Races. School. Family. Friends. Food; Life.

Hello friends!

I keep disappearing on you! I haven't been keeping up with my normal blogging, for a few different reasons: it's finals time, my last week at Concordia and dang it life is smacking me in the face.

So I have obviously been super busy with school. Finals are keeping me up a little later, cutting into my exercise time and making me want to eat bad/order pizza at odd times. Not to add on the monthly gift I just happened to receive this same week. Cheers to that.

I had a wonderful dinner out with friends to celebrate my good friend Allie and I. We are both leaving at the end of this semester to peruse our dreams! (She is going into nursing in Nebraska). I couldn't be more excited! But I also don't think it has hit me that I am leaving my 'home'. Where I feel comfortable, where my friends are, where I can giggle, where I can stay up late and watch movies, where I can go to dinner and see my friends every frickin' night. These are the things that haven't hit me. I have no idea when they will, but I am thinking it will be sometime in January. But don't worry Conco I will be back :)

Back row L to R; Sarah, Lauren, Allie, Rachel, Maria
Front row L to R; Shelby, Hannah, Me, Heather

This weekend I am housesitting/ babysitting so I will be gone Thursday- Sunday. Coming back for finals Thursday and Friday. Then I have one more final and leave Monday. Wednesday I go to Disney with my family. I come back the day before Christmas. Then I celebrate Christmas. Then I am making some BIG changes. More to come. Y'all will be informed, trust me.

But until then, no promises I will pop in and say hi. Because as I go into these next two weeks I want to spend my free time with my friends and family. After all isn't that a big portion of the Holiday season?

Oh and to add to my hectic life. My bff/ workout buddy Catherine and I signed up for our first HALF MARATHON. Excuse me while I go pee my pants because I am so nervous... Let the training begin folks. 

Happy Holidays if I don't blog until December 26th! :)

Two Weeks.

These next two weeks are going to FLY by (Well really December in general). I am going home for good/leaving Concordia and going to Disney in a little over two weeks, then comes the best time of the year CHRISTMAS.

I want to enjoy my time with my friends before I leave. I want to have those movie/pizza nights on Tuesday nights. I want to go out on Saturdays and come back at 2. I want to go out to breakfast with my friends on a Sunday morning when we look nasty and all the old people look cute from church. I want to go on one more run with my roommate Lauren. I want to exchange back massages with my friends because I know I won’t being doing this with my dad! I want to have dinner with my friends every night. I want to laugh about White Girl Probs on twitter with my friends. I want to live life up.

But then there’s the reality of finals and that thing called healthy living. Oh ya, how does that pizza/movie night sound now? *laughing to self*

But seriously as I move forward in these two weeks I really want to get to the gym every day as I believe it will help me stay sane through packing up my room and finals.  Along with keep me happy while saying all those sad goodbyes.

I also am going to eat healthy meals so when I do splurge I don’t feel as bad.

Working out everyday will either consist of Body Pump at the gym or running. I hope to get in one more cycling class too!

WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. But at the end of the day I want to remember, if I can’t get to the gym it’s ok… LIFE GOES ON. : )

This sweater is a recent purchase from Eddie Bauer.... My heart loves this store but my bank account, well that's another story!

Polo- Forever 21
Sweater- Eddie Bauer
Jeans- Macy's
Boots- Macy's

I'm Alive {Long Weekend Recap}

HELLO BLOGGERS! Prepare for a LONG post with many pictures. :)

I haven’t died. I have just been on the go lately. It feels like the days are getting shorter and I am having more activities in each day, how does this work?

So what’s been going on in my life?

I was in LA for a few days and went to The Ellen Show. This trip was amazing! I am telling you if you like love Ellen as much as I do, start applying for tickets NOW. This is a trip you will not regret. We also did a tour bus thing where you sit on the roof- it was pretty neat. I got a tan from it so that’s cool, minus the fact that my face is peeling a week later. When you’re on vacation you eat like crap. UGH. I hate this, I have no problem saying yes, yes, yes, give me those desserts. However, I did run over 6 miles on Saturday before we left so I felt good about that. All in all – great trip! We even won a CD and a $200 JCP gift card! Cheers to that.

No filter... Isn't this beautiful?

My mom and I

Courtney and I

Next up, I got accepted into St. Kate’s/ the exercise science and nutrition program so that was exciting! I toured the campus and I am feeling more confident in my decision to switch.

Thanksgiving…. Started the day off running a 10K with Catherine (her first race- WOOT WOOT,  congrats on a great finish time!) and Katie (she is a half marathon runner, I hope to be as good as her someday!).  I was nervous for this race for a few reasons A) I haven’t been running much lately. I ran 4 times between my last 10K and this one. B) It was COLD. I was nervous for my poor lungs. C) 2 of the last 3 runs I had I got terrible shin splints and knee pain. So I was praying that I could make it through this day/race pain free. WHICH I DID. Thank you Jesus.

We were all running together and at about mile 3 I decided to pick up the pace up hill… Then I saw my family (didn’t know the whole family was coming and that I would see them minus the finish line). So this made me keep going. I passed them and started tearing up! It is so great to know they are there supporting you. I was doing great, I wasn’t cold, but my face was numb. Then around mile 5 I was getting kind of tired and I saw a hill. I literally thought to myself ‘how in the eff am I going to make it up that?’. But I did. Then there was another hill! I hadn’t walked at all and I wanted to finish without walking. So after some swear words flew through my head and lots of bitching I was positive and told myself I could do it, I was a rock star, my family would be at the finish line, etc.

Once we all finished we took some pictures… I am so lucky to have these girls in my life. Such positive, healthy, strong people.

Catherine, Katie and I

My sister and I

So Thanksgiving with the family was awesome too. I hate Thanksgiving food so all I ate was Turkey and veggies. Then I had a piece of French silk pie. But I worked it off earlier, right? And dang-it Thanksgiving is only once a year!

My sister and I

My Grandpa Johnson

My Grandma Johnson

Friday I ‘ran off’ my pain with a 3 mile run. I was exhausted.

Saturday and Sunday I cleansed. But we also made Christmas cookies with my Grandma, I didn’t eat one! Last year I would make a cut out Santa and then eat dough, then make a cut out tree then eat dough. So I was proud! I knew it would be a good day to cleanse because at night we also had a Gopher hockey party at my house. I am so proud I was ‘strong’ through these two days because now I feel GOOD!

Grandma Weaver and me with the cookies

My pretty cousins... Carlie, Callie, me and Alahna

Bria and Alahna

I am excited for these next two weeks of school! I am hoping to stay strong and healthy until I go to Florida… I hope to also run lots because Catherine and I are talking about signing up for a HALF. A frickin’ HALF MARATHON. Excuse me while I pee my pants because I am so nervous just thinking about it.

HAVE A FABULOUS MONDAY! I've gotten about 21 emails, such a tease. Do some shopping for me, because some of us are poor college students.