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made chicken noodle soup, blackberries, and a laughing cow, melba toast, and turkey summer sausage).<\/p>\nSince I haven’t been pulled in one way or another with a post to write today, I think I’m going to pull out a 5 random things day and hope y’all will forgive me.<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0 I rocked the sprints Monday.\u00a0 I actually ran them at 1:57 per 400m because that’s the closest I could do via the treadmill.\u00a0 7.7.\u00a0 Is it odd that my EASIST days are my sprints?\u00a0 Today, I’m going to tackle a 6 mile tempo and feeling really nervous even though I rocked the 5 miler.\u00a0 Can I add a mile and still maintain my pace?\u00a0 We shall see.<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0 It seems that the closer to Christmas you get, the more CRAP FOOD is around.\u00a0 And by crap I mean so-yummy-but-bad-for-you.\u00a0 So far, some gourmet popcorn, a few rum balls, and a small tin of homemade Christmas cookies have made it into the fortress of casa de Quix and Zliten.\u00a0\u00a0 I’ve decided it’s not the end of the world.\u00a0 Yesterday I had a cookie and a rum ball while the rest of my food was totally rockin’ (protien bar, homemade chili, the rest of the bag of carrots, super veggie homemade chicken noodle soup, blackberries, and a laughing cow, melba toast, and turkey summer sausage).<\/p>\n
Today, I had half a tiny piece of cake for desert with lunch, and I will probably allow one tiny cookie after a healthy dinner.\u00a0 I think the key is not to try to stoically deny myself, but definitely limit myself.\u00a0 I think denying myself now will backfire once next month hits and the mileage goes up.\u00a0 THAT is when I will need the most resolve, when I actually feel the hunger and my body crying out to feed it sugar.\u00a0\u00a0 But who knows, maybe training this way will cut out the desire to stand in front of the freezer and shovel in chocolate chips and make me crave more sane things like whole cows and 1 lb bags of veggies.<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0 I’m trying to look forward to Holiday break, but today I’m in limbo because I don’t know what day it starts.\u00a0 I was originally going to be off starting Friday (minus Christmas Eve – they are not giving it to us off, but typically send us home at lunch…I live 5 minutes away from work so I’ll come in for 3 hours and save the time off for a full day, thank you very much).\u00a0 However, I have a deliverable that MIGHT be due 12\/22 or it might be delayed until next year.\u00a0 If it’s not delayed, I’ll work 12\/21 and 12\/22 at least half days.<\/p>\n
Hopefully I’ll know within the next day or 2 so I can really and truly look forward to a certain date!\u00a0 One of the things I love about vacation is the anticipation counting down the days before and the “last day of school” feeling when you walk out of the building on the last day (I’ve been known to do that toe-tap jiggy thing before on my way out).\u00a0 I’m really looking forward to some quality time off without traveling or obligations – just FUN TIMES.\u00a0 Well, we mig![\"\"](\"http:\/\/media.fukung.net\/images\/8512\/d774e1c1cb16f3ba2b534266ba77c864.jpg\")
ht do a night stay somewhere, but nothing crazy.<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0 I’ve been doing a lot of navel gazing lately so I’m going to spare you a 2009 wrap up (this week at least), but I have started to think about what’s next.\u00a0 The half marathon and marathon for sure.\u00a0 Finishing what I started during NaNo and getting myself on a consistent schedule with my fiction\/memoir\/whatever writing.\u00a0 Then there are the unknowns… should I give myself a year off really pushing weight loss and maintain and work on my running and my head?\u00a0 I think it’s about time to start figuring out what’s next career-wise.\u00a0 Do I want to stay here and gun for a promotion?\u00a0 Do I want to stick my toes in somewhere else?\u00a0 Back to school?\u00a0 I do know it’s time to at least coast towards a path.\u00a0 I’m 30 – no longer a spring chicken.\u00a0 I have lingered in lower-middle management long enough.<\/p>\n
And what do I want to do with this blog?\u00a0 I love my lovely gaggle of wonderful people that comment here, but I feel like I’m doing something wrong because sometimes I feel like the dorky kid with the glasses and the braces that gets picked last for teams.\u00a0 I’d love to have a bit larger exposure on the interwebs simply because I am a closet fame whore, but I just haven’t figured that one out yet.\u00a0 And I’m not sure the level of effort I am willing to put forth to make it happen.\u00a0 And I’m not sure even WHY I want this, as this place just started as a soapbox for me to shout on.\u00a0 Maybe it’s that I feel like it’s not worth as much not shouting AT anyone.<\/p>\n
Yeah, ok, expect a 2009 wrap up and 2010 resolution post coming up.\u00a0 There is obviously more for me to say here.\u00a0 We’ll just call this Navel Gazing December.<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0 I hope to wrap up all that navel gazing soon, and will be taking things a little lighter during the next 2 weeks.\u00a0 What that means is I have a bunch of recipe posts I’ve been meaning to do.\u00a0 I’ve even got a fashion-y one planned.\u00a0 I think I’m going to try and join in MizFit’s virtual talent show<\/a>.\u00a0 So what am I saying?\u00a0 Expect some fluff starting next week through the end of the year, and if you get super awesome well-thought-out posts, be happy!\u00a0 Because this one is so well thought out and intelligible.\u00a0 MMmmmhmmm.<\/p>\n I guess that about wraps up my world.\u00a0 Off to finish out the day, knock out my tempo (cross your fingers I don’t die at that pace), clean more of my messy house (love when my parents want to drop by randomly on a Friday), make some dinner, pack my lunch for tomorrow, and fall down tired and zonk out!\u00a0 At least tomorrow = happy fun white elephant party and Friday should be pretty mellow.<\/p>\n How is your week going?\u00a0 Got any ideas for posts for me so it’s not all recipes all the time?\u00a0 Crazy questions or stories I should tell?\u00a0 Wanna tell me how to become one of the popular kids?<\/p>\n