Monday 9/8/08

Today I did something unbelievable. I woke up at 5 am determined to go on a run. Although I had to drag myself out of the bed, I just told myself “Must run! Must run!” Although 5 am is not my first choice of hour to go running, I’ve found that there’s not really a better time in the day (due to either extreme heat, humidity, pouring rain, thunder and lightning, or just pure exhaustion from school and unending bus riding) My run was difficult, but afterwards I feel so much better (and not to mention wide awake and ready for the day). Unfortunately, I managed to freak my family out with my new running schedule. When I came home from my run around 5:45, I left the front door open to let the breeze in (because that is what Mami does every morning). There is still a fence before our door, so we are still safe and locked in. Anyways, I jumped in the shower and suddenly hear something say “Ay, Dios mio (Oh my God!)”. Mami forgot that I was going for a run and so thought that I was asleep. So, since the front door was open and she couldn’t hear the shower running, she thought a robber was in the house. She woke up Papi and they started wondering the house ready to fight off the burglar. They came into the bathroom ready to attack, only to realize it was me in the shower (note that I am naked during this whole process!) When I explained that it was me that opened the door, the were immediately relieved and Mami said in her sweet voice “Oh, alleluia, oh Señor en los cielos”. Although there was some brief panic we can all laugh now (especially about the fact I was naked during this whole situation) Anyways, I headed to class as usual started the week of classes. After class, we walked to LASP and worked on homework for the afternoon. After a long afternoon of homework, I headed over to a friends house to get ready for our first soccer game. We ate some dinner and made our way to the field. It was so fun and a bunch of our friends came to cheer us on. We all had a fun night. I had to take a taxi home because our game ran past bus hours. After a long long day (5 am to 11 pm of non-stop go go go) I hit the sack exhausted, but it felt so good to run, walk, study, play futbol. Basically it was one of those days it just felt good to be alive.