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If you died tomorrow, and someone asked you if you had lived, would you say yes?

I mean I don't really have the flu, it's probably just a cold, but since I didn't take any of those magic little red pills that my mom used to give me as a child, it feels much worse. Seriously. I think I'll live though. I would say yes. Chapter 9. That's what chapter I am on in my life. This one is called apartment. I got an apartment with my boyfriend and I am very excited to live with him, but I have never lived with a boy before (a straight one that is), so should be an adventure if anything. This is a new chapter though, its always exciting getting to a new chapter. I just send 10 emails to friends at home, the longer you live, the more people you have to stay in touch with. Sometimes I hear the opposite from people, that as you get older you have less friends, but I completely disagree...I would have to be in front of my computer all day if I really got to talk to everyone that I love. I wish that the world was a tiny bit smaller and that gas didn't co...

Flying

On December 1, 2010 I started training for the Santiago Marathon, I started thinking about training for the Santiago Marathon however about 2 months before that, I convinced two people in my office to run it with me, one lasted to November, the other till the end of December, and on I continued. I had many set backs along the four month schedule, a 2 week trip to Brazil, a double ear infection that lasted 10 days, my parents trip to Chile, but somehow April 3 reached closer and closer and I didn't back down. My dreams during the four months of winning the marathon, qualifying for boston, kicking ass... quickly disappeared however as time grew near and I didn't get in the mileage I wanted, and the longest run I managed 2 weeks before the marathon was a measely 17 miles, not quite close to the 26.2 I would need to run. Well I decided, no matter what I would go out that day and see what happened. I was hoping with the fact that I live a very active lifestyle, bike several miles a ...