Night In

How I love a night with the house to myself! Or a day! Or... anytime really.

My parents are visiting my grandmother, who is, thankfully, getting better. She has her good days and her bad days, but the good seem to outnumber the bad now. I'm so grateful she wasn't hurt worse than she was.

So, with my parents out of town, I have the house to myself today/tonight/tomorrow morning. So, after working the lunch shift (which I don't normally do, but the money will be helpful), I did a quick detour on my way home to see about ordering some yellow roses for my grandmother. I'm hoping I can get over to see her next weekend. She loves yellow roses, and of course, they're the ones you can't always get, but the florist said she should be able to order some in, so I'll call in early this week and order a bunch for her. I also bought a few more notebooks for my uni study that starts again next week, and a few snacky things. I love red frogs :D

So, after I got home, I spent at least 2 hours re-organising my study and getting all my uni stuff sorted and put back into place. I burned my new scented candle (can't do that when dad's here, he's sensitive to it), turned my music on, and lost myself in printing, and organising, and labeling, sorting folders and papers, and notebooks. I also went through some older notebooks, throwing out pages I no longer need, finding things I thought I'd misplaced, just generally making my space feel more study orientated, rather than the mess it's been since exams a month ago.

Then, a wonderfully long hot shower where I did all the things I don't always have time for (or the hot water, coz I think our water heater is on the way out). I shaved my legs (thanks god for fair body hair, and not a lot of it so I don't have to do it very often), exfoliated, used a face mask, washed my hair and used a treatment, and relaxed under the hot water.

Following that I slathered myself with body lotion, foot lotion, hand cream, face creams, and settled in with a very yummy dinner to watch Pirates of the Carribean. I love that movie :D Then I painted my nails (toes in a wonderfully vibrant red, fingers in s clear hardener). Love these days.

I'm currently sitting in my PJ's, with a cup of milo, watching Batman Begins. Love it.

The other thing about having night on my own that I love? It gives me time to reflect on me, myself and I. It allows me to look back on the past month, or 6 months or year. It allows me to look back on this time and work out what I want out of the next month/year etc. This time on my own has come at a good time... the end of the month... the end of the first 6 months of 2013. I find that this is a great time to reflect on the first half of the year and to decide how you want the rest of the year to go.

Did your first 6 months of the year go the way you wanted it to? Did you achieve what you set out to do? What are your plans for the next 6 months? How close are you to your goals?

Me? My first 6 months went kinda to plan. I didn't really have a complete set out of what I wanted to achieve this past 6 months, but I did achieve some things. Not everything, but I've come to realise that that's ok.

Firstly, I went back to study as you all know. I've decided to study a Bachelor of Sports Science (Clinical Exercise Physiology), and this first semester has involved studying things I haven't even looked at for at least 8-10 years (wow that makes me feel old). Chemistry, biology and maths. I passed Chem and bio, but not math. I'm amazed that I passed chemistry because I really struggled all semester, and I felt terrible walking out of the exam. Biology I was ok with. I have a basic understanding from previous studies and I knew I wouldn't have a great mark (spent all my time on math and chemistry), but I knew I had done enough to pass. Math... I struggled with it throughout the semester (as I did in high school), but I thought I had done enough to pass the exam. Although, the exam was worth 70% of my grade so... I'm not too upset. I may have the chance to sit another exam in October (have to email my lecturers on Monday) and if not, then I just sit it again next year. No biggie.

Weight/fitness wise... disaster. While I haven't put on any weight, I haven't lost any either. I started really strongly with going to the gym a few times a week and running on a regular basis, but I just couldn't get my eating in line. Then, when the last few weeks of term came around, and exam stress, the exercise fell over too. So, I need to get back on the wagon in this regard too.

I also need to save some money :D I think this, like the weight/fitness goal, is an ever moving goal post, but that's ok too.

So, looking ahead to the next 6 months:

Study:

• I want to really get a study timetable sorted out, and stick to it. 
• I have to make sure that I don't get carried away studying my exercise science, and sports psyc units, and neglect chemistry, which I know will be even harder this term.
• Focus on my time management, and get my assignments done BEFORE the day they're due! I'm a horrible procrastinator, so it's something I need to work on.
• I would like a distinction in psychology and exercise science, and a pass in chemistry. While I would love to get a distinction in chemistry, I'm all about being realistic, and I just don't think it's gonna happen. I just struggle to get my head around some of the concepts, and I don't want to put the bar too high.

Weight/Fitness:

• Get the junk back out of my diet. It's crash landed, hard, back into my diet and I am feeling horrible. I'm tired, sluggish, and just feeling off. I know I feel better when I eat fresh, and whole and healthy, and I need to get back into it.
• I need to get back into the gym. I want to go 5 times a week; 3 strength, 2 cardio days, and go for a run/walk on the 6th day with a rest day thrown in there somewhere. My fitness has suffered lately, and this will fix it. I'll start slow though, and go with 3 times a week to start.
• Also, trying to get to bed before midnight on school nights. I've been staying up way too late, and that just has a ripple effect on everything else in my life.

Money:

• This all comes down to saving. I need to save more money, and spend less. Not that I've been spending a lot, but I do need to save more.

Morag and I are moving at the end of the year. (Notice I say we are, not we want to). We've booked in 2 weeks at the end of November to go job hunting and house hunting, and then we're moving to Sydney. We both just need to get out of this town, and out into the world. We need to start living our own lives without our families breathing down our necks. I'm so excited, I can't wait. As usual, I'm counting down:

Uni starts on Monday

8 weeks of uni

2 weeks of break/res school

5 weeks of uni

2 weeks of exams

then about a month between the end of exams and when we have the time off. I'm going to use that month to job hunt, set up interviews etc, and search the housing websites so we have something set up for when we get to Sydney. And of course sorting accommodation for the 2 weeks we'll be there. And set up some stuff for us girlies. Maybe a show, some clubbing, some relaxing at the beach. Lots to plan, lots to anticipate.

The next 6 months are going to be AMAZING!!!!

What are your plans for the next 6 months?

Oh Boy. Time Moves Too Fast

Does anyone else feel like the world is moving too fast, and they can't seem to catch up? Like, maybe they're standing still while the world moves on around them? Or maybe the world is on super speed and you're stuck in mud or quicksand, and the harder you try to catch up, the more stuck you get?

Yes? No?

That's me at the moment. The harder I try to do everything I need to get done, the less I feel I get done. I tick off 1 or 2 things on my 'to do' list, and add another 10 or 15. It's never ending. School, work, things to do at home, money issues, friends.... the list is endless.

Take school for example. I opened my latest Chemistry quiz on Thursday, to give myself plenty of time to tackle the questions and get a good understanding on them before I answer them because they involve a lot of pen and paper working out. I opened it just now to answer and submit the questions to find that my time has expired and I get a 0 for this quiz. I tried to submit my online assignment on Thursday (1 day late) to find out that for Chemistry (the only class I've ever heard of doing this) you can't submit it after the due date. So that's two big fat 0's I get for this unit in one week for trying to take the time to actually go about and answer them properly. Maybe next time I should just randomly pick answers and hope for the best.

Maybe I need to give up work. It just doesn't seem worth it. I take 2-3 hours out of my night (which, granted, isn't much) away from study, to stand around in the kitchen of the pub, and serve maybe 3-4 people a night, more when we occasionally have a party. My time would be much better spent if I stayed at home and studied. (Clearly I need it if I can't get my assessments in on time).

But, then there's the money thing. My fitness registration has expired and I need to renew it. I don't have to be registered, but it looks better for me if I am. So there's a few hundred dollars. Plus my insurance which is another few hundred. And I need some new equipment (I only have limited stuff and I'm running out of ideas for them) which isn't cheap, even for a set of dumbbells. Not to mention that I bought a new car. And my computer is having issues so I will either need it fixed (again!) or a new one which is a thousand or more dollars. And I'm barely making $300 a week!

Then there's the friend thing. I'm lonely in this town. I know it's partly my own doing, I've painted myself into a corner with going back to study. I'm stuck until at least the end of the year. Even longer if I pass this year, but can't get work in the industry. Where am I going to find a job that gives me time to study, time off for res school, but still gives me enough hours (and enough money) to survive in a city where I have to pay huge rent, and food etc? I'm happy to change to part time study if I can get a job in the physiology industry. If I can get a job as a PT in a physiology studio, that would be ideal. I'd be able to study part time (making my degree take longer, but that's ok), get the experience under a physiologist, be working doing something I love to do, and I'd be out of this GOD DAMNED TOWN!!!!

I'm so very lonely. I see about 6-8 people on a regular basis. Only 1 of whom I get to choose to see. There's my parent's (who still treat me like I'm 5... example, my dad worrying if I'm gonna get up to go to work at 4.30am. I've never slept in through my alarm in the 11 years I've been doing early starts, I don't know why I would start now), my sister (who, even though she moved out with her boyfriend still spends most days here, so I don't actually get any alone time because she won't fork out the money to get the internet connected to her house) and her boyfriend, my 2 PT clients, the people at work, and sometimes M. M is the only one I actually choose to see. That doesn't mean that I don't love my sister or my parents, because I do, but I need to be independent!!!

And really, M is the only friend I have here. There are a few people I went to school with who are still here, but they're busy with boyfriends/husbands/partners/kids etc. Not really my scene when I'm single. Most of the other people I know here, I don't want anything to do with. So many of them think so highly of themselves because they're working in the mines bringing in $100'000+ a year and they think they're king shit! And they're not. They're so closed minded and I hate it. I had a conversation with a guy at work the other week. He was almost disgusted that I was studying. He'd rather 'live life than read about it in books'. I wiped the smug grin off his face when I told him I'd been to Japan, the USA twice, Fiji, and Canada. He didn't have anything to say about that, but then he ignored me and went to talk to one of my co-workers.

I'm ready for a partner. I've been single for 5 years. I want someone to come home to. Someone to curl up on the couch with, and watch crappy movies. Someone who will listen to me when I talk, not just make noises but not really take in anything I'm saying. I want someone to cook with, and go on dates with and do things with. I want someone to make me feel special and loved. I want to be able to come and go as I please, eat what I want, when I want. I want a house to decorate and do up as I want (within reason).

My mum's talking about what to get me for my birthday in a few weeks, but everything I want isn't practical while ever I'm living at home. I'd like a big proper juicer, and blender, a good set of knives and pots and pans. But I can't have any of that while I'm home because we have nowhere to put it. I'd like some PT stuff (some ropes etc) but they're too expensive to ask someone to buy them for me.

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Ok, so I wrote that the other day, and then time got away from me. I still feel like that, I really do, but I feel a little better. I had a minor breakdown (happens every so often) and I got it all out to mum, and she was (mostly) understanding. My sister, not so much, but that's a whole other story.

I went to the movies with M on Saturday night. We saw Oblivion. It wasn't too bad, but it was pretty predictable. It was pretty good for me considering I don't really even like Tom Cruise, and he was basically the only one in it, with a few other people flitting in and out.

I head to res school tomorrow and I feel so far behind the 8 ball. Hopefully, once I get to the place we're staying at (after a detour to the uni to get my lab coat and my ID card), I can just sit in a corner somewhere and work on my pre-prac questions. And, hopefully someone can help me out if I get stuck, which I probably will.

But, there's nothing I can do about it right this second. I have to be up in 5 hours and take a PT session. Then I'll come home, nap for a few hours, pack, then head off to Armidale. I haven't been in a few years, so it'll be interesting to see what's changed and what hasn't. Especially the uni.

Wish me luck. I'll try and update while I'm there. Maybe on Sat night (last day of Chem, night before Bio starts).

Cya soon

D

Lots of New Stuff

Hey guys!!! What's been happening in blog-land? Soo sorry for the lack of updates. Life, as usual, has been really busy. Between work, PT sessions and uni, and a few weekend where I've been driving or flying all over the country, I feel like I'm running myself all over the place.

Firstly, how was everyone's Easter? I hope you all had a great long weekend, and even if you don't celebrate Easter, I hope you enjoyed the time off with friends and family. My Easter was a bit hectic. Easter Thursday was hectic with car troubles (will expand on this later), and working both lunch and evening shifts, uni work etc. Then on Good Friday I was woken up early to my mum telling me that we were going to my grandmother's for the night. Dad was heading to Stockton on the train early Saturday morning, so mum and I headed to Gran's on Friday for the day/night. It was nice to spend the day/night with her. I made her a Rocky Road (but I forgot the Malteasers!!!). She hasn't been well, and she hasn't been eating a lot, so I was hoping that this might help her eat a little more. She has currently eaten most of it, so I'm counting that as a win.

Then on Saturday we got up early and sat around in the sun eating breakfast and chatting. Before we knew it, it was heading to lunchtime and mum and I had to be on the road. We headed back home, threw some clothes into a bag (and my study stuff for me), and then headed to Stockton. We had a cabin at the caravan park, and it was right at the path to the beach.We stayed until Monday. I do love it there. Mum and I walked along the beach on Sunday afternoon. There was so much shit on the beach, washed up from the recent storms. I don't have any pictures from the weekend, unfortunately though.

The weekend before that (the 23rd) I headed to Melbourne to catch up with some of the people from Contiki, many of whom I haven't seen since we got back. It was so nice to catch up with Charlotte and Jane. I shared a room with Charlotte for the tour, and I really miss her (she's from England). The weekend was kind of a bust, due to a disagreement with one of the girls when I didn't find anything I like in the stores we went shopping in on the Saturday, that kinda continued on til now but that's ok. I had a mostly good time. And it was nice to catch up with Penny (my bus buddy). We hadn't met before the tour, but we sat together practically the whole time we were on the trip, and became great mates. It just sucks that she's in Melbourne. But that means that I have an excuse to go down regularly. I actually have a few friends in Melbourne now.

The Wednesday before I flew to Melbourne, Charlotte and Jane came up to my area to see the dolphins and do a winery tour. I met them for breakfast on one of the days. It was really great to catch up and chat without everyone vying for the attention for everyone else (which happens when there's a group of 10 or more of us).

Jane and Charlotte

The red velvet cupcake, chocolate frog and chocolate spoon I bought after breakfast in a cafe on the Saturday. They were so yummy and I loved the spoon.

Drinks before our flight

My HRM is now back and working!!! I actually had to take it to the shoe repair/watch repairman and have him put a new one in because I couldn't get the back off it to replace the battery. I know the guy who runs it (I used to work for him) so he only charged me $5 for it. The battery probably cost more than that, but who am I to argue with him. Now I just need to get my butt moving again. I've been really lazy for the last 2 weeks. But the gym at the uni id open over Res School, so I'll try to get there while I'm in Armidale.

This weekend I had one of my best uni girlfriends come to visit on Saturday and I loved it. Nat and I are so different in the way we dress, and some the the ways we think (politics in particular) but she's one of my best and closest friends. We've been friends since our second year of uni (almost 8 years ago) and she's been there through a lot of things. It's always nice to catch up with her. She only lives 2 hours away, but we never get to see each other. She works Mon-Fri, and I work weekends. It makes it hard to catch up but we do when we can. There are so many people I really need to catch up with. I want to make this year the year I meet up with people who mean a lot to me.

Res school starts next week, the 17th of April actually. I'm kinda looking forward to it... meeting people doing my courses and degree, meeting my lecturers and actually being able to ask questions about anything that I don't understand, being able to discuss things with people who actually understand it. I really like my uni. I like everything about it. The open space, the amazing gym and fitness area, the amazing lecturers, and the people who are there. I met a lot of amazing people while I lived on campus for my first degree, and I'm sure I'll meet many more amazing people who are doing my degree/classes online. It'll also be nice to have almost 2 weeks where I can just focus on uni, and study. No work, no PT sessions. Just uni, study and understanding anything I don't at the moment. I have actually just received an email from my math lecturer asking if those of us doing res school would like some tutorials. I think she read my mind (and a few other's of us) because I was actually going to email her and ask if I could get some help. I'm really struggling with math at the moment, so I'm so grateful that Bea is offering these tutorials, especially as math doesn't have a res school component, only bio and chemistry.

I bought a new car last week!!! I was going to buy one later, like June/July in the end of financial year sales, but my old car made the decision to bring the date forward. On the 28th of March (I remember vividly because it was a Thursday) I was on my way to a PT session at 5am. I got halfway there when my car started losing power, and revved really high. I kinda managed to pull over (half off the road half in the lane) and put my hazard light on before it started smoking. So I grabbed my bag and practically jumped from the car. So, I'm standing on the side of the highway, in the dark (thank god for a fog free, full moon night), waiting for my dad to come and get me (and the NRMA to come look at my car), and not a single person stopped to see if I was ok!!!! I was a little pissed, but whatever.

So it turns out that it blew a hole in my water pipe. And it fried the engine. And the engine would cost to much to replace than the car was worth :(

Sitting on the side of the road with my car waiting for a tow

So I left my car sitting on the side of the road (it was towed a little further up the road to a place where it was actually OFF the road). I called a few car places to see what they had for test drives and prices, and decided I wanted to look at a Honda City, or a Holden (Chevy for my Nth Americans) Cruise. I went via the Holden place in town on my way to strip my car, and spotted a green Cruise and instantly fell in love with it. After a test drive later in the afternoon, I was pretty sure that I wanted it, but I really wanted to test drive the City too. On Monday (after a weekend spent at the beach in Stockton, and a day looking at cars I'd rather forget), I drove the City and really, really liked it.

In the end I decided on...........

THE CRUISE!!!!!

Isn't it pretty!!!

 I love it. It's a 2011 model, only about 16-17 months old, and so much nicer than my old car (my old one was a '98 model; nearly 15 years old, so there's a lot of improvements). It is going to have to be cleaned every week because the colour shows up every bit of dirt, but I love it. And I love that the floor mats are stuck to the floor so they don't end up scrunched up under my feet. I had that so often with other car mats (I went through 3-4 sets) that I ended up driving without them. So that's a nice bonus.

And it has cup holders!!!! I know that doesn't seem like a major thing, but my other car didn't have any and it's not until you don't have them that you realise how much you need them.

So, now I'm in even more debt, but that's ok. I needed it, and was planning on buying a new one anyway :D

M and I went to the movies yesterday!!! We saw The Croods!!!

I loved it. It was such a fun movie, great for kids and adults. I love Belt, it has some of the best parts of the whole movie.

Dun Dun Duuuuuun!!!

Haha. I love it. There's so many great characters, and the interactions between them. I was worried it would be one of those movies where all the funny stuff is in the trailer, but it's not. it really is a great movie. I love, love, love it!

But them I'm a big kid at heart, which I'm sure doesn't surprise you. The woman who served us at the counter actually knew which movie we were going to see. We didn't have to ask. I'm not sure if it's because she knew what was on, or if we've been so often she just knows what we're going to see now before we do? Could be either honestly.

After the movie, we went shopping. I know, you're all surprised. Actually I have a gift card for Jeans West I needed to start spending, (I got it for Christmas), and M wanted to see what Just Jeans had in stock, so off we went to the shopping centre.

I got a pair of khaki skinny jeans (I'm in love) and a green and black stripped rugby shirt. It's so light, but it will need to be hand washed (didn't think of that when I bought it). I've been looking at coloured denim for a while but didn't want to jump in the deep end and buy bright blue, green, purple, red or something like that. I saw these and just went... 'I have to have these!'. So I bought them.

Pretty bad pic, but you get the idea

My dad finally got his jukebox yesterday. He saw it in a catalogue just after Christmas, and he's been bugging everyone about it ever since. He was convinced it wasn't coming, but yesterday it was delivered. You'd think he was a big kid with the best, newest toy the way he was acting with it. Pushing every button, making the lights change colour, turning the volume all the way up. It was actually nice to see because there really aren't a lot of things he asks for.

I booked in to try to do my scuba dive course again. It's the 1st and 2nd of May, a few days before the color run. I'm hesitant to try it again. I hope that I can actually do it this time. Hopefully, being the middle of the week, there won't be a lot of others, so they can spend time with me if I freak out again. Fingers crossed that I don't, and I can do this. *positive thinking

I need to get back to the study, and clean my room. It kinda looks like a bomb went off. oops. Math due yesterday, but I'll hand it in today. It'll be fine. I'm just struggling a little bit.

Cya soon blog-land. Hope you're week is off to an amazing start!!!

D!

I Hate Math!!!

Yep. *nods emphatically

I really, really do. I handed in my first assignment this afternoon, and while I *mostly* understood the first 3 (lots of 2-3) questions, the last set really stumped me. I didn't get math when I was in high school, and I'm not sure I get it now either. Oh well, I'll just keep plodding along with my notes, and textbooks. :)

So, the weekend was filled with moving what's left of my sister's stuff around, so I can fit a desk into her room to study. YAY!!! No more moving my stuff every day/night/few hours!!! *does happy dance*

So, on Saturday I moved Holly's stuff around, then cleaned everything, then moved in this huge table (we use it for parties, but I've taken it hehe), and then moved in all my study stuff... textbooks, printer, folders, pens/pencils/highlighters, paper, notebooks etc, etc. Then I went to work, but I felt good because it had all at least been moved in and *somewhat* organised.

Before the printing. It's got a few more things on it now

Sunday was more organising, and a lot of printing. Oops. I kinda feel bad about the amount of paper I use printing everything out, but I'm a hard copy kind of person. I like to have the lecture notes, unit guides, assessment schedules, etc on hand so I can refer to them whenever I need them, rather than going through all of my study files on my computer. I also like to have the lecture notes printed out, then I transcribe the lecture podcasts/slideshows just like I would if I were actually in the lectures (helps me remember things better). I like to be able to write all over things, highlight the important stuff etc.

So, a lot of that stuff was printed, and either blu-tacked to the wall, or put into sleeves into the respective class folders. And I feel super organised.

After lunch (which really wasn't great for me), I printed out a Color Run 'learn to run' schedule (it gives me something to work at for cardio), and some pictures/quotes for a motivation wall. I've been really slack with the eating and exercise for the last few weeks, and I've put on some weight, so I really need to get back on track. So, it's back to tracking my food, and busting my arse at the gym/home/run 3-5 days a week. I'd like to do more but I have to study/sleep/work in there somewhere.

My motivation wall (No pick of the study wall)

I hit the gym with Alix (my co-worker) this morning. I pick her up on my way back into town from taking my PT sessions, and we go then (about 7-7.30am), 2-3 times a week. It's good then. There aren't a lot of people in the gym (most have gone to work, or are just finishing up and leaving to go to work), and it get's it over and done with. I'm not really someone who has a 'best time for exercise' mentality. I go when I feel like it (time wise) and when it fits into my schedule. Mornings (Mon-Thurs) fit at the moment. And on days when I'm really tired I can come home, shower, and nap for an hour or so, and I haven't lost my day.

On the downside, my HRM needs a new battery. It told me I only burned 68 cals in 50 minutes, and my heart rate was from 0-210 bpm. Umm... I don't think so. I estimated my cals to be about 400 for the 50 mins, so I'm pretty happy with that. I just need to get the new battery now and it'll all be back on track. I'm a little addicted to the numbers, and with mine, you can't see the cals as you work out, only when you stop it and go back, so it's interesting to see how many you burn on days you don't put a lot into it vs days you really push yourself, and strength training days vs cardio days. On average I burn 6-10 cals/min, so I feel the 400/50 mins is ok.

I would have loved to have napped today but between finishing my math assignment (I think it broke my brain), and heading to Singleton so Holly can get her last teaching prac sorted (she's studying High School history and english teaching), I really didn't have time for a nap. So I think it'll be early to bed for me tonight. These 4am mornings, and 10pm bed times (sometimes later if I can't sleep) are really wiping me out.

We're going around to my sister's and her Bf's tonight for dinner. Homemade hamburgers... yum!

I'm done with the internet for today. I think my brain might explode, so I think it'll be mindless tv and/or a book tonight. I don't think I can look at a screen anymore, and I definitely can't look at anymore study.

Hope your week's off to a great start

D xo

Back into it!

I finally made it to the gym yesterday. I went to work for the lunch session, from 12-2, then went to the gym straight from there. Well, after I went home because I forgot to put a shirt into my bag. I packed my bag while I was running out the door. So I packed my sneakers, my tights, sports bra, socks, Iphone, and headphones. I had to run home to get my shirt, and my weight gloves. Then I got to the gym and realised I forgot my towel. *facepalm* oops. Oh well. I got an hour in (cardio and weights) and burned 521 cals. I'm a little sore today across my shoulders, arms, and the top of my back. A little less sore across my chest. Surprisingly my legs don't hurt at all. I really thought they would be. But yay for not being sore.

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So, on Wednesday I finally signed up for the Newcastle Color Run. One of my Contiki friends set up a team so I joined her team. It was my idea to do the run, but Nat's idea to make the team. Morag signed up yesterday. It'll be so fun to do this run with friends. It's the weekend before my birthday, so I'm thinking of making a weekend out of it. Maybe doing dinner/movies/girly day the Saturday before. I can't drink the Saturday night then run the next morning, but I'd like to make a weekend out of it. Do a combined birthday/color run weekend.

I'm gonna start to train for it come Monday. I always feel like Monday is the best day to start things. I don't know why, but I do. Stupid I know. I've got plenty of time though, which is good.

I think I prefer my gym scales to mine. My scales said 86.6kg this morning. My gym ones said 85.2kg yesterday at lunchtime. And that was after breakfast and lunch. So, I figure I'm at about 86kg. I'd like to get to around 70-75kg by the time the color run comes around. There's 12 weeks between then and now. I know when I start to run again I'll lose the weight a little faster. I'm still keeping my food diary on mfp, but I need to clean it up a little. I've been looking for clean recipes online, and I'm gonna use the weekend to come up with a meal plan and shopping list. I'd like to cook on Sunday, then be all set to start everything from scratch on Monday. 

Off to make a timetable for study/workouts/sleep/work aka life, eat some lunch (very bad, but craving party pies with tomato sauce), and study :(

Have fun people :D