Day thirteen: Whitney

I mentioned in day twelve that my friend Whitney ran 15 miles of my marathon with me. Whitney is one of my oldest and dearest friends, and it was such a blessing to have her support as I ran. She was here in Phoenix for work and Stephen’s race this weekend, and it was so fun [...]

Day twelve: running

So I realize I’m a bit behind on my days of thankfulness, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been thankful. It just means life got a little more crazy than it has been. On Saturday I had the honor of assisting my friend Whitney as a part of her fiance Stephen’s race crew. Stephen is [...]

Day eleven: laughter

A friend texted me this morning to ask where I’ve been (I haven’t talked to him in about a month). I told him I was eaten by the grad school monster. That’s how I feel today. I’m the girl who ordered a double shot in the dark (drip coffee with two shots of espresso in [...]

Day ten: job applications

Going to be another short post tonight. I finished up the job application I was working on and submitted it today. And while it took a lot of time and added some extra stress I didn’t particularly need this week, I was thinking today how glad I am for job applications. For several reasons. To [...]

Day nine: finite-ness

It’s almost 4am and I’m still up, trying to get work done. This week is crazy for me, perhaps one of the craziest I’ve had in grad school. I’m a little behind on my research, with a big deadline coming up, I have class projects and papers due, and work-related duties and tasks…not to mention [...]

Day eight: Mom

I’m not sure a 27-year old independent woman is supposed to admit this or not, but sometimes I just get fiercely homesick for my Mom. I just spent a few minutes searching for some photos to include in this blog post, and I found myself tearing up just looking at her. My mom is beautiful. [...]

Day seven: grad school

It’s easy to complain about grad school. I think it’s probably always easy to complain about our current realities. And I will admit, there are times when I wonder all of the reading, thinking, researching, writing, studying, class-going, lack of sleep and copious amounts of caffeine are worth it. Particularly since my post-graduation career in the [...]

Day six: Molly

One of my dearest friends is a lovely lady by the name of Molly Boers. I actually met Molly during her freshmen year at WSU, but we didn’t really become friends until her senior year when she started coming to Resonate (during my first year on staff). I’m not sure what happened then that was [...]