No real exciting news but I am going to try to blog more often so my blogs aren't novels! I am looking at maybe doing the Denver marathon in October and working on my speed. I'm sad I will miss bloomsday but am excited for BolderBoulder, which is a huge 10k which I think will be somewhat similar to Bloomsday in size and music and whatnot. I looked at some FIRST plans for 5k's and 10k's (the plan Hershal and I followed) and they are pretty intense for these races, so I will have to follow that plan another time when I am planning ahead more. I am going to do a qualifying 5k for BolderBoulder so I can start in an earlier wave. Plus it would be fun to do a 5k! It's on the downtown campus I'm taking a class at now so that would be cool.
As Mandi blogged, Dad broke a couple rips just clearing his throat, so I hope there's nothing crazy going on weakening his bones. Maybe it is just God's way of telling him he needs to rest :) We are trying to work out our schedules for the upcoming wedding this year, and waiting for everyone to come visit! haha, miss you all!
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
New computer
Yay, we finally have a computer! Haven't gotten my new laptop yet since I don't know exactly what we need but I am looking...any suggestions?
Okay, I will try to keep this short. Exciting things that have happened as of late (which all 3 of you who read my blog already know about but it's so exciting, why not recap?)
Hershal and I ran a marathon! It was incredibly fun (to me at least) and I wish he would reconsider running another one! It was challenging but amazing, we both almost cried as we crossed the finish line. Aside from some mid race cramping we both did great. After the race we proceeded to be dropped off in the wrong location by the shuttle driver who barely spoke English, then walked around for about an hour or so trying to find where we parked. Luckily we found a 711 right away and each got a 40 oz slurpee, a bagel, and we split a brownie. The sugar combined with all the walking I think is the credit for neither of us being particularly sore the next day, to our amazement. The race was a beautiful experience, and I am so glad I was able to experience it with my big bro. Oh, and Florida kicks ass in the winter and I can't wait to go back. OH! And I went into the ocean for the first time! I know it is salt water, but I didn't realize HOW salty it is! Hershal was too tired to be a brat and terrify me by throwing me in, so that was nice :) The water felt great on our tired legs.
The other great news--I'm officially a Doctor of Physical Therapy student! I still can't believe it sometimes. Aside from the headache of trying to decide how much we can afford and how much to take out in loans and all the immunizations I need to get, it is beyond exciting. I'm beginning to get nervous if I can handle the huge work load of studying 5+ hours a days, but I'm sure I will adjust, but I am scared! I feel lucky that Matthew is so supportive and despite my stress over the loans I will accumulate, I know if we can manage to be frugal for a year or two we can pay them all off. But of course I want kids after a year or so post-school so we'll see...I just hate debt, even if it is student debt which is the kind to have if you have any. Anyway, so yay! Super excited about that one. Sending Lyshy lots of good vibes as she should hear about nursing school in the next month or so. Calling people with the good news is so exciting! I got really great reactions out of Mandi and Lysha. Matthew was literally speechless so I'm not sure what was going on on that end for awhile! haha, neither of us expected to hear for 2 more weeks so that was the last thing on his mind when I called! That was a pretty fun one too. I got a lot of the "I knew you would get in's" which as Mandi and I talked about, we appreciate that people are so confident in our success, but also feel like when people casually say that, that they don't realize how competitive the programs we were accepted into are, and how big of a deal it is we got in, but who cares because we got in and are excited! And Mandi is done so she can bask in that while I stress ;)
So much for a short blog, but who was I kidding? Haha, I miss all of you sooo much and hope some of you come visit SOON! The elephant room is all put together and ready for company! (just ignore all the boxes in the downstairs living room and kitchen)
Later gators!
Okay, I will try to keep this short. Exciting things that have happened as of late (which all 3 of you who read my blog already know about but it's so exciting, why not recap?)
Hershal and I ran a marathon! It was incredibly fun (to me at least) and I wish he would reconsider running another one! It was challenging but amazing, we both almost cried as we crossed the finish line. Aside from some mid race cramping we both did great. After the race we proceeded to be dropped off in the wrong location by the shuttle driver who barely spoke English, then walked around for about an hour or so trying to find where we parked. Luckily we found a 711 right away and each got a 40 oz slurpee, a bagel, and we split a brownie. The sugar combined with all the walking I think is the credit for neither of us being particularly sore the next day, to our amazement. The race was a beautiful experience, and I am so glad I was able to experience it with my big bro. Oh, and Florida kicks ass in the winter and I can't wait to go back. OH! And I went into the ocean for the first time! I know it is salt water, but I didn't realize HOW salty it is! Hershal was too tired to be a brat and terrify me by throwing me in, so that was nice :) The water felt great on our tired legs.
The other great news--I'm officially a Doctor of Physical Therapy student! I still can't believe it sometimes. Aside from the headache of trying to decide how much we can afford and how much to take out in loans and all the immunizations I need to get, it is beyond exciting. I'm beginning to get nervous if I can handle the huge work load of studying 5+ hours a days, but I'm sure I will adjust, but I am scared! I feel lucky that Matthew is so supportive and despite my stress over the loans I will accumulate, I know if we can manage to be frugal for a year or two we can pay them all off. But of course I want kids after a year or so post-school so we'll see...I just hate debt, even if it is student debt which is the kind to have if you have any. Anyway, so yay! Super excited about that one. Sending Lyshy lots of good vibes as she should hear about nursing school in the next month or so. Calling people with the good news is so exciting! I got really great reactions out of Mandi and Lysha. Matthew was literally speechless so I'm not sure what was going on on that end for awhile! haha, neither of us expected to hear for 2 more weeks so that was the last thing on his mind when I called! That was a pretty fun one too. I got a lot of the "I knew you would get in's" which as Mandi and I talked about, we appreciate that people are so confident in our success, but also feel like when people casually say that, that they don't realize how competitive the programs we were accepted into are, and how big of a deal it is we got in, but who cares because we got in and are excited! And Mandi is done so she can bask in that while I stress ;)
So much for a short blog, but who was I kidding? Haha, I miss all of you sooo much and hope some of you come visit SOON! The elephant room is all put together and ready for company! (just ignore all the boxes in the downstairs living room and kitchen)
Later gators!
Friday, January 11, 2008
Good vibes needed Feb. 1st!
Sorry this is so long! I went to write a quick, concise blog on my myspace which I rarely blog at and it, of course, turned into a novel. Eventually I will be able to blog about important things in a more regularly manner, but for now—another novel! Here's all the latest stuff going on in the life of your little sister...or the random blog you happened to find if anybody besides my siblings read this!
I started a new job at the new year which is going pretty well, I have been working 60+ hour weeks starting at 5 am, and getting up at 2:30 am to work out and keep up my marathon training and am exhausted, but am glad to be doing something. Hopefully things settle down a bit before classes start in a couple of weeks. It is a brand new place and all the workers get along great, so that makes things a lot easer. After another week we should be settled.
February 1st I have an interview for the DPT program at the CU-Denver Health Sciences Center and am very nervous. The applicant pool is HUGE this year so I need to try to make a good impression and find something cute to wear.
My marathon training is going well, I have a 15 miler scheduled for tomorrow so I hope that goes smoothly. I did a good hard run on Wednesday in my brand new running shoes Mom bought me and it went great, but I had some ankle tightness so I will have to watch out for that. My bro and I both signed up for the race together on the phone and that was very exciting! Now Matthew and I just need to book our tickets and we will be all set!
On the Matthew front, we just hit 6 months of being married, and it has been a great 6 months. The transition into married life has been smooth, it feels like things have always been this way. These past couple weeks have been hard with me working long hours and going to bed early, so it will be nice to have a weekend off together. I don't know how my sister and her hubby do it—their work schedules have been opposite for months. It's so easy getting used to being together all the time, but I guess it's good practice for when I start PT school. Matthew got a great job offer for a management position he interviewed for last week and is likely going to take it. It is a hard decision as he loves the company he works for now, but this new position is more of what he wants to do.
The holidays were great seeing the family, though I had a nasty run in with some kind of flu bug or something, luckily it was only 24ish hours...it never seems like there's enough time when we go home to visit. Unfortunately, I slept through most of the New Year but I still got my midnight kiss which is the important part! We had great visits with all the family, and made it up to Spokane for some quality time with Mike, Mandi, Poppa and Becka. Uncle Roland and Aunt Mary even made it over for a visit along with cousins Jack and Carrol.
My best friend got engaged over Christmas and I couldn't be happier for her—her and Ryan are great together. Unfortunately, we didn't get a chance to see each other over the holidays. I've been bummed to lose touch with a lot of people I used to be so close to—especially those from college which seems like just ended yesterday. Things just get tricky when we are in different time zones with different schedules, etc. I have been lucky to stay close to Janae, though we have been so far apart since I graduated high school. Mandi had a bit of a health scare but is doing pretty well now, just reminds me how much I hate being so far away from her and how much I miss being with her and talking to her every day. Someday we will find something that works out better for us, but for now we have to settle for trying to catch each other between her night shifts and day sleeping and my early morning long day shifts and afternoon sleeping.
I am excited to see so much of my family at upcoming weddings (one of which is not publicly announced yet.) We will be seeing a lot of our family on both sides over the next year which is great because at our own wedding there was so little time to actually visit with people, I'm glad another chance is coming.
Well, so much for that being concise, but I never have been one for keeping things short and sweet. I miss you all so call me and come visit! I think it's time for another nap...
I started a new job at the new year which is going pretty well, I have been working 60+ hour weeks starting at 5 am, and getting up at 2:30 am to work out and keep up my marathon training and am exhausted, but am glad to be doing something. Hopefully things settle down a bit before classes start in a couple of weeks. It is a brand new place and all the workers get along great, so that makes things a lot easer. After another week we should be settled.
February 1st I have an interview for the DPT program at the CU-Denver Health Sciences Center and am very nervous. The applicant pool is HUGE this year so I need to try to make a good impression and find something cute to wear.
My marathon training is going well, I have a 15 miler scheduled for tomorrow so I hope that goes smoothly. I did a good hard run on Wednesday in my brand new running shoes Mom bought me and it went great, but I had some ankle tightness so I will have to watch out for that. My bro and I both signed up for the race together on the phone and that was very exciting! Now Matthew and I just need to book our tickets and we will be all set!
On the Matthew front, we just hit 6 months of being married, and it has been a great 6 months. The transition into married life has been smooth, it feels like things have always been this way. These past couple weeks have been hard with me working long hours and going to bed early, so it will be nice to have a weekend off together. I don't know how my sister and her hubby do it—their work schedules have been opposite for months. It's so easy getting used to being together all the time, but I guess it's good practice for when I start PT school. Matthew got a great job offer for a management position he interviewed for last week and is likely going to take it. It is a hard decision as he loves the company he works for now, but this new position is more of what he wants to do.
The holidays were great seeing the family, though I had a nasty run in with some kind of flu bug or something, luckily it was only 24ish hours...it never seems like there's enough time when we go home to visit. Unfortunately, I slept through most of the New Year but I still got my midnight kiss which is the important part! We had great visits with all the family, and made it up to Spokane for some quality time with Mike, Mandi, Poppa and Becka. Uncle Roland and Aunt Mary even made it over for a visit along with cousins Jack and Carrol.
My best friend got engaged over Christmas and I couldn't be happier for her—her and Ryan are great together. Unfortunately, we didn't get a chance to see each other over the holidays. I've been bummed to lose touch with a lot of people I used to be so close to—especially those from college which seems like just ended yesterday. Things just get tricky when we are in different time zones with different schedules, etc. I have been lucky to stay close to Janae, though we have been so far apart since I graduated high school. Mandi had a bit of a health scare but is doing pretty well now, just reminds me how much I hate being so far away from her and how much I miss being with her and talking to her every day. Someday we will find something that works out better for us, but for now we have to settle for trying to catch each other between her night shifts and day sleeping and my early morning long day shifts and afternoon sleeping.
I am excited to see so much of my family at upcoming weddings (one of which is not publicly announced yet.) We will be seeing a lot of our family on both sides over the next year which is great because at our own wedding there was so little time to actually visit with people, I'm glad another chance is coming.
Well, so much for that being concise, but I never have been one for keeping things short and sweet. I miss you all so call me and come visit! I think it's time for another nap...
Friday, December 21, 2007
Warning: Rambling ahead
I've been meaning to blog for a few days but keep getting distracted! Where to start...Matthew got a much deserved raise and interviewed for a new job yesterday which went well. It's more what he's looking for--management type stuff, they scheduled a second interview which is good, but if he's offered the job he's got a tough decision to make! He really enjoys the atmosphere where he works, just not the yucky quest stuff! And he would like to do more management type stuff anyway.
Matthew's company Thanksmas party was a lot of fun, had a wee bit too much to drink accidentally but it was a good, it was in the house the Road Rules Denver crew lived in, it's a really fancy bar/club now.
I had an AMAZING run this week. My GPS is not working at all, but I went to this lake which is pretty close by, the perimeter I just always thought wasn't that long because you can see all the way around, but everything I read said it's 2.5-3 miles, not sure which for sure since my GPS wasn't working. Based on my time I think it was closer to 3, anyway, I did two laps for my mid week run and it was the best run I've had yet! It has an amazing view of downtown and the mountains. I was almost all the way around once when I looked up and saw the mountains and I was shocked! Soooo beautiful! Everyone probably thought I was nuts because from then on I was pretty much smiling ear to ear I was in such bliss! I think I will do most of my runs there from now on--just need to get my GPS fixed so I know for sure how long one lap is. At 2.5 miles a lap I would only need to do 8 for 20 miles, and it's so beautiful it sounds like a breeze!
I did a 7 day trial at the 24 down the street, was thinking of buying a couple months when the weather was really bad but we'll see. If I did I would go to the one that's a little farther away because this one was AWFUL. The sun was shining right into the cardio area--it must have been about 85 degrees, and it is so bright you can't even see the TV's they have there. I felt like I was going to puke the heat was so bad. They don't even have any screens or blinds or anything, the guy who was trying to sell me the membership asked how it went and I told him I didn't like the heat, and he just went on about how it gets so much worse sometimes (like that's going to make me want to join that gym?). One of Matthew's coworkers girlfriends and I were talking about working out together at the one she's goes to, which isn't the one I did the trial at, so we'll see--maybe there will be a good special at the new year. It was nice having access to a lot of weights, mainly the lat pull down and bench I got a better workout with than I usually can with my free weights and resistance bands.
So much rambling and not much actually said! I'm crazily excited to go home on Sunday and have my first full holiday season with the hubby. Then I get to spend 2 whole days with Mandi and Mike! It will be so great to have quality time, I really hope Mike's coworkers help him out so he can get at least one of those days off. He works so much harder than the rest of them and he never gets a break...bastards.
I am getting more confident about the marathon, the lake is a lot safer and more enjoyable so I can just relax and enjoy my run, the other path I ran on I was always having to look out for crazies and it kind of stressed me out.
It will be really nice to have some time with Hershal and Michelle. Whenever Michelle has been in town to visit or I've been there (which was for her wedding which of course was super busy for her!) there is always so much going on we hardly get to visit, so it will be nice to have a few days without any big events going on to just hang out. Plus, we discovered that Hollywood and Miami Florida are both really close to Ft. Lauderdale and they both have Hard Rock Cafe's--Matthew collects hurricane classes, so maybe we will have some extra time to go by there to get some collectibles. I accidentally broke one--lucky for me it was the Denver one! So we replaced it easily, whew! It's kind of surprising how popular Hard Rock is, because the few times I've been to them the food hasn't been too amazing, but it is a cool atmosphere.
Well, in the future I will try to blog more often so when I do blog they are much shorter. I doubt anyone was brave enough to read this whole thing, and if you were, then you must really love me ;) Hey, what is family for! So, I apologize for that hour of your life you won't get back, and I am so excited that within the next two months I will be seeing ALL of you!
Matthew's company Thanksmas party was a lot of fun, had a wee bit too much to drink accidentally but it was a good, it was in the house the Road Rules Denver crew lived in, it's a really fancy bar/club now.
I had an AMAZING run this week. My GPS is not working at all, but I went to this lake which is pretty close by, the perimeter I just always thought wasn't that long because you can see all the way around, but everything I read said it's 2.5-3 miles, not sure which for sure since my GPS wasn't working. Based on my time I think it was closer to 3, anyway, I did two laps for my mid week run and it was the best run I've had yet! It has an amazing view of downtown and the mountains. I was almost all the way around once when I looked up and saw the mountains and I was shocked! Soooo beautiful! Everyone probably thought I was nuts because from then on I was pretty much smiling ear to ear I was in such bliss! I think I will do most of my runs there from now on--just need to get my GPS fixed so I know for sure how long one lap is. At 2.5 miles a lap I would only need to do 8 for 20 miles, and it's so beautiful it sounds like a breeze!
I did a 7 day trial at the 24 down the street, was thinking of buying a couple months when the weather was really bad but we'll see. If I did I would go to the one that's a little farther away because this one was AWFUL. The sun was shining right into the cardio area--it must have been about 85 degrees, and it is so bright you can't even see the TV's they have there. I felt like I was going to puke the heat was so bad. They don't even have any screens or blinds or anything, the guy who was trying to sell me the membership asked how it went and I told him I didn't like the heat, and he just went on about how it gets so much worse sometimes (like that's going to make me want to join that gym?). One of Matthew's coworkers girlfriends and I were talking about working out together at the one she's goes to, which isn't the one I did the trial at, so we'll see--maybe there will be a good special at the new year. It was nice having access to a lot of weights, mainly the lat pull down and bench I got a better workout with than I usually can with my free weights and resistance bands.
So much rambling and not much actually said! I'm crazily excited to go home on Sunday and have my first full holiday season with the hubby. Then I get to spend 2 whole days with Mandi and Mike! It will be so great to have quality time, I really hope Mike's coworkers help him out so he can get at least one of those days off. He works so much harder than the rest of them and he never gets a break...bastards.
I am getting more confident about the marathon, the lake is a lot safer and more enjoyable so I can just relax and enjoy my run, the other path I ran on I was always having to look out for crazies and it kind of stressed me out.
It will be really nice to have some time with Hershal and Michelle. Whenever Michelle has been in town to visit or I've been there (which was for her wedding which of course was super busy for her!) there is always so much going on we hardly get to visit, so it will be nice to have a few days without any big events going on to just hang out. Plus, we discovered that Hollywood and Miami Florida are both really close to Ft. Lauderdale and they both have Hard Rock Cafe's--Matthew collects hurricane classes, so maybe we will have some extra time to go by there to get some collectibles. I accidentally broke one--lucky for me it was the Denver one! So we replaced it easily, whew! It's kind of surprising how popular Hard Rock is, because the few times I've been to them the food hasn't been too amazing, but it is a cool atmosphere.
Well, in the future I will try to blog more often so when I do blog they are much shorter. I doubt anyone was brave enough to read this whole thing, and if you were, then you must really love me ;) Hey, what is family for! So, I apologize for that hour of your life you won't get back, and I am so excited that within the next two months I will be seeing ALL of you!
Thursday, November 29, 2007
ahh
Ha! Just need to talk to the right people! I got my hold waived so I signed up for physiology, just have to have the transcript to them within 10 days--WOOT! Starting to be a little relieved now :)
I am officially a DPT applicant! haha
I feel I should say something obnoxious about Michael since he's now a blog stalker, but I'll get right to the point. My DPT application is in! It is due on Saturday so I cut it close, but I was waiting for one last reference to come in. It didn't. Luckily, I was able to get another one from a PT I'm obvserving. We have to submit one PT, one professor, and one other reference. I was going to do 2 professors and 1 PT, but I ended up doing 2 PT's and 1 professor. I was just a little worried about my GPA so Betti suggested I do more professors if I was worried. It's a 3.6, so we'll see! My only main concern at this point is my GRE verbal, the quantitative and essay sections went great, I think my personal statement was pretty gosh darn good, my science GPA is a 3.9+, so we will see. I think it's probably a good sign that the assistant director of admissions called me this morning to make sure I was applying. I have talked to her quite a bit over the last couple of years, and she was worried that I was so discouraged by my GRE I wasn't applying. She talked with the director of admissions about my GRE when she went to check if my application was in and the Director didn't seem too worried about it so we will see. It all depends what the application pool looks like. I will know early in January if I am granted an interview, which will take place Feb. 1st and 2nd, then by early March I will know for sure. I just hope I get in right away with no waitlisting or anything, that would be great! I would be so thrilled. Trying not to get my hopes up though, we will see we will see! Another pain in the bum thing is that I can't register for my physiology class because apparently the admissions office needs another copy of my transcript which I don't get. If that falls through I'm really SOL. ANyway, I will call them to see how that is going. I wish I had a fax machine. I have a text tomorrow and another one Monday, need to go study. After December 12th I can relax for awhile though! Just need to find a full time job...
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Ahhh..
That's weird...I blogged last night but it isn't here! I must have blitzed pushing the publish button or something! Haha, I was just sharing the excitement of my professor references getting back to me and the house selling! Everything is starting to come together, ahh...it's nice. Over Christmas break I'm going to read Stiff! I'm really excited, I hear it's a good book and this is the first time in a loong time I have nothing to do over my break, because I got released from my Independent Learning course that I don't need! YAY! I'm so excited. Better go get ready for the day and mail off the forms. I hope I get in this year!
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