Lubbock

Well I've been crazy busy with school, work and training lately, but took a break for a few days to pay a visit to Texas Tech. The history department hosted a grad student recruitment weekend, and it was a blast! They introduced us to all the faculty and several of the current grad students, who answered all our questions and gave all the prospective students an in-depth look into the program. I made some great friends there, including a fellow MA student who will be studying religion and environment. She is the sweetest lady; she is recovering from cancer and her determination to overcome everything that life has thrown at her is just amazing. I also met a retired Air Force officer who will be studying military history; he has five of the most adorable kids! I see babysitting in my future, yay! I loooove kids :)

On another note, we toured the campus and the surrounding areas while I was there...so pretty. The town itself is pretty flat, but I know from racing near Lubbock that there ARE some hills :). Friday night an awful dust storm blew through; I hope that I'll never experience winds like that again. But who am I kidding, it's Lubbock...but it'll be great prep for Kona. Hopefully I'll be able to find some training partners next year, 'cause it's been pretty lonely here in College Station! Nobody here races long distance year-round like I do, but I HATE the shorter stuff.

Umm...this blog is going to be really boring for the next few months, I can already tell. Sorry! I really don't have much to write about except school, work, Corps, and triathlon, and let me tell ya, it's just as boring to live as it is to write about. I can't wait to graduate and...do it all over again. lol! But no Corps, and I'll be teaching and grading papers instead of working with USAT. I'm sure going to miss my job though - I work as a liason between USAT and the collegiate community in the South-Midwest region. After attending a few meetings with the USAT staff, I swore I'd never work for USAT full time - too much politics! But definitely rethinking that though, 'cause it sounds a lot more fun than teaching history!

This summer I'll hopefully have some awesome adventures to document. If my work schedule permits, I'll be travelling to Champaign, Illinois to trail run, Colorado Springs to explore (and run up Pikes Peak!!!), Lubbock to find an apartment and visit all the health/natural food stores(duh), and Arizona to visit friends and train triathlon. Keeping my fingers crossed! Let me know if you want to join me, seriously. Traveling is much more fun with lots of friends :)