Sunday, August 23, 2015

{52 Snapshots of Life} Week 34: School

School. This is a hard one. I'm not a student anymore, haven't been for awhile. While I live in a college town, I didn't go to this University. I did go to the community college here, but that's just community college, and it's not like it was ever a question for me if I would go to college, so it doesn't seem like that big of a deal. I got my degree from my college of choice, but I was offsite, still here in town, so I wasn't there except for when I graduated. I don't feel especially connected, which is disappointing. I could run by multiple schools in the area, including all of those that I went to, but not early in the morning, when we run, and I couldn't get a picture of it, and I probably shouldn't run in some of those areas in the dark. So, what do I write about? What do I take a picture of? 

Back-to-School in a college town means stress in the world of retail. I'm sure this is all across the board, but I'm going to go ahead and say it, especially in HR land. Intervewing, hiring, training, scheduling, plus keeping up with all the normal every day tasks...as my army of one (and a half as my boss is new). It can get a little overwhelming. These are the days that I am especially thankful for my runs with Henri, to aid in the de-stressing. 

This is why, though we have run a few times this week (weather permitting - curse you rain!), there have been no blogs about it. This blog is even late because I laid in bed all day yesterday, just reading. (Yeah, I'm a book nerd - a book and a half in eight hours - Oops! Now I have to go to the library and get more books!)

And so, while it appears to be just another picture of Henri and I running, it is actually a picture of Henri, helping me take my mind off the day behind and the day ahead, if only for a half an hour and just enjoy being with him, being outside, and being happy.


And if that's not good enough, I wore my orange and blue socks! I-L-L...

(I-N-I!)



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