Life as I know it… CRAZY!!!

Well, you can definitely tell when life gets super crazy busy/hectic in my world because blogging is the first thing to get the boot! lol…  I hope you all are running happy, and enjoying life!! :)  I’m never gonna be able to catch you all up on my life unless I just do bullet points… so that’s what you’re gonna get! lol… you’re welcome ;)  I’ll make sure to only mention the “major” events and i’ll add a few pictures to keep it a somewhat interesting post ;)

~ Ran the Capital City Half Marathon on May 5th… got a personal worst time of 2:17:52.  I don’t know if i’ll write a recap or not…

~ Still dealing with knee pain :(

~ Went to Silent Weekend, a weekend of camping (my first time camping) where you can only use American Sign Language and no talking

~ My twin got married and I was her Matron of Honor

~ Finished the Spring quarter with a 4.0

~ On June 16th, I ran my first 5k of the season in 28:05 which isn’t a PW but it’s my second slowest 5k time since I’ve started running

~ Started summer quarter

~ On June 25, 2012 my husband and I celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary :)

~ Took a huge test that may postpone my graduation by 6 months if I get a 79% or under and I have to wait up to 3 weeks to find out if I passed or not.

~Had severe thunderstorms with hurricane strength winds that knocked out most of Ohio’s power because the wind took out some power lines as well as trees uprooted and taking them out as well… We have electric at home now, but we still don’t have any internet, so I’ve found a place that has both so I can do my homework for tomorrow… they’re saying people could be without power until July 8th and it went out on June 29th… I feel bad for those people!!  (Not to mention it’s been the hottest driest summer I can remember)

If you live in Ohio, how were you affected by the storm? 
If you don’t live in Ohio, has your state ever been in a state of emergency?

Thursday Thoughts – I’m running a marathon next month?!

1.  Now that it’s September I can say “I’m running a marathon next month!”  Wowsa!  I’m freaking out a tad here but one thing I learned from The Cap City Half I ran in May was that not all races have to have time goals… If you run just for fun, you end up having a good time and sometimes, doing better than you thought you would… so I’m running my first FULL marathon for fun and my only goal is to finish those 26.2 miles! :)

2.  Don’t forget to ENTER my giveaway if you want to have the chance to win a signed copy of Mark Remy’s second book called “The Runner’s Field Manual: A Tactical (and Practical) Survival Guide”

3.  If you miss out on a run is it ok to do 2 runs the next day? (as long as they are lower in mileage?) What are your opinions? Have you ever done this?  Like one in the morning and one at night?

4. I’m thinking about buying some nuun but I want to try it before I buy it… Have you guys tried it before? What did you think?

5.  I found this cute little kitten under my deck last week and he was rather scared… I named him Baxter, but since hubster and I are living with my parents I couldn’t keep him and called a few shelters including the humane society… I was kind of mad when the guy on the other end of the line told me they aren’t taking cats right now and that I’d be better off putting him back where I found him.  I told him I didn’t want him under our deck and he said to throw him in the woods or something… seriously?!

6.  Tressa over at Training with a Track Coach & His Adorable Wife, commented on one of my blog posts that now that I don’t have a job, I’m not a bum, I’m just a Domestic Running Diva lol… I like that and I’m sticking with it!! :) Thanks Tressa!

7.  It looks like I’ll be running on the treadmill today… it’s storming outside and I don’t feel like getting struck by lightening…

8. I found out that if I use Mozilla Firefox to read blogs, blogger doesn’t mess up as much and I can actually comment on blogs… who knew?  Try it out if you’re having problems with blogger!!

9.  Last but not least, I have my last 2 finals tonight and then I’m free for 2 weeks before I start fall quarter! lol… needless to say, I didn’t really get a summer vacation… guess I better go study…