I am… … bummed that I won’t be going home for Christmas… again. This will be third time not celebrating Christmas with my family. Two years ago, I thought it was a “one-time thing”, last year, I couldn’t believe I wouldn’t be going and now here we are again....
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Today is my 1-year race-run-niversary. One year ago, I ran my first official race, the 10k at the Berkeley Half-Marathon Event, with my friend Susi. Like I said (many times) before, I never thought I’d be the person that would sign up for a race, but on a whim, I...
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So, it’s November and while I know that November always follows October, I feel like we’ve skipped a whole season or something. We went from pretty much summer temperatures to cold + rain in a matter of days and I am not ready for the holidays and for this year...
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A little while back, my blog friend Stephany blogged about her self care routines. Self care is an important topic (I know too many people who tend to put everyone else’s well being first – me included – before they take care of their own needs), but I’ve been trying...
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Last week, I wrote about my “California-versary”. I arrived in the US on 9/9/2001 and some of you made the razor-sharp observation that I arrived in the US two days prior to the 9/11 attacks on NYC. I’ve been asked many times how I experienced this time. I never wrote...
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If you are new around here (and didn’t read the sidebar information carefully), you might have missed the fact that I am originally from Germany, but have lived in California for a long time now. 15 years (give or take a few months during visa renewals and such) to...
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I swear, it feels like I am writing these “welcome to a new month”-posts faster and faster. August is over and done with, a new month awaits. The year is literally flying by and I am holding on for dear life. The days are perceivably getting shorter again and I...
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I never had the ambition to participate in a running race. I am still a little bit surprised myself that I signed up for and finished my first half-marathon a month ago. If you had told me this two years ago, I would have laughed in your face and called...
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