This summer has been the definition of the phrase "time flies when you're having fun."
I caught up with a friend of mine today and she asked how my summer has been. My first go-to comment that I've replied to everyone so far this summer, was "ugh, it's almost over, but yea, great!"
light bulb.
A-duh it's almost over because you, self, are having a blast!
1. Summer school
2. Family reunion in Larned, KS with my awesome fam, Celebrating my great aunt and uncle's 60th anniversary.
3. CWS!!!!!!!!!!
4. I got to celebrate my 26th birthday with some awesome people! Toqua, Omaha, NWC. All was well that day.
5. Super-duper fun June weddings
6. Karate Kid on a jumbo screen
7. I kid you not, meeting Olympic swimmer Matt Grevers. Faaaaantastic.
8. Enjoying the crap out of the free seats I got for the Olympic Swim Trials!!!!!!!!
9. The best family wedding I've been to since 2003. Again, awesome family.
10. Getting a mostly new car
11. Getting Jessica Jenkins hooked on Downton Abbey
12. Not doing any of my curriculum work done
13. Experiencing my first Scandinavian festival. Yikes.
14. Seeing Rosenblatt for the last time.
15. Slogging in the Color Run. Crazy good time folks.
16. Helping get Emerge's Rummage Sale off the ground.
17. Taking an amazing Bible study with great women from my church.
18. Doing things afraid.
19. Getting to eat my Grandma's grilled cheese twice while I was home
20. Seeing the Royals play....twice.
Ah....I could bore you with my awesome summer details (which doesn't make any sense) but you get the jist.
My summer's almost done, but that's ok. It's been amazing. And, it's not even over.
Soak it up.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Monday, July 16, 2012
the one with the new beginnings...
Give a girl 2 years and eventually she'll come back to blogging.
This is mainly just for my own personal needs. I needed a place to log my newest quest.
Nike has this campaign called "I'm making myself ____" and you fill in the blank.
Well, after what seems like an eternity, I've decided that I can't take this in-activity and tight fitting pants any longer. I'm going to start making myself ______. I haven't quite found the right word to fit in that blank yet.
Someday's I think it should be the word 'proud' or 'an option' or even just 'better'. Each of those words represents a different attitude towards working out. They each have goals behind them and even some bitterness. A friend of mine from college started a great workout journey a couple years ago. She even made it into one of Nike's campaign ads for making herself 'dynamic'. I've read a few of her blog posts and read that she first started working out with her future wedding day on her mind. As a single lady myself, I can relate to that. And yea, that may be on my mind as I turn towards a healthier lifestyle, but there's more to it than that.
So, I will continue to work on my word.
Today marks Day 1. I met up with my friend Lacey and we went for a 3.5 mile run/walk/slog....whatever you want to call it.
It was brutal. And that's the gospel truth.
Day 1 is always the hardest, right? If I learned anything from the book Holes, that's a false statement. The other campers told Stanley "the first hole's the hardest". But it wasn't. It was the 2nd, the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th....etc.
Everyday is going to be hard from here on out. I've come to terms with that.
Lacey and I chatted after our workout this evening and we decided, it's worth it. I felt good, once I finished. During the run it was like a personal hell.
I've got to keep at it. At least 4 weeks, just until I can see some results, then I know for sure I will want to keep going.
routine. habit. second nature.
that's what I want this to become.
Cheers to a new quest.
Today, I'm making myself over.
This is mainly just for my own personal needs. I needed a place to log my newest quest.
Nike has this campaign called "I'm making myself ____" and you fill in the blank.
Well, after what seems like an eternity, I've decided that I can't take this in-activity and tight fitting pants any longer. I'm going to start making myself ______. I haven't quite found the right word to fit in that blank yet.
Someday's I think it should be the word 'proud' or 'an option' or even just 'better'. Each of those words represents a different attitude towards working out. They each have goals behind them and even some bitterness. A friend of mine from college started a great workout journey a couple years ago. She even made it into one of Nike's campaign ads for making herself 'dynamic'. I've read a few of her blog posts and read that she first started working out with her future wedding day on her mind. As a single lady myself, I can relate to that. And yea, that may be on my mind as I turn towards a healthier lifestyle, but there's more to it than that.
So, I will continue to work on my word.
Today marks Day 1. I met up with my friend Lacey and we went for a 3.5 mile run/walk/slog....whatever you want to call it.
It was brutal. And that's the gospel truth.
Day 1 is always the hardest, right? If I learned anything from the book Holes, that's a false statement. The other campers told Stanley "the first hole's the hardest". But it wasn't. It was the 2nd, the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th....etc.
Everyday is going to be hard from here on out. I've come to terms with that.
Lacey and I chatted after our workout this evening and we decided, it's worth it. I felt good, once I finished. During the run it was like a personal hell.
I've got to keep at it. At least 4 weeks, just until I can see some results, then I know for sure I will want to keep going.
routine. habit. second nature.
that's what I want this to become.
Cheers to a new quest.
Today, I'm making myself over.
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