Diamonds On The Inside

Today I dropped a half-full glass jar of salsa on my toe. Blood went everywhere. It hurts like hell. That was pretty much how my day went.

Monday Josh and I continued the hunt for a new place to live. We met with one semi-douchey realtor who told us we were looking too early and basically was like you can look around if you like but you’re wasting my time. Well, it smelled like old lady and had carpet in the bathroom anyways, so eff you realtor.

Then we drove to look at a house for rent that I had seen online. Anddd I loved it. It was in the cutest little area close to Cameron Village and had real houses and yards and I really liked it. I may even bend my ‘no places without a pool rule.’

The Long Run

This book was only sixty pages, but it was about thirty too long. I did not like it. At all. I thought it would be more about running, you know, since the title and everything. Wrong. The first 45 pages were various “look how fucked up I was” stories a la James Frey’s “A Million Little Pieces”, but not as good. Then all of a sudden it was—-“One day I realized how bad off I was and and went running instead. Then I ran 5 marathons. Then I ran 100 miles for one race. The end.

Um, ok ?At least it was only $1.99

Look at my pretty new shoes

They are Asics GT-2170’s and they have bright purple shoelaces because I like a bit of whimsy in my workout. Also, today I learned that I am an overpronator. Which means oh….that’s why the insides of my feet have been hurting. Because I roll them in when I run. These shoes will take care of that. 

Is Everybody Hanging Out Without Me?

This book was exactly what I expected it to be. Which was a good thing. It was funny and made me laugh at certain points and then read what I was laughing about out loud to Joshua, who I’m sure enjoyed that very much. Defiintely worth reading, not sure about the $12.99 amazon price, because it’s one of those “read in one sitting” books. Luckily, I’m still using all the Amazon gift cards I got for Christmas.

Also, I don’t know what the heck Mindy Kaling is doing with her mouth on this cover. Why is her mouth so contorted?

Diet Pepsi

Is the worst diet soda. I hate when I ask for diet coke and the waiter brings me Diet Pepsi. IT IS NOT THE SAME. Diet Coke is heaven in my mouth. Diet Pepsi makes me want to gag. If you don’t have Diet Coke, just say “is Diet Pepsi ok?” And I’ll say “no, I’ll just have water, thanks” Don’t bring it to me and assume there is no difference.
There is a difference, and then I’m pissed I had to pay for something I didn’t want in the first place

So I downloaded the much talked about Couch to 5k app. I loved it. Really. Because if an automated voice tells me to run, well damn, I’m going to run. So I did, and I feel great. I think maybe week one is going to be a little redundant for me because it’s only running in (really) short spurts, and I’m used to running longer, but I put in more distance today than I normally do and exercised for more time than I normally do. On a treadmill, it’s easy for me to get bored but this switches things up enough that I did not feel like time was dragging on. Also, normally after I get back from the gym it’s all I can do to change out of my workout clothes I’m so exhausted…and I am too tired to do much of anything. But right now, I just feel…energized. Crazy.

And, I officially met my goal of going to the gym (at least) three times this week. Who knows…I could even go tomorrow night. Josh is working until 10, it’s not like I have anything planned besides slugging on the couch. Crazier things have happened. 

Now, I think I’m going to invest in some cute workout clothes. I’ve always just worn a pair of shorts & really old t-shirts. Today it was my Bubba Gump  Shrimp Restaurant shirt from…the ninth grade. My workout wardrobe could probably use some updating.