These past couple of weeks have left me with very minimal time to do any worthwhile blogging, but I figured I'd leave an update now, lest I don't get around to it any other time within the next week.
Someone once told me that 3 of the biggest changes you'll experience in a lifetime are:
1. Getting Married
2. Moving
3. Starting a new Job
Well, I'm doing all 3 of those (kinda) within the next two weeks. I'm not STARTing a new job, but I am quitting my current job and figuring out what to do next with my occupational life.
Tonight, we're moving my stuff out of my apartment and into Todd's. I am sad about this, as I've loved living in my Eastlake studio the past year. It was the only year in my life that I lived completely by myself. No parents or siblings or roommates. (not saying I liked it MORE than living with others, it was just different) The location was perfect to jump on several of my favorite running routes, and I was just a 3 block walk to Lake Union. I'll miss it.
But its bittersweet, as I'm moving my things to start my married life together with Todd. For that, I'm uberly excited and it makes moving a little less painful.
As one can imagine, it's a little stressful around these parts, but thankfully work is not busy any more since I'm phasing myself out of there, so I get to do the majority of my wedding communcation during work hours :)
Just looking forward to getting everything finalized and seeing our family and friends together for our wedding!
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
One Month
The real countdown is on.
30 days until the wedding. One month.
Which means 22 days until we load up the car and drive back to Kansas. Oddly enough, I'm really looking forward to that part. I think it will be a great pre-wedding stress reliever, driving through beautiful Washington, Idaho, Montana,Wyoming...South Dakota...Iowa...Nebraska...well, the beautiful scenery kinda starts to dwindle halfway through the trip but still, I'm looking forward to it. At least we won't be driving a 17 foot UHaul pulling a car trailer, like we did on my move to Seattle last year.
No UHaul = faster driving, the ability to listen to music of our choice, less gas (not to mention, having to physically squeeze the gas pump handle while the truck filled up for 10 minutes) and not feeling like the engine is going to explode going down the mountain roads.
In the meantime, I keep running, packing up my apartment, and trying to enjoy this time while its here.
30 days until the wedding. One month.
Which means 22 days until we load up the car and drive back to Kansas. Oddly enough, I'm really looking forward to that part. I think it will be a great pre-wedding stress reliever, driving through beautiful Washington, Idaho, Montana,Wyoming...South Dakota...Iowa...Nebraska...well, the beautiful scenery kinda starts to dwindle halfway through the trip but still, I'm looking forward to it. At least we won't be driving a 17 foot UHaul pulling a car trailer, like we did on my move to Seattle last year.
No UHaul = faster driving, the ability to listen to music of our choice, less gas (not to mention, having to physically squeeze the gas pump handle while the truck filled up for 10 minutes) and not feeling like the engine is going to explode going down the mountain roads.
In the meantime, I keep running, packing up my apartment, and trying to enjoy this time while its here.
Friday, August 08, 2008
Best News of My Day!
How I have not heard about this sooner, I don't know, but my friend Aubrey sent me this link today. Rock 'n Roll Marathon is coming to Seattle!
Next June. I'm marking it on my calendar now.
I'm extremely excited because ever since Rock 'n Roll San Diego, I've always wanted to run another RNR marathon to redeem myself from the shin injury. Right now, I'll aim for the full marathon, but if Aubrey runs the half, I might join her in that. Regardless, this makes me very happy.
Next June. I'm marking it on my calendar now.
I'm extremely excited because ever since Rock 'n Roll San Diego, I've always wanted to run another RNR marathon to redeem myself from the shin injury. Right now, I'll aim for the full marathon, but if Aubrey runs the half, I might join her in that. Regardless, this makes me very happy.
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
crunched
Time keeps on ticking ticking ticking....
Lately, I’ve found it difficult to find any time to do anything that I really need to do. My to-do list grows everyday and I can’t seem to get anything checked off. 39 days until our wedding, which means 31 days until we drive back to KS, which means I need more than 24 hours in a day.
I’m trying to focus on keeping myself healthy, getting rest, not getting stressed out, but it’s getting more difficult every day. I’m not happy at my job, so I’m stressed about what to do next. I’m maxed out with planning, but I should enjoy this time since it only happens once. I found myself recently succumbing to everything and sobbing my way down the street. I hate it when I’m in a weird funk. It’s not fair to Todd and it’s not healthy for me.
I do somehow manage to keep finding time for my gym classes and my running. It’s the best stress reliever I have. I’ve built my way back up to 5 miles, though at this point, I have no goals of running any races before October. There is a 10K in nearby Woodinville wine country in 2 weeks that I would like to do, but it’s also the morning that our friends are throwing us a couples’ shower. So I pick the shower fun over the 10K run, of course!
This past weekend I wrangled Todd into going with me to watch the Blue Angels perform. We took the bus to the Mt. Baker neighborhood above the I-90 tunnel and had some great views over the performance over Lake Washington. At some points, they even flew so close to use you could see the pilots (I think one winked at me). It was awesome! We caught some of the Sunday show while we were doing some shopping in SODO, so it was neat to get a different vantage point. I want to be an acrobatic pilot now.
Can’t wait until they’re back at SeaFair next year!
Lately, I’ve found it difficult to find any time to do anything that I really need to do. My to-do list grows everyday and I can’t seem to get anything checked off. 39 days until our wedding, which means 31 days until we drive back to KS, which means I need more than 24 hours in a day.
I’m trying to focus on keeping myself healthy, getting rest, not getting stressed out, but it’s getting more difficult every day. I’m not happy at my job, so I’m stressed about what to do next. I’m maxed out with planning, but I should enjoy this time since it only happens once. I found myself recently succumbing to everything and sobbing my way down the street. I hate it when I’m in a weird funk. It’s not fair to Todd and it’s not healthy for me.
I do somehow manage to keep finding time for my gym classes and my running. It’s the best stress reliever I have. I’ve built my way back up to 5 miles, though at this point, I have no goals of running any races before October. There is a 10K in nearby Woodinville wine country in 2 weeks that I would like to do, but it’s also the morning that our friends are throwing us a couples’ shower. So I pick the shower fun over the 10K run, of course!
This past weekend I wrangled Todd into going with me to watch the Blue Angels perform. We took the bus to the Mt. Baker neighborhood above the I-90 tunnel and had some great views over the performance over Lake Washington. At some points, they even flew so close to use you could see the pilots (I think one winked at me). It was awesome! We caught some of the Sunday show while we were doing some shopping in SODO, so it was neat to get a different vantage point. I want to be an acrobatic pilot now.
Can’t wait until they’re back at SeaFair next year!
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