Friday

So we still don't know what school/schools Collin got into, but we know we aren't moving to Lubbock. Which is ok with us. Lubbock is a lot like Riverside and doesn't really have a lot to offer that is attractive to us. So I'm still hoping for Denver or Houston.

In other news, I run. A lot. About 25 miles a week right now. And I love it. I've been running for about 2 years now. For the past 6 months or so, I've been training continuously for a half-marathon that I'm too chicken to sign up for. I'm not worried about the distance. I've run 15 miles at a time before, but I'm worried that I'll be slower than everyone else, which I probably will be. My pace is about 11:30 min/mile, which is tons better than where I started. I can't help but wish that I could do a 9 min pace. I'll get there, it just frustrates me how long that may take, mostly because I hate speed work. I have a mental block about running fast, it makes me panicky, like I'm haveing an asthma attack, instead of just breathing hard. I think once I get over the mental issues. I should be able to run much faster, I just have to learn that I'm not dying. This week I ran 4 miles at a 9:55 pace and last week I ran 2 miles at a 9:38, so I'm making some progress.

My weight loss hasn't been going as smoothly. I'm extremely active, so I'm hungry a lot and I tend to overeat because "I deserve it" for working so hard with the running and all. But I rejoined online Weight Watchers and I've been tracking my food intake a lot more. I've already lost the weight I'd gained in the Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas extravaganza, but I've sort of stalled out for the past couple of weeks. So this week, I'm trying harder to stay on plan, and I decided not to eat all of my Activity Points, perhaps that will make a difference. Next week, I'm going to try really hard to stay within my point balance for the day, instead of using Flex Points every evening. I have a problem with saving my points all day and then having an eating fest when I get home. It would be better to more evenly distribute my points throughout the day, so I'll try that as well.

Nothing else exciting is happening. My parent are coming in a couple of weeks (hopefully). So, we'll be doing all sorts of fun SoCal stuff, like the Tar Pits and Pink's and the Getty and the beach. I'm looking forward to that.