Happy New Year!

2010 has been a crazy year full of new beginnings, sad endings, and many exciting things coming my way.

Here are the tops and bottoms of 2010

Bottoms:
1: Broke my collar bone in January and couldn't end my senior soccer season and couldnt participate in  most of track season
2:  Had to say goodbye to some good friends and relationships to where I wouldnt be able to see them everyday like in High School
3:  I'm sure there were a lot more bottoms but mostly little things these are the only two bottoms I can think of right now!

Tops:
1: GRADUATED High School
2: Made the SMU Cross Country team
     - this came with a ton more tops including participating in two travelling meets, decreasing my PR to 19:04, met a lot of amazing people on my team, and this had definantly the best experience I have ever experiences.   Now in 2011 I will compete in Track for SMU so that hopefully be just as amazing.  I never thought I would be a collegiate runner but now that I am its the best thing I could ever do alongside my college career
3: made a 4.0 my first semester in college
4: Made so many great friendships at SMU and got involved with a great small group

Here are some of the things I am looking forward to in 2011
1: Meeting more people and friends at SMU
2: Rushing and joining a sorority
3: Running indoor and outdoor track and hopefully competing well and continually decreasing my PR and getting better
4: Getting into the SMU business school hopefully at the end of 2011

New Years Resolutions of 2011
1. break 19 minutes in the 5k hopefully run in the lower 18:00's  If I could run below 18:30 I will call that a major success but I believe this is a very doable goal
2. Continue to keep up my grades
 Im sure there are much more but right now this is all I can think of

Now its time to ring in the new year with some friends :)

I still wish you the best with a...FORGET YOU!

What a crazy last couple of days, I did not expect to have this much fun over Christmas break but its my attitude that has changed since last time I have been home so it allows me to have much more fun!  Im forgetting all the high school drama and hanging with those people that make me happy!

Thursday: This day contained double training.  A 55 minute run with sprinting intervals.  Then later a 15 minute run.  Also Yesterday I went to the gym to lift since body weights are not very fun or effective in my opinion.  Thursday night I hung out with Jessica and Katherine and went out for sushi!  I love sushi now!  My favorite are still the california roll but I still liked all the stuff they had me try

Friday:  Daddy had surgery today on his hand, so I drove him to the hospital and waiting to take him home.  Surgery went well and he is doing good recovering.  He is recovering just like I did from my arm injury, like a Trooper.  It must be the Wright blood in me for a high pain tolerance.  I don't think I have a high pain tolerance in little things but when athletics are involved, nothing can stop me.  I did not miss one practice all season from an injury and do not ever remember missing for an injury (besides my broken collar bone) in high school athletics.  But i can be a whimp at times not guna lie.  Then after surgery I went to dinner with Jessica and Katherine and her family.  This family is lebanese so we went to a lebanese restaurant.  I tried a lot of new food that I am not able to pronounce but it was all super good.  I don't usually like hummus but this places kind was amazing.  The food was super good and then we all did Green Apple Hookah!  That is something I have never done before, it was fun.  Definitely a social thing but it was still fun.

Saturday:  Wake up and do my run.  Then off to the grocery store with dad, I am cooking this week so i had to get some ingredients for the week!  Then off to Allen Premium Outlets with mom for some Christmas shopping for my dad and brother.  My mom found a lot for them, me not so much.  Then it was off to Jamie and Stevens wedding.  Jamie was my small group leader in middle school and the beginning of high school before she moved to Ecuador.  Is it sad that now going to weddings its not about the food, cake, dancing, and all that other stuff;  is it sad that the whole time I am looking for things I want and don't want in my wedding :)  I know its a little preemptive since I do not have a boyfriend but who cares IM EXCITED.  Ever since i think it was middle school when I was old enough to understand, I constantly pray for my future husband.  Now that I am in the wedding spirit I will inform you of some of my wedding requirements!

1:  Daddy/Daughter dance will be a really cool rendition/ combination of the two songs Wonderful Tonight and Butterfly Kisses.  My daddy always used to give me butterfly kisses and sing Wonderful Tonight as it is his favorite song.  Can't wait for this dance, but I bet my dad can wait.
2:  I cant decide what our wedding song will be so requirement for the husband - pick the wedding song, with my approval of course.
3:  We are going to have Cake LOADED with fruit on it because thats just me.
4.  I am also thinking along with a alcohol bar we will have a fruit bar?   I will be there the whole night because alcohol yah not my thing.
5: Other than those requirements I havn't thought much about it these other requirements are circumstantial oh yah including the husband part yah thats got to happen first.  Here are some requirements for the boy:
1 - THIS CANNOT CHANGE - He must be a man pursuing Christ and encouraging me to do the same.  I want my relationship to look like a relationship set out by Christ and I just found out this year what that actually looks like.  Its hard to find but man once I find it, I will not let it go!
2 - I need a boy who can lead me.  I can be a bit of a control freak at times, so I need a boy that I love and trust enough to be able to take the lead in the marriage, household, and father role.
3 - I need a boy that eats more than me.  This may be a strange requirement but its true.  Past relationships have showed me that I need someone who can eat more than me because it bothers me when they don't, haha.  This shouldn't be too hard to find though.
4 - I need a boy to make me feel safe and loved.  I also want a boy who keeps me on my toes, I get bored easily so gatta keep me interested!  I also want a boy that I try to be better for and he tries to be better for me.
5 - Okay I could go on and on about what kinda boy I want but I shouldn't because its just going to make me way too excited.  I have wedding fever after going to this wedding and it needs to go away because I AM NOT EVEN CLOSE to that point.  I don't even have time for boys with my busy schedule so I should probably end this conversation.  The last thing I will end on is the fact that I pray for my husband all the time that he is making decisions thinking of his future wife just as I am making decisions thinking about him.  I hope he is as excited to meet me as I am to meet him!

Okay no more wedding talk.  Time for bed.  I have a long 85 minute run tomorrow and then out for hibachi with the family to celebrate my first semester of college.  Then who knows the week is young :)

Oh and the title of the blog is from the song F*** you (I recommend the edited version, "Forget you")  I love the tune its catchy - you should listen to it.

Its the most wonderful time of the year...

Okay so this morning I did hill workout's with jessica then off to the weight room for some strength training.  Our coach has body weights set up for us to do but I would rather go to the weight room so it was nice to get back in the weight room after a week or two of not doing weights.

I just found out that I got a 4.0 for my first semester of college!  This means I got all A's, not A- but A's which is a 93.0 and above in all five of my classes!  Woohoo!  I'm so excited about this for many reasons.  One you have to have a 3.3 GPA for the business school.  Two the sorority I want to join has an average 3.8 GPA so I'm above that! and Three Its just so much cooler to say you have a 4.0 in college than it was to say that in high school!  Im pretty excited about this and its encouraging to know I can make that GPA next semester also hopefully.  Also being so busy with cross country and track I was worried grades would be affected but it wasn't so thats awesome that I can do the sport I love and also keep my grades!  Yay!

Okay now its finally time to put up the Christmas stuff in the Wright household so it feels a little bit more like Christmas around here!

What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.

Its quite a weird to have no homework that I have to do.  Ever since starting middle school I always had reading or projects over christmas and summer break.  And even this summer I had a summer reading book, so this winter break is the first time in a long time I have NO WORK TO DO!

Tuesday morning I woke up at 8am for about thirty minutes then went back to sleep until 10am!! Ahh that was much needed sleep!  Then I went to arbor hills to do my workout.  It is so hard to motivate myself to get out and do workout EVERYDAY without my team.  My team would always push and encourage me and practicing with a group makes the run so much easier then when you have to do it alone.  Today was rough having to do it alone but I did it.  I had a 12 minute warm up, 3 by 10 minute intervals with 2 minutes rest in between.  Then i had hill sprints.  Then a 12 minute cool down.  I also did some abs since i missed abs monday!  Then I came home to eat lunch and take a little rest and down time but then it was back out for a 15 minute run in the afternoon.  Oh how i dread two a days it seems to take up the whole day since you cant do much in between and then you have to shower twice, use up two pairs of clothes, and eat a healthy lunch so it doesnt mess up your stomach for the second workout.  Its such a pain :(.  I just started double runs for my two a days.  I used to bike all cross country season for my second workout along with weights but now i'm starting to run to get more miles in to prepare for the 10k.  Tomorrow I think I am going to work out with Jessica, a girl from high school so hopefully that will make workout easier since I will have someone else there with me even though we have different training schedules since she is a sprinter.

Then Tuesday I went to work at the day care.  It was fun to see all the kids again, I felt loved because even kids that had no idea who I was acted like they had known me for years!  I will work two more days in January.  Its good to be making a little extra Christmas cash, but now I just need to find the gifts to use the cash on! I still have to shop for friends and my brother and dad.  Mom is always the easiest because we have such similar tastes.

Tuesday dinner we had grilled chicken with salad and couscous.  Yum! A simple/ original dinner but defiantly one of my favorites.  Couscous is something new I am trying and I like it!  I thought I would since I love pasta and rice.  I keep trying new things to put in it like today I put some shrimp, mushrooms, and cilantro.

Now I am watching THE GRINCH! I have been wanting to watch this movie for so long and it is finally on TV!  Such a classic.  The title of this blog is a quote from the grinch.

Just Remember: Dont be a grinch this Christmas.  Whether you are home for the holidays, have family in town, or are doing nothing at all.  Make something out of the holiday season.  Even if you are just relaxing at home enjoy relaxing and make the others around you feel happy by being around you.  Isnt that the best gift anyways, the gift of happiness.  I think so.  "What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more."  Christmas doesn't come from a store, its not the presents per say, its the laughter, and feeling of happiness you give to the person receiving the present.  Fill this Christmas with good memories, happiness, and energy to get you through 2011.  I know I need the energy part!  I don't know how I am going to get though non-stop track and school, then training and work for summer break, then cross country and school again.  Is it sad that I cant wait already for next Christmas break?

I AM DONE!

I am done with my first semester of college!  I had two final exams one last thursday and one today (monday) but now I am done!

I came home on Thursday of last week actually and drove up for my last final.  Thursday my dad picked me up from school and we went to Potbelly Sandwiches for lunch then off to the Childrens hospital to visit a family whose daughter was in ICU after a freak brain injury!  To see that family made me and my dad feel extremely blessed that we never had to go the the Childrens hospital and blessed for our health! Thursday afternoon I went to my Dad's teams basketball game, it was different coming back to POP not as a student any longer, but its defiantly a good feeling!

On Friday some of my friends came out to my house and we decorated Christmas cookies and watched Christmas movies!

Yummy Christmas cookies!

Saturday I went to whole foods (AKA Best Store Ever - Tied with Central Market)

Then I went to brunch at a girls house on my team with some of my teammates.  The rest of the day was filled with studying along with sunday.  Sunday I had a Harsh 80minute run filled with cold, wind, and hurt foot!  Not fun, hopefully the training for this week goes well and I can get up the motivation to complete it all because running is hard without my amazing team by my side :(

Sunday Night me and mom got some Christmas shopping done.  We didn't find too much, but It was still nice to walk around.  

Monday I woke up and did my workout.  Then drove up to SMU to take my Philosophy final.  After that I went to sprinkles with some girls to pick up our free cupcakes from the photo contest we won with Sprinkles cupcakes

<- Here is the Winning Photograph!

Then I went to the bookstore to sell my books and make some money!

Now I am relaxing after a FIRST SEMESTER OF COLLEGE COMPLETED! YAY!! I will find out my grades wednesday so hopefully it went well! 

So close to being Done!

I am so incredibly close to being done with my first semester of freshman year in college!  It went by so fast! On saturday I did my workout with Laura P.  Then I went to Einsteins and the Business library to write my 10 page philosophy paper.  I found out though that I had to go home to watch Dallas while my parents went to Arkansas.  So I went home, finished my paper and lots of homework on saturday.

Then on Sunday I baked pumpkin muffins for my friends! Then I ran 80 minutes (part of my training schedule for track) I ran 10.5 miles which is the longest I have ever gone.  I am pretty sore from it though unfortunately.  It finally got cold this weekend/week in Dallas which is a nice change to all the warm weather we have been getting, it feels more like Christmas when it is cold!  I got back to SMU and went to Celebration of Lights.  That is an SMU tradition where the school gets together on the lawn of Dallas Hall and sings Christmas Carols, the president reads the Christmas Story and they turn on the lights on the trees around Dallas Hall.  I didnt get pictures because I forgot my camera, but all the lights and standing there with candles singing Christmas carols in the cold really made it feel like Christmas!

Monday was the last school day before finals!  In English class we had to write an in class essay and my teacher brought the whole class chocolate chip cookies and brownies.  She knows I dont like Chocolate and love fruit so she bought me a box of strawberries instead.  I was so happy, I dont think she even understands how much that made my day!  Then I had my last Philosophy class, finally I hated that class!  I went to the library Monday night to make corrections to my philosophy paper and type my English final.  Those two papers and two finals are all i have left for the semester so I am very close to being done!  At the library I ran into two girls from my high school, that was pretty unexpected!  Now I am watching elf in the lounge of the dorm

The plan for the rest of the week...
Tuesday: Track workout, study, errands, track workout number 2, then Laura P.'s going away dinner with the team!
Wednesday: Study for microeconomics final!
Thursday:  8am - Microeconomics final, then pack up and go home! woohoo!

It smells like track season!

Today was our LAST official practice of this semester!  We ran 40 minutes and strides and abs and stretch!  I am going to miss my team over the break though:(  Especially I just found out Laura will not be back next semester and she will be greatly missed while she is in germany for a semester because she was the girl who kept me going on hard practices and the girl I tried to keep up with during meets!   She was such a great runner to run with and I am going to miss her next semester!
Today we got our track schedules over the break.  I will have to work hard to come back into track season ready to compete and be even better than cross country season.  I will be getting up to 50 miles a week by the end of break!  Crazy!  But im so ready for it!

We also got our 2nd pair of running shoes (out of 4) for the year.  And our second pair of spikes specifically for track!  My spikes are awesome! I was so excited about them I took a picture!  The shoes in the far left corner were my old cross country running shoes, and as you can see it was time for a new pair!

Its been a long time...

I know its been a long time since my last post but wow was I busy :)

Last week I was home all week for thanksgiving break and it was amazing! I loved being home, but it was hard to come back to finals...

Over thanksgiving break I hung out with some awesome friends, ate lots of amazing food, and spent time with the family!

On Wednesday I was able to catch up with old friends from high school!  Me jessica, anne, and kat went to qdoba (which i hadnt had since our last off campus together)  Then Wednesday night Chris came home!

Then on Thursday I was up bright and early to run the turkey trot!  Chris drove me down there and there were tons of people with dogs, kids, etc.  Two people even got married right before they ran the race (that is way too much of a love of running!)  There were 40,000 people there so my start was slow.  Overall though I ran 8 miles in about 57:00 minutes and averaged about 7:12 miles for each mile!  It was preety good I just wanted to make it a good hard long run, but not over extend myself, I was pretty happy with my time.  Then it was TURKEY TIME!  I picked up three of my teammates from Norway and off we went to my house for Thanksgiving.  Monika, Siljie, and Kristine came over for thanksgiving and it was lovely to hear about their lifestyle in Norway!  Monika told me the next day that her stomach hurt from laughing so hard at thanksgiving!  Im so happy I have a family that I can bring friends over to and have them be entertained, it makes me happy!

BLACK FRIDAY: So the family woke up and all went to do their workouts for the day.  Dad and Chris went to the gym, mom did her knee exercises and tredmill, and I did my abs and bike!  I feel like we are becoming such an athletic family!  Just wait, by next summer I see the whole family doing a 5k together!

Looking like this im sure...just kidding :)

Then after that me and mom went SHOPPING!  We went to target first and I found two pairs of jeans that actually fit me! Shocking I know!  We also went shopping at grapevine mills mall on tuesday and we both found stuff there.  Then we went to DSW and mom found these boots she has been looking forever for!  Later that night we went to the mall and shopped also.  We didnt get too much but we did get some good essentials.  Next shopping extravaganza will be for christmas presents and then after that we have to shop for RUSH in January :)

Saturday we watched the Arkansas game and had people over for chili and ham and beans (AKA one of my favorite meals)  It was fun to catch up with people!  Sunday we went to church and then I studied for the rest of the day then went back to school! We also took Christmas card pictures!  

Monday:  Track practice started this morning, it didnt feel much different than cross country practice though, not yet at least.  

Tuesday:  Track practice was 2 sets of 12 minute hard runs.  Since I am doing the 5k and 10k in track this season, I better get used to LONGGG intervals!  Then tuesday afternoon we had weights!  I like doing weights now because I can actually see a difference in how I look now!  I actually have muscle its not just skin and bones anymore! yay!  I even do extra weights at practice now, more than coach tells us to do!  That must mean I like it!  Tuesday night was our small groups Christmas party!

Wednesday: school, sleep, homework - typical day.  Wednesday night though we had a rush meeting and found out everything we needed to know about rush week including what to wear and times and what to expect!  Unfortunatly though I found out me and three other girls will miss the first indoor track meet because of rush...it could hurt our chances of qualifying for other meets.  If we run in more meets the better chance we have to get a time that will allow us to qualify so missing the first meet (its two meets in two days actually) could hurt possible qualifying times.  Coach casey seemed understanding, but the head coach, Coach Wellman was not happy!  We just have to prove to him our priorities are track, not sorority!  But that can and will be done!

Thursday: wow what a day!  I went to track practice, which was a 55 minute run with sprints every 5 minutes.  On our way back from the run, in the van, my ears started to itch.  I just thought, I guess I havnt cleaned them out in a while.  Then my arms started to itch really bad!  I then thought I must have washed it in different detergent that i am allergic to.  Then my arms started to break out into hives, which quickly spread to the rest of my body!  By the time we got back to campus my body was covered head to toe in hives!   I went straight to the trainer and he immediately gave me a bennedryl and sent me to the health center.  By this point my coach said my face started to swell especially my eyes!  I was kinda scared at this point because I hadn't eaten or ran somewhere different than I usually do!  I went to the health center and the nurse had to watch me to make sure my throat didnt close up.  They tried to determine what caused it, but we couldn't figure it out!  Then I got a steroid shot in the butt and after an hour I was all better!  Praise the Lord!  Because that was painful, I had never been so uncomfortable in my life!  But im all better now!   I had a test today and had my last tuesday/ thursday classes of the semester.  For the next week (until next thursday) my life will be consumed with studying, running, libraries, coffee, writing papers, and all the other fun stuff that comes before finals...yay!  I dont know when I will update next definantly after next Thursday though because that is when 2 of my three finals will be done and all my papers will be turned in!

I AM HOMEEE!

Yay I love being home!


On saturday I went to the last home football game then out to downtown to see the unveiling of the lights and window displays at Neimen Marcus!  There was christmas music and Santa and tons of people ready to celebrate the Christmas season! What a lovely atmosphere! 


On Sunday I went to practice, then to the village church with my mom and Kelly and Jordan.  It was interesting because the pastor was speaking at the church in Flower Mound but there was a video of him speaking.  The pastor was extremely good and engaging.  Also the majority of the people there were my age which was nice.  Then me and my mom did a little shopping at mockingbird station, I didnt find anything though.  Then sunday night we went out to dinner with my family and my two cousins!  


Monday morning I had to go back up to SMU for a meeting and one class at three. 


NOW THOUGH I AM HOME FOR GOOD!  Tonight I get to catch up with ashley and sloanie and Im super excited to enjoy thanksgiving break!


HAPPY THANKSGIVING WEEK!  
Thanksgiving week challenge for anyone reading this blog....
Tuesday: Remember to give thanks for the free country we live in and all the people who work to keep us safe and free
Wednesday:  Give thanks for your friends.  Friendship is so important.  So send a text to a friend who has always been there for you and just say hey im thankful to have you in my life
Thursday: Give thanks for your family.  We all tend to take advantage of how important family is, but after being in college and leaving all my friends Ive realized how amazing family is.  I dont think we tell our family we are thankful for everything they do/ have done in the past enough.  We take advantage of just thinking they already know we are thankful or that this is their job, but its not.  Think of all those kids who do not have parents that provide for them, whose parents passed away, who have abusive parents, who don't have parents that care about them....then think about how blessed you truly are to have your family around.  
Friday:  Give all your thanks to God and be thankful of God.  Take a step back and list out 15 thinks that you are blessed with.  Take a step back and see how God has a hand IN EVERY ONE of those things you feel blessed about.  Its such an amazing feeling because you actually see where God is working in your life.  


Thats my thanksgiving challenge for you and myself.  Just remember to give thanks!  This is the only holiday not consumed in materialistic things so dont let it pass you by! 

YAY its Friday!

Last night me and a bunch of people from my dorm went to the stars game!  We took the dart to American Airlines Center and saw an amazing game where the STARS won in overtime!

This was the outfit choice for the night! These are my favorite pants and super warm!

Day 11 - Another picture of you and your friends - Here is me Kelly, and Grace at the Dart Station before the game!

Tonight I think I am going out to dinner with the girls, going to the SMU volleyball game, then a comedy club with my cousins!

YAY its Friday! I love Friday! class is in an hour and a half.  We didnt have practice this morning but I still have to do abs and bike after school today as cross training!

Goodbye for now :)

Day 10 - Songs you listen to When You Are Happy, Sad, Bored, hyped, Mad

Happy: You and I by Ingred Michaelson and Navy Taxi by Kate Nash
Sad: Almost Lover by A Fine Frenzy
Bored: These songs usually fall under the country category like Wonderful Tonight or Perfect Love
hyped: Wagon Wheel by: Jeremy McComb
Mad: these are defiantly the christian song category.  Like Never Alone by Barlow Girl

Yesterday night I went out to dinner with an old teacher of mine who lives in Downtown Dallas.  Him, his wife, and my cousin went out and had a nice chat and dinner at Campisis!  It was such a nice gesture for him to invite me, and im glad me and my cousin got to go!

Tonight I will go to the Stars Game.  After a crazy day of leaving for practice at 7:15 am this morning then going to practice, weights, health center, writing conference, lunch, 2 classes, back to bike, then finally at 4 I got to go back to my room and take a shower!  What a Day! but now I get to go to the Stars game with a bunch of people! I hope I feel good throughout the game I might need some coffee Im just saying :)

Day 09 - Something you're proud of In The Past Few Days

I am proud of the fact that I completed my first Collegiate Cross Country season!
I am proud of the fact that I am doing good on grades as of right now,
and I am proud that I am completely and utterly happy.

Today was a homework day and now i must go to class!

Oh we got a nutritionist to talk to our team yesterday and it was very informative I learned that for every meal (even breakfast) you need something from at least 3 food groups.  I learned I need to eat at least a snack every 3 hours, if its been three hours since the last time I ate i should have a snack.  She gave us all the good healthy snacks to have and a plate with portion sizes of how much of our diet should be carbs (50%) Proteins (20) and Heathy fats (30%)  She also told us things in the cafeteria that are good to eat like baked sweet potatoes (which is what i had for dinner after our talk).  It was informative and also exciting to go to the store and buy the stuff on the list.  I wasn't too far off from what she told us to be eating as I already eat about those portions.  The only thing I wasnt doing was snacking.  I need to have a snack between lunch and dinner so my dinners are not so heavy.  Also since training is about to be in the afternoon next semester a snack between those two meals is essential!  I learned a lot and love talking about nutrition and going to the store and finding foods that will enhance my performance as much as possible!

Day 08 - Short-term goals for this month and why

1 - Do well on the rest of my tests/papers/finals
2 - Go home for thanksgiving and catch up with all my friends
3 - Eat an amazing Thanksgiving Feast
4 - Run the 8 mile turkey trot
5 - Impact someone's life in a small or big way
6 - Go Christmas shopping
7 - Continue to be just as happy as I am at this moment in my life

There are probably many more, but this is all I can think of right now :)

What a busy week!

Day 7 challenge: someone who has had the biggest impact on you

These are my parents and they have had the biggest impact on me!   I love them to death and am thankful to have such amazing parents in my life as role models and supporters of everything I do!

Last night some girls from the team went out to dinner with coach and the recruit, Latane.  We went to Texas Land and Cattle then YOGURTLAND after!  I love spending time with my team!  

Then Monday I woke up and ran and went to breakfast with Latane, then went to my academic athletic advisor meeting, then ART, then class, then finished psych project, then class again, then got ready, then TEAM BANQUET.  We all went to Maggianos for some amazing food and good times with the team handing out awards from last track season and this cross country season.  We all got dressed up and looked amazing.  We have one good looking team!

I still desperatly need to catch up on sleep from the weekend, so goodnight :)

Day 06 - Favorite super hero and why

Hmmm..Favorite super hero would have to be spiderman because i like his outfit and web and its the only recent movie i have seen and liked!

Last night was super fun me Laura, Mary, Lovisa, Clara went and met up with Caitlyn and some of her friends to celebrate the end of the season.  I love these girls so much and last night was a ton of fun!

This morning we had a long 9 mile run at 9am.  There is a recruit in town so today we will be with her and the team!

Day 05 - A picture of somewhere you've been to

This is Guatemala where I went on a mission trip after my sophomore year of high school.  Such a beautiful country God made, with such poverty and ugliness in the police and political system.  The mission trip was such an amazing experience there and Guatemala is such a beautiful country with beautiful green hills, mountains, and volcanoes - no one expects it to be beautiful but it is!

This morning, me Laura and Jennie got up early to drive to Baylor and support our lovely SMU cross country girls who qualified for regionals!  They did amazing despite it being a 6k race which most of them (all but 2) have NEVER run before!  After the race we had such an amazing team bonding experience and Im so happy we were all there for it.  I love my team and how close we all are, makes running for them completely worth it!

Tonight we celebrate being done with the cross country season! yay!

Day 04 - A Habit That You wish you did not Have

I wish I was able to sleep in.  For the last couple years of my life it has been a struggle for me to sleep in past 8am!  I wish I could so then I wouldn't be so tired if I had to stay up late the night before! Sometimes it can be a good habit though if I have to wake up early which is usually the case for school or cross country!

Yesterday I went to the library for the first time all semester to write my English paper rough draft.  It was super quiet in there and there were no distractions so I got a ton of work done!

Today I just can't wait until classes are over with today because I have an AMAZING next 4 days planned and I just CANT wait :)

Tonight I am going to dinner with my mom and Kalie for Kalie's birthday at P.F. Changs.  Then after I am going to a play at Meadows.  And after that I am going out ;)

Tomorrow the SMU cross country fan bus is heading to baylor to watch the girls who qualified for regionals compete!  Then I will get to see my Baylor friends also :)

Day 03 - A picture of you and your friends

This is a picture of me and my friends in High School

This is a picture of me and my friends in college

Last night I went to One28 which is a church group on campus!  I love the group and the small group I am in connected to the big group!  Its connected to watermark church in Dallas.  I learned two things last night, it was someone from the church's last night and she left with words of wisdom: Only two things in life matter - the word of God and the souls of men.  So true, because those are the only two things that are eternal, everything else is earthly possessions.  That phrase just puts everything back in perspective!

This morning we had practice, it was easy though since regionals is on Saturday.  We did warm up, stretches, then 3min, 2min, 90sec, 60sec, 30sec.  With one minute rest in between.  Then cool down, stretch, and ice bath!

Now time to do psychology project - I cant say anything about it until its over or else it could skew our results :)

What a wonderful Wednesday!

This morning I woke up at 9:00! which is the first day I have slept in past 8am since being in college!  you know its guna be a great day when that happens.  Then I go to my first class, Microeconomics and get my test back and I got a 95!  I thought I did bad on the test, so that was a pleasant surprise!  Then I sent my English draft to my teacher and he said it was amazing and that I was such a great writer which means I don't have to make changes to my draft before I turn it in which saves me a lot of time tonight!  Also it is beautiful weather here in Dallas which always makes the day 10 times better.  So in a nutshell I have a feeling the rest of my day is going to be amazing because this morning was so wonderful!


30 day challenge time:
Day 02 - The Meaning behind your blog name


Well I wanted it to rhyme so breath is all I could think of to rhyme with steph.  Also its my words typed into a blog so its my "breath" and what I have to say.  It isnt the best blog name but It was all I could think of late one night when I decided to start this blog!

Day one Mission

Day one is a recent picture and 15 interesting facts!
This picture is from Conference USA meet with my lovely team, I am the one in the middle!

15 interesting facts:
1.  I have an obsession with the show Friends.  I have seen every episode MULTIPLE times and still continue to watch them!
2.  I have another obsession with fruit.  It consumes most of my diet.  I would say strawberries, grapes, cantaloupe, and nectarines are my favorite
3.  I love to run - distance.  My love for the sport started at the end of high school, but now that I am doing it in college at SMU I love it even more!
4.  I dont like chocolate - everyone I tell that to is always shocked so that is probably an interesting fact about me
5.  I really like math.  Right now i'm majoring in finance but hope one day to also teach math because teaching is a big passion of mine!
6.  I like to cook and read about nutrition and new recipes.  I recently found out that i really enjoy doing that.  Today, for example I went to the book store and found myself reading a cookbook/ nutrition book for a half an hour!  Hopefully I can continue my love for that somehow?
7.  I went to the same school for 16 years (preschool, elementary, middle, and high school)
8. I broke my collar bone playing soccer recently and now have a plate and 7 screws in my collar bone; it bothers me weekly! Can't wait to get it out in about 4 years!
9.  I love the holiday season, it always makes me super happy!
10.  I want to live in Chicago when I graduate for a couple years then settle down in a suburb of a big city somewhere in America!
11.  I have an older brother that goes to University of Arkansas - he's a really cool person and single so if your reading this and are interested let me know because I want nieces and nephews!
12.  My parents are a big part of my life, I love that I am close to them and get to see them often.  They support me in everything I do and I love them for that!
13.  God is the biggest part of my life and I am trying to go deeper into his word in college so im not just a "Sunday Christian"
14.  My favorite class is Microeconomics
15.  I want to travel to New York City, Greece, and Russia sometime in my lifetime

Next 30 days

I stole this from another blog, its a 30 day blog challenge!

Here are all 30-day "mission".

Day 01 - A recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself
Day 02 - The Meaning behind your blog name
Day 03 - A picture of you and your friends
Day 04 - A Habit That You wish you did not Have
Day 05 - A picture of somewhere you've been to
Day 06 - Favorite super hero and why
Day 07 - A picture of someone / something That hock the biggest impact on you
Day 08 - Short-term goals for this month and why
Day 09 - Something you're proud of In The Past Few Days
Day 10 - Songs you listen to When You Are Happy, Sad, Bored, hyped, Mad
Day 11 - Another picture of you and your friends
Day 12 - Why did you start blogging?
Day 13 - A picture of your room
Day 14 - A picture of you and your family
Day 15 - Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 Songs That Play
Day 16 - Another picture of yourself
Day 17 - Someone Would you want to switch lives with for one day and why
Day 18 - Plans / Dreams / Goals You Have
Day 19 - Nicknames You Have: Why Do You Have Them
Day 20 - Someone you see yourself marrying / Being with in the Future
Day 21 - A picture of something That makes you happy
Day 22 - What makes you Different from everyone else
Day 23 - Something you crave for a lot
Day 24 - A letter to your parents
Day 25 - What I Would find in your bag
Day 26 - Your favorite time of the year
Day 27 - Why are you doing this 30 Day Challenge
Day 28 - A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed Since then?
Day 29 - In this past month, What have you learned
Day 30 - Your favorite song.