What were you afraid of when you were younger that seems silly to you now?
Submitted by wandie
I've always been a bad sleeper - god bless my parents for putting up with me as a kid who didn't really sleep. Plus, my mom says the dog used to come wake them up whenever I was up, so they probably suffered more than I did.
What used to scare me in my sleep was this loud "ka thunk ka thunk" noise that I thought was a bunch of military shells going off. (We lived right by an Army base, so this wasn't as far-fetched as it sounds.) It took me YEARS to ignore it, and even longer to figure out that the sound was my own heartbeat, which only got louder the more I held my ears.
And I still don't sleep all that well.
I've been listening to the same songs on repeat most of the time I've been here. It's kind of a sad, wistful playlist - my specialty!
However, if you listen to no other song in your life, listen to Lush Life, with Coltrane and Johnny Hartman. Oh, and the R. Kelly/Broken Social Scene mashup that Steve sent. Have a listen.
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When's the last time you looked at your feet? I mean, really looked at them?
On Sunday, I ran my second half marathon. While my first was plagued with knee pain, my second was relatively pain-free. In fact, the day after, I feel almost no soreness whatsoever... except for my right foot.
It's not so much an ache, but rather a pain, like something is broken or fractured. But I'm having a very hard time believing that's the case, since during and immediately following the race, I felt no pain at all. (Well, no pain beyond what is normal after running 13.1 miles.)
Then, this morning, I glanced down at my feet, and noticed the bunion on my right foot seems significantly larger than the one on my left. (I've always had wide feet, they run in the family.) Thing is, I have no idea whether this is related to the pain, or it's just always been this way. Like I said, how often do you look at your feet?
I think I'll see how I feel tomorrow, and call my doctor if the pain hasn't subsided.
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