After my AWESOME trip to New Orleans *insert many witty comments about beefsticks, puns on the word "root", and shouts of "simmer down now!" all with a Borat accent* I've been having a little trouble getting back in the groove. Sleep has not come easily. Work has been tedious. Exercise has been pathetic (over a 10min/mile average? Puh-lease!). And I had no food in the fridge until yesterday (now it's overflowing with produce, homemade pesto, juice, and cheese.)
In my long hours where I try to stay awake overnight so as to get back on a "normal" schedule, I have spent a lot of time reading old posts on runnersworld.com (and updating my kaboodle, hint hint hint) I have decided this is the rundown of races I need to be in in the next couple years:
Feb 26, 2012: Disney Princess 1/2 marathon. I can visit the Bebe Seester for a week, see HP world (SEVERUS!!!!), escape from the frigid north for a while, and run my first 1/2 marathon! This will be the perfect first because it is sooooooo laid back. The point is more to have fun, enjoy your surroundings and get as many pictures with the characters lining the course as possible. It's going to be awesome-sauce.
May 6, 2012: The Flying Pig 1/2 marathon. My first "serious" 1/2 marathon, this will be hilly where Disney was flat and I assume I'll have to focus much more on finishing without the mutliple breaks where I'll be merely standing around waiting in line for my picture with Pain and Panic (yes I like the minor disney characters)
August 2012: Leading Ladies Marathon in South Dakota. As advertised it's "all women, all downhill." I mapped it, it really is all downhill. So. Awesome. And it appears to wind down through a mountain park, complete with waterfalls. What??? Sign me up! Hopefully there's not a heat wave like this year...
January 2013: Tinkerbell 1/2 Marathon in Anaheim, California. A trip to good ol' Cali in the middle of winter. And faeries. Don't get me started on how much I loooooooooooove faeries.
May 2013: Flying Pig Marathon. My ultimate goal. A "serious" marathon. Although how serious something can be when people dress up like pigs....
Of course some time in the future I also need to run in the NYC marathon and if I can qualify for Boston I'll do whatever it takes to be there too.
Now, not to get injured in the next two years.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Wasting time waiting for my family to come see me
1.Whats your middle name? Michelle
2.How big is your bed? Delicious delicious queen!
3.What are you listening to right now? This whirring from the computer, traffic on the highway, birds out front, my keyboard clacking and my phone periodically going off from text messages
4.What are the last 4 digits in your cellphone number? Yeah....no
5.What was the last thing you ate? A banana
6.Last person you hugged? Uhhhh........does cuddling an infant at work count? If not it's probably when I left Sarah at the airport. No wait, I hugged Deebles when she left last week.
7.How is the weather right now? As sunny as 9am can be.
8.Who was the last person you talked to on the phone? SARAH!!!!! yay for facetime! Oh wait. No. I talked to random ass-hat nurse on the phone at work last night. Booooooo
9.What is the first thing you notice in the opposite sex? Hair.
10.Favorite type of food. Italian
11.Do you want children? Maybe one. I don't know. Not right now FOR SURE!!!
12.Do you drink? Hells to the yes. I spent like over 350 bucks on alcohol this year. Which, if you know how incredibly cheap I am and how much free alcohol I score...
13.Ever get so drunk you don’t remember the entire night? ENTIRE night? No.
14.Hair color? Mine? Brown, w blonde and pink highlights.
15.Eye colour? Again, mine? Hazel
16.Do you wear contacts/glasses? Not at the same time.
17.Favorite holiday? CHRISTMAS!!!!! Though I enjoy celebrating the entire span of September-December.
18.Favorite season? Fall/Winter
19.Have you ever cried over a girl/boy? Who hasn't by 25?
20.Last movie you watched? Mrs. Doubtfire.
21.What books are you reading? Eat Pray Love, Superfreakenomics, and Are You There Vodka It's Me Chelsea
22.Piercings? I have some
23.Favorite movie? Yes please
24.Favorite college football team? GATORS!!!! (you can't see me but I'm doing the gator chomp thing with my arms)
25.What were you doing before filling this out? Other meaningless stuff. Like reading my sister's tumblr, which I LOVE
26.Any pets? My parents have custody my Chasey-poo
27.Dogs or cats? As I'm not a huge fan of my face turning into a mess of snot and tears: Dogs.
28.Favorite flower? Orchid probably. Not a big flower person.
29.Have you ever loved someone? Of course, I'm not a sociopath!
30.Who would you like to see right now? My family...who will be here in the next hour or so hopefully
31.Have you ever fired a gun? *gleefully* yeeeeeeees
32.Do you like to travel by plane? I do indeed! I even like airports!
33.Right-handed or Left-handed? I am right handed but I am not preferential of what hand others use
34.If you could go to any place right now where would you go? Italy
35.Are you missing someone? Too many someones right now
36.Do you have a tattoo? Not yet. Maybe this fall
37.Do you still watch cartoons on Saturday mornings? Did I ever? No.
38.Are you hiding something from someone? I hide a lot of different things from different people. Sarah's the only one who knows everything, and that's because it's impossible not to tell her!!!!!
39.Are you 18? No. Lame question.
40.What do before you go to bed? Everything I don't do after I go to bed. Another stupid question.
2.How big is your bed? Delicious delicious queen!
3.What are you listening to right now? This whirring from the computer, traffic on the highway, birds out front, my keyboard clacking and my phone periodically going off from text messages
4.What are the last 4 digits in your cellphone number? Yeah....no
5.What was the last thing you ate? A banana
6.Last person you hugged? Uhhhh........does cuddling an infant at work count? If not it's probably when I left Sarah at the airport. No wait, I hugged Deebles when she left last week.
7.How is the weather right now? As sunny as 9am can be.
8.Who was the last person you talked to on the phone? SARAH!!!!! yay for facetime! Oh wait. No. I talked to random ass-hat nurse on the phone at work last night. Booooooo
9.What is the first thing you notice in the opposite sex? Hair.
10.Favorite type of food. Italian
11.Do you want children? Maybe one. I don't know. Not right now FOR SURE!!!
12.Do you drink? Hells to the yes. I spent like over 350 bucks on alcohol this year. Which, if you know how incredibly cheap I am and how much free alcohol I score...
13.Ever get so drunk you don’t remember the entire night? ENTIRE night? No.
14.Hair color? Mine? Brown, w blonde and pink highlights.
15.Eye colour? Again, mine? Hazel
16.Do you wear contacts/glasses? Not at the same time.
17.Favorite holiday? CHRISTMAS!!!!! Though I enjoy celebrating the entire span of September-December.
18.Favorite season? Fall/Winter
19.Have you ever cried over a girl/boy? Who hasn't by 25?
20.Last movie you watched? Mrs. Doubtfire.
21.What books are you reading? Eat Pray Love, Superfreakenomics, and Are You There Vodka It's Me Chelsea
22.Piercings? I have some
23.Favorite movie? Yes please
24.Favorite college football team? GATORS!!!! (you can't see me but I'm doing the gator chomp thing with my arms)
25.What were you doing before filling this out? Other meaningless stuff. Like reading my sister's tumblr, which I LOVE
26.Any pets? My parents have custody my Chasey-poo
27.Dogs or cats? As I'm not a huge fan of my face turning into a mess of snot and tears: Dogs.
28.Favorite flower? Orchid probably. Not a big flower person.
29.Have you ever loved someone? Of course, I'm not a sociopath!
30.Who would you like to see right now? My family...who will be here in the next hour or so hopefully
31.Have you ever fired a gun? *gleefully* yeeeeeeees
32.Do you like to travel by plane? I do indeed! I even like airports!
33.Right-handed or Left-handed? I am right handed but I am not preferential of what hand others use
34.If you could go to any place right now where would you go? Italy
35.Are you missing someone? Too many someones right now
36.Do you have a tattoo? Not yet. Maybe this fall
37.Do you still watch cartoons on Saturday mornings? Did I ever? No.
38.Are you hiding something from someone? I hide a lot of different things from different people. Sarah's the only one who knows everything, and that's because it's impossible not to tell her!!!!!
39.Are you 18? No. Lame question.
40.What do before you go to bed? Everything I don't do after I go to bed. Another stupid question.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Lessons from The Bachelorette
As non-realistic as reality TV is, and as much as the Bachelor and Bachelorette make me roll my eyes, I continually realize things while watching. Things like...
Even the smug bastards have a soul: Blake. Gorgeous dental student who is continually obviously threatened by the super peppy and exhuberant Ryan, got booted after he was mean to Ashley (even though he told the camera he was sorry before he got booted) and then confessed he really just wanted a girl who could be his friend. Awwwww. Now I'm sorry I hated you.
Even the silly childish guys get serious: Ben. Floppy haired goofball really came into his own when he went out of his way to paint a mural at the orphanage they were volunteering at. Since then we've seen him really fall for Ashley and say some pretty serious stuff to the camera. Plus he's frickin' hilarious.
Even the seemingly sweet guys can be smarmy worms: Bentley. 'Nuff said.
Even guys get obsessive and jealous and petty...like girls!: JP. Every time Ashley shows any attention to anyone else he turns green and I think he's going to puke or cry. But he is fiercely devoted. Again, awwwwwww.
Finally she's ditched almost all but my favorites (Ben, JP, and Ryan) and she told Bentley to fuck off. Excited for this week!
Even the smug bastards have a soul: Blake. Gorgeous dental student who is continually obviously threatened by the super peppy and exhuberant Ryan, got booted after he was mean to Ashley (even though he told the camera he was sorry before he got booted) and then confessed he really just wanted a girl who could be his friend. Awwwww. Now I'm sorry I hated you.
Even the silly childish guys get serious: Ben. Floppy haired goofball really came into his own when he went out of his way to paint a mural at the orphanage they were volunteering at. Since then we've seen him really fall for Ashley and say some pretty serious stuff to the camera. Plus he's frickin' hilarious.
Even the seemingly sweet guys can be smarmy worms: Bentley. 'Nuff said.
Even guys get obsessive and jealous and petty...like girls!: JP. Every time Ashley shows any attention to anyone else he turns green and I think he's going to puke or cry. But he is fiercely devoted. Again, awwwwwww.
Finally she's ditched almost all but my favorites (Ben, JP, and Ryan) and she told Bentley to fuck off. Excited for this week!
Friday, July 1, 2011
I < 3 Cincinnati
Today I took a drive before work because I had to pick up pictures from the Meijer in Milford (apparently none of the Meijers closer to us have photo centers?). I drove through Indian Hill to get there, past the McMansions and what I really can only describe as plantations. Sometimes they even have stables and detached outdoor patios with real roofs...which is weird. Many of their driveways look like streets only they have signs that say like "9225 Shawnee Run" with an arrow...and the house is like a mile from Shawnee run....
Then I got to Milford and marveled at the 3 antique shops within a block of one another, the bike rental that I'm not sure how it supports itself in town with two stoplights and the cupcakery (!).
On my way from Meijer to work I refused to take the highway because my favorite road in the whole city is Wooster Pike. It winds through the aforementioned Milford, past picture perfect old farm houses, through Mariemont with it's old world German themed square and giant church park, along the river, past landmarks now mere shadows of when Cinci was still "The Queen City", up and down our fantastic hills, through Columbia-Tusculum with my favorite Painted Ladies (Google that shit, they're awesome houses!!), and around the tree covered corner where downtown just suddenly appears on the horizon.
Oh how I love Cincinnati! The diversity in its people, landscapes and architecture. The beauty in the contrast of new and old, the unique decrepitness of some places, the history everywhere.
Granted there are the days when I walk through the lobby and "the smell of Cincinnati" (aka stanky people) greets me, and parents are particularly stupid, and I see prostitutes or mentally ill people showing their underwear on the streets...but I love this place. I love my job and that it is both keeping me young and in touch with how kids feel and think but is also aging me ways that people decades older than me have yet to experience.
I love that I see the best and the worst and that sometimes what you expect to be the worst turns out to be better than what you thought was the best.
Cincinnati.
Yes, we have daily smog alerts in summer, we're one the ten poorest cities in the country, the asthma capital of the midwest, have almost nonexistant public transportation and a piss-poor football team, but WE ARE AWESOME!!
WHO-DEY!
Then I got to Milford and marveled at the 3 antique shops within a block of one another, the bike rental that I'm not sure how it supports itself in town with two stoplights and the cupcakery (!).
On my way from Meijer to work I refused to take the highway because my favorite road in the whole city is Wooster Pike. It winds through the aforementioned Milford, past picture perfect old farm houses, through Mariemont with it's old world German themed square and giant church park, along the river, past landmarks now mere shadows of when Cinci was still "The Queen City", up and down our fantastic hills, through Columbia-Tusculum with my favorite Painted Ladies (Google that shit, they're awesome houses!!), and around the tree covered corner where downtown just suddenly appears on the horizon.
Oh how I love Cincinnati! The diversity in its people, landscapes and architecture. The beauty in the contrast of new and old, the unique decrepitness of some places, the history everywhere.
Granted there are the days when I walk through the lobby and "the smell of Cincinnati" (aka stanky people) greets me, and parents are particularly stupid, and I see prostitutes or mentally ill people showing their underwear on the streets...but I love this place. I love my job and that it is both keeping me young and in touch with how kids feel and think but is also aging me ways that people decades older than me have yet to experience.
I love that I see the best and the worst and that sometimes what you expect to be the worst turns out to be better than what you thought was the best.
Cincinnati.
Yes, we have daily smog alerts in summer, we're one the ten poorest cities in the country, the asthma capital of the midwest, have almost nonexistant public transportation and a piss-poor football team, but WE ARE AWESOME!!
WHO-DEY!
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