run on sentences

I got up at 5:10.  Bruce went off to work shortly after that.  I left my house at 5:45 to  run with my friend Becky.  There was a full moon but no snow so it seemed really dark.  The smoggy air also has something to do with dimming the moonlight.  We are running well lately, Becky and I, but we both were watchful for potholes or uneven parts in the road - or uneven parts in our self for that matter.  She will, in a few weeks, be the same age as I am.   We share the diseases of asthma and heartburn and also being too nice to people who don't always deserve it.   Considering all the diseases there are, these aren't bad ones.   Our route is usually the same each morning only the scenery changes with the changes in seasons.  We never get tired of this route and often we see things that we may have not noticed in the past ten years or so we have been running together.  Our conversation is easy and usually positive for so earl...

“ Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already am.” -Thomas Merton Yeah that comment may have nothing to do with this post but I liked it. And I started a blog post a few weeks ago using it but it didn't go anywhere. However I could not let go of the quote. I think I was going to write something about how we spend the first half of our lives trying to get over who we are and be someone else that we think we should be. Then we spend the second part of our lives accepting, finally, who we are. I have been thinking about that a lot lately and how once I thought I should get fake fingernails because I was going to give my first talk at a national conference. I didn't after all. Get the fake fingernails, I mean. I gave the talk and it was successful, even with my own stubby nails. Yesterday was my birthday. It was a great day but I was cranky. I missed the call from my mom where she would sing happy birthday on my answe...