Okay Well I haven’t written in here for a week now. Gah! I got busy…with ALOT of things! Well since then, (I just do an overview and then go into details w/ some subjects) just been running, traveling, eating…etc.
To start off…my usual ranting. 
Peanut butter!!! I finally found some in this country, but oh my gosh, it is expensive, and much more unhealthy. They have alot of additives to it. It costs 10.000.000 Lira, (About $8.20 for a small jar) I freaked out…but of course I bought it. I was happy! Like suuuppppeeeerrrrr excited! And then I finally found whole wheat bread, which is 10x the price of normal everyday bread. (people here eat ALOT of bread, as in my house we go through 2 loaves per meal.) (those are usually 300.000 Lira but the wheat bread is 3.000.000).
But I don’t care!! I finally got it! Muahahaha. Yes, I do feel accomplished…! Be jealous!
While I’m on the subject of nutrition, it is sooo difficult to eat “healthy” here. It’s so irritating. And I’m always being mimicked because I eat “healthy”. Grrr. Very few people understand why I eat the way I do. It becomes especially hars when I tell them I’m not trying to lose weight.
At least the people I am with now understand more why I run and what not…
Well I had a marathon that I wasn’t telling anyone about until afterwards. It was just a personal thing. But it was crazy. It was the smallest marathon I’ve ran in and one of the weirdest. I started out at an okay pace. I knew that this race was up and down alot of hills and the ground was not just asphalt but also those concrete bricks that are often used here for roads. My knees started to hate me at about the 10th mile. Yeah…not good. Soon I was able to continue at a more desirable pace. Because I run on hills alot I was able to keep my pace throughout the marathon when going up the hills and get some speed heading back down the hills. So, the result…**drum roll** 3:06. (Yup, I would have qualified for the Boston IF it were certified…but it’s not! Blah!)
Well I’m now in Greece, I’ll be heading to Bursa in tonight, and then going to Albania on Wednesday! Yay!
But one of the guys I’ve been staying with has actually wanted to run, he was able to go with my one day for 10km fartleks, then dropped over. Ha. Yesterday he was too sore (or lazy) and today yeah…he said “hell no!” hahaha. (cuz today is my semi-long run day. But the runs lately have been awesome!!! Running along the mediterranean, nice breeze, good paths, but the only not so amazingly sexy part is how crowded it’s been. When I go to Albania I know some nice trails to run along, so hopefully that’ll turn out to be good!
And finally…I hate my iPhone. I hacked it so it would work with a European cell phone carrier, and it worked for the first 10 days. Then it decided to go all PMS on me and not work. I put in the SIM card and it says “No Service” no matter what. Ugh! So I formatted it/restored it with iTunes and then rehacked but for some reason it just won’t seem to work. So I’ll give it some Midol tonight and hopefully get it work. (Midol=major hacking changes of the HD) muahaha! 
So anyways, I’ll leave you all with a couple pictographs of yummies!!
(The first one is an ice cream that is sooo thick it has to be used with a fork and knife. The 2nd pic is with the ice cream-that white block connected to the crane-holding up a van because of it’s strength. It also is known to be “unmeltable” at lower than 60*C)
This next pictograph is a wonderful fruit salad! yay!
”Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It’s not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others!”
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