Weekend!!

Wow, this week really flew by…and my weekend has started, yay!

Thanks friends, for your comments on my last post – I will remember your encouragement on Sunday. And try not to miss you all too much!

My plans for tonight are being well executed – I am doing mostly nothing, haha. We all went for Indian food at lunch (accountants like to EAT!), so I didnt even have to make dinner – I just ate my bagged lunch for dinner! And I had some yummy chocolate milk – J-M picked it up on his grocery store WIN yesterday – he spent exactly $10 and brought home two tubs of yogurt, a bag of chips, laundry soap, chocolate milk, a cake mix, and a can of icing! I really like having a No Frills close by – when they have deals, they really have deals!

Speaking of deals, what is with Safeway lately!? We keep finding ourselves there and paying reasonable prices….its kind of creeping us out, we dont know what to make of it!

Tomorrow, while J-M is at work, I am going to do some Secret Birthday Shopping. J-Ms birthday is on the 30th, and I have some sweet gift ideas that I cant wait to hunt down – I love gift shopping, especially when I can find the perfect thing that I know will be special! I would share, but there is a small risk of him reading this, and we cant have that.

Saturday we might brave English Bay to take in the second fireworks show. We caught last night’s at Jericho Beach (a fifteen minute walk from home), which offered a pretty good view, but its not the same as being right there. We just werent willing to face crowds and try to fight our way back home on a week night, so Jericho it was. I thought last night’s show was good! The USA did a big-band style performance and the fireworks really suited the music.

Well, thats all for my random Thursday post! Have a good night everyone!

Eek! A Week!

Well, today marks one week until the BIG DAY. And I am nervous! Intellectually, I know I am capable of finishing a 5k. Ive ran that distance before, I can run it again. So why am I nervous? I think because this is a big deal for me as a person. It will be the first time I will ever participate in any sort of organized sporting event. Ever. As a kid, I wasn’t involved in anything the least bit physical (save for one or two years of dance in elementary school… taught by 15 year olds). But no sports teams, no track meets. Nothing. I have always felt (and even been told by a few different people) that I am not athlete material. Im not a runner. I shouldn’t even TRY to see if there might be something active that I enjoy doing, because that’s not “who I am”. And I believed them. And sometimes I still do believe them. I think this event will be a tangible reminder that I AM capable. That I CAN run if I want to, and that living an active life IS part of who I am.

Maybe I should get a dog?

So I went for my run this morning, and I passed a man with a dog. I think it was a golden retriever mixed with something else. The dog was not on a leash, but appeared to be well behaved. So well behaved, in fact, that she must have felt sorry for me running all alone and decided to keep me company. As I passed them, the dog turned right around and began running by my side and excitedly jumping around. The man was calling for her and apologizing to me – eventually she went back with her owner and I carried on my run.

Honestly? It was kind of fun to run with a dog, even if it was only half a block (if that). There was a small part of me that hoped she would keep running with me the entire way. When we grow up, I think I want a big dog to run with. Except J-M and I already agreed on a wiener dog. Something tells me they arent the best running companions – although running with a wiener dog would be good for my self esteem – with those short little legs, it should tire out waaaaay before I do.

Some things I like

At the office, we all work an extra 1/2 hour from January-June, and then we get every Friday off in July and August. This is something I like. I feel like my work week just got underway and already tomorrow is Thursday (Friday!). I am a little bit afraid of September – back to 5 day work weeks, and due to an office move, my commute is going to get loooooonger. Oh well, September will obviously never arrive.

We got icecream at work this afternoon! Also like that! The best quote of the day though came from one of the “new guys” who have only been here a couple of months. He exclaimed:

“We get ice cream! Awesome! I LOVE this place!”

Made me chuckle, anyways.

Last night I dreamed about mailing labels – this is something I do not like. How lame am I that I stick mailing labels all day and then come home and dream about them? Actually it was kind of a nightmare – in my dream we RAN OUT!

Last nights dinner involved avocado on the side. YUM. I like this. Today’s lunch was leftovers from last night. I got lazy and didnt remove the avocado before reheating the meal. Warm avocado is NOT YUM. I did not like this.

Tonight we are going to Costco. Not sure if I like this. I dislike how everyone blocks up the aisles like they are the only person in the store. And trust me, they are never the only person in the store. I do like the samples though.

Thats all for today.

Crazy news of the day!

Yep, I admit it. I am a blogging flake. I enjoy reading, I even think up clever things to write about, but it just never gets done. Oops. Well, admittedly, blogging isnt the only thing that has taken a back seat in the past 10 months or so. Its like our move last year knocked me on my butt, and I am only now starting to get back on my feet. But, I am excited to be where I am, and I plan on taking full advantage of this amazing place we live! I am super excited for fun things we have planned for the summer!

Today I did something crazy….

I signed up for my first race! I will be running a 5k on July 25th and I am super excited! I have been running on and off with varying levels of commitment for a couple of years now, but never as consistently as the past few months. I think I am at risk of turning into a “runner”.  ME. Go figure. During the past week or so, I have come to realize how much running is a mental game for me! I will feel like stopping and giving up, but then I will think to myself “wait a second. You are not even out of breath. Nothing hurts. Why do you want to stop?” I feel as though this is a bit of an epiphany. Anyways, I am super excited for the race. And the best part is that its all women, and the start line is within walking distance from our house. What more could I ask for? I’m not setting a goal time for my race (though I would be thrilled to do it in 30 minutes). I just want to finish and have fun!

That is my crazy news of the day!

I promise to blog more… or at least…..ok, I make no promises. But if I was making a promise, I would promise to blog more.