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!
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