780.  Ice machines.
781.  Not having to have floppy disks (or CDs).
782.  E-mail.
783.  Not having to buy stamps.
784.  How beautiful a personal letter from snail mail can be.

This blog has been incredibly superficial for several reasons.  One of them being the big stuff behind the scenes has not conceptualized itself enough to even put into words.  The second is that sometimes being deep is hard.  But I feel the need to write this.

I am 29 years old.  I have spent a large majority of my 20's being single.  I have had a few serious relationships and a handful of dates, but mostly, have been relationship-free.  I have had to battle my own demons in a way that have made me stronger, more loving, and more responsible.  I have learned my own body and how to gauge my stress levels, sleep levels, hunger levels, and relationship needs (all which are really important in marathoning and general life activities).  I have watched people younger (and older) than me get married...and remarried.  But I have also watched break-ups and sequential divorces.  I have been angry, jealous, and upset when I am pursuing through Facebook, blogs, or in general life.  I want to say to people "do you not understand what you have????"  However, they don't.  And all that glitters is not gold.  I have heard this time and time and time and time again in my head.  I finally realized how true it is.  I have watched relationships come apart at the seams, realized that people are not as good or bad as they had first appeared, and that I am sometimes so caught up in wanting what other people have that I am completely ungrateful for what I do have.  It's like urinating on a mound of presents your parents bought you for Christmas with money that they saved all year working 80 hour weeks.  So I stopped whining.  I started opening those presents, using them, celebrating them, sharing them with friends, and blogging about it.  The results are innumerable.  So the best I can do is make little lists and share from time to time what is really happening.  I have no idea what my future holds, including whether I will ever be in a relationship again, but I am okay with where it is headed.  To me, that is more important than any amount of superficial human companionship.