PCT

I changed a few more things, and I feel ready.  I feel positive.  I feel excited. I feel scared. I feel worried, overjoyed, concerned, proud, distressed, euphoric, tense, enraptured, tormented, distraught, and blissful. I hate that I’m walking away from my amazing and supportive husband, my wonderful animals, my comfortable Read more…

I sat in the Active Shooter Class at work and felt strange that I won’t have to worry about that in a few days.  My run-hide-fight mentality will be reserved for yellow jackets.  Granted, there are other dangers on the trail.  Dehydration, heat exhaustion, snakes, bees, and snow…but no active Read more…

My wounds were oozing in patches.  Everywhere.  “Weeping” is what they call it, I think, but tears run down your skin much quicker than poison-oak-pus.  So gross.  Oozed until the pus crystalized and dried up, then oozed again.  First my forearm, then my ankles, followed by my calves, and then Read more…

I’ve heard it said that if you know your “why?”, you can tolerate any “how”.  Any amount of exhaustion or suffering or pain or heartache or disappointment you experience can be pushed through if you know why you are doing it in the first place. They also said if you Read more…