Day 1

A picture of me and 15 facts:
Fact 1 - I am currently attending my 4th college in just under a decade. What? I like to learn.

Fact 2 - I am very OCD when it comes to scheduling and knowing what is happening in my life. No joke - I will write out my schedule three times (and then again for good measure).

Fact 3 - I wear a size 11 women's sneaker but a size 9 dress shoe.

Fact 4 - I have a SLIGHT crush on my current English professor. What does he look like? Think of The Daily Show's John Oliver combined with a little bit of Stephen Colbert thrown in for good measure. If you don't know who those people are - GOOGLE does wonders.

Fact 5 - My favorite Old School Disney Movie is Pete's Dragon....okay okay AND Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Shame on you if you have never heard nor seen these movies.

Fact 6 - I have an uncanny ability to remember movie and television show quotes as well as songs that I haven't heard in years.

Fact 7 - When I was little, I used to mix up the way you say my birthday date - July 11th was "Julevenaly" - pronounced: jew leven a lie. Yup.

Fact 8 - I used to cry ALL THE TIME when I was little (ask my neighbors if you don't believe me). Now, I hardly ever do because I feel like it shows that I'm weak. How dumb am I?

Fact 9 - If I didn't think it would totally mess up my life, I would leave it all behind and use up everything I've saved to travel.

Fact 10 - I currently own 7 pairs of sneakers (3 are being donated on Saturday).

Fact 11 - I've only started buying designer clothes because I feel as though I'm worthy to wear them. And I've realized that they last longer (esp the jeans).

Fact 12 - I still expect Rachel and Troy to walk through our front door every so often. I miss them.

Fact 13 - I watch entirely too much TV. I should read a book or something.

Fact 14 - I. LOVE. SPORTS. Everything about them, everything about the information about them, everything about the aspect of them, the intensity, the competition. EVERYTHING.

Fact 15 - I'm still waiting for my Prince Charming - and I do believe he: Likes Soccer, Loves to learn, Likes all sports, Is Smart, Has a good heart, knows how to treat a woman, has a good relationship with his family, balances me out, is perfect for me, and is out there.

A Thirty Day Challenge

So I was perusing a friend's facebook pictures and found her latest and greatest....it's a Thirty Day Challenge. And not in the sense of a weight-loss project but in a sense of pictures/people/emotions, etc. I think it's pretty interesting and rather than share it on Facebook with my 700+ "friends" when only about 100 of them are truly my friends...I thought I'd share it with the select few who happen to read my blog :-) Awww, aren't you lucky?!

So here's the list:

Thirty Days

Day 01 - A picture of yourself with fifteen facts.
Day 02 - A picture of you and the friend you have been closest with the longest.
Day 03 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show.
Day 04 - A picture of your night.
Day 05 - A picture of ……your favorite memory.
Day 06 - A picture of a person you’d love to trade places with for a day.
Day 07 - A picture of your most treasured item.
Day 08 - A picture that makes you laugh.
Day 09 - A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most.
Day 10 - A picture of the person you do the most “screwed up” things with.
Day 11 - A picture of something you hate.
Day 12 - A picture of something you love.
Day 13 - A picture of your favorite band or artist.
Day 14 - A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without.
Day 15 - A picture of something you want to do before you die.
Day 16 - A picture of someone who inspires you.
Day 17 - A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently.
Day 18 - A picture of your biggest insecurity.
Day 19 - A picture of you when you were little.
Day 20 - A picture of somewhere you’d love to travel.
Day 21 - A picture of something you wish you could forget.
Day 22 - A picture of something you wish you were better at.
Day 23 - A picture of your favorite book.
Day 24 - A picture of something you wish you could change.
Day 25 - A picture of your day.
Day 26 - A picture of something that means a lot to you.
Day 27 - A picture of yourself and a family member.
Day 28 - A picture of something you’re afraid of.
Day 29 - A picture that can always make you smile.
Day 30 - A picture of someone you miss.

I'll be back tomorrow to start. Just wanted to throw that out there.

Do what you can with what you have, where you are....

Whew! Wasn't I supposed to update just a day or two after my last post? Hah - sorry! Things got kind of hectic around here - and it doesn't seem like they're going to slow down one bit...a good and bad thing.

The Good:
It's keeping me out of my house.
I'm making money and saving it.
I'm staying sane.

The Bad:
Lack of social life and seeing my friends.
I'm tired by the time the weekend comes which effects the previous statement.

So what exactly have I been up to? Well I won't bore you with the details but for the most part it's been:
Coaching
School
Work at Cabrini
Doing homework for school
Reading for school

The first real break I had was this past Saturday and you know what I did? I sat on my mom's recliner and watched College Basketball ALL DAY! 'Twas glorious and I didn't feel guilty in the least. Ok, ok...I did do some homework in between games and I did go to the gym for a run.

Speaking of running - I was actually going to run outside this morning and then I checked the temperature....12! Yikes! Yeah - I guess I'll be going to the gym again. I just want to run outside again so badly! The streets are mostly clear of snow now so I figured it'd be a good day but 12 is too cold. Maybe I should've just gone and not looked at the temps. Ah well...Hindsight is 20/20, right? But I definitely need to run outside at least once before the 19th! I'm running the Frostbite Five Miler! And yes those are penguins! Bethany convinced me to run it. It's my first race of 2011! Plenty more to come after that:
March - Phillies 5K
May - Broad Street and ODDessey Half Marathon
June - Possibly the KOP 10 Miler and Philly Tri (Olympic)
September - Rock n' Roll Half
October - Hershey Half Marathon!
November - Philly Marathon (eek!)

I'm sure there will be other shorter races thrown in there somewhere/somehow! I'm also trying to do more cross training this year to prevent injury. I've been spinning more and am going to start working out with a group on Tuesday and Thursday Mornings to keep things interesting. As of right now I'm averaging about 23-27 miles a week - a definite increase since last year. Although this week I've only run 4 miles so far! Ha :-) Hopefully I'll get 8 in today - 6 tomorrow and 6 or 7 in on Saturday with a few junk miles on Friday.

The regular swim season is over (tear) but today is actually the Silver Meet (kind of like B champs) and Presidents Day weekend is Central League Champs. March 3rd and 4th is Districts at La Salle! Yeah baby! My alma mater! And then States (which I don't think any of my girls will qualify for) is March 18th and 19th (but I'm still going anyway!). I was actually asked to help coach Lacrosse at LMHS this spring. We'll see if I get that job. The money would be great! If not, I'll just work at Baldwin 5 days a week.

I have some feelers out there for a summer job. Please think good thoughts for me. If I get it I'd be coaching and managing a pool. Which would mean I can move out! I've been looking at some apartments near Havertown and the Main Line. It'd be such a quicker commute for all of my things - Cabrini, Baldwin, LMHS Swim/Lax - and I'd be able to walk a lot of places and save on gas. Here's hoping!

Oh! I almost forgot - I am auditioning to teach spinning this week (my first class would be Sunday the 20th at 8:15AM at the LAF Collegeville - a little far but won't be much traffic on Sunday mornings). Yay for another way of making money and staying fit! Here's hoping I can start doing those on a more regular basis. No it's not a ton of money but I've missed teaching those classes and making spinning mixes. I think they're going to like my first class music list!

As for other things - I've been out of my house for most of the days in the last few weeks or so - with the exception of the snow days we've had (ugh, I'm so over winter!) - I like always having something to do. I feel badly that I'm slacking in some areas of my life over others but I guess that's what happens. There's only so much I can do - unless the days were made to be 36 hours instead of 24 and the weekends were 5 days instead of two - then I'd get everything done!

Until the next time...which I won't promise will be tomorrow....adieu my lovelies