Day 3,797 —Here it Is: I came up with a better title when I was running, but I don’t remember it now—

When I made it to Grant’s trail, there were so many other runners out! I saw a few on the way, which was surprising because it was still dark. Where did all these runners come from? But once on the trail, a biker passed me almost immediately. I started visualizing little rockets on the back of my shoes and when I hit the ground, it is not so much that I push myself forward, I propel myself forward in these tiny explosions that activate every time I hit the ground. And for a moment I was starting to gain on the bike rider.   

         Another day begins, and I am enjoying being home right now, writing this before I go to work and not caring if I end up being a little late this morning. I wished I could have slept in, but my cats need food, so I was feeding them at 4:30 a.m. Last night I had class until 10:30, but it was fine because my teacher let us watch the debate. What an intense 100 minutes or so, I felt like I was shaking the whole time. I kept having flashbacks of the summer and what happened then.

          After the debate, I rejoined my class, and we talked about how the debate may relate to career counseling. It was a stretch, but I talked about qualities of leadership that I look for in someone, and it is unfortunate that the current political machine often doesn’t produce candidates with a focus on strong leadership qualities. Instead, we get a lot of candidates who have a strong noise-making ability. Would you want the kid in class, who complains the most and is always preventing anybody from getting anything done because they turn every conversation into a discussion about themselves, would you want that kind of kid as a leader? But, I don’t know, there is so much I don’t know, and it seems like a lot of people live in a different reality than me.