a few updates
Despite having run for about a month now, I found that running seemed to be getting harder, not easier?? I was seriously starting to get discouraged and I was really tired and feeling crampy and bloated today so I took a Tylenol before going out for about half an hour with my sister and SUDDENLY pain was gone??? My sister kept me running at a slower pace than I usually do and somehow it just really boosted up my confidence again so I just need these kinds of good vibes to keep going at it.
I still have yet to start my creative writing class application and I received an email today about the requirements and apparently the "short statement of purpose" is only limited to a paragraph, which is fine because it never stated how long the paragraph could be, but the writing sample could only be 5 pages max double spaced. Which is troubling at the moment since my writing sample now is currently 5 pages with only spaces between paragraphs. Hmm. I'll have to choose another thing. Thinking about this application makes me feel doubt over my own writing skills but ignoring it is also detrimental so this is a problem.
A few days ago my aforementioned bracelet friend asked me if I had any friends at school who were married and I said no, because the individuals at my school are pretty liberal and for the most part aren't thinking of marriage before a career. She said she knew a few friends who were married and I made the mistake of asking her if they were pregnant, since a common factor of people our age getting married is shotgun. She gave me this offended look. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, since she's the one who wanted to get married since a few years ago for some undiscernable reason. She's not completely dependent on a man in her life but I suppose some people just need to get married.
Speaking of marriage, a girl one year older than me became engaged, which brought back the marriage issue. She was a pretty free-spirited kind of kid in high school and I envisioned her as someone to travel the entire world before finally settling down, but to see her getting married in the near future is just surprising!
The summer is winding down and I'm slowly starting to want to go back to school but at the same time, it would be nice if I could just live like this.