Work, Running, and Rattlesnake Adventures

Holy hell, how is it already Wednesday?  And almost May, at that?  That means that there's a little more than two months until I turn 24 (sigh).  January and February were so slow, but March and April just shot by. 

Today was a good, random day.  I started off my morning by making a dumb driving mistake.  It was nothing dramatic, I mistakenly went before my turn at a 4-way stop sign.  I texted my brother and asked him if he'd ever done that before and he said that he had...just this morning! Isn't that funny?  I'm sure it will warm my parents' hearts to know that their children do not know how to wait for their turn at stop signs. 

At work I got assigned to do a small research task for a project we're working on.  It has to do with bioremediation, which is right up my alley.  I don't care if my task is just a small part of the project.  I've been doing a lot of support work for the infrastructure group lately.  Don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying the work there and I'm learning a lot.  But remediation is my baby, so I'm happy that I'm getting work in that department as well. 

Today I drove all the way downtown and was all ready early for the meeting that we'd had scheduled.  I got antsy when it was five minutes till the meeting was supposed to start and no one had showed up.  I knew that I'd gotten the right place and time, so I called my coworkers.  Turns out they had canceled the meeting that morning and conveniently had forgotten to tell me.  I'm not upset because the mileage and $2.50 I spent for the parking meter is reimbursed. I'm going to mess with them the next time I have to attend a meeting.  "Are you sure you all aren't going to cancel this at the last minute and forget to tell me about it?"

The run today was AWESOME.  Today's run was the first time in nearly four years that I finally felt closer to being the runner I was when I was nineteen.  I didn't finish last, and instead of using the recovery time to walk, I kept running.  I pushed myself and was doing really well for the first two laps; I just have to work on having a strong finishing lap (which has always been my weakness).  Everyone is so encouraging, cheering you on at the end.  What a great group of people.  Like my dad says, "Have you ever met a runner who is unhappy?"  There was a bit of a commotion today as there was a rattlesnake on one of the trails.  He was all curled up, luckily, and not shaking his rattler.  I had advance warning and I thought he was a small critter, so he didn't really bother me.  I thought it was kind of cool, actually, as I'd never seen a rattlesnake in person before.  Some other people were freaking out over him though.  Now if he had been bigger and had that rattler going, THEN there would be problems.

I'm enjoying it here so far.  I've been here for three months and I finally feel like I'm making a life for myself here.  I'm meeting people and doing things that I enjoy. 

Man, I scratched up my leg today after the run.  I scraped my leg against the pavement.  It looks like I've been clawed.  Will I ever have ladylike legs?  They are constantly bruised. 

I came up with a story idea today.  I think I will work on it.  It's an idea for a kid's novel.  I think it has potential if I develop it more. 

Volleyball double-header tomorrow.  James is now the team captain.  This ought to be interesting.

I want to read a bit before bed.  I never want to fall asleep, and I never want to get up in the morning.  It has been this way since I've been a baby.  Night, y'all.