We completed our first 5k with flying colors! LOL. See my profile picture and it might make more sense. It was a blast! Definitely chose the right sort of event for our first 5k.
In the last couple weeks we have begun to switch up our workout regime. We added Zumba on the Wii, and let me tell you, I have never had that much fun flailing around like an uncoordinated buffoon. We are starting to get the moves down and are really enjoying it in addition to our running.
Ah, yes. The running. We have made some changes to that too. The 15 seconds of running to 60 seconds (one minute for those of you on drugs) of walking ratio was getting EXTREMELY stagnant and beyond being easy. We cut down the walking/"resting" period to forty five seconds and have been loving it. It's just right; not too little rest but not too much at the same time.
As for the busy part of life...
The weekend of our first 5k was insanity at it's finest. The race/fun run action was Sunday morning. The day before (aka Saturday) was non-stop! We had to go downtown to get our packets for the race. As soon as we got back out here we zipped over to the coast to take my dad groceries and run him into town. I felt kind of bad because we were prodding him along in town. After safely returning him home we flew back here (all I can say is I didn't get caught and that is what matters...), hopped back on the MAX, and went back downtown. We met K and G at Kells Irish Pub for an awesome dinner for G's birthday. I had the curry chicken and chips (fries). It was CRA-mazing! For dessert Collin and I split the Bailey's Cheesecake. Freaking orgasmic! Afterwards we MAXed our happy asses home and crashed before getting up to go to the race.
The weekend after that we did our normal Saturday morning run action before heading to IKEA.We found an awesome new clock for the living room! We snagged a quick lunch at Panda Express and then made a bee line for West Linn and the 2012 Street of Dreams. We ran into our neighbors/one of my co-workers there and saw five of the seven houses with them. All of the houses were truly amazing, but some of the things just seemed ridiculous to me. I loved the outdoor kitchens! Some day... Some day. After drooling over the insanely expensive homes we headed back to our abode and chilled. The following day we booked all of our hotel rooms for our upcoming and much anticipated vacation! It's a relief to know that they are all reserved and ready (and paid for!). Since we didn't feel like we had spent enough money ( < dripping with sarcasm) we decided we might as well go get a new camera so we have time to familiarize ourselves with it before our trip. We did find an amazing camera that is loaded for the price point and I am sure will last us quite some time.
Now we are to this past weekend. It was another coastal Saturday! I got to spend some much needed time with K before she had to head to work. I truly do not know what I would do without her! As always we got some fantastic noms from Deli 101. This time we tried the Roasted Chicken Panini; it was marvelous! We are working our way through the deli's menu and have loved it all! I'm not big on spicy but one of my favorites was the Buffalo Chicken Sandwich, and don't get me started on the grown up grilled cheese! Oh, yum! And the sides and other goodies... Sheesh, I could right an entire blog just about the awesomeness of this place. Anyways, back to the weekend. We went to the lake to eat our sammies, and managed to see an amazingly awesome sight: two gorgeous bald eagles! I even got some great photos of them with the new camera:
The weekends are when most of the real living happens, and are punctuated by the weekdays of working, working out, and going to appointments. This is part of why the posts have been so infrequent.
Plus, lately, with the whole wanting to have a tiny human in the next few (sweet jeebus I first wrote couple!) years, I have been finding myself trying to focus on what I want to do for my grown-up career. In the perfect world I would be doing something I love, and doing it from home with the freedom to be a mommy. This is my goal and I am going to try for it. With Collin's career path I am sure I could just as easily do just the mommy thing in the future (like, when we decide it is time to pop out a little parasite) without it being a financial burden on us, but I think I would like to have something that is mine that I contribute. I guess we will see when we get there, but I still need to figure out what I want out of my career. I know additional schooling is a definite, but for what?! I have played around with so many options I can't keep them straight! But this will be another post.
One step at a time. The big goal of the moment? Find a dentist that I like out of the three that I deemed potentially acceptable... I really need to get on this so that I can hit my birthday goal of getting my front teeth fixed FINALLY...
Now I am going to watch an episode of Drop Dead Diva on Netflix, because that's just how I roll!
