My first year of library school has ended, which seems like a good time to start blogging about it again. I feel like I'm in a constant state of re-invention, as best evidenced by the fact that the two posts below were harvested from an earlier (now-deleted) version of this blog. (It would be nice to imagine that I could be so very productive on this Wednesday, but alas, this is not the case. This post is today's only original content).
What's happened in a year? Quite a lot, actually. I spent heaps of money, let us begin with that fact. School ain't cheap, but I feel proud to be paying my own way. It may be sad or arrested to be seen as living at home at age 27, but I'd really like to come out of this with no loans. There is the constant question of whether or not this education will be worth itself and all the cost in the end, and to that I say: Who knows? I think it will be. If it ends the same way my undergrad did (depressed, broke, adrift, lonely, heartbroken) it wouldn't even be that bad. I look back at that experience and the things that were born from it without (too many) regrets.
I say that only good things can come from this. You might say that there is no way to know that, but why should I believe differently? Why invite the bad in?
Other things that happened: I made friends. This is monumental. I found people that I love, people that I trust, people that I laugh with and share secrets with and feel happy with. I leave the house. I can connect with people face-to-face, instead of across papers, across screens. I'm overwhelmed by this.
Oh, and as of today, I started running! I did it a bit in university and overseas, but as of today, I am aiming for a 5k, which happens in 49 days. It's good to note that my running level at this moment is ZERO, so being able to do a 5k without totally dying is going to take actual dedication and not just assing around (will blogging about it help? STAY TUNED).
My all-time favorite blog-lady Lauren wrote in this post about her training for Warrior Dash by using the Couch-to-5K program, BPM tracks from Podrunner, and a totally awesome story-drama app called Zombies, Run!. I tried them all out today, and I can attest to the fact that once you get all the little fiddly settings just the way you want them, it makes for an awesome running experience. Check out her blog and her reviews! I feel like I can't say any more than she did, other than the fact that I had to edit the mp3s from Podrunner in order to get rid of the annoying schtick at the beginning.
So that's where we begin, I think.
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