So before I go recapping the last 8 months of my life (so many posts in drafts), I’ve had a lot going on through my brain that I just wanted to jot down in black and white. Plans — Ideas…
Category: Just Life
Break.
10 Reasons I haven’t written since before the Berlin Marathon: 1) I just haven’t felt like it. I felt a bit overwhelmed and pushed by my own expectations of writing and trying to make a go at my blog. It…
Twenty-two
Today marks my 22nd anniversary in the Netherlands. In three years I will have lived here longer than in the United States! To commemorate, here’s a list of 22 things that I’ve observed, have been impacted by or love about…
Week 8 – The Road To Berlin now 50% uploaded
This week was a bit different than normal. I took the week off (though normally we have around 3 weeks of summer holiday, we did not plan on going anywhere this year. Good thing too as there were quite some…
The Clock is Ticking
Once again I have prioritized my life as such that the last few weeks I just haven’t had time to continue my updates. But the clock is ticking my friends! Here I am already in Week 8 of 16… so…
Training so far, The First Weeks (1-4)
I should have known that it wasn’t going to get any easier or that I would have more time somehow after exams! No one can say I have a boring life, that’s for sure! The “real” Week 1 Monday is…
The “Week 1” That Wasn’t
Last week I had the intention of starting my marathon training up again – a sort of “pre work” to the real Week 1 that officially has a start date of 6th of June… So on Wednesday, 1 June I…
Exam Time
Well ladies and gentlemen, today I had my exam. I was not feeling super confident but I figured I had done as much as I could and would just do my best and hopefully I would make it. I will…
Sunday Run(Bike)Day
The last few days have been super stressful. Normally when I get stressed I put on my kit and hit the pavement to release some steam and clear my mind. But as you know, I’m almost 3 weeks post-op and…
No Change is Good Change
I’m now 16 days post-op and feeling great actually! Yesterday I got my stitches out and, while I have a wee bit of pain in my foot, it’s kind of like when you have a blister that’s healing – that…