Chapter 56 As Days Turn

• As days turn into weeks and then into months, I try to find more activities to fill up my free time—and to prevent myself from pining after Patrick when he’s not there.
• The first thing I do is start running again.
• I begin with short distances at first, to make sure I don’t strain my knee, and then I slowly increase both speed and distance. I run either in the mornings or at night, when it’s cooler, and it’s not long before I am in as good of a shape as I’d been during my days on the track team. I can do a three-mile run in under seventeen minutes—an accomplishment that makes me ridiculously happy.