Tonight I made myself proud. Tonight I made myself really proud. Tonight I not only reached my running goal, but I kicked it out of the water. I ran further than I’ve ever run in my life. This makes me proud. Also, it makes me feel like a million bucks. I am not a runner, […]

It’s like a bad break up. Somewhere in your mind, you think that something good will come out of it, but you just can’t figure out how to start over again. That’s how I feel about my computer, Louis, right now. We were getting along just fine–great really–but in one hour’s time, while I went […]

Fall always make me nostalgic for some reason. I have yet to figure out what it is about fall that makes me feel this way, but I always feel like I should be remembering something wonderful. As a result, I often get more emotional and imaginative about things that otherwise wouldn’t affect me. Tonight, on […]

I love Christmas. It is my favorite time of the year. (reference this post) I look forward to it for 364 days and then it only last 1. It should disappoint me how quickly it goes by while it’s happening, but instead, I just start getting excited about the next year as soon as it’s […]

For quite some time, Carla and I have wanted to be on the show The Amazing Race. When we saw a link to a similar type of adventure, we quickly signed up. That was how we got started with City Chase. We chose the Chicago location mostly because it was geographically between the two of […]

I thought the torrential downpour that hit me today on my drive home would re-flood the whole state of Iowa. Apparently it hasn’t as I’m still not floating away. I was on my way home from my dear friend Beka’s wedding in Floyd, Iowa. The wedding itself was absolutely wonderful, very emotional (I don’t think […]