see syd run

Ok, raise your hand if you knew I was going to drop the ball on this.

No one?

Ok cool, I knew I was on top of things.

DD #3: My blog wasn't the only thing I left behind. UGH HUGE FACE PALM. I actually had the nerve to face my chair and say I hadn't done anything for the past three weeks. Shameful. Well, I learned my lesson (my chair basically scared me with the 6 year plan. AHHH!) and have just blocked out time in my schedule. A nice 3 hour chunk of time on a Friday night. This has been more helpful then trying to do an hour a day. An hour is easy to ignore, but blocking out a chunk of time is better for me. And it's working! I'm actually seeing signifcant progress (which makes me feel good and motivated! weee!) and I'm about to start on the Methods part of my proposal. There could some glimmer of a hope to propose before November! My definite deadline with THANKSGIVING. So I can celebrate by pigging out... big time. In fancy schmancy restaurant.

New on my blog: SYDNEYRELLA RUNS AWAY. I'm going from the couch to a 5K, baby! It's one of my random goals in life! I actually despise running, but I really need to stop being a fatso. Having a 5k race as an end goal, I hope, will help push me. I found this program that I'll be following. And today, I started at week one, day one:

OBJECTIVE: Walk 2 min (warm-up), run 1 minute, walk 3 minutes
HOW WAS IT? Weather was excellent! I ran around 6pm right when the sun was setting. Slight breeze. I never felt so one with nature. Haha! Nice slight breeze. My area has tons of hills, so I struggled a little when my one minute of running was on one. I powered through though! I like this nice easy start... I kinda wish it was like this for the rest of the program... but that would probably get me no where. Anyways, I feel pretty good about this and pumped for the rest of week! Gotta keep motivated!

Writing a dissertation while training for a 5K??! NO BIG DEAL.

Nervous gulp.