My first 5k! And other fun things.

Big things happening around here, big things!  Ok well, not really.  Still, since the last time I posted, a few semi exciting things have happened!

On Thursday afternoon I ran 3 miles!  This may not seem like much, but for me it was a big deal because on Saturday I ran my first 5k!  The run was put together by my wonderful best friend Sarah and it was so much fun.  Sarah told me that it was half road/half trail, which was technically true.... I didn't realize that this "trail" was going to be like a sandy beach run.  It was very hard to run on and I went really slow for parts, but I never stopped, and it felt sooo good to perk up at the end and sprint to the finish line!  I finished in 28:43, which I am pretty proud of for my first 5k and especially considering the difficult terrain.  All my life I have been a sort of... wannabe runner, but this is one of the first public steps I've taken in that direction.  Hopefully this will not be my last race!

Sunday morning we woke up early.... super early.... to watch Sarah's boyfriend Thai in his first triathlon!  It was a very icky rainy and cold day, but this didn't stop the 600+ racers.  Though at times I felt like I wanted to pass out and was extremely fatigued from the less than 3 hours of sleep the night before, it was very inspiring to see.  Makes me want to learn how to swim!  And get a bike....

By the time we got back to her house my clothes were soaked through and I was ready to pass the eff out.  And so we did.  For 3 1/2 hours, and it was glorious.  After that we went out to a big Chinese dinner and a movie with a UVM buddy.  Nothing like a nice big meal to follow up a rough morning of watching other people work out ;)

Monday morning I was freaking out because I had a job interview.  Well, I thought I did, anyways.  It turned out my interviewer forgot to call me, so it ended up being on Tuesday which worked out much better for me.  The main difference was one of attitude, of course.  Monday I was extremely nervous.  Couldn't stop talking about to Sarah, enjoy my food, or even stop shaking at the very end nervous.  Sometimes I have really bad anxiety, I guess.  Though I can't say I've ever really gotten this nervous before an interview before.  And it was only a phone interview!  I guess I'm becoming more anxious in my old age, not to mention it's been ages since I've had a real interview of any sort.  But anyways.  By Tuesday, after she had already forgotten about me once, I had a very, whatever attitude about the whole thing.  I was not very nervous at all, and this definitely worked in my favor.  Though she actually ended up asking me a lot more, and more serious interview questions than I had expected and I may have stumbled a few times, I actually did really well and she told me that she would pass me on to the site that I applied to!  They will contact me if they want to set up an interview so we'll see!  Keeping my fingers crossed!

Today I made a cheesy vegan casserole.  I want to talk more about it but I suddenly am really tired.  Tomorrow maybe I will talk more about my favorite subject of food and nutrition-goodnight!

Trying to be, like, a real blogger

I want to blog so badly, but I am intimidated by the concept of blogging!  I feel that I have nothing blogworthy to talk about in my life!  I want to write because... well, let's be honest here.  I'm out of school.  I'm unemployed.  I can't just sit here and let my brain rot anymore.   I am just going to force myself to write as often as i can in hopes that by conditioning myself to blog, and blog OFTEN, I'll get back in the swing of writing enough that soon perhaps something interesting will come out of my mouth.

Ultimately, I would like do something productive to share my passion for healthy living (especially fresh healthy and tasty food!) with others.  I don't know if I will ever have the confidence or courage to allow the world into my life that openly though.

I like to think I am pretty healthy.  And I'm obsessed with food.  The problem is, my life is in such a state of flux right now, it's hard to really get into the rhythm of exercising and cooking.  6 months ago I would not have predicted this but I seem to be... yearning for some stability?  Odd.  Not that that's in any way guaranteed or even expected seeing as I am currently searching for jobs all over, I plan on going to grad school in the next few years, my friends are scattered and the place where I am currently residing (my parents) is the place which I am looking to escape, asap.  And I don't have a boyfriend which, maybe I am making this up, but seems like it would be a somewhat grounding factor?  Err, well, I don't anymore.

So in conclusion, I want stability but I am not at all ready, and I want a relationship but am not yet willing to compromise.  I am just a bundle of contradictions these days.

Oh, this

Oh, right.  I completely forgot that I had started this thing one random night in Australia when I was pissed at the world for my lack of.... direction, let's say.  Yeah, we'll go with that.

I may have completely neglected this blog for two months, but I have had a great summer.  Post-Australia adventures included 5 days in LA, a week spent galavanting around southern New England and New York, and almost a month in my former home, beautiful Vermont.  Yep, as of today I am no longer calling my favorite city and home base of 5 years.... home. 

As restless as I've felt over the past year (you know, prior to my spontaneous trip to Australia) and as excited as I am to explore new places.... it still kind of sucks.  Vermont is so awesome, and knowing that I have finally left with no intention of going back really fills me with mixed emotions.  There is so much going on that I want to be a part of but frankly, I just don't know how.  I feel like it's an epicenter of food education, of sorts, and I don't know how to break in without years of experience.  Is it even possible?  So really, I don't want to leave per se, but I feel like I have to.  (This isn't to say, I will not go back.  Given the opportunity, actually, I would be thrilled to take a job in almost any aspect of the local food movement.  I just don't have any plans to do it.  No more spontaneous moves for me.... I need to figure out the job situation FIRST.)

My birthday clearly has come and gone.  Am I any closer to figuring out what exactly I am doing (like a, haha, astrologer told me I would be?)  Well clearly not but I like to think I am moving in the right direction....?