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Directions aren’t always found online. March 30, 2007

Posted by Amber D. Evans in : Reflections, Blacksburg VA , 2 comments

After Garrett’s passing, there’s been a lot of personal reflection between folks and old friends. A long-time-ago-high-school contact wrote to me and it struck a chord. He feels directionless. More interestingly, he isn’t alone. I received several other emails from people, all of us expressing a certain amount of confusion over where we are in life, where we should be, and what we’re doing with the time that we have. I’ve responded as saying:

You said, “I feel I am lost in life and I really don’t know what I am doing and I don’t even know what I want to do with my life.“

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Life is too short. Time escapes us too quickly. For: Alan Garrett Hanson March 28, 2007

Posted by Amber D. Evans in : General, Reflections, Blacksburg VA, Chico CA , 1 comment so far

I have nothing happy to post today. Only a few weeks ago, a friend of mine, Chuy, passed away. Now, I’ve just learned that my best friend from high school, Garrett Hanson, has passed away. Read his obituary. Leave a Legacy if you knew him.

Oh, Garrett? Why? I missed you so much these last ten years. I was finally coming to visit you this year. 30 years of a celebrated life. But not now. And not ever again. My heart breaks. It really does.

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OK, I know what’s wrong with me. March 26, 2007

Posted by Amber D. Evans in : Reflections, Blacksburg VA, Training Stats , 3 comments

I think I know what’s wrong: eating crap, sleeping like crap, and suffering the winter blues takes a nasty toll on the self! This past month was wretched! But now, I think I’m doing okay. I’m caught up on sleep. I seem to have come back into a pattern of living/working/studying that’s manageable. Plus, the sun is shining again.  (I think I’m solar-powered …)

I’ve been tracking what I eat and when I’m eating and my moods along with them. I’ve found that eating any kind of carbohydrate is making me extremely sleepy and Orange Juice makes me thirstier. I’ve noticed that I’m eating very little protein, too. I recall from last time when I upped my protein intake I generally felt livelier and better. So, I’m cutting down on the carbs, boosting my protein, and back to 4-6 mini-meals a day … we’ll see how that works out for me over the next four weeks.

On the workout front: I’m doing A-OK! I’m still not training for any tri events, but I’m surprisingly doing more physical activity now than I was when I was theoretically “in training.” Ha, ha! Go figure! Take last week, for example …

I went to spinning twice, swam twice, went cycling twice, went for a long walk, and did some stretching. That’s coming out to be ~45 mins/day! Not bad! I feel pretty good and am thoroughly enjoying the warmer weather and brilliant sunshine we’ve had as of late. It’s been so lovely outside. The only drawback is that it makes it pretty hard to stay inside and do homework! Ha, ha!

Enjoy the springtime! Go, solar-powered cyclists–GO!