Kickin' A Cold!

I am one of the insanely blessed persons who gets stalked by allergies, all year long! It's annoying and awful and they manage to make things worse. UGH! 

For the past two days I've felt siiiiiiick.

Mostly allergies, a bit of a cold. The horrible sinus headaches...oh my! Bleh. 

Total grossness. 

I felt like this:

My taste buds have been all screwy. I made meatloaf for the boys and it came out suuuuuper salty. 

Yesterday I went for a 3 mile walk with the beau and we paced a nice 11 minute mile, at a brisk walk. We talked and laughed and argued, you know...coupley stuff. The norm. 

I felt bundles better after a hot shower and some more tea. 

After last night's sleep and a couple of naps today, I am definitely on the mend. 

Remember, when you're feeling sicky-poo - try to pep up. Go for a walk. Drink some hot tea. [I <3 me some chamomile!] 

A nice hot shower or even a bath (don't forget the bath bomb!)

Just do you!

Get in some R&R because sometimes when you get sick, it's your body telling you to slow down. Your immune system gets thrown out of whack and then shuts down. 

Take the time to replenish it and get yourself back into the "kick ass and take names later" state that you need to be in!

:]

A bit of advice on the relationship front:

I saw this & loved it!
What say you?

So true, friends! Find someone who can love you at your worst. Then you will know that they deserve you at your best (and sexiest)!  -.*

Ta-ta for now, my lovelies!

Milestones

I've been absent for quite a while. Sorry about that, friends! I do have fantastic news though! Life got quite crazy hectic wonderfully adventurous! I graduated! Sic 'Em Bears! It will not be "official, marching across the stage and grabbing my diploma" until December because most of the fam couldn't make it, and it simply wouldn't be the same without all of them there!

Sic 'Em Bears!
Class of 2012

I am so very blessed to have gotten this far. I'm still taking classes and working on getting into grad school for the Spring. There's tons to plan and sometimes I feel like the amount of time I know I still have left to put into my education seems daunting. Never fear though, it's all possible with little milestones.I've learned to start setting itty-bitty goals for moi!

How does little ol' me know this? 

Mini-milestone: LOSE 10 POUNDS! 

Yup! I nailed that one. 

I've got another 40 to go and I'm kind of hating the work, but seeing the results makes it much easier to bear (no pun intended).

I haven't gone for a RUN since the beau went to visit his family a week ago, but I plan on starting up tomorrow, as he will be here and more than willing to head out with me! That's right, I'm quite the lucky gal with this guy. ;) I also need to get a gym membership ASAP! 

So much to do!

I am loving the realness of this adult-life-thing though. It's great!

How did the end of your summer turn out? Are you sticking to the plan you set out for yourself? If you fell off the bandwagon, don't think it's too late to hop back on. 

Test Anxiety

I have finals this week, hence the lack of posts. On top of pushing back workouts and trying failing seriously trying to not eat junk food at my desk, I also have the worst case of test anxiety. As a senior who has sent out graduation invitations and is getting ready to have a major party with friends and family...well, it would flat out SUCK to bomb my final exam. Agreed? So here I am, shaking like an anorexic on an altoid crash (yes, I went there) attempting to keep the peace in my life. I just have to hold it together for a few more days, so I went hunting for inspiration. The stress of my family being here to see me fall flat on my face is enough to knock me off my damn hinges. I loathe kinda crave stress (who doesn't?). It pushes me to do better, move faster, be stronger. But then it also makes me bat sh*t crazy! To deal with the elephant in the room (and my thighs that keep begging me to run), I've started to think of this mantra:

It sorta-kinda works...maybe about 50% of the time. BUT! I always smile. :]

Cool-runnings (though not fully-factual) is based on an underdog team from Jamaica that takes on the Winter Olympics. I am definitely an underdog in this finals scenario...ugh. Hopefully, I can ace this exam on Wednesday and get back to doing fun stuff! I am going for a run tomorrow, after class...I am in desperate need of some epic endorphins! 

My cheat today? A couple of bites of a classic cinnabon and a mountain dew. Caffeine-crazed? Most definitely! What are you all up to this wonderful (other than being cooped up to study) summer evening?

I'll leave you with a little more awesomeness - I think it's very apt for my current position: 

Much love! <3

Many the Miles

Mile 1: Just starting to break a sweat, the past 9 minutes have gone by smoothly. My legs are still reaching for the perfect stride and my asthmatic lungs are now warmed up.

Mile 2: My pace is steady, 18 minutes past and my breathing is a bit hitchy. Thoughts are wandering to the graduation next week and the impending doom of having so many crazy-wonderful family members around. I've got one of those families that's like Swedish Fish, sometimes I just can't get by without them and then other times I question my love of red-dye #5. But hey, who's family isn't like that?

Mile 3: I'm finally starting to pay attention to the John Mayer album playing on my iPod. I downloaded it today (kick-ass iTunes sale!)...but unfortunately it's MEGA-soulful and kinda putting me to sleep, which is not a good thing. I can't even imagine how unnatractive I must look right now. A seemingly drunken idiot weave-running down the bear trail. John's newest album is not the best running buddy. I decide to switch to my "RANDOM-DANCING" mix, but miss (since I don't bother stopping to look at the mini-screen and decide to chance it - because, let's face it, if I stop running now, I may not get this momentum back. The iPod is now on some shuffle mode with Eminem screaming something at me. At least it's not slow and dreamy. 

Mile 4: I've switched to some of my recorded notes, my newest form of study-torture. All I can think is...Christ, I sound like a Chippette. ::sigh:: How long have I been running? 

Mile 5: The notes are over and it's starting to get hell-hath-fury HAWT! Yep, the sun is going down, but the sticky heat is unbearable. Sweet niblets, I'm drenched and seriously ready for winter to come sweeping in. I'm also out of water and my radiator is fixin' to overheat. This run has been enlightening but I'm calling it quits after this.

Today was crazy-busy-awful-stressful-tiring and just plain bleh! The run helped, thank goodness. Endorphins are such great friends! 

Tomorrow, I'm going to the gym with the beau...or maybe another run. The solitude and rhythm of the thump-thump as my feet meet the pavement is always so very comforting. 

Did I make my love of running crystal? Awesome.

What's your exercise passion?