Slacking! I am slacking. I mean, I've been running, but lord, I'm getting to that "yeah I'll do it tomorrow" feeling. I'm looking forward to my training plan kicking in because running essentially the same distance along the same route almost daily is killing my soul a little. On the bright side the weather has been looking up so I'll take that as some form of motivator...
It's been a bit quiet. I think we're in the lull before the storm of birthday activities. Last night we took a night out to do a trivia night at a local pub which was a real blast. Turns out I am pretty awesome with 2000's sitcoms, even ones I've never seen like "Curb Your Enthusiasm." We were solidly ranking in the bottom half of teams that night, which isn't too terrible for our first time! I mean, hey, we weren't last. This weekend we've got an 80's Dance Party night lined up which I'm looking forward to because I so enjoyed the Legwarmers concert we went to in VA.
I'm hardly reading right now, but that's ok, because my Coursera classes have started up. Right now I'm in love with Social Context of Mental Health and Illness. It reminds me of all the courses I took at Towson and the psychology classes I took at Montgomery College that made me fall head over heels with the subject. I have never, ever been a person who was glad to be out of school. Summer breaks? Not my favorites. I was always desperate for school to start by the middle of July. Summer reading I had in school I've revisited in hopes I'd enjoy it more now. Take for instance, As I Lay Dying. I loathed this book in Ms. Crump's class. I just didn't understand it, I thought it was incoherent and it really didn't speak to me. Cut to years later when Oprah had her book club for it and I decided to give it another chance? Amazing. I understood it, I got into it, and I wanted to talk about it. Right now I'm working through The Great Gatsby because it was never assigned to me in school and I think I may be missing out. Doesn't hurt there's a cool lookin' movie version on the horizon....
Like I said earlier, I'm ready to start getting into training more. I haven't lost any weight or gained. So... Hopefully something gives someday. It's strange to think 40lbs ago, (crimany, I used to be '40lbs ago'!), that I would not have been able to run more than a mile and even that would have been extremely labored. And now, here I am mostly running 3-4 miles on the regular, with all that extra weight. I'm torn between being happy I can be so strong, and sad that my eating is so terrible that even that giant jump in activity can't pull the weight off. :-/
On a different note, I miss hearing about people's lives. I'm not sure if my readers are like me - I check my regular blogs almost on the daily to see if people update - just because I'm looking to hear about the day to day of every one else out there. It may not be exciting, but it's nice to see how other people are managing being 'grown-ups.' Speaking of, that's my new 'get up and do stuff' phrase. When I feel like sitting around in my PJ's and delaying life, I tell myself:
"Carly. You are a grown-up. No one is going to do this for you, you have responsibilities to yourself and your husband, and your cats. Ed works incredibly hard all day, it is the least you can do to: keep a clean home, shop for groceries, cook healthy well-thought out meals, care for the animals, keep yourself healthy, plan social activities... YOU MUST BATHE AND DRESS YOURSELF AND LEAVE THE HOUSE BECAUSE YOU ARE AN ADULT."
I am a grown-up. I am a grown-up. I am a grown-up.
Still doesn't feel real... maybe it will in another 12 days. But it gets me up and doing things lately.
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