Monday Monday...

Today is my dad and little brother's BIRTHDAY!! And I didn't get to go home to celebrate with them last night, but I did get to see my dad today, which was so nice.

My grades this semester are EXCELLENT so far. FIIIINALLY!!! I've got two A-s and an A and I'm looking at another A in Architecture. Sweet!

So I've got to just push the pain in my knee aside and start getting back into my workout routine. Not kill my knee or anything, but no baby-ing and just push it a little. Don't get me wrong, walking is nice, but oh my gosh I just want to do more!! And I want to start hiking again, the weather is just so beautiful for hiking and I need to start getting in shape to climb Mt. Olympus again this fall.

I just ate the most delicious chocolate ball that Cameron made. Wow. It was like a little drop of heaven... Delicious :)

Blah.

I'm at work right now and I honestly couldn't be less enthused. This week has just exhausted me! And I didn't have anything school related to do! But man, what a great start to this summer...

Yesterday was Talk, I'll Listen's benefit concert and it went AWESOME! Though I was so tired by the end of the day I had a great time, met some really great people, got to know some people a little better, listened to some wonderful live music, and just had a blast! Oh, and I was on the news! It's pretty cool, check it out! http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=6424628

Halfway, Baby!

I realized it's been quite some time since I last wrote; April was a very busy month for me! It has been quite the eventful semester end this year! Half way done with my undergrad, baby, HELL YEAH! Not only did I only have 2 finals (and 6 total papers), but I was finished on the last day of classes this year... no finals on Finals Week for me!

I ran in the Salt Lake Half-Marathon on the 18th and did AWESOME. For my first half-marathon, I got a time of 2:49:55 and ran ALL BUT 1 mile!! Go me! I was so proud, prouder than words can say. It was one of my best accomplishments EVER and I simply can't wait to run more half-marathons. I also was hardly sore the next few days and was just feeling great. Aah.. it was just so exhilerating... Although, on an interesting note, the only thing I couldn't help thinking as I was completing the last stretch was how much I wish someone was there for me at the end to see me finish.. anyone I knew, but especially my parents. And then was when I heard it, Cameron on the sidelines yelling my name, snapping some pics, and cheering me to the end! He was a gift from God, and that was one of the best moments of the whole race to see him standing on the side! It was a wonderful day! :)

Unfortunately a few days later I was running around campus at night when I felt this excruciating pain in my left knee... so I walked (hobbled haha) home and went to bed hoping the next day would be better. It wasn't. Nothing would really help it, and I tried everything. It got a little better the first few days but after that the pain seemed to just plateau. After a trip to the doctor, I learned that I have bursitis, tendenitis, and a knee cap tracking dysfunction that needs PT. Great. I've never done any PT before, but I start that this week and I dunno why but I really am so mad at myself for going out running that night. The weather has been wonderful and after seeing myself at the most fit I ever was 4 years ago, I am going to get in shape and lose some weight this summer, but because I made the stupid decision to go running that night I can hardly power walk for more than about a mile on a flat surface. F*CK. I'm really hoping my knee gets better asap cause though I'm trying not to baby it and keep moving, I still can't do much and that just kills me.

I decided I'm not going home for the summer and couldn't be more psyched about staying here!!! I love it here and it's going to be a great summer. I have to finalize my summer goal list, but I want to shape up, get more reading done, and better manange my monies... there will be more and they will be more detailed, but that's the jist for now. I started reading the book The Shack that is just FANTASTIC so far! I seriously can't put it down, I started it yesterday and am already more than halfway done with it... It's amazing. Though I already have gotten a few suggestions over the past month, I got another suggestion today from Drew at work for a book called The Well and The Mine that sounds awesome! And I'm always open to new suggestions!

Alright, well I think that's enough for now... I'm without my laptop for the time being because it has been needed to be repaired for about a year now, but I didn't have at least 2 weeks worth of time to give it up with school work and such. So it's finally getting fixed! But that means less computer for me, which is wonderful cause I use it too much for facebooking and such. Until later!

And in honor of Cinco de Mayo (which most Americans don't know that it IS NOT Mexico's Independence Day.. ignorant fools), hasta la vista, baby! ;)

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Holy Thursday

It's been a little while since my last post... so hello! I got a new cell phone for my birthday. It's my first new phone in like 2+ years since my family got Cingular (at the time), so it was pretty exciting! Today was Holy Thursday, the first day of the Easter Tridium and I can't tell you how fast time flies! It seems like just a few weeks ago I was getting ready for Ash Wednesday and now it's already Good Friday... Goodness. I'm going home this weekend to celebrate my birthday, ,my parent's anniversary, AND Easter!! It's going to be one heck of a fun-filled weekend. Okay well, though I am wide awake, I think I'm going to try to go to bed... 6:30am comes a lot faster than it should these days. Night! :)

F.R.I.E.N.D.S.....

Okay... in case you didn't already know, I LOOOOVE FRIENDS. It's my all-time favorite tv show! I had some time today and didn't feel like studying so I popped in a disk of FRIENDS and oh my God I still laugh out loud!! So funny... I love it.

Smitten

So... I feel like such a dumbass cause I've been pretty smitten the past few days... :) But, what can I say, life his been simply wonderful. Oh, and I'm not talking about all this !$%*ing snow haha It's a good thing I have the courage to work for what I want and make it happen. :) Now if only I could figure out how to incorporate that into other areas of my life. Hmmm

Back in the groove... and Utah frustrations.

Ugh... snow after 4 days of 60+ degree weather?!? Welcome to Utah. Other than the disappointment with Mother Nature, whom I'd like to exchange a few strong choice words with, today was a really good day! I got a TON done, with the exception of going running. Damn. I've got to get BACK IN MY GROOVE tomorrow. I don't have class until 10:45 and I shouldn't be rushing around in the morning and I'm totally not allowed to sleep in! So yeah... tomorrow - back in the groove!

Alrighty, time for bed. :) Night!

Rainy Day :)

Today is a beautiful rainy day!! I love it. :) And right now I'm listening to Wet Sand by the Red Hot Chili Peppers... the song that has my all-time favorite quote that's the name of my blog "I'm motivate by the lack of doubt...." It's a fantastic last day of spring break!

SPRING! Again!

It's finally spring again and a high of 74 degrees today... with snow in the forecast for tomorrow. Damn. Oh well, welcome to Utah! My spring break has been pretty awesome, even with working 21 hours in 3 days. I haven't gotten too much running in unfortunately, which is going to come back to bite me in the long run (no pun intended haha) but it's all good.

So the University has a new student group this year called Talk. I'll Listen. and it's made so students know there's always somebody to talk to that will listen without bias. Because of the high suicide rates of young adults, they are striving to reach out to those in emotional need and encourage friendships. Anyways, I think it's great that our University has a group like this, especially cause it's close to home for me; it's a group I wish was here last year so I could've used it as a resource. I'm working on getting involved and getting set up to be trained to be a member and team leader. I still have yet to get in contact with the creator and leader, but the more I think about it, the more I SO want to get involved and give back, especially after my own hardship. I love to listen and I'm still not the best at the talking part, after 19 years of keeping to myself, it's been a very different, but such a relieving change. I also haven't gotten into being very involved with the University so this would be beneficial and fulfill that part of my wanting to be involved. (Wow I've said "involved" a lot in this paragraph haha I guess I ought to pull up a thesaurus.) Oh! And I also want to become a part of this group because I feel like I am a good listener and I'm not judgmental, but I genuinely care. AND because I've always thought about doing something like this with my Sociology major so I'm hoping be involved will help me figure out if this is something I want to pursue. Okay, sorry to ramble on... If your interested and want to know more, they do have a website: http://www.talkilllisten.org/ Check it out! :)

As you can maybe figure out, I thought I'd write this post in pretty spring colors. I can't believe there are only 5 more weeks of school. Time goes by fast these days and I love it!! Oh I wanted to mention I have made a couple more really good friends who I absolutely love. It is so nice to finally have someone to talk to about life and relate to and laugh with and who I feel like I can truely be myself around. You three know who you are and I appreciate your friendship more than you know J, C, and E. :) Well, back to homework I guess... Later!