Emme Runs With It

I’m still reveling in my birthday run.

I feel funny saying it, but it was really the highpoint of my birthday. I mean, I had a great day overall, very nice and low-key with my honey, and it was great. But that run was definitely the highpoint.

I ran for basically an hour and I felt so good. I felt like I could’ve continued. I could’ve gone on. And 3 days later that’s what I’m thinking about–how awesome my birthday run was. I’m not sure what that says about the person I’m becoming, but I love it.

Today’s game plan:

• office
• gym: 2-3 easy miles & initial tests for 100 pushups and 200 sit-ups challenges (Oh hell yeah, it’s on!)
• OWL planning
• reading grant proposals
• coffee with a friend
• dinner with the boy
• Biggest Loser!

It’s going to be an AWESOME day. 🙂

I’m genuinely looking forward to everything on my list. And if the new Jillian Michaels podcast goes up before I go to the gym my day will be just about perfect. 🙂

Happy Tuesday! 🙂

I wish that people thought it was important to include me in conversations/decisions about things that I am directly involved in. I don’t appreciate finding out on short notice and then having to adjust all of my plans.

Geez. First work, then church. What is it about me that makes people think I have no life outside of the realm they know me in? I don’t expect them to plan around me, that’s not what I’m saying, I’m just asking for the courtesy of inclusion and advanced notice if what they are planning involves me directly.

/rant.

I return you to your regularly scheduled dashboards now.

😀 – Treadmill at the gym – 4.29 mi – 01:02 – 14:31 pace

AWESOME!! I actually hit 4.0 at 58:02. 🙂 The rest is all cool down. I only walked once, for about 2 minutes because I was a silly girl and put P!nk’s “F**king Perfect” on my playlist thinking I wouldn’t cry if I was running. Wrong. I started to choke up so I skipped it and walked for a minute or so to calm down. Then I resumed kicking ass. 🙂 And holy cool birthday numbers, Batman–4.“29” miles (my age) and in 1:“02:19” (my birthdate). Totally unintentional. Totally awesome. 🙂

(AND Courtneyloveslife!)

29 is going to be AWESOME!!

Thanks!

I don’t have a huge day planned. Opening presents, running my scheduled 4-miles (which I’m genuinely excited about), and at some point boy and I are making the trip to the nicer theatre to see “Gnomeo & Juliet” and go out for a special dinner. The rest we’ll make up as we go. 🙂

(A) Age: 29 (close enough! only 30 more minutes!)

(B) Bed Size: Full

© Chore You Hate: Dishes

(D) Dogs? I like ‘em, but I have a cat. 🙂

(E) Essential Start Your Day: Coffee.

(F) Favorite Color: Pink!

(G) Gold or Silver? Silver or White Gold

(H) Height: 5’3" (on a good day)

(I) Instruments You Play: I sing. 🙂

(J) Job Title: Assistant to the Executive Director

(K) Kids: not any time soon.

(L) Live: White River Junction, Vermont

(M) Mom’s Name: Beverly

(N) Nicknames: Emme is a nickname

(O) Overnight Hospital Stays? Not since babyhood.

(P) Pet Peeve: Stupidity and Ignorance

(Q) Quote from a Movie: “Uh, who’s car is that in the driveway?“ "Mine. 1970 Pontiac Firebird. The car I’ve always wanted and now I have it. I rule.” ~American Beauty

® Right or Left Handed? Righty

(S) Siblings: One older sister

(T) Time You Wake Up? normally alarm goes off around 6:30, if left to my own devices somewhere between 7:30 and 8

(U) Underwear: typically, yes 😉

(V) Vegetable You Dislike: beans (except green beans, I like green beans)

(W) What Makes You Run Late: getting sucked into Tumblr!

(X) X-Rays You’ve Had Done: chest

(Y) Yummy Food You Make: lots of things

(Z) Zoo, Favorite Animal: monkey

…just saw someone I haven’t seen in awhile and she noticed I’ve lost weight. WIN. 🙂

Okay, so I got the new Jillian podcast loaded up (now that I finally found it), had some lunch, finished reading grant proposals (ugh, that last one was killing me too). Now I’m going to head to CVS to pick up some hair necessities then head to the gym for my run before my meeting at 4.

Booyah! Emme’s got her groove back. 🙂