Date: 2010-11-27
To: Two Months
Miles today: 0.0

Two months ago yesterday I completed the dream of my lifetime. Since Thanksgiving was a few days ago it is fitting that I am very thankful for having stuck with and completed what turned out to be the hardest thing in my life. Lots of changes have happened since I finished the trail. The second month saw me adjusting to my newly acquired complacent lifestyle. No waking up in the morning having no idea where I would be sleeping that night. Nope, I know, when I wake up, that I'll be back in my bed watching TV in the same exact spot that I woke up in. The second month also saw less sadness thinking about the trail. In the first month I would be kind of down thinking about how much I wanted to be back out there walking. However, the second month, I find myself thinking less about how much I miss it. Don't get me wrong, I think about the trail every day of my life and at several points throughout the day but theres not a sadness attached to it. A couple of times a week it hits me that I've walked from Georgia to Maine. I'll be sitting there working my accounts at work and I'll have a thought like "wow, I really did hike that." Is it weird to say I'm proud of myself? I am proud of myself but it feels weird to say it, you know? The second month also saw less talking about the trail. I guess I'm storied out or something....like I feel people are sick of "trail" stories. I just didn't speak that much about it this month. I think also because I live in TX and no one really knows much about the AT so its not on their minds. Who knows? I just didn't talk about it. I still get people asking me questions about this or that, which I am always glad to answer, but I find myself taking a break from the trail as a whole....like mentally, story telling, etc so that I can focus on the other things in my life. Does that make sense? My health in this second month has been drastically better. I feel pretty darn good to be honest with you. My left knee seems to be better mainly because I play basketball everyday at lunch and then workout after work. I'm back up to about 205 lbs from 180 lbs when I finished the trail. I'm playing QB for an arena team and practices have been going well. Surprisingly, I didn't lose much for not playing in two years. I'm trying to start a basketball team at CCA which is proving very difficult. I'm trying to reach out to area coaches to play them during the week but nothing so far. I CAN NOT let these kids down. On Mondays, I go out to Cornerstone Ranch to visit the residence there. Its a fun ranch that houses adults with disabilities. I used to volunteer there a few years ago so I wanted to get reunited with the fellas there. I love hanging out with Will, Jason, and David...the three male residents. They are sports fanatics so we have a lot in common. They put life in perspective for me and let me forget that small drudgeries that can so easily bring us down. So thats it really. Just staying really busy is my theme. I'm really happy. Oh, lots of people ask me when I'm going to take the counter off of my website that counts how many days I've been on the trail. I'm not. I'm just not ready to yet. To me, its a reminder of my dream and how many days its been since it has changed my life forever. So for now, it stays. Capish?His Law is Love