Spring has Sprung

With the sun shining and Spring Break officially here, I can feel the excitement that this new season will bring. I am 24 hours away from spending the week in the sunshine state, and cannot wait to spend time with such good friends. It is exactly what I need, friends, sunshine, a break from the routine.

I woke up to a wonderful run this morning, I am supposed to be following this couch to 5k plan, I am using it more like a guideline. This mornings run, wasn't even hard, I just fell into a good rhythm and before I knew it, 37 minutes and 11 seconds later, my 5k loop had been complete. No walking at all. I felt very accomplished, until I looked to my left and saw my two friends running almost 6 miles to see if they can get ready to run a 10k! One step at a time for me though. My hip and knee have not been great, I hope I am not training too hard, I am determined to finish this race at the end of May, I may need to slow down and regroup once I get back from Florida. But right now, I feel very accomplished. I popped on the scale this morning as well, and welcomed a few pound weight loss. It is interesting going about losing weight in a different way, a much healthier way this time around. It's like the weight loss is secondary, distance, speed, time, consistency with running is primary. It's better this way.

39 more school days and I have completed my first year of teaching. Insane. I know I will feel accomplished at the end of the year, there are also a lot of unknowns for next year, and I am hoping we all get what we want, and what is meant to be, without too much stress or drama going on. I do not like school politics.

I have narrowed my search down to 3 apartments for my living situation. I will be visiting all three the week after Spring Break, and I am very excited to move out, and be independent.

I met with my advisor for graduate school. I will be starting school June 29. Two classes to start, and I cannot wait for my new folders, and colored labels:) I planned my entire plan of study over the next three years, and love that I have a plan, an internship all set, and I should be able to pay for it mostly on my own without taking out too many loans.

There has been a lot of growing pains I have been working through over the last year, as I have mentioned before, and I am entering into a very new stage of my life. It's exciting, and scary and frustrating and wonderful all at the same time. It's a time of my life to focus on me, build the person I need to be and want to be. Take care of medical issues that have been put to the sidelines, take care of me personally, professionally, etc. I got some really good advice from friends that said "You know what you want and you are trying to get it the best way you know how. You have to be true to yourself and do what makes you happy." And this is what I am living by....

Happy Spring