I have a superstition. The superstition is that I need to wear my blue t-shirt that says “gravity and I respectfully disagree” to bed the night before I go climbing outdoors in order for it to be a good day. You know, it’s like pro-sports athletes but without the paycheck to show for it. Also […]
Normally longer, warmer days give me energy and life. Lately though I’m just tired. I’m not looking forward to any of the things to come because I’m just tired. But here’s what I did anyway. Finally found some rocks in the woods. Hiked a new trail with Chief. Went to Rochester with my mom and […]
So for context (not that you really care but I can’t stop myself) there are several different kinds of rock climbing. One: Bouldering. This is closer to the ground so you don’t use ropes, you do generally use crash pads or soft mats to fall on because the ground is hard and when I say […]
“Masochism (general use) the enjoyment of what appears to be painful or tiresome.” This is basically rock climbing. I don’t think I’ve ever spent any amount of time climbing where I didn’t ask “why do I do this to myself” or hear someone else voice this question out loud. I guess the only answer I […]
On Saturday I went to the gym and climbed from 4-8pm. On Sunday I went to the gym and climbed from 2-4pm and then worked there from 4-8pm. On Tuesday I went to the gym and climbed from 6:30-9pm. I also practiced lead climbing for the first time since passing my lead test. It was […]
I am tired and I will blame daylight savings time and the fact that winter isn’t over yet. I am tired but I still went out to find adventure because it was 73 degrees and sunny and I felt too alive to contain myself. I’m thankful to the friend who thought up the adventure because […]
What do you say when you are self-destructing on the inside? For me, I say nothing, which makes writing a blog post hard. I think the actual advice is to try speaking to yourself the way you would speak to a friend who was feeling the same way. So to my friend, I say; it’s […]
This week we saw temperatures from 55 degrees to 8 degrees and so I feel split in two. I am torn between winter adventures that must be done now and summer adventures that I need to be planned before time runs out. For winter I am thinking of another try at snowboarding, cross country skiing, […]
I feel like the days have been filled with lifetimes. It’s like the days are buzzing. I feel like it’s summer, only it’s 15 degrees as I write this. And sometimes I feel like I get away from myself. Like one minute I have a few plans, and the next minute I have 11,000 plans and am […]
I often wonder what it’s like inside other people’s heads. For me it’s like this: I want to watch Home Alone for Christmas. Oh, it would be fun to do a Home Alone theme dinner with Little Nero’s Pizza and ice cream sundaes. I need to go grocery shopping. I wonder what Christmas plays are […]
