Pat's Run!

I love, absolutely love living by myself. I love that the mess is my mess but I really love when it is clean. I love shopping for myself….eh may not love just cooking for myself but seriously I can’t complain.

But I am so lonely, it is not always a problem just on days like today or when I have parties to go to that I realize it. So all year I could not wait for this day. It was the 7^th annual Pat’s Run. Pat actually grew up in my home town then came to ASU for college and was a football all-star and then he went on and played for the Cardinals! Instead of renewing his contract he joined the Army and became a Ranger. While in Afghanistan he was killed sadly by friendly fire. And so Pat’s run was born the money raised is used to support the Tillman foundation which helps military men and woman further their education through scholarships. The run is 4.2 miles around the Tempe town lake and you finish on the 42 yard line inside Sun Devil stadium…pretty cool!!!!

I just love and respect Pat Tillman and love what his the work his foundation supports. So this year I spent a couple hours last weekend and all day Friday volunteering to get things together for the race. It was a lot of fun and I will definitely do it again next year.

So here is the problem…last night as I was getting ready for bed I started thinking I don’t even need to go to the race what is the point I am going alone. I was thinking about getting there early so I could park and get to the stadium…alone. Then once I get there and get there early then I have to stand around for a hour or more…alone. Then I get to race…yup you guessed it alone!

Surrounded my 30,000 people and I was so alone. But I did it and as I ran I thought I can do hard things. Tillman did hard things and ended up giving his life…but then this wasn’t the problem the problem is I was alone!!!!

Then tonight my ward had a chili cook off to raise money for the Boy Scouts my friend Dylan (90210 the “bad boy”) was supposed to go with me we talked about it all week. This morning I texted him said it is at 6pm are we still on and his response “absolutely” well I am sure you won’t be surprised given my track record but ya he didn’t show. I received a text at 9pm tonight telling me he just got back from out of town…OY!!!! Why oh why can I not catch a break?

No word from Al I even broke down and included him in mass text about Pat’s run this morning and he didn’t even say good job. I am so mad at him. I never said if you aren’t interested run away and never talk to me again. How can he feel ok about this or does he even care?

Any ways Cate promises to be at Pat’s run next year! Any other joiners are welcome! It is a blast!

Oh and I picked the name Dylan because this guy thinks he is such a bad boy since he rides a motorcycle and is half black which he apparently thinks this a big no no in my religion and will not believe me when I say it is not. We really mesh well together and can make each other laugh. He really is really sweet despite what he thinks is a rough exterior. He is supposed to go to church with me tomorrow but lesson learned I am not counting on it…as Sister Hinckley said expect the worst and you will be greatly surprised…fingers crossed!