's birthday, mass, and walking to finish the lesson plans, graphic organizers, rubric, mythology packets, and sample projects for the class. But it was totally worth it! The kids seemed to really get into the project and I think I may only be missing a handful of projects from students here and there. Not too bad, really!
Consequently, I was left feeling like the whole rest of my week was off in some way. I had some other obligations this week which resulted in me leaving to get to class an hour before it started when it takes an hour and a half to get there. I mentioned to my sister that the only way I was going to make it was if I hit every green light on the way up...and somehow I did. Which never happens. I don't mean rarely happens, I mean in all the year and a half I have been driving at various times of the day to get to this chool, I have never ever ever hit every green light all the way up to it.
The following day got even better. My folks left for the weekend and said they were going to be taking one of the cars with them. Not even giving this a second thought, I left all of the things I needed for class in one of the vehicles. When I finally made it to the point that I was ready to leave in the morning, I looked outside to see the wrong car in the driveway. Why is it that despite evidence to the contrary, we sometimes think that our own force of will might change a horrible situation into a better one? I intentionally grabbed the wrong set of keys hoping that somehow trying to open the doors with them would prove in some way that they had not taken the car I needed with all my stuff in it. Alas, this was not the case. The keys did seemingly nothing and I had to accept the fact that EVERYTHING I needed for class was gone for at least two days. Resigning myself to beg the other team of teachers at my school for their copy of the day's lesson materials, I quickly grabbed the right keys, locked up the house, and ran out the door...only to find the car I needed with everything still in the driveway on the other side of the house to my confusion, irritation, and intense relief. I turned to get the right keys and go back into the house only to realize that I had only grabbed the keys to the other car, not the house keys, and was completely entirely locked out of the house (possibly for two days or so) with no way of getting into the car to rescue my materials. In a moment I can only attribute to willful denial, I decided to try to open the car door anyway and somehow, somehow it was open! My sister managed to let me into my house a little later and all was right with the world, but I have to say, all these coincidences the last two days which have somehow worked out in my favor, I'm not really sure they're coincidences at all.
Despite my busy schedule, I have kept up with my walking and praying with God. I have successfully done 10k every day for the first two weeks of this adventure and we are coming around into the home stretch of week 3. Sunday we will be halfway done with this challenge. My step count has even gone up a little. This week, I've started to break 10k with a new record of over 13,000 steps. My new goal is to try for 15K over the next couple of weeks if time allows for it which has become my new adversary actually-time. I no longer feel the same fatigue and exhaustion as I had been feeling in the first couple of weeks. Quite the opposite in fact. I now have to walk because I am more energized when I do, I'm also more relaxed now that I have created this walking routine in my life. I didn't get stressed out over the weekend when I was spending the whole time working on projects for class and I didn't even freak out all that much when all of those frustrating situations were coming up. I was able to set aside that frustration and anxiety and key into my rationality to work through the situation better. That being said, I fully endorse walking 10K a day. It's good for you!
My weekend disappeared in a flash.
It literally took from Saturday morning to Sunday night with brief intermissions for my niece's birthday, mass, and walking to finish the lesson plans, graphic organizers, rubric, mythology packets, and sample projects for the class. But it was totally worth it! The kids seemed to really get into the project and I think I may only be missing a handful of projects from students here and there. Not too bad, really!
Consequently, I was left feeling like the whole rest of my week was off in some way. I had some other obligations this week which resulted in me leaving to get to class an hour before it started when it takes an hour and a half to get there. I mentioned to my sister that the only way I was going to make it was if I hit every green light on the way up...and somehow I did. Which never happens. I don't mean rarely happens, I mean in all the year and a half I have been driving at various times of the day to get to this chool, I have never ever ever hit every green light all the way up to it.
The following day got even better. My folks left for the weekend and said they were going to be taking one of the cars with them. Not even giving this a second thought, I left all of the things I needed for class in one of the vehicles. When I finally made it to the point that I was ready to leave in the morning, I looked outside to see the wrong car in the driveway. Why is it that despite evidence to the contrary, we sometimes think that our own force of will might change a horrible situation into a better one? I intentionally grabbed the wrong set of keys hoping that somehow trying to open the doors with them would prove in some way that they had not taken the car I needed with all my stuff in it. Alas, this was not the case. The keys did seemingly nothing and I had to accept the fact that EVERYTHING I needed for class was gone for at least two days. Resigning myself to beg the other team of teachers at my school for their copy of the day's lesson materials, I quickly grabbed the right keys, locked up the house, and ran out the door...only to find the car I needed with everything still in the driveway on the other side of the house to my confusion, irritation, and intense relief. I turned to get the right keys and go back into the house only to realize that I had only grabbed the keys to the other car, not the house keys, and was completely entirely locked out of the house (possibly for two days or so) with no way of getting into the car to rescue my materials. In a moment I can only attribute to willful denial, I decided to try to open the car door anyway and somehow, somehow it was open! My sister managed to let me into my house a little later and all was right with the world, but I have to say, all these coincidences the last two days which have somehow worked out in my favor, I'm not really sure they're coincidences at all.
Despite my busy schedule, I have kept up with my walking and praying with God. I have successfully done 10k every day for the first two weeks of this adventure and we are coming around into the home stretch of week 3. Sunday we will be halfway done with this challenge. My step count has even gone up a little. This week, I've started to break 10k with a new record of over 13,000 steps. My new goal is to try for 15K over the next couple of weeks if time allows for it which has become my new adversary actually-time. I no longer feel the same fatigue and exhaustion as I had been feeling in the first couple of weeks. Quite the opposite in fact. I now have to walk because I am more energized when I do, I'm also more relaxed now that I have created this walking routine in my life. I didn't get stressed out over the weekend when I was spending the whole time working on projects for class and I didn't even freak out all that much when all of those frustrating situations were coming up. I was able to set aside that frustration and anxiety and key into my rationality to work through the situation better. That being said, I fully endorse walking 10K a day. It's good for you!
April 26, 2013
Awkward Yoga
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if a little person moved into your stomach and started re-arraigning all the furniture? And then about every week or so, they decide their apartment's not big enough and start stretching the walls out? That's pretty much exactly what being pregnant is like.
Today I am exactly seven months pregnant and this is what I've learned so far: just when I think Bishop has found every awkward position he could possibly be in, he finds a new even more awkward and uncomfortable position. I think I've figured out his motives. Whenever he makes me feel uncomfortable, I feel the need to rub my stomach so that he calms down and stops practicing his awkward yoga routine. Then it hit me: he's exactly like his father. He's just trying to manipulate me into rubbing his head. It's just like when John sets his head on my chest as a subtle way of telling me it needs a massage. Bishop is just trying to push his head through my stomach so that I'll reach down and start rubbing it. Boys.
I guess it could be that he's just so anxious to meet us that he's trying to get out. That makes me feel a little more loved and little less used. Either way, I can't wait to meet the little guy. And it's only partially because I'll be able to sit and lay down in whatever position I want.
Today I am exactly seven months pregnant and this is what I've learned so far: just when I think Bishop has found every awkward position he could possibly be in, he finds a new even more awkward and uncomfortable position. I think I've figured out his motives. Whenever he makes me feel uncomfortable, I feel the need to rub my stomach so that he calms down and stops practicing his awkward yoga routine. Then it hit me: he's exactly like his father. He's just trying to manipulate me into rubbing his head. It's just like when John sets his head on my chest as a subtle way of telling me it needs a massage. Bishop is just trying to push his head through my stomach so that I'll reach down and start rubbing it. Boys.
I guess it could be that he's just so anxious to meet us that he's trying to get out. That makes me feel a little more loved and little less used. Either way, I can't wait to meet the little guy. And it's only partially because I'll be able to sit and lay down in whatever position I want.
April 23, 2013
The Bloggess
So... I was supposed to blog about this a while ago. Probably the week it actually happened. It has now been exactly 3 weeks since we went to see the Bloggess. I guess I've been in a post-lent stubborn laziness. Better late than never? I guess.
Anyway, I met the Bloggess!
See? Proof. That is Teresa and me standing right next to her. John was there too. He took the picture. She also signed my book. I'd post a picture but... then I'd have to go take one and that might delay the writing of this post for another 3 weeks. Nobody wants that.
So, we got to meet her before the reading and official book signing. Why? I blame the bookstore but luckily everything worked out nicely. Apparently there were tickets I was supposed to purchase for the event in order to enter the store and be seated. I did not know this because there was no mention of purchasing tickets on the bookstore website which I checked the second the tours dates were announced and then I checked again about a month before the event. Of course they had added it sometime between then and the event because we checked as we were standing in line in the hopes that we could still get tickets.
But they were sold out. The Bloggess being the awesome person that she is felt bad that there were people who showed up that couldn't get in for the reading so she came out to meet us and sign our books before the event started. Then we stood around talking about what we might do since we drove an hour and a half and weren't about to just turn around and go home right away. About 2/3 of the people standing in line left right away. Then after a few minutes the store manager said we could come in and stand in the back as long as we weren't blocking anyone's view. So Teresa and I came in and were able to see and hear the reading and the Q and A. Plus we didn't have to pay for tickets. It was pretty awesome. We also didn't have to wait in line for the book signing since we already met her beforehand.
Also I have to say she's a lot funnier in person which is saying something because she's really funny on paper.
All in all, it was a successful adventure. Here's a bunch of other pictures I took in the bookstore.
Anyway, I met the Bloggess!
See? Proof. That is Teresa and me standing right next to her. John was there too. He took the picture. She also signed my book. I'd post a picture but... then I'd have to go take one and that might delay the writing of this post for another 3 weeks. Nobody wants that.
So, we got to meet her before the reading and official book signing. Why? I blame the bookstore but luckily everything worked out nicely. Apparently there were tickets I was supposed to purchase for the event in order to enter the store and be seated. I did not know this because there was no mention of purchasing tickets on the bookstore website which I checked the second the tours dates were announced and then I checked again about a month before the event. Of course they had added it sometime between then and the event because we checked as we were standing in line in the hopes that we could still get tickets.
But they were sold out. The Bloggess being the awesome person that she is felt bad that there were people who showed up that couldn't get in for the reading so she came out to meet us and sign our books before the event started. Then we stood around talking about what we might do since we drove an hour and a half and weren't about to just turn around and go home right away. About 2/3 of the people standing in line left right away. Then after a few minutes the store manager said we could come in and stand in the back as long as we weren't blocking anyone's view. So Teresa and I came in and were able to see and hear the reading and the Q and A. Plus we didn't have to pay for tickets. It was pretty awesome. We also didn't have to wait in line for the book signing since we already met her beforehand.
Also I have to say she's a lot funnier in person which is saying something because she's really funny on paper.
All in all, it was a successful adventure. Here's a bunch of other pictures I took in the bookstore.
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| Taxidermied animals |
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April 18, 2013
Emptiness
Since I became Catholic, I started doing a lot of self-reflection. Recently, I've been contemplating the reasons for my sins. This isn't just because I'm supposed to be going to confession regularly, although it does help. I think being consciously aware of the things I'm doing wrong will help me in the long run. Kind of like when I started taking Tai Chi to help with my anxiety and depression. I eventually learned how to sense when I was heading into a panic attack or a low period and what I could do to alter these instances, alleviating some of the worst of these disorders. I.E. if I can figure out the symptoms and the indicators for my behaviors/thoughts/etc., I will be better able to circumvent them in the future.
Something I keep coming back to is a sensation of emptiness or longing. These sensations were beginning again today and their familiarity caught my attention. Perhaps these are indicators that I'm not spending enough time with God. Today, I took my walk with my Dad which didn't really afford me much time in prayer with God. I've taken walks with other people during this 10K, but I've never really encountered this detachment before. Of course this is the first day in a while that I haven't spent a great deal of time in prayer either. I had also caught myself trying to think of things I could do to ignore or offset this emptiness and I think this is when I finally made the connection that I've been using distractions to interrupt my time with God. Separation from prayer leads to an accumulated sense of emptiness or longing, which leads to a need to do other things to distract from this feeling, which eventually leads towards sinfulness as it manifests either in frustration from lacking fulfillment in some sense or in other ways.
This really isn't anything novel or new. Essentially, I'm just restating how intentionally or unintentionally neglecting time I usually set aside to spend with God makes me feel empty and causes me to stray. It's the same things people have been saying for a while, but until I really noticed it in myself, I hadn't really understood it. Whether or not I spend time in prayer while I'm walking, I still get to count the steps towards the challenge for this school, but ultimately I feel like I took a step backwards today (no pun intended...even if I get to count those too). I shall have to try again tomorrow and in the meantime set aside some time tonight for some praying.
Something I keep coming back to is a sensation of emptiness or longing. These sensations were beginning again today and their familiarity caught my attention. Perhaps these are indicators that I'm not spending enough time with God. Today, I took my walk with my Dad which didn't really afford me much time in prayer with God. I've taken walks with other people during this 10K, but I've never really encountered this detachment before. Of course this is the first day in a while that I haven't spent a great deal of time in prayer either. I had also caught myself trying to think of things I could do to ignore or offset this emptiness and I think this is when I finally made the connection that I've been using distractions to interrupt my time with God. Separation from prayer leads to an accumulated sense of emptiness or longing, which leads to a need to do other things to distract from this feeling, which eventually leads towards sinfulness as it manifests either in frustration from lacking fulfillment in some sense or in other ways.
This really isn't anything novel or new. Essentially, I'm just restating how intentionally or unintentionally neglecting time I usually set aside to spend with God makes me feel empty and causes me to stray. It's the same things people have been saying for a while, but until I really noticed it in myself, I hadn't really understood it. Whether or not I spend time in prayer while I'm walking, I still get to count the steps towards the challenge for this school, but ultimately I feel like I took a step backwards today (no pun intended...even if I get to count those too). I shall have to try again tomorrow and in the meantime set aside some time tonight for some praying.
April 15, 2013
Rainbow Umbrella
I tried to go walk three times today. Each time, it was raining. The first trip, I got to try with my nephew until it rained too much for him. The second one included a brief bought of hail which was all kinds of fun and exciting. The last time I tried, I was smart enough to grab an umbrella. That did the trick. I managed to make my 10K today, rain and hail and all. On my way back to the house, I noticed that the umbrella I happened to grab was my mom's rainbow umbrella. It made me start to think about the story of Noah and the arc and how God set a rainbow up in the sky as a sign of a covenant between God and humanity. This actually helped me for some reason. I got about halfway to my goal today and wanted to quit again; cold, rain, and exhaustion does not make for a pleasant experience. Yet when I saw the umbrella, it just made everything better. Sometimes we just need physical reminders of things we should be remembering and thinking about.
Today, I couldn't focus on the rosary. I kept thinking of some hymns as I walked though and eventually started to sing them until the cold sucked the joy out of me. I should get a hymnal to learn more songs one of these days so I can sing praises along with praying.
UPDATE: The end of the week means we total our step count. As of Sunday, I am officially over 75,000 steps! I'm doing better than I thought I would have at the onset. Woo!
Today, I couldn't focus on the rosary. I kept thinking of some hymns as I walked though and eventually started to sing them until the cold sucked the joy out of me. I should get a hymnal to learn more songs one of these days so I can sing praises along with praying.
UPDATE: The end of the week means we total our step count. As of Sunday, I am officially over 75,000 steps! I'm doing better than I thought I would have at the onset. Woo!
April 14, 2013
I Got the Call
I was really looking forward to going out and walking at our farm. I anticipated having an easy time of walking and getting 10K by going out there. Instead, it took me twice as long to get 10K. Fancy that! It seems like the pedometer I have picks up steps done in town better than in steps done in grass or mud. I don't really understand that one, it's strange. Despite the annoyance of trying to get 10K with the pedometer not really picking up steps, I did enjoy being able to go out and walk the property again. It's been so long since I've done that. I definitely remember it being so much harder to walk the length of our farm before, when I was a child. It was hardly difficult at all now. Such is life and growing up.
I discovered when I went out today that I felt called to prayer. This is the first time I've ever really felt a calling to prayer. It was as if I needed to be praying while I walked, the words just coming forth. To be honest, I've never really prayed much in the past, so I'm rather in uncharted territory. So feeling the need to pray, not just intending to or wanting to, was another new experience for me. I'm not really sure what it means, whether I'm developing a habit or whether it's something more. I really feel like I should talk to someone who has had more devotion to prayer than I have. Maybe my sponser from RCIA.
Tomorrow marks my second week of walking 10K with God. If I didn't quit in my first week, I hope this bodes well for the next five.
I discovered when I went out today that I felt called to prayer. This is the first time I've ever really felt a calling to prayer. It was as if I needed to be praying while I walked, the words just coming forth. To be honest, I've never really prayed much in the past, so I'm rather in uncharted territory. So feeling the need to pray, not just intending to or wanting to, was another new experience for me. I'm not really sure what it means, whether I'm developing a habit or whether it's something more. I really feel like I should talk to someone who has had more devotion to prayer than I have. Maybe my sponser from RCIA.
Tomorrow marks my second week of walking 10K with God. If I didn't quit in my first week, I hope this bodes well for the next five.
April 12, 2013
The Problem of the "City"
Since I discovered that it seems like it's easier to walk around town and pray (I still can't explain why other than the distractions of town seem to help with keeping my mind focused on one thing), I've been doing that. After my walk yesterday, though, I just didn't feel like posting anything. I had a very strange incident that made me wonder how often similar things happen around town, as we have moderate population of special needs and vagrant people who walk around town quite often. To elaborate: I had someone scream incoherently at me and then toss a pop can at me from the side of the road. Since I was praying, I really wasn't expecting that and I sort of froze. Luckily, that was exactly what I needed to do to have the can miss me. I have no idea if anyone can get hurt from a pop can being thrown out of a car window at low speeds, but I'm glad I didn't have to find out.
This incident just made me really sad for those people. I have no idea who they are. There was absolutely no way they could have known who I was; I was walking around town in a hoodie I never wear with the hood up and they did this while my back was turned to them besides. This seems to suggest that they do this indiscriminately...unless they actually did somehow know who I was. Either way, it was a blaring reminder that people can just be so hateful no matter where you are. I'm seriously more worried for the other people they may do this to, however. I suppose I should have recorded their license plate number and called the police, but I also didn't want to make a scene if I wasn't hurt. I don't know. Maybe today I'll go back to the parks. At least there I don't have to worry about being attacked from a car again.
This incident just made me really sad for those people. I have no idea who they are. There was absolutely no way they could have known who I was; I was walking around town in a hoodie I never wear with the hood up and they did this while my back was turned to them besides. This seems to suggest that they do this indiscriminately...unless they actually did somehow know who I was. Either way, it was a blaring reminder that people can just be so hateful no matter where you are. I'm seriously more worried for the other people they may do this to, however. I suppose I should have recorded their license plate number and called the police, but I also didn't want to make a scene if I wasn't hurt. I don't know. Maybe today I'll go back to the parks. At least there I don't have to worry about being attacked from a car again.
April 10, 2013
Breaking 10K
I actually broke 10K today, but I had to get help. For some reason, snagging a group of people to walk with made it easier to forget how long I had been walking. Oddly enough, we still talked about church and God for most of the walk. Well, perhaps not all that odd, except I didn't tell them what I was doing exactly. Somehow the topic just got brought up and that lasted for a good portion of the trip. I only made it through 2 rosaries today while I walked, but that's ok too. I remembered all of the mysteries we were supposed to meditate on today which was part of why I was saying five the last two days. I kept forgetting to announce the mysteries and so I just counted each rosary as one mystery instead of each decade. Is that even a valid form of praying the rosary?
So far, my total is in the 11,000's. I also somehow managed to get 3k in today at school. Woo! Another first! I honestly wasn't sure that I was going to get in very much today. It's been on the brink of storming all day and has been at least overcast, if not torrential downpour (like this morning). I was pretty sure that I was either going to have to go walk around Wal-Mart or finally break down and find a place I could get a subscription to the gym at. For some reason, after coming home and getting some food, the cold outside didn't seem so very cold after all and it wasn't raining so I decided to go for it.
Interesting lesson of the day: going into a park to pray and walk is highly distracting. Walking around town and praying (where there is so much more going on and so many more people) less distracting! How does that even happen? Perhaps we're trained to block out so much more when we're in town than when we're trying to relax in woodsy areas, I don't know. All I know is that it was easier to pray the rosary without an actual rosary and walking around town than it has been when I'm trying to pray in the woods, walking around, and coming across others along the way.
So far, my total is in the 11,000's. I also somehow managed to get 3k in today at school. Woo! Another first! I honestly wasn't sure that I was going to get in very much today. It's been on the brink of storming all day and has been at least overcast, if not torrential downpour (like this morning). I was pretty sure that I was either going to have to go walk around Wal-Mart or finally break down and find a place I could get a subscription to the gym at. For some reason, after coming home and getting some food, the cold outside didn't seem so very cold after all and it wasn't raining so I decided to go for it.
Interesting lesson of the day: going into a park to pray and walk is highly distracting. Walking around town and praying (where there is so much more going on and so many more people) less distracting! How does that even happen? Perhaps we're trained to block out so much more when we're in town than when we're trying to relax in woodsy areas, I don't know. All I know is that it was easier to pray the rosary without an actual rosary and walking around town than it has been when I'm trying to pray in the woods, walking around, and coming across others along the way.
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