Books!

   My books, that I had shipped with snail-speed shipping, arrived today! I got Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (which was far longer than I anticipated, but it means I'll be busy for at least a weekend), The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach, and The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith. I'm excited to read all of these! Especially considering I spent a lot of my paycheck on these. I say I always have money for books and shoes. I have my priorities sorted. I think that the rest of the world should get in line for my book about how to have your life figured out. It'll be out before I kick the bucket for sure.

      

  Also, chances are high that I'll write a novel before I actually write a book about how to live life properly. Which reminds me, I had a crazy dream that would be amazing as a book. So naturally, I made an outline for it, just in case.

Almost there!

The other day, that day would be Friday, I went out for my run. I don't do a whole lot of distance because I'm still working on being able to run for a mile without stopping. It's on my 12 before 2012 list! And I am super happy to say that I am SO close to a mile! So so close! It's mental! I never in a million years thought that I'd be able to run an entire mile without stopping. When I finished I did a happy dance. It's what I do.

John Green's happy dance. It's a lot like my happy dance. 

A running nutter

  So I've been running for the past 4 1/2 weeks. That's something I never thought I'd say. Me a runner?! Crazy talk! It's true crazy talk though, and I've got to say, I love it. I love pushing and making myself go for it.

  With all this enjoyment, I've come to realize that having a set schedule for when I run and for how long is kind of ridiculous. I never know what could be going on that day or how much time I'll have or how my legs will feel. Because I've come to that realization now, I've decided that a good way to keep myself in check is to post on here my runs from the week.

    Here's last weeks recap:
      I went out and ran every single week day for 25 minutes. I would make a pretty chart to say this, but every day doesn't require such a thing. So here's this excellent picture I found on Pintrest:

Truth.
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Running!

   Thanks to the influence of my sister-in-law Sara, I've taken up running. It's a slow start, but fun nonetheless. I'm thinking that by posting my schedule to the public, I'll have more encouragement to get out the door. So here it is!

Sorry for the quality sucking. Time to be better at this. 

   So far I'm still in the stage of adding more and more running, so I only run 3 days a week and walk 3 miles in the early morning (that would be 6am) with Sara. Hopefully in about 3 weeks I should be up to 30 minutes out, and running for the majority of the time!

Travels, that will happen in the future.

I'll be the first to admit, I have a severe case of wanderlust. I'm not sure how I came to be in such a state, but I don't mind, I think it's fab. In honor of Christopher Columbus and his travels, I'd like to list a few places I want to visit in the next 5 years.

1. Switzerland. I want to sample the chocolate and buy a fancy watch. Oh, and sing as I walk over a mountain, because I just escaped from the the nazis.

2. The Netherlands. I'm hoping to acquire wooden clogs, see some tulips, see some Van Gogh, and take a canal ride.

3. Germany. I hear it's lovely, and I like sausage.

4. Belgium. I want to pretend I'm Poirot, before he moves to England.

5. Italy. Seeing the Pope is important to me. And seeing all the spots from the Lizzie Maguire Movie.

6. France. I've been before, but I'd like to see some more.

Rexy, my mama, and me at Notre Dame- I'm going back to Paris to see it at night and to visit Versailles.

I say I want to visit these places in 5 years, because going to all these places is something I want to do while I'm young enough to do an obscene amount of walking and sleep deprivation. Also, I'd really like to do this before I do adult things, like get married and stuff. The only hurdle before I can take this trip, saving up!