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This weekend has been a time to chill out and come down from an intense past couple of weeks at work. I'm beginning to realize the problem with working a lot of hours. I used to think it was "bad" because it meant you couldn't spend as much time with your family. Now I see it a little differently. At least for me, the hardest part is not being away from my wife and daughter--it's changing my schedule once the work is done and I am supposed to "relax". It's the inconsistency that kills me. There's a lot to be said for just 9-to-5ing it. In fact, sometimes I feel like I'd get more done if I only worked 30 hours a week, but I guess that's not the American way. I have a dream of one day having a life like my parents, but without having to go to dental school and deal with patients and blood and guts during my 3-day work week.

I went on a sick run yesterday with my buddy Ara. We weren't really paying attention to time or direction, so the run ended up being close to around an hour and a half (I forgot to turn my watch on). I wasn't planning on doing anything even remotely long this weekend, so I'm using this unexpected long run as justification for eating a big lunch at Le Peep and not running today. Besides, it's the Sabbath, right? ;) Seriously though, there's something about running on the weekends that makes it so much easier to put off than on the weekdays. It's more of an escape on the weekdays, and it feels more like work on the weekends. Oh well. I'm just hoping I can get my stuff together by April for the Greenland Trail. Ara also mentioned doing the Pike's Peak marathon (he's only planning on doing the half-marathon because he doesn't like running downhill--yeah, he's weird like that). I think I'd like to try training with him for that, but I have at least a few months before we would start.

I'm going to go read a book. I've been meaning to comment on an interesting Aldous Huxley short story I read the other day. It really got me thinking about public school math curriculum...but I'll have to save that for later. I could write an entire post on that subject.