Day 4,399—Graduate Classes are Over!—

 

Run Start time: 4:39 a.m. 

Weather: 40s, no wind, wet

I had my last class last night, and even though I didn’t have to do anything but listen to the presentations since I completed mine last week, I still didn’t feel like going. I thought surely most of the other students felt that way, so possibly we would finish early. However, some of the presenters spoke for 30+ minutes, even though the suggested time was 10 minutes. I am not trying to complain, but I just figured most people would be like me at this point in the semester and be ready for the end, but that’s not always the case.

    I started working more on figuring out my race calendar for next year. It started with me just putting my races for this year on a calendar, but soon I got distracted by thinking about how I was going to drive to Florida. I wanted to have a clear plan for how long it will take for all these races and where I will stay, like Florida, where I will have to take more than one day to get there and back. The drive to Florida will be 16-19 hours, the longest I've driven to date.

    It is another transition, so, of course, instead of being focused on the present, I am thinking about the summer, next year, and the year after that. There is always so much to prepare for, and everything is tough right now. Everything is more expensive! I don’t make as much money! Why did people think that a dishonest businessman would be interested in helping people like me?! It makes me so mad whenever I think about it. Why do some people just seem to want to be taken advantage of? And the rich people in this country would argue that if someone makes it easy for you to take advantage of them, then somehow it is their fault. I don’t believe that, but at the same time, I see that it's a lot easier to take advantage of people than to try to help people.

It is late now, and I didn’t write about the run, and I haven’t edited the picture yet today! I had to wear my hat and gloves today, and I was so tired this morning that I don’t remember this run so much, but I remember seeing the guy sleeping under the pavilion for what is now the 3rd day. I remember being thankful that it wasn’t windy and liking this route. Maybe I should do it in the reverse direction tomorrow.