Life of Laura G: Back to the Grind

I just finished spending the entire week in intensive classes. Whew, what a week! It was both physically and emotionally draining. We did three solid days of counseling, where we were either the counselors or the clients, and I can say I feel very connected to my classmates. The last two days were spent with a specialist in suicide and eating disorders-- very important, but very tough stuff.

Other than that, I've been bike racing. It really is a huge learning curve. Everything is new and exciting: first time trial, first road race, first hill climb, and so on. I'm realizing how much I don't know, and how much experience I just don't have. It really is refreshing to show up at a race and go as hard as I can and have no real expectations for myself, except to leave it all out there.

The next few weeks should be extraordinarily hectic, as I have to now wrap up a semesters worth of work to close out the summer term. At least there's lots of daylight, as I won't be getting much sleep!