Time for an Update

Life has a funny way of interrupting our best laid plans. Sometimes this is for the best, sometimes it is for the worst. Then other times, it just is.

We had planned on my bf moving in this June. Everything was laid out and going according to plan until we realized his lease ended in February instead. So everything was moved up four months and our plans were crunched up four months. Add to that one car needing multiple repairs, one car going completely out, one bout of flu and one bout of pneumonia and you could say that life (at least financially) has been very stressful.

Along with this comes the normal adjustments of having someone living in what was once your own space. For two people in their 30s who have never shared a living space this is definately an adjustment that takes conscious effort. In some areas (cooking, cleaning) we are having fewer problems than I had envisioned. In others (computer time) we are having more trouble than I could have imagined. The upside is we are talking our way through these things.

Bottom line...in spite of some stressful days I wouldn't change his being here for anything.

To update on the training for the 5k...the flu gave me a couple of weeks of set back due to recovery time. I'm now running almost four minutues of my walk and I'm walking four miles instead of one. Not bad but not where I'd like to be.

Career-wise, I think I may have found what I was looking for. I'm hoping things will be finalized on this front within the next few weeks.

I'm still not certain about the direction I want this blog to take so for now it will continue with my ramblings. Sometimes being a Jane-of-all-trades makes these decisions harder.

Three Months Until the Next 5k

Last October I participated in my first 5k walk/run. It was the Koman Race for the Cure. I ran only 1/2 mile and walked the rest of the way. Spring is coming and now it is time to start preparing for my next 5k in April. My goal this time is to run the whole race, however, I would be happy to be able to run 2 miles of the circuit.

Training has begun again. I'm using the Couch Potato to 5k Plan (modified). I will be walking only for the next two weeks. After that I will begin to run in 30 second increments. This will give my body time to adjust and help prevent my poor knees from protesting so much.

It's another step to one of my goals for 2008.