As promised a new blog post :)

This weekend started out pretty bad. I didn't make it to the race in time and missed my favorite race of the year. The Pumpkin Fun run, they give me a long sleeved shirt for participating so my hear is with them forever. While I was upset about not making it in time for the start I stuck around to watch my wonderful friend finish and then hang out with her for a little bit. Btw, the reason I didn't make it is because downtown Houston sucks and I forgot my money, and you've got to pay to park everywhere. Awesome. I ended up parking wherever, hoping I wouldn't get a ticket, or worse, get towed. No ticket. So moral of the story, if you know you plan on breaking the rules anyways (little rules not felonies or anything) just do it before you miss a race.

Putting that behind me I went home for the weekend. I know, God forbid I miss a weekend at my parents house. Don't judge, if your parents were as awesome as mine, you'd be there all the time too. Over all the weekend was really god and relaxing. I slept in until 10:30 AM on Sunday, that hasn't happened in ages. I also, may have accidentally locked my parents out of the house Saturday night. I'm either super lame by being home before them or they deserved it for being home so late. I won't be living that one down anytime soon.

So confession time: my running has been terrible. I haven't logged more than 3 miles in about 2-3 weeks. Keep in mind, I'm supposed to run a half marathon in a little over a month. I swore I wouldn't get defeated, yet once again I stopped training. The good news is that I ran 6 miles this morning. Mainly because it felt good. I didn't suffer, I didn't hurt too bad (my hip has been hurting for a few days but it stopped while I was running). I'd say it was a good way to start the week off. Now I'm back in the swing of training, I'll do my best to train as much as I can before the event and do my best. I refuse to not show up. It's also in Vegas, and I'm pretty excited about going there.

I'm also obsessed with the idea of going to the Grand Canyon this summer. I haven't taken a real vacation in probably 3 years. And I want to get out and do something fun. Living in a big city, I miss nature. my current goal is to organize that for this summer's adventure.

That's it for Monday, I hope every one has a fantastic week!

And I'm back...hopefully

So it's been quite a while since I've written anything at all. Not that I haven't had ideas, I think of plenty of things I want to share but it's been a hard couple of weeks. There's been some great times and definitely some lows. 

BUT having said all that...I've got a 5K to run tomorrow with a great friend, then I'm headed home to hang out with my parents. Although Sam is out of town :( I will still make it a great weekend and get a good post together for you guys.

It's been a really bad running/healthy eating time but I'm about to turn all that around and get back into it and kick butt.

Stay tuned to hear all about how :)

I've been a total slacker...

Not only by not posting a single blog this week, but by only running once. Yep, in the middle of my half marathon training I took a week hiatus that I will probably pay viciously for.

Want to know the worst part? There was no real reason for this hiatus. I just 'didn't feel like waking up early'. BS excuse. I, out of all people, should know better. I've been through this before. I've gotten healthy before. And I have a no excuses policy, meaning I do it or I do it. That's it. Clearly that all went to hell in a hand basket this week. I do plan on running 6 miles tomorrow (god help me). And going on a bike ride. That's if my bike gets fixed in time.

I talked to a coworker and she's going to send me a running club link and see if that helps. She's run a marathon before and she's pretty awesome, so I'm going to trust her advice.

So let's hope that gets better soon. Oh and that I stop eating like I'm a starved human being. Pretty sure I've gained like 30 lbs in a week. I can't seem to care about anything this week. I need to get over that quick! However, this over eating business has allowed me to discover my new love: yogurtland. It sounds healthy; it's not.

Now I know I'm way behind on this frozen yogurt trend, but it was the most amazing dessert ever. Any dessert chain that allows me to put three ice creams and 7 toppings in my bowl has my heart forever. I'm not exaggerating about the toppings, sour gummy worms were involved.y eyes have been opened to this heavenly place, which spells trouble for Sam since he now will have to take me there.

Last update, I promise (thanks for reading this far), is about office manners. Now I understand the need for politeness an respect. But what's with the 4000 thank yous back and forth when you do someone a favor?

I mean I appreciate it but the 'thank you' 'no thank you' 'oh I couldn't have done it without you' 'it was your expertise that got us through'... seriously? Just give sincere thanks , the other person should graciously accept it and then done! I don't want to spend half of my work day on pleasantries. Maybe I'm a jerk but it seems unnecessary and fake. Done with that rant.

Please excuse any grammar mistakes, this is written from my phone (you know because I'm a slacker) and proofreading is hard on a phone.

Happy weekend everyone! I'll be spending mine at my parents house (aka heaven) for my dad's birthday!