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Friday, June 19th, 2009
2:11 pm	I am writing more... but I haven't yet decided whether to share it with the world. There's something about writing just for yourself that makes it so much easier, and at the risk of sounding lame, more special. me: i find you desirable to kiss andrew: what a coincidence, i find you highly desirable to kiss me: ooh we should definitely kiss then and see how it goes andrew: oh that sounds wonderful! me: maybe it'll lead to something andrew: scatagories!! me: oh god i hope so ( discard this message)
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
6:19 pm	I feel like the past few months have been so worthy of chronicling but even I could not seem to come up with the words to describe everything that has been going on. I've decided to do it anyway, even though I know my explanation won't come close to expressing what I feel.... ( If you dare.. read about the beginning here ) (9 crumpled papers discard this message)
Monday, May 25th, 2009
6:12 pm	Busy bee Just call it May Mayhem... Birthday, family cruise, Mother's Day, John & Stacy's wedding, Kat's bachelorette party.. and up next, Kat & Sean's wedding! I have been busy since mid-April, but I've been having a blast. :) The surprise party was amazing.. my Mom and my friends did such a great job. Andrew somehow kept me busy all day and I was too tired to question anything he said.. like how we HAD to go eat first before I went home to shower. I was DEFINITELY surprised when I walked into the house with wet hair and no makeup! The cruise was SO much fun. Swine flu re-routed us to Nassau instead of Cozumel, but we still had a great time. Our 'excursion' was a lunchtime stop at Señor Frogs for giant Yard daiquiris! Andrew, Nick, Joe & Dave enjoyed some male bonding over scotch and cigars, we all saw a hilarious comedian, and our family won TWO contests- the digital camera scavenger hunt and the Cartoon Theme Song Trivia. We won two Carnival trophies, and plenty of gold medals. We're such participators. John & Stacy's wedding weekend was super busy. First, Cal Ripken Jr. was on my plane to Baltimore. Literally a month after he was on my brother's flight (different airline, different departing airport). He is stalking our family. Either that or he's on every flight to Baltimore. Anyway, we went to the rehearsal, then dinner and drinks in Annapolis. Tons of seamen out and about! Saturday we roamed D.C. I hadn't seen the sights since 1995. We saw the White House, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, and several museums (Becki was our museum tourguide). Sunday was wedding day. After a night of torrential rain, the temp had dropped about 20 degrees. But the wedding went smoothly, only after an hour delay and last-minute change: a family friend stood in as the officiant and did an AMAZING job. What a fun wedding! Just got back from Gainesville. I can't believe Kat is getting married next weekend. The "Wild-Kat Weekend" was so fun! Had dinner and drinks with the girls, played lots of games with 'interesting' prizes. Helped Joe & Michelle completely overhaul their house by cleaning every square inch. Their pre-memorial day BBQ yesterday was tons of fun. Can't wait to see everyone next weekend for the big reunion/wedding!!! ;) ( discard this message)
Monday, March 30th, 2009
6:05 pm	Andrew & Katie's Enticing Eats ™ (As seen on Facebook...) ( Today's recipe: Chicken Pesto Calzones ) ( discard this message)
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
5:55 pm	A million wishes.... Every Wednesday, I've been volunteering at Make-A-Wish Foundation of South Florida. It is one of the most rewarding things I've ever done, no lie. I figured, I'm at a decent place financially, I can afford to drive down there at least once a week while I'm looking for a job. So I got in contact with an old friend from college who works there. Actually, she jokingly contacted me about my lifelong dream to write pro bono for a nonprofit when I win the lottery. I realized I didn't have to win the lottery, I could do it right now. So I came in, met some fantastic people, and got my assignment. Every week, Andrea, the development coordinator, hands me a pile of wish kid files. I pore through the files and find out everything I can about the kid, the wish, and the experience they had. Most of them go to Disney. Some of them choose shopping sprees. Others have unique wishes like trips to Paris, laptop computers, and bedroom renovations. All of the children suffer from life-threatening diseases and illnesses. Some of them survive to adulthood, others don't. But all of them enjoy a special experience, even if it's just for a day. With all the things these kids go through, it's amazing and wonderful to know that there are people out there who want to grant them the wish of a lifetime. (2 crumpled papers discard this message)
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
9:58 pm	Run, run, run I guess I should write something every once in awhile, huh? This past weekend I ran my second half-marathon in Gainesville with Katherine. I took about 5 1/2 minutes off of my Philadelphia time. Woohoo PR! We totally rocked it. Didn't walk once, not even for half a second. Finished in 2:22:39. Friday-Stubbies & Steins with Andrew, Joe & Michelle. Mmmm, worldly beer. Saturday- FLORIDA BASKETBALL... it's fantastic! Andrew and I sneaked into the RR section thanks to Kat and Sean. Total Gator domination. Enjoyed free student food. Had an amazing pre-race pasta dinner courtesy of Michelle. Sunday- RACE DAY. It was cooold, but not like Philly. Andrew, Sean and Ryan stalked/found us at various places throughout the course. Topped off the morning with a FANTASTIC breakfast at 43rd Street Deli. After much napping, we all enjoyed Creatures From the Abyss. Yes, my boyfriend owns awful, cheesy horror movies. Lots of them. Monday- Frisbee on campus! Flight of the Conchords. My name is BRAHBRAH! Tuesday- Yes, they somehow kept us in Gainesville 'til Tuesday. Now I need another race to sign up for. ( discard this message)
Thursday, December 25th, 2008
12:45 pm	Merry Christmas, all! :) (1 crumpled paper discard this message)
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
2:11 pm	Oops, I never updated about the race... even after all that suspense.. I'll get around to it :) I'm busy being unemployed....... (6 crumpled papers discard this message)
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
3:30 pm	Ready to run OK, so I just made a list of everything I'm packing. I printed out my boarding passes this morning. Tonight I'm having dinner with Teri and she's bringing me coats and BioFreeze for my calf. I have my shoes, socks, shirts, hat, headband, tights, shorts, watch, ipod.... Just need to remember to pack my confidence! I am SO ready to cross that finish line (hopefully with Joe, making funny faces for the photo), get my medal, get my pretzel and then head out to Jim's for a CHEESESTEAK. I am currently freaking out about: 1. The flight. Not looking forward to getting on that little prop plane from Newark --> Philly 2. The weather. Wind chill of 16 degrees at the start? YIKES. Hoping the sun comes out for the entirety of the race and keeps me from turning into an icicle. 3. Aches and pains. Shins are doing alright, but I haven't run in a few days. Back is hurting a bit. Calf is OK, but Teri's bringing me some muscle cream just in case. I can't believe it's finally here! BRING IT ON!!!!!! PS- I just signed up for the Gainesville Half. Yes, I'm crazy. (1 crumpled paper discard this message)
Monday, November 17th, 2008
8:59 pm	5 days, 10 hours Tonight I bought $70 worth of gear to wear to the race... It's going to be COLD..... Aaahhhh!! (7 crumpled papers discard this message)
Friday, October 31st, 2008
7:03 am	I swear I've been running..... I just haven't been writing. I've been having quite a lot of fun as well. I have a dilemma, but I don't want to go into too much detail. Last night......... I was knocked off my feet... and it feels amazing. Three weeks 'til the big race! And three weeks 'til I go completely crazy buying up WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS gear!!!!! GO Phils! What a wild ride, I'm still in shock. :) Happy Halloween! ( discard this message)
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
12:11 am	I'm back, baby! Ran 2 miles tonight. After having to stop at 2.5 the other night, I learned my lesson and took it slow. I then showered and went to DQ with Jeff.... yup, I ate a hot fudge sundae for dinner. Sometimes I love being a grownup! (1 crumpled paper discard this message)
Saturday, October 11th, 2008
9:00 am	Sidelined By the damn calf muscle. Again. Was supposed to do 8 miles this morning. Couldn't even get past 3 1/2... the pain! Time for a week off... and R.I.C.E. Mmmm, rice. Bridesmaid duties await.. I'm off! ( discard this message)
2:25 am	Beer.... .... is not a runner's friend. I have to get up in 4 hours. Aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ( discard this message)
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
1:01 pm	Slacker... So I've been slacking on this whole "journaling my progress" thing. But I can assure you, I have not been slacking on training. Last week my mile total was 15.5. I'm trying for 20 this week.. we'll see if it happens! On a completely unrelated note that doesn't seem to fit into any other paragraph, my mom and I bought 2389279382 packages of fruit punch Sport Beans the other day. They were on sale. I ran 6.5 miles at Okeeheelee and felt like garbage! It sucked. Turns out I pulled my right calf muscle. I took off yesterday to run a billion bridal shower related errands so I'm going to ease back into it today. Phils are in the NLCS for the first time since 1993! Bridal shower is this Saturday night! I've decided not to run the 10-miler on Sunday morning. There's a full liquor bar at the shower. I think you understand where this is going. :) ( discard this message)
Monday, September 29th, 2008
10:55 pm	Case of the Mondays... Today I was suffering from PGZS... or Post-Gainesville Zombie Syndrome. I seriously could not function.. and it's not like I drank heavily this weekend! Saturday morning, we all got up early (me, Kat, Joe, Michelle) and met up to go running. I ended up leaving everyone and running from Greenwich Green all the way to PK Young and back. About 6 miles. Not as far as I would've liked, but I forgot to map a route, and I wanted to make sure I had enough time to get back and shower before leaving for campus. It was one of my best runs to-date, probably because I was in Gainesville- I hadn't run there in soo long and I was soaking it all in and enjoying every minute of it! The game was HOT... and fun if only because I was finally back in the Swamp.... (Home of the.... Florida Gators). Seth had a fantastic time, was quite impressed by the stadium and the atmosphere.. and was polite about the fact that his team beat us... grr. Had SO much fun this weekend. Miss Gainesville like crazy. I'm planning to get up there sometime soon when there's not a football game so we're all not passing out from heat exhaustion and can go out and enjoy the town. Today, as I said earlier, was rough. But then it got busy at work and I finally felt like my writing skills were sharpening again. I felt like crap but I was back in my element, writing furiously. I was totally dragging my ass after work though and did NOT want to run. But I forced myself to just get it over with. And the craziest thing happened. The first mile of my run, I recorded my fastest time yet. I wasn't even planning on it.. it just happened. I ended up finishing 4 miles in just under 40 minutes. Weird how things work out, isn't it? ( discard this message)
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
8:17 pm	I just returned from an awesome 4 mile run... and I only have one thing to say: ....THE OFFICE IS ON TONIGHT. Oh.. and one more thing: Gainesville this weekend! ( discard this message)
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
11:17 pm	Ran 4.5 today after work, even though my shins were killing me on and off. I was only going to do 4, but the trail is 4.5 and I figured, might as well go all the way around, it's only an extra half a mile.... Promptly came home, ate peanut butter and iced everything down! Then I watched House with Johnelle :) Today marks TWO MONTHS until the race!!! Should I sign up for the Wellington 10-Miler? It's in less than a month... I might as well write about other various topics while I'm here.... Brandon is hilarious. I even got him to say "Go Phils" today, which must've been hard for him (Braves fan)... but his team screwed mine over tonight so he'll be in for it tomorrow. I don't know what Josh's deal is.. maybe he thinks I snubbed him, while in the meantime I think he snubbed me? Would make for a good sitcom plot. =) (3 crumpled papers discard this message)
12:12 am	Didn't run today. Had to go grocery shopping. Wish I weren't a petite female and could run alone at night. Oh well! I'm in love... with my new Nikes. Next big purchase will possibly be a new iPod and the Nike+ system. (5 crumpled papers discard this message)
Saturday, September 20th, 2008
8:46 am	The quest for 13.1 As I sit here icing my shins and eating peanut butter out of the jar after an 85 minute (LSD) run, I realize that I am now a bona-fide running addict. So I've decided to chronicle my journey to the Philadelphia Half Marathon here in my livejournal. I don't really write much in here as it is, so why not make it at least halfway interesting? I started running back in May, with Mark. We ran on the treadmill at his gym and I could barely stand to run for 5 minutes at a time. I remember him pushing for an 11 minute mile and nearly dying at the end- he did it though! Then I started going out with friends from work and neglecting the running. At the end of May I officially signed up for the race, but it seemed so far away that I didn't take it seriously. I ran here and there, eventually managing to run 3 miles nonstop. For whatever reason, endurance was not a problem, and that led me to think I might actually be able to run this thing after all! But apparently there's this "training" thing you have to do.... how annoying. I didn't get myself on a fairly regular schedule until I moved and found out there was a running trail across the main road from my neighborhood. Now I bring my clothes to work, drive right to the fire station and run on the trail. I love this trail- it's 4.5 miles and goes all the way around the Pompano Air Park... home of the Goodyear blimp. A few weekends ago, I tested my dedication by staying up way too late on a Friday, pushing myself out of bed at 7AM and running 4.5 miles before Shruti and I drove up to Orlando for a weekend with friends. Man. I had an amazing weekend, but I was so exhausted and sore. I took a bunch of time off after that to recover.... Last weekend, I ran my first race, the Fall Fling 5K at Tradewinds Park in Coconut Creek. My mom and her friend Dawn spent the night (these pesky races are always very early in the morning) and we all went to the race together. They were in the old-folks group, so they started 5 minutes ahead. I ran the entire race and eventually caught up to my mom about a half-mile from the finish. I pushed hard 'til the end and finished with a chip time of 32:54. (10:36 pace) Not too shabby! It was fun, I got a bunch of free stuff, and I learned some things: how to correctly put on the timing strip, how to navigate water stations, how to eat a giant stack of chocolate pancakes afterwards (best part)... So it continues.. this morning I did about 6.5 miles or so, and had my first experience with gel (the gooey electrolyte concoction we crazy runners ooze into our mouths to keep our bodies going).... it was interesting. Definitely gave me the energy to do another 40 minutes after I'd already been out for 45. Only 63 days, 14 hours and 44 minutes 'til Philly! (3 crumpled papers discard this message)