Yeah…so going back to see if anyone I followed even is here anymore and this one hurt - seeing Best Girl Betty, when it’s been over 10 years since Julie has been gone.
How’s it going?
6.75 slow miles yesterday. Lots of slowing down to navigate ice and snow, people, traffic, and being terribly out of shape…..
Went running….. it was cold, mainly wind off the lake, but afterwards there were donuts.
Anyway….went running.
Anyway…. Went running.
We are expecting our first actual snow today, which means it’s perfect running weather. It felt good to be out there!
Anyway…. went running.
4.5 Miles.
Anyway…. Went running.
Chicago Park District has done a ton of work on the Lake Front Trail, which two years ago, was impassable for the run/walk section between Fullerton and North Ave.
Anyway….went running.
Fullerton to North Avenue running trail has not wintered well. Big chunks of asphalt just thrown like a wet noodle up on the sand. The piers are covered in water - I’ve never seen that before - and the park district has bulldozed mounds of sand taller than me up to clear the path and protect Lakeshore Drive.
Lake Michigan is high, bursting over the sea walls even with little to no waves.
3 miles.
4 miles.
Three miles. I’ve run this route for ten years, every winter the Lake changes the shoreline, with ice build up, snow, waves that crashed and froze in place - but this year is different. Lake Michigan has reclaimed this beach, two others, taken a playground, and it looks like part of a few buildings. The lake is high, the storms are more violent, and we are not prepared.
No.
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3 big problems with financial aid award letters
McKenna Hensley got into 10 colleges — each with their own distinctive financial aid offer. “It was very confusing,” she says. “It makes a difference when you’re paying yourself. You have to be extra careful.”
The problems?
1. There is a lot of jargon and terminology. Researchers found colleges referred to one loan 136 different ways in their financial aid letters. Some colleges didn’t even use the the word “loan” when referring to it.
2. More than a third of the schools didn’t include how much it would cost to attend. They often only included how much the student was awarded.
3. Seventy percent of offers put all the aid together, so it felt like one big gift. That aid included money from loans, even though students would have to pay that money back.
Photos by Elissa Nadworny/NPR
This is #bullshit. Someone make an Ap that you can plug this bullshit into and it gives you a digestible side by side comparison.
You have 2 years.
Source: NPR
48 degrees, bliss!
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causticgrip-deactivated20221013
You may be grossed out, but I loved these. Especially Lemon.
Lemon, cherry, and apple in that order. The lemon is especially delicious semi fredo
Apple and cherry for me. Normally I’d heat the apple up and the cherry I’d leave room temp, so I’d never thought of freezing them! I may have to try it!
High school lunch of choice
Psst…everyone forgets about Vanilla pudding pies….
Lemon>vanilla fight me Todd!
tbridge
Cherry Pie > Vanilla Pudding Pie > *
Blackberry.
Sun is out, it’s warmer than 0, went for a run.