February 18th, 2010
I woke up last night to an intruder.
Or at least, that’s what I thought I was waking up to. I’m visiting Chris in Athens, and I woke up to him screaming. I sat straight up and went instantly into fight mode. I think my arms were even in punch position. My heart was pounding.
Turns out, [...]
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February 17th, 2010
Okay, I can’t hold off on talking about running any longer. If you’re not into working out, feel free to skip this one. But it’s been a while since I’ve given an update, so here goes:
I’ve been lazy this winter. Not as lazy as I was before I started “really” running, but lazier than I [...]
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February 15th, 2010
I used to *love* snow. I mean, what kid doesn’t? A free pass from school and something fun and new to play with … can’t beat that …
Then I got a job at a newspaper. And they had a lovely rule in which we had to drive into work even in inclement weather. Understandable, I [...]
Tags: Asheville, athens, Chris, Colleen, Grove Park Inn, Jeff, Mount Mitchell, newspaper, newspaper work snow days, snow, working at a newspaper
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February 11th, 2010
One night during my college days, I met this really great guy, Mike*. He was so sweet and cute and perfect, and we hit it off from the moment we met. There was a group of us hanging out that night, and I was on cloud 9. Until my sorority sister, Karen, pulled me aside [...]
Tags: athens, Chris, college, Facebook, fighting over guys in college, girl:guy ratio in college, more women than men, sorority, UGA, Winthrop
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January 3rd, 2010
So, I’m a little late on the the whole “look back/look ahead” post that comes at the end of the year, but I was too busy celebrating the holidays to take the time to sit down and think about it! So, better late than never, right?
Last year I wrote about some thoughts on 2008, and [...]
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October 26th, 2009
This wasn’t a concert I would ever seek out on my own, but as soon as I heard about it I knew I was going.
The band was Social Distortion, Jeff’s favorite (he first saw them 20 years ago), and the venue was the 40 Watt in Athens, Ga., a quick walk from Chris‘ place. (They [...]
Tags: athens, Chris, I now like Social Distortion, Jeff, Social D, Social D plays Ring of Fire, Social Distortion at the 40 Watt, Social Distortion Charlotte, Social Distortion in Athens Ga, Story of my Life, Trapeze Athens Ga
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July 16th, 2009
So my nephew is due to arrive in this world on July 23, and I have pretty much put all plans on standby until I get that phone call from my sister that she’s going to deliver her first born.
In the meantime, I’m happy he doesn’t seem to be arriving during a major client deadline [...]
Tags: American Idol VIP tickets, Amy, athens, Cai, Chuck, Colleen, Greenville, Jenny
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June 4th, 2009
Every time the forecast calls for rain I hear a collective moan among seemingly everyone but me. I absolutely love rainy days during the summer months. Rain in the winter pretty much sucks, I’ll give you that, but today I look out Chris‘ windows (I opened them, of course, as the rain cools everything off [...]
Tags: athens, Breanna, Chris, coffee better on rainy days, I love summer rain, movies better on rainy days, naps better on rainy days, running better on rainy days
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April 20th, 2009
I’ve run in 5 races now (3 this year) and one could say they all start to run together except – they don’t. At least not yet, not for me. I remember each step of each one, who I was with, where the difficult hills were, who was cheering me on at the end. This [...]
Tags: 4.1 miles in 42 minutes, 5K plus one, athens, Chris, dressing up for a race, Gabe, Inaugural Terrapin 5K plus one more mile, Jeff, Jenn, Kevin, one more mile, race costumes, Rachel, running in costume, Terrapin 4.1 mile race, Terrapin 5K plus one, Terrapin Brewery
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March 1st, 2009
A conversation between siblings last week:
Kevin: I’ve decided to take up running. I can run about 20 minutes now without stopping.
Me: That’s awesome! We’re doing a 4.1 mile race in Athens in April. It’s hosted by the local brewery and it’s at 4 in the afternoon, which means I don’t have to get up early. [...]
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