I'm only human!

So I'm going to be doing a super intense 5k on July 18th.  This is not your typical run.  Its called The Orange County mud run and it takes after the mud run that goes on at Camp Pendleton.  Its exactly what it sounds like... you run in mud, get very muddy, and also.... obstacles!!  Please visit the link to learn more about how awesome it is and, if you are in Orange County, sign up and run it with me!! Check it out and look at the course and the obstacles too!  I'm so excited.

When I first started thinking about doing the mud run I was debating whether to prepare for it.  These thoughts were going through my head: I work out everyday... I'll be fine, its only 3.1 miles, I'll have so much adrenaline from all the fun and people that it won't even matter.  Last night my roommate came home from a run she said was 3 miles.  I figured, hey, why not try it and see if I can do it or not.  I set my alarm for 8 am today and went out and ran 3 miles.  Thank goodness I was willing to try it because I have my work cut out for me!  I'm not in any way shape or form in running condition.  After each mile I walked a little ways to slow my heart down (for those of you who don't know... I have this heart condition).  By the end of the run I became more hopeful because I didn't die walking up the steps.

I plan to make that run plenty more times before the 5k comes because its quite a difference running on concrete to trudging in the mud for 5k.  Thank goodness I wanted to try it because I'm pretty sure I would have died on July 18th of the age of 24.25 and that is way too young.

Now I tell myself, I am only human.  I have weaknesses.  I knew running was a weakness yet I didn't address it until I said "why not?" Hmmm.... I could totally go out on a spiritual tangent right now but I will resist.  You all know what would be said anyway... face your weaknesses and make them your strengths.  I plan on doing just that in preparation for July 18th... the day of reckoning!!

P.s. does anyone know why my legs itch when I run??

I had a dream...

So thursday night I had a dream that I needed to make a blog post about something.  Then I woke up, thought about it, and decided there wasn't anything to blog about.  My dreams are apparently the most exciting part of my life.

Here are a few things I look forward to during the week:

1. Monday and Wednesday swims with Lesha (and playing with her handsome little boy on weds)

2. Monday FHE with the ward (tomorrow's sounds like fun... yay for holidays!)

3. Institute on tuesdays... Bro. G is an awesome teacher and he likes to make people feel uncomfortable in the best ways its hilarious!

4. Morning scripture study... I'm really growing my testimony and climbing my hill of faith!

5. The gym... it feels so good to be hot and sweaty and know its because i'm doing my body good.

6. Daily chatting online while at work with whoever else is online and wants to talk

7. Witnessing how contageous smiles are

If you want to be a part of my exciting things, let me know, I need some more exciting things in my life if you can't tell!

Much love and smiles... be good

Does anyone read this?

Since its been a month since my last post, I'm sure you can sense the lack of motivation to update. My life isn't all that exciting and does anyone even read this? I could put some juice in here, make my life seem more important and fun than what is really happening right now, but thats not really my style. Maybe i'll try it this one time. Let me think back on the last month....

Hmm. There was about a 2 week time where I was going on dates. I felt pretty cool, I had a date on wed and thurs both weeks in a row. One of them was a blind date, something I'm new to but I'm on my way to becoming a spinster so I figured, why not? We talked well on the phone and the person that was setting us up said that he was tall and single and i'm tall and single, so it must work out. (thats the only criteria for tall girls as you may know.. jk) We met at this restaurant right across the street from his house, kinda awkward because that was the first time I had ever seen him... ever... I didn't even get a picture to prep with. Who knows, I could have gone out with the wrong person.

So we go in to the restaurant and one of the first things he says is that I remind him of his cousin. Hmm... I don't know about you but I think this is as bad as when Lars gets mad that people say Desiree and I look like sisters. I tried to brush that off and continue. We had a good dinner, picked our entrees together and shared. It was really good conversation, had some laughs. He did mention that he was a bit intimidated by my family. Apparently everyone is overwhelmingly accomplished for him. After dinner (mexican food) he admitted that he doesn't like dessert from Mexican restaurants, which is true, so he took me somewhere else for this apple tart thing. MMMM, it was amazing. So good. I almost asked for my own. Then he took me back to my car and that was it.

Well, I thought that was a good night, but apparently he didn't agree because I didn't get the second date call. Boo. Oh well I guess. I'm not everyone's type.

Lets see if there is anything else I missed....

OH, this isn't good news though, sorry. I did find out that one of my favorite teachers from high school passed away over the weekend from a heart attack. Mr Clark, he was a phenomenal teacher. How many people can say they remember things that their teacher taught in high school? Well I remember a lot more of what he taught than what other teachers did.

The story goes that he was out fishing with a friend and started having a heart attack and by the time they got to shore and found someone to help he was already gone. He is survived by his wife and 2 daughters ages 16 and 10. They're family is in shock as I'm sure we can all understand why.

Well, sorry my life isn't very note-worthy or exciting. One cool thing, I get to start summer hours next week at work. So now I work 8-6 (instead of 8-5) monday through thursday and fridays are all 8-12. I get extra time for the weekend. How awesome is that??

If you actually read my blog, I would like to know. Maybe it would give me more motivation for updating it and finding things in my life that may seem boring or normal to me but interesting to you. Let me know!!

Sweet dreams, goodnight!