family bonding

eric and i did the warrior dash yesterday morning. it was a ~3 mile run with obstacles. we ran on trails and up streams. we jumped/climbed over cars and walls. we crawled across and up cargo nets, jumped over fire and, as you might be able to tell from the picture, crawled through some mud. it was a lot of fun but over before we knew it! our clothes, however, are still recovering. they've been through the wash twice already and are still crusty...yikes!

all sort of settled with my phd. my committee approved the changes and i've made good progress on the work i proposed to do instead. i think i need to focus on writing statements of research and teaching interests now though so i can at least apply for a couple faculty positions. i've been reflecting more and more on what i should do next and am starting to come to grips with this whole moving into the real world business.

my knee has started to feel better too. i am thinking though that i will need to be cross training a lot in preparation for this race in february. regular longer practices of yoga have been helping too. i'm fortunate that eric puts up with me doing headstands in the living room and does not feel the need to knock me over everytime. its funny how greater practice makes your weaknesses become more apparent even as you are improving. i think this is the case in many aspects of life and maybe is what keeps us striving to always be better.