journaleers homework

[marathoner452]

Time to get caught up on my journaleers homework.  :-)

"Since it seems some struggled with last week's homework, or simply had a tough week to get through, this week's homework is designed to be as light or as heavy as you choose to make it. I pulled a list of journaling prompts off of an elementary school website. Simply fill out the list, making your answers as short or as long as you like."

I am happy when...I finish a long run on a hot day and I get a big lemon-lime snowball afterwards, when I finish a long conversation with a good friend, when my red rice and beans turns out just right, when I finish a good book and I just know all is right with the world, when I'm listening to any Jimmy Buffett CD, when I get to sleep in past 8 am.
I get excited when...I win the women's division of a race and get to take home an apple pie, which actually happened about a week ago.  Yay for tiny club races!
I wish I could...get rid of the space below this journaling prompt, travel the world without worrying about the cost/take another Outward Bound course (Alaska, Minnesota, northern Rockies-I don't care as long as I get out of my comfort zone and don't have access to a shower for a couple of weeks), live by the water/hang out on my dad's 43-foot hand-built sailboat more often.

When I can't sleep I...honestly, that doesn't happen too often.  I'm usually too tired from running.
I'm not afraid of...taking risks.  The biggest risk really is not taking one-we have regrets for the things we didn't do, not the things we did.
I'm most proud of...graduating from college magna cum laude (3.7 GPA), running my first marathon, completing an Outward Bound sea kayaking course without knowing how to swim.
I want to improve on...the cleanliness of my room.  There is no excuse for not sorting through dorm room stuff or for having such an exceptionally messy closet.
I am afraid of...losing my idealism and giving into popular culture.  That's why I read and run and keep in touch with my friends when most people are glued to the TV.


"Have fun!"  This is fun.  Now maybe this journal will actually be interesting. 

~Bethany