…but it’s not flowing. So it’s a FIVE RANDOM THINGS day and a short one at that.
1. I haven’t taken my measurements since July, and apparently gaining some weight also meant losing an INCH on my waist and half an inch on my bicep (which I am still deciding if that’s a good thing or a bad thing). So crazy. So even though I’m up a bit, I am still making some progress. I may not be in the normal BMI category, but I am now in the low risk hip to waist ratio (by .01! Take that, inverted triangle body!)
2. I did my best mile ever again on Monday afternoon – 7:18. If you’ll remember, my best mile time before about a month ago was 7:50 – a record I set in 8th grade. I beat that and have been whittling the time down each week – 7:35, then 7:27… now I just have 19 seconds to shave off to beat my goal of a mile under 7 minutes. I want to try to do it by the end of September. What’s NOT going as well is whittling down my 5k time. I wanted to get under 25 minute but the best I’ve run so far is 26:40. I just haven’t been able to really find the right pacing so I don’t die by the end. I’m targetting a little unofficial 5k in a week and a half so I can put myself to the test then.
3. Three weeks from tomorrow I will be getting on the plane to head to Vegas, and three weeks from Sunday we get married. It feels like there is so much left to do, but I think it’s just me freaking out. There’s not that much left to do. I mean, we just have to finalize the guest count and finalize the flowers/decorations/ceremony/music and make a playlist for the reception and get Zliten his shirt and order the favors and…geez, this isn’t making me feel better AT ALL. Moving along…
4. Work is going well so far with the new and crazy. Still a lot of unknowns but I’m feeling less like my brain is moving at the speed of molasses and operating at 2 year old level. Sad to say that I can’t talk specifics for a LONG time, but I’m really looking forward to the day when I can. I do have my hand in 3 different projects right now but I like rolling like that.
5. This week and the rest of the weekend stand to be pretty mellow, but Friday night is both the next Yelp Elite party (this time, it’s a cocktail contest!) and a good friend’s birthday. We are heading to Fogo De Chao. Yeah, that’s unlimited meat on swords you see there. I am still debating between splurging it up good or just ordering the salad/sides bar which looks super yummy too.
5b. I’d talk about my bachelorette party but I don’t have any pictures yet! Most of the pictures were taken on disposable cameras so waiting for someone to develop and scan them might take a while. Let it be known though that it was a blast! There was dancing and drinking and penis cake and lingerie gifts and great times with great girls. Oddly enough, I felt just fine the next day and I think everyone else was more hung over than I was (lots of water between shots and dancing the liquor out = ok next day).
Happy hump day! Tell me something random about your week!
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charlotte
Wow – your wedding is getting so close! How exciting!! I totally want to see pics:)
And splurge it up at Fogo de Chao’s – they’re stuff is crazy good. Plus it’s so filling that it’s hard to really overdo it, in my opinion.
Divinari
Speaking of the wedding, I’m still hoping to go, but that whole school thing is really throwing a wrench into things. I’ll keep you posted, and it will almost certainly only be me, but don’t count on me being there. I can always grab a bite of food somewhere else, so catering doesn’t need to worry about me. 😀 I really wanna go, though.
So, you can’t talk about your new work stuff for like, forever. Can you tell us why you can’t talk about it? Or maybe why you can’t talk about it for such a long time? I mean, other than the fact that you can’t talk about it? Come on, details of SOME sort! 😉
I feel you on the weight vs measurements thing. I haven’t measured in a while, but my wedding rings are seriously loose these days, even though my tummy is still puffy and the scale hates me. Weird body.
For meat on swords, personally, I’d just nom the meat, skip the filling sides and have a nice salad as accompanyment. But then, I’m a dyed in the wool carnivore. 😀
Felice
Congrats on that mile time! That’s terrific!
Hope you’re having success shaking the silly brain. I just finished my speed work this afternoon and soooooo wanted to quit in the middle. But, I didn’t. If I can push through puke-worthy 200s, you can shake the silly brain 😉
Quix
Honestly, what I’m most concerned about with Fogo De Chao is the damn price – the salad bar looks WONDERFUL and it’s half the price. One night of carnivorous feasting isn’t getting my knickers in a wad, it’s the moolah.
I can’t talk about work stuff because it will be years until we announce the project, and things are so up in the air that I am not 100% sure what will happen. All good things though. Worst case, I stay at my title and pay grade and get good experience. Best case… could be awesome.
Wedding stuff – let me know your best guess. I mean, if we say 60 people and 61 show up I’m sure they’re not going to turn you away or anything… 😉
And I was dreading the cardio (I had planned to do a treadmill run 5k and then the arc trainer) until I left work and totally perked up – it was beautiful outside! I got to do one of my running paths I hadn’t taken since the race. Total mood lifter!