Bob here, breathing hard. Just finished running 1 and a half miles . . .I'm obviously not quite as conditioned as I thought I was . . . then again it was uphill one way and I stopped and walked for a little bit to drop my heart rate. It was about a 10 minute run, but my feet were killing me because I was running on pavement. Dow.

I have a math test tomorrow, and a Spanish presentation to do - which Matt seriously helped us with after school.

Speaking of which, allow me to tell you all the kind of insomnia caused-by-stress night I had last night.

Started out with me second-guessing whether or not I had an English test Monday, so I got a bit stressed. After that, I started having math problems literally fly back through my head, some of which I could solve - others of which I couldn't. I also kept worrying that Matt would be too sick to show up to school, and that my testimonial for the theme park wouldn't get checked over by Lupita by tomorrow. All worrying was in vain, because everything has been worked out. Nothing like 12 hour "thinky" days.

The only problem with 12 hour "thinky" days is that it makes me extremely exhausted afterwards, and that's exactly what I am now. Before all that ends though, allow me to bust out into an analytical explanation that I was discussing with my father.

The character Golum in Lord of the Rings is an image reflecting a theological perspective of Jesus. If one analyzes the statements said in the movie, such as, "A part left to play.", or the simple fact that he was tortured for what he wanted most, and if I'm not mistaken he eventually dies in the last climax of the books, where he plays his "final act". To me, that alone parallels the life of Jesus - accomplishments that are unbelievable - being given an amazing power, but being forsaken by the flaw in man (the ring was not destroyed, so he suffered).

Anyway, I'm sneezing like mad and I'm tired.

Time to go relax and play some chess or something.

Take care my friends.