I honestly think about my blog all the time. I've always got a thousand things flying around in my brain, but I cant seem to fit in the time to get it done. One of my new things on the top of my head, and the reason for my procrastination at this point, is because my department has moved into a completely new building. Our old one was dirty, and was falling to pieces, and was infested with ants and mice!! Ugh!! It's a terrible feeling to know that you work in a place where you have to have mouse traps next to the tank where you refill your water bottle at least 3 times daily. So we as a hospital thought it was time to invest some money into a new place that could fit more of our employees as well as other departments. This new place however, is not full cubicles. Half of the walls are glass so we can be watched at all times. Since we are constantly being watched (trust me, I've been ratted on..) I could be on my break, writing my blog like a good little grasshopper, and I'd be in trouble. So, thankfully my phone takes care of me playing on the internet, but to write a blog, its kinda a hassle to write alot with a touch screen on the phone, so my writing has been limited. So, today, I decided to come directly home and get to my resolution that I've been putting off for months.
Normally, I would've just came home during the summer and wrote my blog, but I did a new thing that lasted 6 weeks, and I've got to say, it might've been the hardest six weeks of my life in quite some time. I joined a running for conditioning class to fulfill my Physical Education requirements for college that I've been putting off for ten years! No kidding, ten years! I've gotten so lazy since I've gotten older, and my asthma has kept me down if I ever got enthusiastic about it, that I actually considered taking the alternative for the physical part, and just take an "educational" class on how to take manage your weight. Very sad moment for me to admit my lack of interest in working out, but its the truth. The good thing is that I actually dont feel too bad because I got myself out there and did the class. I had gotten really ambitious after my doctor (Dr. Chandler May) finally got my asthma under control! I seriously love that doctor. He has done alot for me that will require a whole other blog in itself, but to say the least, I can breathe, laugh, and run without coughing or wheezing, and its an amazing feeling. Anyway, little did I know until I got t0 my class, that it was a running class that conditioned you for marathons!!! You can only imagine the look on my face when the teacher started explaining to us what we were required to do. I wanted to walk out, or just start crying my first day, but I didnt want to be a quitter, so I sucked it up, and stuck with it. Since I hadnt worked out in years, I was the slowest person in the class, and have never sweat like that before in my life! Thankfully, throughout the days, which by the way, were 4 days a week, the already trained crosscountry runners could recognize my struggle and would actually cheer me on to finish my workout! Probably because I looked like I was going to throw up most days, in which a few times I really thought I would, but they were nice about it and I'm sure they were surprised that I actually survived. I also thankfully found a super nice girl that became my running partner. She has the tiny leg span that I have, and we ran together everyday, which was a total relief. Most days were pretty brutal especially when we had to run ( I had to walk) up hills like this :
Needless to say, I survived, got an A and lost 8 pounds (yay!) in which I gained back immediately once I went on a mini-vacation home to see family. Most days I was staying with a different family member, so it gave a lot of opportunites to go out to eat, and I jumped at every chance I got. One of the places I went to was with Tabatha and Randall (my sister and brother-in-law) was a pancake house that boasted the worlds largest pancake. Of course, we ordered it and shared it, on top of our other orders and it was fantastic! Not to mention, it was a "new" thing since I never order the popular thing that restaurants are known for and had never been to the restaurant either.
Anyway, the running class was a great accomplishment for me, and this time only costed me a tuition of $26. It might have also costed me my dignity on some days when I just couldn't keep up, or my legs would cramp up and I would give up, but none the less, it was a new thing and i made a point to remember it.
I know I've also done A LOT of new things, but I was so excited with my blog writing that I did not write anything down in order, nor did I think this through. I just started writing and pasting pictures. So to save everyone a ton of reading, I'm going to have to stop, re-think, and collaborate my thoughts down on paper so it's not a bunch of rambling from me trying to catch up on my resolution that I've left behind.
Oh! One more "new" thing, my last blog, I was on my way to make potatoe taquitos, and they actually were pretty good! I over stuffed them, but they weren't a complete disaster and I even took a picture which I am posting to show that I was trying to keep up with writing, but I'm a procrastinator.
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