March Goal

March Goal: Exercise at least one time a week outside of my activity classes.

I'm taking indoor cycling and weight training this semester two days a week.  That leaves 5 days with no extra exercise.  March is going to be different.  One of my 23 things to do before I'm 24 is to become a runner again.  March is going to be the start of that.

23 goals/adventures/things before 24

Well, here it is, this year's list of 23 things to do before I turn 24:
1. Scrapbook my London experience
2. Graduate from BYU
3. Complete an internship
4. Get a full time job
5. Go to Washington D.C.
6. Visit somewhere I've never been
7. Get a credit card
8. Go to the temple at least once each month
9. Do something that scares me
10. Move out of my parent's house
11. Finish my quilt (or at least start it)
12. Work on Family History
13. Blog once a week
14. Visit Alyson and Kenny in Florida
15. Visit Nick and Amanda in Virginia
16. Visit a national park
17. Take the GRE
18. Fall in love with a person, place, or hobby
19. Become a runner
20. Be better at staying in touch with friends
21. Accomplish all 12 of my new year's resolutions
22. Forgive
23. Visit campus with my parents and have them tell me stories from when they were in college (this counts as family history, right?)

holla

So I've made zero progress in accomplishing the run/walk plan I mentioned in this post, but don't you worry because this morning I got up at 5:35 AM and went on a bike ride with my momma.  It felt so good and I'm so happy I went even though I have been literally falling asleep at work today, it was totally worth it.  I hope that I'll be able to remember how awesome it was and I'll be able to get up early for the rest of the summer to exercise!

On a completely separate note, I am leaving tomorrow to make my way to CALIFORNIA and I can't wait. The beach, shopping, Disneyland, and just everything about Southern California is so great.  Be ready for the greatest blog post of your lives when I get back (Or rather a super long post about me and my amazing trip to California).

I got this picture on geoguessr right after my last post.  I guessed off the coast of California.  It was in Australia.

put me back in the game, coach

So this past Saturday I decided I was done being a lump on a log and decided to get up early (or as early as sane people can get up on a Saturday morning which meant 7:30AM) and go for a walk/jog.  This was the first time I've really done substantial amount of walking/running/movement since before my surgery.  I was nervous but excited.  The plan was to walk for five minutes and jog for one minute and it felt amazing.  The first round of jogging was exhilarating!

When we finished, I thought we had walked just over a mile and I was happy with that, but I was mistaken.  I mapped our run today, and we actually went 2.25 miles!!  I am so happy/proud/excited that it was double what I thought we had done (It also helps me feel better about how sore I was)!  I can't wait to get out again and continue to feel and watch my body continue to heal itself.  It's been really hard to go from finishing a half marathon just a few years ago to barely walking a couple of miles, but I know if I work hard I can get back to where I was!

(Running in the St. George Marathon in 2010)

To help me get back to running, I am planning on following the schedule below.  Anyone is welcome to join me in my endeavors.  It's going to be hard (because it's SO hot outside) but it's going to be worth it!!

so many wonderful things

First item of business: the surgeon "released" me to full activity this past Friday.  I've already gone crazy and splashed it up at Seven Peaks.  I know I need to calm it right down.

On a separate note, I can't believe Spring is over and Summer has begun!  Spring was so much fun!  

Parties and games and WARM WEATHER. 

Men's Soccer games with friends!!

Thank goodness Stats will never be a part of my life ever again. Those cheerios are important to point out because they were the only thing I ate that day thanks to food poisoning.  I pulled through but my stats grade is still questionable.

Supporting my amazing roommates in the intramural tourney.  Of course, I would have played if I had not had my leg sliced open the week the season started.  Next semester I'm going to be out there tearin up the field though. Be ready.

I saved the best for last.  I became an aunt!!  This pretty lady is my most favorite niece in the entire world!!  I just want to hold her an snuggle her all. the. time.  It will be my worst day when July 25 rolls around and she and her wonderful parents move to Virginia for FOUR YEARS.  Good thing they invented things like the world wide web and skype so that we can be friends forever even 2,000 miles away.

22 things before I'm 23

My birthday is coming up at the end of the week, and I want to make a list of 22 things to do before I'm 23. I want all of my closest friends and family members input though, which means those people who read my blog, because, obviously, you are the ones who care about me the most.  Please, any suggestions would be welcome. A couple of things I have already thought of in the past three minutes since I decided I want to do this:
1. Blog more(once a week maybe?)
2. Read the entire Book of Mormon
3. Be able to a. swim a mile or b. run a 10k without stopping
4. No do any homework on Sundays

(Picture from my birthday last year.  Read about it here)