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September 04, 2005
Honesty
I’m back in Boston. My quad feels great. I am optimistic about my run tomorrow. I took the day off from exercise today to rest my leg, drive back, take a nap, do some work, and help my friend move some stuff he stored at my place over the summer.
What is interesting are things I say sometimes when I am put on the spot and I don’t have the chance to sit and think like I do when I write my blog entries. For example, my friend who I helped move asked about my triathlon. My response: “Well it was great to do something new. I have been kind of sad about my running for a while b/c I am always hurt so it was nice to have a new type of accomplishment.” I mean, who knew I was so sad about my running? I had thought I was over being sad about it since I was healthier. But it just popped out of my mouth and I’m pretty sure it’s true.
I had another moment this summer when some random guy on the street asked why I was shading my head with a notebook. The public health answer (and the one I usually give) is, “skin cancer.” But no. The word that popped out of my mouth was, “wrinkles.” Again, who knew I was worried about that? On a day to day level I wear sunscreen b/c of skin cancer worries-but apparently I care about wrinkles too. So blog readers, I guess you get the thought out me I would like to portray more than the real, honest me. And I didn’t even really realize it.
Posted by Audrey at September 4, 2005 07:38 PM