Awesomeness
So, it's been awhile since I've updated. Here's a basic rundown of what's been going on lately, and what is soon to come:
Awesomeness #1: I sprained my left ankle a week and a half ago. Daniel and I went for a run at night (note to self: never go jogging in the dark), and despite my attempts to be "safer" by wearing a headlamp (my mom cracked up at the mental image of this), I still stepped right on and rolled right over a pine cone while running. I got a nice loud pop out of my ankle as it turned on itself, it was great. Except, not so great in that I couldn't walk all the way home and had to make Daniel run back home and get the car to come pick me up. A week and a half later, most of the purple has turned to yellow and it's only slightly swollen still. I don't even limp when I walk anymore! I can run on it with a brace on, and I've stepped up my "rehab" regimen at the gym. Stupid ankle. Stupid pine cone....
Awesomeness #2: Trying to run more in preparation for an attempt to run a half marathon in October. HAHAHA. Half marathon. That's like 13 miles. At once. I mean, give me 3 days and I could probably do it, but finish in a few hours? Right, that's going to take some training this summer. Daniel and Grace convinced me to do it. I mean, I'd like to lose a little weight and trim/tone up a bit before I fit myself into a wedding dress, and running is the best way for me to do that. So I guess to make sure I actually do it, training for this half marathon thingy is the way to go. Or something like that. We're gonna run the Detroit Half Marathon in October. It's a cool race cuz you get to run to Canada and back -- international! Hopefully I can finish in under 2 hours 30 minutes. We shall see, we shall see. Hopefully there are no pine cones on the course.
Awesomeness #3: I get to go to Dubai next month! Daniel's going for work for a couple weeks, and I get to fly out and meet him at the end of his duty to hang out and tour around a bit. Granted, I will be there for a grand total of 3.5 days (I hate having such little vacation time), but I think it's worth it to just take the opportunity and go with it. I'll probably never go to Dubai or the United Arab Emirates again, so I might as well take my chance now and just do it, even for a short time. Daniel already gets to go on the company dime, so it's at least not as expensive as it would be if we just wanted to go as a random vacation and had to pay for both of us! On the plus side, I get to take a direct flight there from LAX on the fancy Emirates airline -- award-winning with multi-course meals and brand-new airplanes, etc. Should be pretty nice! At least I hope so, as it's a 16-hour flight....
Awesomeness #4: UCSD commencement was last weekend and Chad got his PhD. Pretty crazy. Makes me wonder if I would ever want to go back and get a PhD... and then I slap myself and say, "what, are you crazy?!" I don't think it's going to happen. Once you leave school, you don't go back. I have no desire to spend another 5-6 years back in mind-numbing school. I enjoy my working life, thank you very much (I have free weekends AND money to spend! now if I just had more vacation time...).
Awesomeness #5: my weekends are booked from June 27 - July 25. A busy summer is shaping up quickly. I'm already getting all kinds of ComicCon hype from various people for the end of July. Can't wait!!! I wish the schedule would come out earlier. Main goal of the Con: see Alan Tudyk. Heehee!
Awesomeness #6: wedding-planning update -- bridesmaid dresses acquired, and cake tasting completed. I am already looking forward to some yummy wedding cake.
Okay, I think I'm done now. I need to stop buying candy to keep in my desk at work. Too tempting. But oh so tasty.... I do love "just a little" piece of chocolate. Mmmm, chocolate....
Awesomeness #1: I sprained my left ankle a week and a half ago. Daniel and I went for a run at night (note to self: never go jogging in the dark), and despite my attempts to be "safer" by wearing a headlamp (my mom cracked up at the mental image of this), I still stepped right on and rolled right over a pine cone while running. I got a nice loud pop out of my ankle as it turned on itself, it was great. Except, not so great in that I couldn't walk all the way home and had to make Daniel run back home and get the car to come pick me up. A week and a half later, most of the purple has turned to yellow and it's only slightly swollen still. I don't even limp when I walk anymore! I can run on it with a brace on, and I've stepped up my "rehab" regimen at the gym. Stupid ankle. Stupid pine cone....
Awesomeness #2: Trying to run more in preparation for an attempt to run a half marathon in October. HAHAHA. Half marathon. That's like 13 miles. At once. I mean, give me 3 days and I could probably do it, but finish in a few hours? Right, that's going to take some training this summer. Daniel and Grace convinced me to do it. I mean, I'd like to lose a little weight and trim/tone up a bit before I fit myself into a wedding dress, and running is the best way for me to do that. So I guess to make sure I actually do it, training for this half marathon thingy is the way to go. Or something like that. We're gonna run the Detroit Half Marathon in October. It's a cool race cuz you get to run to Canada and back -- international! Hopefully I can finish in under 2 hours 30 minutes. We shall see, we shall see. Hopefully there are no pine cones on the course.
Awesomeness #3: I get to go to Dubai next month! Daniel's going for work for a couple weeks, and I get to fly out and meet him at the end of his duty to hang out and tour around a bit. Granted, I will be there for a grand total of 3.5 days (I hate having such little vacation time), but I think it's worth it to just take the opportunity and go with it. I'll probably never go to Dubai or the United Arab Emirates again, so I might as well take my chance now and just do it, even for a short time. Daniel already gets to go on the company dime, so it's at least not as expensive as it would be if we just wanted to go as a random vacation and had to pay for both of us! On the plus side, I get to take a direct flight there from LAX on the fancy Emirates airline -- award-winning with multi-course meals and brand-new airplanes, etc. Should be pretty nice! At least I hope so, as it's a 16-hour flight....
Awesomeness #4: UCSD commencement was last weekend and Chad got his PhD. Pretty crazy. Makes me wonder if I would ever want to go back and get a PhD... and then I slap myself and say, "what, are you crazy?!" I don't think it's going to happen. Once you leave school, you don't go back. I have no desire to spend another 5-6 years back in mind-numbing school. I enjoy my working life, thank you very much (I have free weekends AND money to spend! now if I just had more vacation time...).
Awesomeness #5: my weekends are booked from June 27 - July 25. A busy summer is shaping up quickly. I'm already getting all kinds of ComicCon hype from various people for the end of July. Can't wait!!! I wish the schedule would come out earlier. Main goal of the Con: see Alan Tudyk. Heehee!
Awesomeness #6: wedding-planning update -- bridesmaid dresses acquired, and cake tasting completed. I am already looking forward to some yummy wedding cake.
Okay, I think I'm done now. I need to stop buying candy to keep in my desk at work. Too tempting. But oh so tasty.... I do love "just a little" piece of chocolate. Mmmm, chocolate....