run

so i joined this women's running group, and tonite was my first time running with them. i got my butt kicked! we did a 4 miler along the charles, plus i ran a mile to get to the meet-up place. it was really good though...cool people and now extra motivation for preparing for my next race (whenever that might be). i'm excited to be getting back in good running shape, and even more excited to get to know my fellow runners. :)

also, i've been listening to snow patrol a lot lately, and i love their song "run." just thought i'd add that tidbit since that's the title of this entry.

anyway, so there's a ton of news to tell, seeing as i haven't posted in over a week. i started working at the harvard athletic center last thursday, and it was awesome. i met a few people i will be working with, and i had some GREAT conversations, especially with this guy named mike. he is just great. we talked for pretty much the whole four hours i was there. he is involved with athletes in action at harvard, and so he was very encouraging and excited about our campus ministry and church. we just had a lot of fun working; unfortunately, i don't think i will be working with him that often, but the other three people i met on thursday were just as cool. i was pretty amazed at how "normal" the people are, seeing as they are harvard students. they are so down-to-earth, and really aren't that far off from purdue (or any other school) students. i got a new perception of harvard, and i like that.

tutoring started last week as well, and i LOVE it. i have two students on friday, and one on saturday, and they are just great kids! i am incredibly amazed at the kids at this high school...their ability to work hard and stay focused challenges me! the tutoring sessions are 4 HOURS long, which for me seems long, since i have some slight ADHD action going on. but the kids are just all-over the practice problems, and they listen, and i think i actually did a decent job of teaching them some new things. i also got to meet some fellow tutors, most of whom are BU or BC students, and all of them are great. so yeah, tutoring is really great, and i'm afraid it might convince me to become a teacher, but we'll see.

random event of the week: sunday night part of the outside wall above my bedroom window just decided to crumble and fall. like, big chunks of concrete. so hopefully that gets fixed soon.

i get another visitor tomorrow!! my friend john is coming for the day, it should be a great time. i've been missing hugs lately (they are kinda rare out here), so a 'big john' hug will be very welcomed. plus, john is just a great guy and he's one of my best guy friends...so yeah, i'm glad he's coming!