Race update

Some people have been asking about the upcoming marathon and other races. Well the training is going fine. Dan and I both feel that we have gotten strong in our running skill but we just want the marathon to get here now. We have been running for around 5 to 6 months getting ready and now that it is almost here we can’t wait. We run our 20 miler Saturday and then the mileage goes down from there. Can’t wait. The Marathon is the Sunday the 22nd of October were will be running with 44,000 people. The actually have to have a cut off of 44,000 people. I know some people that didn’t get in the race it was already filled up. Dan and I overall goal is to finish it but we won’t mind break 4 hrs either. We will see how we feel after the 20 miles and 25 miles.

The week before the marathon we will be running in the Sunshine 10k run in Springfield MO. We are going to just run in the race and not actually compete that hard since we have the Marathon the next week. I know it will be hard for me to keep back just because the Sunshine is one of my favorite races. This year it has moved for the hospital campus and this year it will be starting and finishing at the Cardinals stadium here in town. It is going to be so hard not to push it. If you are in the Springfield the weekend of the 14th come to the stadium and cheer us and the rest of the runners on or if you don’t want to be stuck in traffic don’t head that way that morning.

The week after the marathon Dan and I usually run the MSU Homecoming 5k race. I won’t know how we feel that week but we are going to try to run it. We might be walking funny that week. I hear Marathons do funny things to a body so don’t laugh at me if you see me the week after.

After the Homecoming 5k we have some time off till Thanksgiving where I will be running in the Turkey Trot. If you are in town on Thanksgiving you should run it or come and watch. The Turkey Trot is a 5k race and it is so much fun because after you are done you can eat all the food you want for Thanksgiving.

So just for those who have been asking about the Marathon and other up coming races there is the low down. I feel real strong this after running all the mileage I have ran but I must watch it so don’t hurt myself over doing it.

Working on

Well here the jest of what I know. Jen and I still want to be together and don’t want to just throw each other out of our lives. We just forgot in some ways why we got together in the first place. Yesterday was a very rough day for both of us and she called me left a message and I called back and left a message. She showed up at my door last nite so we talked and talked for an hour or so. We of come to the conclusion that we weren’t the only people in the relationship and that it got a little crowded with everyone telling us how to be. Especially yesterday I found out that love is different to everyone and that nobody can tell us how to be but us. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. There are things we are going to work on and at to see where this is going. I don’t know where this going but Jen and I talked and we are going to see.

That is the way life is sometimes

The world isn’t fair sometimes. When you try so hard to make it workout but knowing in your heart it is it isn’t going to work knowing how hard you try. On the outside it is great and things are going good but deep down you hide something not knowing if it is the truth or not. Maybe it is a timing thing, or just isn’t meant to be. Some say you just know others say it is a work in progress. I don’t know but I know life can be cruel and isn’t fair sometimes but they come in our life to make us stronger, to test us to see if we have the faith to trust in God.

Life is like a box of chocolates…you never know what you’re going to get. This is most certainly true.

Your Moon is in Capricorn


On the day you were born, the Moon was in Capricorn. Your emotional nature is very earthy and direct. You use caution before you show your feelings to someone, since you fear rejection. But you shouldn't! You have loyalty and love to offer a romantic partner, you take care of your family members, and you have a very dry and witty sense of humor with those who know you.

Is this me? Try yours.

http://astrocenter.astrology.msn.com/msn/HPMoon.aspx?IM=PC&Af=-1000

Assumng or Just Me?

Does one assume since you are a significant other you are always with them or that you can’t go out with people. Well if so that isn’t right. Or is because everyone is growing up and kind of moving on with there lives. I love Jen but I’m not always with her. I use to get calls to go do stuff all the time and now I don’t hardly get any. It is just frustrating sometimes. Oh I call people and I still see people but sometimes I mess the phone calls and just hanging out. I guess I just mess my phone ringing off the hook.

Maybe that is why I don’t think I can live here forever. Making friends and seeing them movie off. I don’t think I will keep making college friends but just knowing how much fun I had when I was in college. The places that have meaning in town, the memories are great but the people I miss have gone on to bigger and better things. I feel that is why this not the place for me. I think that when I leave this place that a chapter will be closed so I can go onto bigger and better things. I love Springfield, I love my job, I love everything about it but you know how you just feel like you can’t go onto the future until you conclude something else?
Felt I had to get this off my chest. I adore all my friends and hope they all know it.
Till next time…

Just for fun

1. FIRST NAME: Jason

2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? First name: no (my dad liked it) Middle (Edward): after my Mother’s Dad.

3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? A couple of months ago during a serious talk

4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? I’m getting to where I like it more.

5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Roast beef

6. KIDS? Yeah I wouldn’t mind having 2 or 3.

7. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Yes I think I would

8. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? Something like one.

9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? Yes

10. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes

11. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Yes but I think would rather jump out of a plane

12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Lucky Charms, Frosted Flakes, Honey nut Cheerios, Regular Cheerios. Depends what I’m in the mood for.

13. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Nope but it sucks when I have to put them on

14. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? I like to think I'm stronger than I am.

15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Ice cream in general I’m ok with but it depends what I’m in the mood for.

16. SHOE SIZE? 14! Yes that is right and yes it is true what they say it is hard to find those 14 in stores.

17. RED OR PINK? Red

18. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF: Worrying.

19. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? I miss everyone that has made an influence or who I didn’t really get to know in my life. There has been so many.

20. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? Yes, only if they want to!

21. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES YOU ARE WEARING? Blue jeans and my old running shoes.

22. LAST THING YOU ATE? Frosted Flakes

23. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Keith Urban: Days Go By

24. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Today I feel like a Navy Blue. I don’t know why I just do.

25. What is your FAVORITE SMELL? Chocolate Chip Cookies!!!!!

26. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU SPOKE TO ON THE PHONE? Jen

27. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? Their face in general is what I noice.

28. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Yes of course

29. FAVORITE DRINK? Water or Lemonade.

30. FAVORITE SPORT? Anything that keeps me active from running to playing video games

31. FAVORITE FOOD? PIZZA!!!

32. EYE COLOR? Blue

35. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDING? Depends on what I feel like but I’m leaning towards the happy ending.

36. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Click, and no I didn’t cry but I lot of other people did.

37. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Blue

38. SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer

39. HUGS OR KISSES? Depending who we are talking about but hugs are the good any time.

40. FAVORITE DESSERT? Ice Cream or Cookies

41. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? I honestly can't say

42. Least LIKELY TO RESPOND? Not sure

43. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? The Da Vinci Code

44 WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? Black. I like black

45. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? Down Periscope

46. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SOUNDS? I don’t really have a faovite and sometimes silence is golden also

47. ROLLING STONE OR BEATLES? Eh, I don’t really like either.

48. THE FURTHEST YOU BEEN FROM HOME? Florida

50. WHEN AND WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Feb. 13, 1980, Jefferson City @ St Mary’s Hospital.

Guess what?

I have a date Sunday nite! I can't believe she accepted! I can't wait!! Wish me well!!!

UPDATE

I know it has been a while and I don’t if anyone has missed me but what can I say…oh that is right I’m still here.
Life has been crazy!!!

Work has been great. It is keeping me busy lately which, is why I haven’t posted in a while. My boss has put me charge of a project at work. Me..in charge of a project!! That makes me like a Project Manger in a way but I don’t get the benefits or pay raise but it is good work experience to see what I really want for the future.

Marathon training is still going. Less then a month and a half and I will be running in downtown Chicago for 26.2 miles. Some think that I’m crazy like my parents but it is something I have always wanted to do. I am in still great shape and the way the idea came up five months ago just seem to be the right thing at the right time. It is a lot of work but Dan and I are ready to run. This might be my first and last marathon but lets see.

Jen and I are doing fine. It has been a year today!! Can you believe it? I can’t believe that somebody has but up with me for a year. We are so happy with each other and we want to make it work. We have a lot to learn still about this thing we have and feels that I have an over whelming at times. Ok I will stop.

I’m still trying to figurer out the balance of life and it si getting better but still not there and that is ok cuz it will get there in time. I feel like in the last year especially that I have grown up. That is scary isn’t it. Now that I have been out in the real world more and that I’m dealing with more grown up situations. I still feel a kind at heart but still growing up is sneaking up on me. It is kind of scary if you really think about it.

I don’t know where this journey is going but I don’t lose the people who mean so much to me and or myself. Change is consistent but it how you change is what means the most. I’m still here people and God welling I will still be here.

Have a great Labor Day for thoes who have the day off.