Well, in ten days my summer officially ends. Classes start for the fall semester and I'll be swamped with homework and cross country practice.

It sort of feels like this summer has been a washout. But that's not really true. I've done a lot of stuff, most of it wasn't stuff I was really planning on doing though. I had my trip to DC and the National Scout Jamboree. I also had a long vacation at my grandparents cabin over the week of the 4th of July.

I didn't really get stuff done that I really wanted to get done. Coming off the end of track season I had this huge workout plan, involving a lot of running and some biking and swimming. I got it started but then I came down with whooping cough. It really wasn't that bad, but I couldn't do any running for about a month. That month ended right before I left on the week long vacation. One thing lead to another and now this week has really been the only running I've done this summer.

The one good thing about getting sick was that it gave my legs some much needed rest that has completely healed my shin splints (for now).