Friday Randoms

BLOGLAND BOOK CLUB:
It sounds like there are a few of you still interested in the Blogland Book Club. Super! For those of you who are new to this and would like to be a contributor, drop me your email address and I will add you. Makita wrote a post with some ideas as to how we can organize our book club better. Is everyone up for starting the next book and discussing it by July 31st?

STREAKING:
Still going strong. 6 days in. Tomorrow might just be a long walk. I will be in the cities with family for a cousin's graduation but am really counting on getting something done in the morning. Yesterday I was able to sneak in a run before meeting up with some family in town. The run was brutal. It was too damn humid and hot in the gym, but was too wet/windy outside. This morning I got my ars out of bed and hit the pool for a nice long swim. It was definitely more successful than Monday's. I felt like I was in my groove.

NBA FINALS: Game one .... Celtics win.... Lakers lose. What more can a girl say? I am so very happy!

Have a great weekend y'all!

ORN: 3.15 miles, 36:00, 11:25 min/mile
OSN: 1650M, 40:00, 2:25 min/100M

Just another day of summer break....

I had to rub that in.

I am done now.

I think.

In all actuality, it didn't feel like summer break at all today. It was gloomy all day .... I had 6 hours of training (prep work) for summer school today.... I worked out ... and I cleaned my apartment from top to bottom. I didn't sit down on my couch until almost 8pm!

In the midst of prepping for my group of 1st graders, soon to be 2nd graders, for summer school, a handful of teachers wanted to do lunch. Me and my quiet mouth went along and my food from Taco Johns did not agree. I didn't really want it, but I didn't want to make the decision of where we wanted to eat all that much harder. It's been months since I have eaten there and I wanted to puke. I thought of POM's Cold Hard Tips and how your body will let you know when you eat the wrong food ... it almost felt like she knocked me on the forehead like those V8 commercials. Next time I will learn to speak up for myself.

The rest of the afternoon I felt miserable and worried about my workout. I was going to run, but had to switch to the bike. My stomach just couldn't handle the thrillmill. Tomorrow I guess.

The apartment was cleaned from top to bottom. Vacuumed, mopped, clean tub, clean toilet, clean kitchen, bedroom, closets, and living room. Aah. feels so good. I even tackled the vacuum cleaner and pulled out all the hair that was wrapped around the rotating wheel. I took a pic, but decided not to share. It was gross. I know for a fact it wasn't just mine... ehem...

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On a completely different note.... I am wondering if anyone is interesting in picking up a book... for the blogland book club? it's been a couple months and I wouldn't mind getting back into it? Any others?
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Anyone else excited for the NBA Finals to start? Or am I the only one?

I do like my Celtics, but a part of me likes the Lakers. Shh. Don't tell my Dad! It's just that Kobe bugs me. Probably because he is so good he is cocky. But, have you all seen this before? Check it out. Ridiculous but impressive.



OCN: 14:41 miles, 40:00, 21.61 mph
indoors

Blogland Book Club

Okay.

I have created a new blog for our book club.


If you are interested in joining... please let me know. I would like to get email addresses of all those who are interested so I can add you to the author list.

Then we can get going on some other things ... like choosing a book for January/February!

Now, I am going to chillax before heading to the gym for a short run and short swim!

3 days on/3 days off ... and Blogland Book Club

Last week I started off the new year with a bang. 3 workouts in a row. And then what?

Then, I took Friday off and went home to Bismarck. I didn't do anything Saturday morning. I had 3 miles scheduled for today and thought I was going to do it when I returned .... but was feeling quite car sick and very hungry. Now I can't get myself to do anything. I am completely wiped!

This week will be better, though. It's just those weekends away .... they completely throw me off. And I have two more weekends away... in a row!


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Here's a few ideas I had:

1. Start a blog ... for the book club. (think of Blog title)
   
2. Read 1 or 2 books per month ... depending on the length? Maybe just one, since everyone is pretty busy with training?!
   
3. Write posts ... in regards to what has been read, any thoughts or questions for discussion relating to what has been read ...
   
4. Vote on ideas for which books to read (fiction, nonfiction, biographies, etc.)
5. I know I had other thoughts... but just lost them.

Let me know what you think or any ideas you have. It's all open for discussion... Maybe I should just open up a blog and we can start posting ideas/comments???

The New Year

2008 has started off to a great start. Despite staying up late to ring in the new year, I was able to pull myself out of bed (or off the couch) and get to the pool tuesday morning. Instead of doing my scheduled 800M, I pushed a little further and cranked out 1000M. I showered and headed up to GF to visit some well-missed family. My cousin and her boyfriend were home from England for a couple weeks so it was nice to see them. I might have drank a little too much, but it was fun.

After returning to Fargo yesterday, I went to the gym to do my 2 miles. I ran 4, walked 1. And it went. Well. I was going to bike a bit and then lift, but I scratched the bike and just lifted. The gym was swamped with people working on their new year "resolutions" and I just didn't have the patience.

Today after school I headed for the pool. For some odd reason, they had lap swim from 4-6, which is a whole lot earlier than usual and I just couldn't pass up the opportunity! I ended up swimming 1200M. It felt good and was probably one of my best swims to date. I am still working on consistency and endurance. This will take a while, but I am okay with that!

Tomorrow I was hoping to do an early morning run; possibly 40 minutes... but I just got home from a basketball game, packed for the weekend, and am pooped. I am leaving town right after school for home. There's stuff going on in the Bis... and this girl couldn't resist! I hope the weather is nice at home... maybe I will get in a couple miles on Saturday.

I am still seriously thinking about doing some sort of "Blogland Book Club"... keep me posted if you are interested or possibly interested ... and let me know of any ideas you might have!

Have a great weekend, y'all!