This is as not real of a holiday as you can get and probably one of the most depressing ones. It’s hidden name is also “Singles Awareness Day” because anyone who doesn’t have a loved one to share this day with easily left in the dust. Story of my life. Remember in elementary school when you had to buy the dumb cards and give it to everyone in your class? Your teacher basically gave you a list of everyone’s names so you could write them all down. You couldn’t leave anyone out. I bet people still did. Also, even if you did get a valentine card, that person would go out of their way to still say they don’t like you or you’re a loser or you’re ugly or something. Valentine’s Day while young was sure some popularity contest. ...

A week left before it’s all over. The only difference is I at least got to run this week! Well, “run” is a very loose term. 5 minute walk, 1 minute jog for 30 minutes. I did that on a turf field. One lap around the track for a warm-up didn’t feel great after hitting the 200m mark. Unfortunate. The run itself wasn’t bad since the surface was softer and the pace was lighter. No pain from that. The muscle itself was more tender the next day, not sure if it’s because it’s getting the rust off or what. ...

Seriously, who is coming up with these questions? They’re so good! The answer is yes. Why go through all the effort if you’ve constantly received nothing in return? You could just stop trying to be happy and be sad, but hey, at least no one is making you sad but yourself. You can do all the activities that make you happy by yourself and you can truly be happy by doing that. Though constantly doing all those things that make you happy by yourself starts to add up. Then you’re clouded with thoughts of your utter loneliness, unable to figure out how to fix it. ...

Is that light at the end of the tunnel getting closer? Saturday virtually no pain was present. Never been so shocked in my life. I did not of the exercises or stretches out of laziness and took a 25 minute walk in the evening to hatch an egg in Pokèmon GO. It felt right as rain. Sunday was not as great, as the evening was moderately painful. I still can’t explain what made it that way. My habits still haven’t changed. ...

Good question, prompt. For the most part, yes. All the things that happen are causal. Even if it’s not clear, the reason is there. Why did I wake up this morning? Why is my car not starting? Why did I decide NOT to walk in front of the FedEx truck this afternoon? Things like that. Of course, we’re reading something I’m writing, so obviously we’re going to get into something that may or may not make sense. What if some things don’t have a reason? What if we’re just fated by some higher power to deserve what happens to us? What if we’re just living a simulation like Elon Musk says and we could instantly wake up from it? ...