I had it all planned out before you met me

It’s been quite the week of dark starts and the beginnings of perfect sunrises. I’ve even found a route which allows me a glimpse of the shadowy mountain. You know which one, the big one.

This morning I thought about color theory. In the spring at first break over the jagged peaks, the sun beams yellow while the sky is awash with pinks and violet hues. As winter approaches the sun burns orange, and diffuses into a crisp blue.The tertiary colors adjust themselves as the seasons transition. The rose colored glasses we don in the early year are replaced by spectacles the filter the light in a more primary fashion.

On another note, I met a man on the internet and I took him to a wedding for our first date so if you want to hear about that well you’ll have to

Me I am wide awake

Experienced a first today. As I was leaving my house to drive to work, the sun was at the exact angle that it hit my corneas and just about blinded me for real. That paired with the fact that when I washed the ash off my beloved Desert Khaki colored Subaru Crosstrek I used some type of wax-wash and the windshield was splotchy and nearly opaque.

Almost hit a parked car.

On another note, sunrise was glorious at the tail-end of my run today. After weeks of haze and ash rain it was nice to breath in fresh air and see the peaks of the Cascade Mountain range against a sherbert sky.

Time of departure: run- 5:31, drive to work,7:02 am (after nearly hitting a row of parked cars and a utility worker).

Whoops…

And I’ve a little bit of thought for you

Someday, I will do what I love for work and it won’t feel like work…

Today, I try to make the most of a situation and learn something new.

Yay. The running and commuting is going well… it’s the rest of my life I’m worried about. Actually, less than worried. Just curious.

I asked myself for peace and found it at my feet

I have a confession.

I really like my office outfit today. It’s something between an artsy magazine intern meets kindergarten teacher meets power boss lady. (Red pencil skirt, black blouse with white polkda dots, my breakup boots, and a blazer that is actually a sweatshirt topped with one of my staples, a red circle(s-???) statement necklace.

I look hawt.

Isn’t it wonderful how wearing a great outfit makes you incredibly happy, especially after you experience a lovely run at day break?

Don’t trust the facts, trust the fiction

I know, I know. It’s been a hot minute. The operative word being hot. Seattle has finally succumbed to the lazy, hazy days of summer. Literally. There is smoke from BC wildfires casting a cloudy Instagram filter over the Emerald City.

Today marks my last day of mini-retirement. On Monday I start the next chapter of my career as a marketing manager (yay?).

Despite the increased heat and air quality warning I have kept up my running. Really, not only have I kept it up but as it is my last week of funemployment I have increased my milage to 9-10 miles per day.

And the thoughts- oh yeah, I’ve had em. Curious?

What I give it takes away

Yep, still running strong to “Mountain at My Gates,” and that’s ok with me.

While I haven’t been writing everyday as I intended when I started this blog, I have been running.

Today while on my daily jog I spent the majority of my time in utter thankfulness that my legs work and reflected on just how much being able to run means to me. Fellow runners, want to nerd out with me?

Show me the foothold from which I can climb

And now, we wait.

I accepted a job that starts in about 20 days. I kissed a boy last week (and I liked it), but I’m pretty sure the ball is now in his court. I’ve resigned to the universe to just go with the flow so here we are.

WAITING IS MY FAVORITE*

*it’s not.

Still feeling blobby from my friends’ sodium-carb infused vacation, I did manage to haul today while running around Seattle. 

I’ve seen my features age

Hey there, it’s been a minute. I’ve gone on a few runs (and a nice long hike) but have been hurrying between points a and b with little time to jot down these thoughts…

For starters, if you have not yet downloaded/purchased/acquired Future Island’s The Far Field go do yourself a favor and put it in your ear holes stat.

And now back to our regular scheduled programming, my *very deep* thoughts I have while running. 

Let’s go get out in the street

Guess who finally added some new (to the iPod) jams to the running playlist?

That’s right. Although it might have been helpful to remove some of those slow ditties… Anywho, I have been managing to sneak in a few runs these past few days but have not had enough time to spit out the thoughts.

Here are some more thoughts. Did you miss me?

It’s a necessary thing

Guess who should be taking a break from running but definitely didn’t today…

Good guess.

Yow! My foot hurts. But, last night I drowned my sorrows with an entire box of Mrs. T’s classic cheddar pierogis , so… You know.

I recently had a conversation with someone. From this talk, I’ve deducted that whether I think I have control over it all or not, it’s going to happen. Life is going to keep moving. So I ask myself, how can I just roll with it and not worry so much about the things that are beyond my control?