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I've appreciated John Mayer for years, although never as much as now.  While I've heard shady things about his character, I personally can't judge that.  I can judge what I think of his music- and I say it's good . I don't remember the first time I heard him, like I wouldn't remember the first time I met an old friend.  Not that I'm calling myself an old friend with John Mayer, (ha!) but his music has been a small part of my life and I respected and enjoyed his work for a long time.  I didn't appreciate his work this much though, until Jake, who is really into the Blues (and John Mayer) came into my life.  I didn't realize before how much of John Mayer's stuff is influenced by and includes the Blues (because most of his popular stuff doesn't go too in depth into it), but he does, and I like how he does it. Jake is also a big Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix fan and I like them (and am starting to more and more) but they take some ge

Tonight I will be off to the great state of Florida for vacation with a friend and her family.  I say great state but I really don't know that because I've never been there.  Mostly I just said it cause it rhymes I guess. Anyway... I'll be gone for a while from my normal life and  work and rest and everything in between.  I know it'll be a good time.  Like I wrote last time I left my normal life for a week , I will miss a few things though.  Now of course I realize that going away on vacation to the beach is much different than going away to be a camp counselor in the woods (and if you didn't know it, let me assure you, they are very different).  However, I'm still leaving home and my normal life behind and that will probably almost always be at least a little bit difficult for me- in one way or another. In other news, I haven't written about things I'm thankful for in a while and I apologize for that.  I know neglecting to post about things I'm

I still don't really know what to call this genre of posts on my efforts to become more healthy and fit. (I'll label them all with Running Around and Eating Good  for now. Hey, if you've got something better, let me know.) So a few runs ago, I reached a new goal that I'm sorta proud of. I ran my best time in a long time (probably since last summer) and reached a goal.    Now, don't guess too loftily about what it was, but it is a personal best and I'm proud of it.  I covered 3.1 miles (so, a 5k) in 37 minutes.  Part of what constituted that was my longest time running without stopping for a walking break (which is now 5 minutes).  I'm a little sore, and I can feel it in my body.  And maybe it's just me, but I think I can see a teeny tiny difference too, which is always a nice pat on the back after working hard.  I think there were a few things that helped me accomplish this though, and I want to share them in case they can help you too. Get comfy.

"The quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead." -I have no idea who said this. (I apologize for the lameness of the title.  I couldn't think of something better so I purposely went with 'Lame') I saw that quote on somebody's blog.  More specifically, I saw that on a previous teacher's blog who is a participant in my city's version of the biggest loser (except here it's called the smallest winner).  Reading his blog has prompted me to take a look at my own life and the choices that I can make to improve on my life, specifically in the area of health. The quote (though I'm not sure of it's origin) struck me as wise.  It glorifies walking the walk and not just talking the talk and based on some of my blog posts, I'm probably throwing myself under the bus by quoting this because I don't always do that.  But I guess Jesus is the only person who does that all the time