Making Due.

This day was a huge roller coaster for me.

As I mentioned before I don't really have too many friends left here and was expecting this summer to be very solitary. Needless to say the opposite occurred today. I spent the day caught in a problem, to go out and spend time with an old friend or spend time with one of my new best friends that didn't like how my old friend treated me. I felt as though I was being pressured and taunted into doing things I didn't want to do by my old friend so I decided to go with the latter. I ended up being guilt-tripped the rest of the afternoon. I genuinely felt bad about the whole situation. Don't get me wrong I honestly did want to spend time with my old friend; I don't see him too often, but today was not one of those days.

Today taught me that maybe being alone this summer isn't so bad.

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As the day began to come to a close I found myself losing time to go out and run. I love running in the night but going solo in this city is not really that safe. So I made due with what I had. I was supposed to go hang out with my friend for a bonfire in his backyard so I decided that I would run there and my roommate, who came to visit, would drive me back home.

It was a 5.3 mile run up to his house. Did not sound bad at all. So I got my gear on and set off for his house. I felt pretty great, just a bit sore but good enough to be running a nice pace uphill. As I began to get up higher, the temperature began to feel much cooler. I came to 4 miles and stopped my watch. 28:47. I was content with that. Just a little more than a mile uphill and I was done. As I began to get closer to his house my ankle began to bug me, but it was bearable. I arrived at his house less that 38 minutes later. Much cheaper than driving a car.

I spent the rest of the night eating s'mores and talking about random stuff with my friends. T'was a good night.