Goals, BSG, work, and stuff :)
I can't believe it's been almost 2 months since I updated!
My goals have been going okay. Some I am doing very well on and some not so much.
The biggest accomplishment is that I ran my first 5K on Sunday March 15th. I finished in 41:41, which is slow, but I did run the whole way. It rained and was generally nasty, but I felt great at the finish. I am really proud of this accomplishment. I've run 3 times a week since I started in January and I can't believe the results - now I can run over 40 minutes at a time! Here I am, bedraggled and awkwardly sprinting toward the finish line. :)
The next step here is to get faster - 13 min miles aren't great - and also to increase my stamina for the Peachtree on July 4th. I'm going to keep building up for awhile and then start on a 10K training plan. Also, I really need to get back to the gym!
My house cleaning/organizing has not been going very well. I have been really busy at work (more on that later) and I just do not want to sort through my crap when I get home. I really want to make time for this, and I have good intentions, so hopefully it will happen soon. The house is a wreck right now!
My eating has also been terrible. I am doing better at eating at home, but I am mostly eating frozen meals. In spite of the running, my weight really hasn't budged. I am going to be focusing my attention here - it sucks to burn all those calories running and still hate getting dressed in the morning.
To end on a high note, paying off the debt has been going well. I think I could pay it off by my birthday, but I'm not sure if I will or not. I want the debt to be gone, but I am also way too aware of the state of the economy and I don't want to send money off to AmEx that I might need sometime soon. Still debating on what to do there.
A big part of why I have fallen down on eating better has been that my work has been crazy. My boss gave his notice about 6 weeks ago. Because I work in a small company, opportunities for extra responsibility don't come up too often, so I jumped at the chance. My company decided to give me part of my boss's job and another guy the other part, which sounds weird but was the perfect solution for me. So, I got a promotion! I am now a Technical Lead, and I have my own office, which is still kind of weird but also really awesome. Here is a picture from my cell phone! :)
I am definitely paying for my office with extra work though. I have been really busy and have been coming in early and staying late for a few weeks. I hope the load will lighten up a bit. It is good to be busy though. My company recently announced that we will not be getting our annual cost of living raises this year and our 401K match is being suspended for now. Although I feel pretty secure in my job, it scares me a lot to think about losing it.
*** Battlestar Spoilers Below***
I have been thinking a lot about the BSG finale. Although I didn't love every minute of it, I am so grateful for the happy ending that almost everybody got. I am seriously suspending my disbelief (Kara's been a tangible angel for the last however many months? Adama and the Chief are just going to go live alone for the rest of their lives? everybody in the fleet agreed to just wander off into the wilderness? Idealize much???), I still am really satisfied with it. I would usually think the "God did it" (or as another site has been saying "a wizard did it") is a cop-out of massive proportions, but huge quantities of things have been inexplicable and unexplainable in this show, and the presence of a diving being pulling the strings and setting things in motion fits in to the show pretty well. I do wish it hadn't gotten preachy at the very end (I didn't see the producers snubbing technology in all those awesome CG space battles!), but overall I am very happy about it. I was terrified that everyone was going to die, and I'm glad most of them were able to find peace.
Also, it had some really great moments! The Chief getting his revenge on Tory was excellent. The red-stripe Centurions battling the old Centurions was awesome. The battle with the colony and Boomer and Cavil getting what they deserve was perfect (though I wish they'd shown the colony going into the black hole just to clear things up). I've been thinking about it since Friday night, and I can't believe I want to go back and rewatch it all. Have to find time for that somewhere. :)
*** Battlestar Spoilers Done***
Hope everybody is doing well!
My goals have been going okay. Some I am doing very well on and some not so much.
The biggest accomplishment is that I ran my first 5K on Sunday March 15th. I finished in 41:41, which is slow, but I did run the whole way. It rained and was generally nasty, but I felt great at the finish. I am really proud of this accomplishment. I've run 3 times a week since I started in January and I can't believe the results - now I can run over 40 minutes at a time! Here I am, bedraggled and awkwardly sprinting toward the finish line. :)
The next step here is to get faster - 13 min miles aren't great - and also to increase my stamina for the Peachtree on July 4th. I'm going to keep building up for awhile and then start on a 10K training plan. Also, I really need to get back to the gym!
My house cleaning/organizing has not been going very well. I have been really busy at work (more on that later) and I just do not want to sort through my crap when I get home. I really want to make time for this, and I have good intentions, so hopefully it will happen soon. The house is a wreck right now!
My eating has also been terrible. I am doing better at eating at home, but I am mostly eating frozen meals. In spite of the running, my weight really hasn't budged. I am going to be focusing my attention here - it sucks to burn all those calories running and still hate getting dressed in the morning.
To end on a high note, paying off the debt has been going well. I think I could pay it off by my birthday, but I'm not sure if I will or not. I want the debt to be gone, but I am also way too aware of the state of the economy and I don't want to send money off to AmEx that I might need sometime soon. Still debating on what to do there.
A big part of why I have fallen down on eating better has been that my work has been crazy. My boss gave his notice about 6 weeks ago. Because I work in a small company, opportunities for extra responsibility don't come up too often, so I jumped at the chance. My company decided to give me part of my boss's job and another guy the other part, which sounds weird but was the perfect solution for me. So, I got a promotion! I am now a Technical Lead, and I have my own office, which is still kind of weird but also really awesome. Here is a picture from my cell phone! :)
I am definitely paying for my office with extra work though. I have been really busy and have been coming in early and staying late for a few weeks. I hope the load will lighten up a bit. It is good to be busy though. My company recently announced that we will not be getting our annual cost of living raises this year and our 401K match is being suspended for now. Although I feel pretty secure in my job, it scares me a lot to think about losing it.
*** Battlestar Spoilers Below***
I have been thinking a lot about the BSG finale. Although I didn't love every minute of it, I am so grateful for the happy ending that almost everybody got. I am seriously suspending my disbelief (Kara's been a tangible angel for the last however many months? Adama and the Chief are just going to go live alone for the rest of their lives? everybody in the fleet agreed to just wander off into the wilderness? Idealize much???), I still am really satisfied with it. I would usually think the "God did it" (or as another site has been saying "a wizard did it") is a cop-out of massive proportions, but huge quantities of things have been inexplicable and unexplainable in this show, and the presence of a diving being pulling the strings and setting things in motion fits in to the show pretty well. I do wish it hadn't gotten preachy at the very end (I didn't see the producers snubbing technology in all those awesome CG space battles!), but overall I am very happy about it. I was terrified that everyone was going to die, and I'm glad most of them were able to find peace.
Also, it had some really great moments! The Chief getting his revenge on Tory was excellent. The red-stripe Centurions battling the old Centurions was awesome. The battle with the colony and Boomer and Cavil getting what they deserve was perfect (though I wish they'd shown the colony going into the black hole just to clear things up). I've been thinking about it since Friday night, and I can't believe I want to go back and rewatch it all. Have to find time for that somewhere. :)
*** Battlestar Spoilers Done***
Hope everybody is doing well!