Oh the places you'll go...

I am sitting quietly in the library pondering my next essay.  This essay has me thinking a lot about why am i doing the things I am doing in life.  Is it because I WANT to or because society tells me that is what I should be doing.  Society tells me to go to college, get a vocational degree to get a good job and make money.  I still want to do that but I also want to do much much more.  I want to teach.  I dont want to let that dream slip away from me, I cant, I wont.  I want to travel. Here are places on my bucket list to travel to...

Africa: I want to do mission work there and in Russia

 London, England and other European countries including...

Sweden, Greece, Italy, Paris (even though that is not a country)

And this one MUSTT happen.  NEW YORK! Ive never been there and so want to go!

Hmm interesting to see how life plans out to see when I will travel to these places.

This week is another crazy week for me.  I have a test and quiz due Monday, Test Wednesday and paper rough draft due Wednesday, then a final draft paper due the next monday!  BUT after this wednesday I will not have class again until Monday because of Easter Break so Thank goodness for that!

Okay back to the paper...then to starbucks to work on a quiz with Meredith and get some coffee before a long night ahead of dinner, party, and dancing!!!! Chi O Spring Formal 2011! No worries mom and grandma (my known dedicated blog readers) I will be safe.  

Oh and prayers for my knee, it has been really bothering me all week after I run but today there has been SIGNIFICANTLY LESS pain! so prayers please that it stays that way.  Tomorrow is cross training in the pool and eliptical to keep it happy so I can start to work hard again starting monday! 

Waiting to go out on the town tonight...

So I will discuss my day!
Got up at 6:40 for weight training and 25 minute shake out run.
Then signed up for my classes for next semester.  Its crazy that I am signing up for classes for my sophmore year of college, boy time really did fly!
Here is what my schedule looks like
Monday:
wake up at 6:30 to go to practice for just 30 minutes
Then at 7:00 must leave for Garland High school to do a field experience for two hours at a school.  I am super excited for this class, this stuff I know I am good at and it will be a great experience.  Me and 4 other students will go to the school with a teacher once a week to do a different experience in a school each week!
Then I will drive back to school and do the rest of my practice which is just a 45 minute run and strides.  Then at 11:00 I have Itom which is Information technology (my computer credit and business credit)
Then at 1:00 I have Educational Psychology which is the first education class required before I enter into the school of education.
Then at 3:00 I have a CF class (cultural formations) class called sustainable living.  CF's are required since SMU is a liberal arts college
Tuesday and Thursday:
I will have practice at 6:30 and again at 3:30
I have one class at 11 called social class and democracy another CF required to graduate.
Wednesday:
I have accounting at 9:30.  I am excited for this class because it is an option for a major!  It will be either accounting or finance I am guessing. Then at 11 I will have Itom again and at 1:00 Educational Psychology
Friday:
Two classes - accounting and educational psychology!
It will be a good schedule!
Then after that I had another practice - We did 20 minute tempo run with 5 200m sprints after.  It was a rough day I wasnt feeling too great running unfortunatly :(

Then after practice I met my mom to get a basket together for silent auction and dinner.
After a coffee I am ready to go and hang out with friends tonight :)
Tomorrow is friday YAYYYYYYYYY :)

TGIW

Thank God its Wednesday.  Well actually tuesday night but still Tuesday at about 4:00pm means no practice again until THURSDAY!  Wednesday of every week we get the day off to rest our legs since we practice 6 days a week one day off is a necessity!  Today was a great/encouraging day for training though. This morning at morning practice my body felt horrible.  My stomach hurt, my shin splints were bothering me, and now I am having issues with my IT Band!  But then after a power nap and relaxing day for afternoon practice for some reason I just did super well.  I had to do 12 400's with one minute rest in between.  I averaged about 1 minute 22 seconds each lap.  Last time I did this workout my average was like 1 minute 86 seconds, and the time before that was one minute and 89 seconds so BIG improvement.  But after the workout was done I laid on the track in a lot of pain so that is why I am so happy tomorrow is wednesday!  I could really use a nice long relaxing bath with bubbles, and a magazine...that sounds just perfect right about now!

Tonight I will be going to Bible study then some quality time with the roommate for next year!  This week is a very easy week in school.  I don't have a test until next wednesday so I am just soaking up the little time I have left before school gets crazy for the last few weeks I have left of being a freshman which is weird to say!

Tonight for dinner I was craving my mom's omelet on english muffin! My favorite breakfast in the whole wide world! I had to makeshift one with scrambled eggs, cheese, on toast!  It wasnt the same but it was still good I cant complain! then I had a piece of grilled chicken to get some protein in me!  My coach said she can really tell I have been eating protein because she can see my muscles! woohoo so Im going to keep it up! But not too much, dont want to look like a man if you know what I mean!

The Truth about College

So let me just tell you some truths about college I know I did not think about before going to college...
1 - As I lay in bed the first thing comes to mind is the fact that I have to go to the restroom.  I am laying in bed about a meter below the ceiling and I would have to get out of bed, climb down 6 steps (without falling), realize I am not wearing a bra and don't have my contacts in, must put shoes on, then must walk halfway down the hall to go to the restroom understanding the fact that I could see boys and girls walking around the hall as I look a mess going to the restroom, then have to go, walk back, climb back up the stairs, and snuggle back into my bed.  ALL because I have to go to the restroom I have to go through that process.  This is the number one most inconvenient thing in college so far.
2.  You dont realize you have to WALK to your classes.  If its raining, cold, snowing, anything you must walk to class!  Be prepared for all weather conditions!
3.  Also you have to walk to eat that is another inconvenience!  Usually you have cereal in your room but the milk has expired! what to do now? Now you must walk all the way to the dining hall to eat...sad day.

Things just are not as easy and convenient as they were when you lived at home!  If I want cold ice water I can't just get it downstairs in the fridge I have to walk a long ways for it in the dining hall and once I get there I am not allowed to take it back with me, If I need to change I cannot just do it as I please I have to either close all the blinds or go to the bathroom if my roommate is there, If I want to watch TV I can't just turn it on because we don't have a TV in our dorm!  Ahh sitting here thinking about how much I have to go to the restroom but dont want to get out of bed makes me excited to go home this summer in about 4 weeks and SUPER DUPER excited that after 4 weeks I will NEVER live in a community style dorm ever again in my whole life! GOODBYE PERKINS HALL I will not miss you! I will miss all the people I met from you but NOT YOU :)

Okay so on a different note today was a lovely afternoon/ evening celebrating my moms birthday with a girls day!  First we went to see a dance performance at SMU.  Then it was off to the mall for some shopping!  I got a much needed backpack and underwear, then got spoiled with two new pair of shorts that fit super well and a new summer floral blouse.  Me and my mom got matching sunglasses also.  Then we had P.F. changs for dinner!  I love asian food, Pei wei is still better but PF Changs is good too! I got cashew chicken which was yummy!  Then we went to Paguchio for some Italian Ice cream for dessert.  Happy Birthday mom, love you :) I know your reading this... ;)

85 minutes distance

Today we had a long run and I got a personal record for how fast I ran around the lake today.  I ran it in 68 minutes, which is 9 miles.  Then I finished 2.1 more miles to equal 85 minutes. Legs felt good, it was a beautiful day outside, and for some reason I just was in the mood to run!  Can't let these beautiful running days slip away when they happen!  But after my ran legs felt horrible especially my IT band so tomorrow I get to aqua jog in the pool which I have never done before and go to ART for my IT band! Time to make the body happy :)

Run Fast, Turn Left

If only it was that simple...
This week has been a crazy week but it was good altogether!
Wednesday night I went home to sign the taxes, then cooked a lovely spaghetti dinner, then hung out with the family for the night.  My grandparents and cousins came in town for the week so it was nice to see them.

Then thursday was a nice day with two training workouts and then the family came out to SMU for a tour and a little shopping.  Friday was a long day and I just wanted it to end faster than it did.  But then it did end after practice and I was able to go to the store for some last minute groceries for my track meet, then it was off the dinner, mall, and movie with my future roommate meredith! I am super excited to live with her we get along great and work off each other so it works out! Plus she is from Fort Worth so this summer we can plan our room for next year together woohoo :) 

Saturday I woke up at 10am which is SUPER late for me! But then i was rushed to get ready for the meet! I had to do a 10 minute shake out run, shower, and make all three meals for the day.  For breakfast I had oatmeal with banana and toast, for lunch i packed a turkey and cheese sandwich with a granola bar and an apple, then for dinner I had noodles, grilled chicken and carrots! YUM so since I ate so well today I topped off the night with some classic frozen yogurt :)  

So today it was race day and I ran the 1500m.  

The race was supposed to be at 2:05 so we started to warm up at 1:15 then at about 1:35 I saw the race right before the 1500m was going on so I went and asked if it was a rolling schedule and they said it was and that we were up next! EKKK we had not even finished warming up so I had to quickly round up everyone from SMU running it who were still warming up and we had to go to the starting line.  Then we were about to get on the starting line and they said nevermind we will run on time now! Super annoying! Butttt I ran a good race, ran a personal best so I was happy. I got to see Jessica at the meet, my  best friend from high school so that was fun and then my mom came to see me run on her birthday!  YAY!

Tommorrow the plan is practice at 7:30, do a bit of homework, then go see the dance show at 2 with my mom, some shopping, and dinner yay! fun day! :)