This past weekend was a blast! I spent the whole weekend with my best friend Monica! We went to the Banff Mountain Film Festival on Friday night. Saturday we went running in the morning and climbing in the afternoon. That night we went to my parents' house for my going-away party. I hate that name. It's kind of depressing and makes me not want to go to Germany. The party was fun anyway. It was really great to have my friends and family there to support me. After my cousin made a fairly nice toast in my honor someone else chanted out "speech." The idea of giving a speech never really crossed my mind, so I passed. Folded under the pressure. They all know how I feel, but looking back at it I wish I had given a speech. Even if it was just something small. If I could do it over I would have said something like this:
"Over the years I've encountered quite a few challenges. Be they the mental rigors of school, the physical demands of sports or the emotional battles of life, I've had my fair share of each of them. Regardless of the challenge, my friends and family have always been there to support me. Without that support I would not have accomplished half of the things that I did. Without that support, I would not have been given the opportunity that lays before me. With that being said, I would like to thank you all for being here tonight to support me once again."
Call it cheesy if you will. Every word is true. Anyway, on Sunday Monica and I went hiking around the Delaware Water Gap where we were introduced to some trad climbing spots. We'll have to check it out when it's a bit more dry. Running this weekend got me motivated to start running on a regular basis again. I ran during my lunch hour at work today. The weather was fantastic. All excited to be running again, I decided that I would make running at lunch a daily thing. Later on someone ruined my plan by telling me that the second half of the week is going to be miserable. Damn the rain!
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