A dollar, a headband and my itouch

before I get started - a quick shout out to my BFF John. He lives in Thailand but spends a good deal of time here in the states from time to time. He just had a long visit and we had the opportunity to chat often. He left for Thailand today and I am a little sad. He won't be back state side until about October. So sad.

So...this morning I was actually up before my alarm! 4:21 I woke up. Weird. I did snooze until 4:30 AM but it was much easier to get up. Out the door in no time flat. I was wearing a new
t-shirt. I love Life Is Good products (www.lifeisgood.com) and bought the shirt this weekend. It has a pair of tennis shoes on it with the caption "Gotta Run." So that is what I did this morning. I remembered my five miunte warm up (forgot it yesterday) then did my leg routine. Jumped on the treadmill and away I went. I normally set it for just thrity minutes and the psyche myself into the last fifteen. Not today. Maybe it was the t-shirt, maybe it was my frustration at the dumb a$$ trainer but either way I set it for 45 minutes. Walked at 3.6, ran at 5.5. It is my goal to walk/run everyday this week and then next week I will try to run two, walk two off and on.

I don't think I ever mentioned that my Athletic Director here at school is a certified trainer. She also has extensive knowledge in health and nutrition. She took my food journal home and looked it over. I sat down with her this morning and we went over everything. She made a lot of great points and is far more positive than my trainer. I think I am going to combine a little bit of everything - what I already know from my years on weight watchers, what my trainer told me and now what Kim is telling me. Something has got to work!

One month from today I will be on my cruise. YEA! I don't think I am going to reach my goal of wearing that vineyard vines (www.vineyardvines.com) dress to graduation but I may just squeeze into the skirts on my cruise. I have four weeks to do it. I should be able to if I work hard. If I can't get into them then I will pack them for the rest of the summer and keep trying them on.

I am on duty tonight so I will be pooped tomorrow. OH yea - I have orientation tonight. I am starting classes at a local college. It is a graduate degree in Nutrition Education. My first class is Nurtition Science in the classroom. I am scared to death but also very excited! Anyway - between that and duty I am going to be tired tomorrow AM.

til tomorrow -
Mummy Q.