Day 3,853 —1 Run until the Grand Canyon R2R2R: not ready to leave—

It took me a while to find a picture that I liked, and I couldn’t decide where I wanted to run.

I realized today that I am leaving home tomorrow. It has seemed mostly abstract up until this point. There was the election, work, and stuff for my classes, so I did not have much time to focus on my low-stakes run through the Grand Canyon. Yesterday, I went to Mod Pizza with my family, and today I am going to take her to get a smoothie. She adds “store” to every location, so she will say things like, “Dada, I really want to go to the smoothie store.”

Last night, she had me count the days I would be gone on her fingers. I’ll be home by Sunday night, so it is really only two days and one night, but when you’re five it must seem like a lot. I bought her some beads to make necklaces and braces with. She might be sad now thinking about it, but I know she is going to have a great weekend with her mom and brother.