wait. . what?

Holy crap. I swear I can't get my little ADD mind to focus on this screen long enough to type anything. It's been a looooong day. The more tired I get, the less control I have over my attention span. I kid you not, it's taken me 10 minutes to get this first paragraph written out.

I've got a pretty good excuse, though. At least I think so. Last night I finally went for my long run after scheduling conflicts kept pushing it back. Unfortunately, it was quite a bit later at night than I had planned. I was originally supposed to go 10 miles, which is the most I had ran up to this point. Around 8 miles I was feeling good and thought I'd see if I could make the whole 13.1. Dumbest idea EVER!! Well, I made it to 12 miles before admitting I just had nothing left and couldn't go any more. Unfortunately this left me far away from my car. That was the longest, hardest walk I've ever experienced. For those of you coming to Disneyland, time to draw straws to see who's going to piggy-back me to the room after my run. My legs and feet protested every step. I swear it took me an hour to walk up that one side of the park. I guess this is the infamous "wall" that I've heard about. Probably didn't help that at this point is was nearly 1 A.M., or that I didn't really eat much dinner. I was EXHAUSTED. My stomach even hurt, which has never happened before. So I drug my sorry self back to my apartment. Didn't really eat since I was feeling a little nauseated. I very nearly collapsed in a tired, sweaty, un-toothbrushed heap on my bed and went to sleep then and there. Luckily, hygiene took over long enough to get myself showered and teeth brushed. But then, oh happy day!, I got to lay down. Holding still has never felt soooo very good. I was asleep within 30 seconds. Today I finally made it to the running store before it closed. I got some insoles with extra cushioning and arch support for happier feet and legs, and some energy gel to give my body fuel to burn during these longer runs so I don't hit that wall quite as hard in the future.

I felt much better when I woke up, though tired, and ate an extra big breakfast to make up for not eating last night. I usually function just fine on 5 or 6 hours of sleep, but today I've been dragging. It's Thursday, so I worked a double shift today. I did get a pretty big break, which I was grateful for. That gave me time for lunch, the trip to the running store, and I still had time to kill so stopped in at the Ross store. I found a nice pair of boots for $22, and they actually fit! Our family tends to be lacking in the calves department, so I was surprised. Not sure if this happened to be a skinny legged pair, or if the pain from running has actually paid off some. Either way, I'm now a member of the boot club, and for at least $80 cheaper than I was planning. Woohoo!!

A friend of mine is buying a house and asked if I'd like to be a roommate. I still have A LOT of thinking to do before making a decision, but I am considering it. I went and looked through the place tonight after work. It's much nicer, newer, and bigger than what I was expecting considering I'd be paying about the same in rent as I am now. I think. I'll have to ask if the price included utilities and all that. But if I did take it, I'd basically have the lower floor all to myself. The bedroom I'd be in is about the same size as mine now, and has a window seat. If I cooked, I'd be really excited about the kitchen and it's new and expensive-looking appliances. There is a lot to consider here. It is farther away from work, but not horribly so. Having a yard would be nice, but I know that means yardwork. And yes, there will be snow-shoveling of the driveway when needed. I do have one major concern that I would like to discuss with Mom and Dad before making any decisions.

Sorry, no boy news this week. Jeff is at Lake Powell with his family, we'll see if he calls when he gets back. Still keeping in touch with Kwanki, but haven't yet found a time when we both have a free evening. And holy crap! It has taken me 3 hours to write this thing! Attention spans are for sissies.

'Til next week . .

Brownies For Dinner

Yep, that's right. I'm eating a brownie for dinner. I'm also having a big glass of milk. That makes it healthy, right? Don't worry, Mom, this is a pretty rare event. Usually I make myself something at least somewhat nutritious. I've even gotten to the point where I can finish a bag of salad all by my loners without it going bad.

Not much has happened this week, so this will be a fairly short blog. Today was my first double shift Thursday, and it went pretty well. I had 2 appointments this morning, then a couple hours break before another 2 this afternoon. I was kinda hoping for more appointments. Christmas is coming, and so is my cruise. It's official, I put down my deposit the other day. It lasts December 7-14th, we're even going to have a window in our room! Yay! Although the cruise itself isn't much since we're return customers and they gave us a great deal, the airfare (leaves from Miami), shore excursions, and souvenirs will add up. I'm going to go to the post office on Monday to get the passport thing going. I'm stoked to finally get a passport! I've always wanted one. You know, just in case I have to leave the country in a hurry. Haha.

Ok, I know what you're really wanting to hear about is my dating life. Or whatever it is. I am still seeing Jeff a couple times a week. It's kind of an unusual situation, not sure if it's "dating" or not. He did let me know early on, and to respect his privacy I'm not going to blab his reasons, but there is a lack of the usual dating indicators: No cuddling, kissing, that kind of thing. (Which will thrill my parents to no end, I'm sure) On one hand, it's rather nice to know that he actually likes me, and isn't just hanging around for the physical stuff. On the other hand, I have no idea if he "likes" me, or just likes having a new buddy to hang out with. Either way, he's a very fun guy (he was uncharacteristically quiet at the Fair last weekend. Normally, he's quite a spaz), and I'm having a great time with him. Tonight we went ice-blocking, which was a riot, then rented a movie.

Kwanki (Kwan Ki? I'm not sure yet) and I have been talking as well, but it's harder to actually get together with him since he lives up in Ogden. Hopefully sometime next week we can coordinate schedules.

It's getting late and I'm pretty groggy, so that's all I'm writing for this week. Let me know if something doesn't make sense, and I'll fix it when I'm fully conscious. Goodnight!

Cravings

Who knew the Travel Channel was so dangerous? Here I am, minding my own business, naively thinking I'd get a little education about some exotic, far-off locale, when BLAMO! They throw on "Food Experts" doing an episode on the best places to get ice cream. I am bombarded by smiling people happily chowing down on various drool-worthy treats, while I am stuck in an ice cream-less apartment. It's too late tonight to do anything about this tonight, but tomorrow I may have to get my fix at the Baskin-Robbins or somewhere. Maybe I can even last til Saturday at the fair, I'm sure there will be ice cream there. And funnel cakes!! Ohhh yeah, I love me some funnel cake. I think I'm hungry again.



Ok, let's see. What did I do this week? I finally saw the new Narnia movie on Monday. Right after I saw Ironman for the 3rd time. Dollar movies are fabulous! It's been a long time since I've read Prince Caspian, so I'm not sure how much liberty they took with the movie. It seemed like a lot of battle scenes for such a short book. Dad would like it, haha. Now I need to re-read it, although I did like the movie. Where did they film it? There was some impressive scenery going by. My guess is New Zealand. There were some mountains that looked LOTR-esque.


The Perseid's meteor shower is going on this month. I didn't know it lasted so long, but when I looked it up it lasts from July 15 to August 25. The peak nights are August 12-13. I didn't see any last night, even up the canyon, but I did see lots of satellites. It seems like when we were little it was pretty rare to see a satellite go by. Now I wonder how they can get anything into orbit without hitting a couple. Is that someones job at NASA? To coordinate launches with satellite traffic? hmmmm . . . Ok, ok. I know you're wondering. I was hanging out with Jeff. But don't go reading too much into things. We are keeping things on a friends level for the foreseeable future.

Also this week I have decided to do some reconfiguring of my training schedule. I was doing my long runs on Saturday. But now that my long runs are, well, long, they take up a big chunk of time on Saturdays that I often don't have. So I've traded my long run and easy run days. Now I'll be doing those long runs on Monday, which is my day off. This makes so much more sense, I don't know why it took me this long to figure it out! Another miscellaneous note: I will be working double shifts on Thursdays for a while. With our abbreviated hours in the summer this will be from 10-7, so not too bad at all. Plus the extra money will be nice to see on future paychecks.

So that's it for this installment. I'm going to find a snack, then its time for bed.