promises

Remember when you were little and someone didn't come through, and you'd whine something like, "you promised" or "you broke your promise" ?? or when you were on the other end of it, and you'd promise something to someone that you knew you couldn't keep??

do you think people imagine they've been promised something when the other person didn't really promise at all?

do you think people promise and truly mean it or do they just make and break promises like it's no big deal?

i'm not sure, but promising is kind of a weird, imperfect thing.

"You made me promises, promises

Knowing I'd believe

Promises, promises

You knew you'd never keep"

--Promises lyrics by Naked Eyes

"We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot"

--Abraham Lincoln

call me forrest, forrest gump

i like to run. in the rain. in the morning. at night. with my sister. after i eat. before i eat. doing errands. getting to work. alone. in the mud. through water. on trails. on roads. with no music. in the sun. in shorts. with layers on. with a friend. up hills. delivering papers.

running is magic. if i'm tired, running doesn't make me any more tired; it actually peps me up. if i'm mad or sad, running makes me happy. if i'm happy, running makes me happier. i hope i can run until i'm 90.

thanks for calling earl may, how can i help you?

yesterday and today i was a planting fool. ..potting plants for mom, grandma, and aunt shirley. my PT work at earl may has helped me blossom into a gardening guru (hah, not quite, but it sure was fun to make something pretty!)

old lady

today i feel old. my bones are stiff and creaky, and the bottoms of my feet hurt. ugh. i want to go home after work and rest my feet in a ice bucket and watch a movie, but first i have to run 6 miles. i hope my poor, broken down body can handle it!

texting saved my life

last night i was sitting at a red light, and i vibrated. text. i reached in my pocket to check my phone and figured since i was waiting for the light to change, i might as well respond right then and there. because i was texting, i didn't see the light change to green and immediately zoom through on my way. my green go reaction was slightly interrupted by my texting. and it's a good thing because someone flew through a waaay red light, and if i wouldn't have been looking at my phone and instead, speedily accelerating on green, i would have been side-swiped by a super speedy, very large, white SUV. (not good). i guess sometimes, texting in the car pays off!

run for the egg

yesterday i ran a race to win an egg. i got 2nd place, and got a sa-weet hand-painted emu egg for a trophy! isn't it pretty?!

meet goron

this is goron. he's my new ceramic snail, but he has feelings too. i bought him at earl may nursery & garden center, where i work PT. when i came to work on saturday, goron (his name wasn't goron then) was lying sideways on the counter with one large antennae missing. it was very sad. i tried to glue the antennae on with super glue, but goron (his name still wasn't goron then either) needed intensive care. i left him overnight and he threw-up once because of the severe pain, but on sunday i got some super strength adhesive (say it like, "ad-heeeees-ive") and performed the first-ever surgery of this kind (snail antennae reconstructive surgery). the surgery was successful. instead of putting goron (his name was still not goron) back on the shelves to be sold, i decided to purchase him for 50% off (his disability resulted in a discount). goron (now his name was goron) and i bonded during his life-changing experience...i'm glad i could be there for him during his recovery. when the weather warms up, he told me he'd like to sit on the patio next to my flowerpot, so he can tan his milky skin. for now he's sitting inside next to the coffee table, so he can watch tv.