Oh yeah, I forgot the bearathon update...

I finished in 2 hours and 4 minutes, 11 minutes better than my goal.  For a first time I was very pleased.  Thanks to those of you who have been so encouraging.

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I completed my internship at EY on Friday.  They made me a full time offer for the Dallas office starting next year.  I haven't signed yet, but I feel certain enough that I'm going to.  Whats still up in the air is how long the Lord will have me stay there.  If it is the Lord's will, I will live and do this or that.  I guess that will have to do for now.

Back at Baylor for the mini-mester next Monday.

This morning at about 10 am I saw the most amazing thing on I-35.  I was on my way from EY’s office to the client’s and there, over the Dallas skyline, was a break in the clouds large enough to make out a blue sky and sunlight.  I really think it was my first glimpse of the sun in what felt like 2, maybe 3 weeks.  Did anybody else notice how long it had been?

It was one of the greatest 20 minute drives I have ever had, alone in my car with sunlight.  Why does it take weeks of cold grey skies for us to truly enjoy the sun?  What if I always rejoiced in the sky that way?  What if from early March until late October (or ‘the blistering heat of summer’ as we call it here in Texas) instead of complaining about the 105 degree temperatures we just allowed ourselves to be overjoyed by sunlight?

Even now over lunch, I can see the clouds have closed in again.  Tonight and tomorrow’s outlook is light rain.  But I haven’t been able to stop smiling and thinking about this morning. 

I thought that one of the things I might do this weekend in Waco would be to catch up on a few of my shows on my good friend TiVo.  I was surprised to find that after weeks of hardly turning on the TV, catching up on television really didn't even feel that important.

Instead I spent time sitting around and catching up with friends in living rooms, over meals and even on IM.  I even spent 2 hours at Common Grounds reading selections from the three books I'm currently reading.  Its amazing how unimportant TV feels right now.  I wish I knew it would last.

Bearathon training update:  Do you have any idea what the weather is like this weekend?!?  I'll have to make up for it this week...

Plotted a course and set out to run a little under 10 miles this morning.  Got ambitious (lost) and decided to (accidentally) run an extra half mile or so (on the feeder road).  Time: 1:42

22 days to go.

I'm listening to: nothing, because my MP3 player quit on me for the second run in a row. (Say nothing Marcus, I know someone who just had a 3rd iPod in a row quit on her.)