1. last year around this time, I started running [remember this?]. I remember being really excited about running a full mile without stopping [I texted Ronald when it happened :) and then blogged about it later HERE].
UPDATE -> I'm still running. Not as often as I was when I was getting ready for the Color Run, but probably once a week at least [I mix in yoga, since there is free yoga Monday, Wednesday and Fridays in the park nearby]. Ronald, Keira and I ran the 5K at the Sunburst, which is a local run from downtown South Bend, to Notre Dame University Football Stadium on June 1st. And, although I didn't keep up with either of the other two, I'm happy to announce that I didn't stop/walk at all either :). My official stats are as follows:
Overall Place: 1796 of 3256
Gender Place: 735 of 1749
Female 25-29: 89 of 220
Total Time: 33:32:79
Total Pace: 10:30/M
2. last year also around this time, I was talking about how we paid off the car!
UPDATE -> We've now officially paid off our line of credit! Hooray! Now onto saving, before paying off school loans :).
3. a few months ago, I talked about goals, and new patterns, etc. [HERE].
UPDATE -> Turns out 3 things each day is sort of hard. I've since switched to do yearly things. This year it will be reading the bible, since that's the one that I've continued to do, in a somewhat consistent way [I'm only 2 days behind now, and since the old testament part has been reading names/daddies/mothers/etc in Hosea, I should be able to catch up today or tomorrow (uhm, ya 'cause I don't actually read all the names, that just seems silly to me)]. Next year perhaps I'll do the German for a year and see what I can learn :).
ALL TOGETHER:
It's sometimes fun to see where you were a year ago and where you are now. On a recent run with Ronald, he asked what I felt was different last year (when I was rejoicing over running a full mile without stopping), and this year, although sometimes I have to stop, I know I CAN keep going for 3 miles. After thinking about it a bit, I answered with I thought my mind was stronger.... and my lungs. I didn't think I would actually die/pass out now.... [okay, some days I still do, but whatever].
In comparing the debt list, while we still have a lot of debt to pay off, it's sort of awesome to see what all we've paid off so far [we've paid off a total of $19,000 in 2.5 years]. And to know that more opportunities will be open in the future. If we paid that much off in two and a half years, in a few years we could be traveling the world without using a credit card. Which is definitely a goal of mine.
Bible reading. I'm almost half way through [since I started in March]. Which is pretty great. Since I've never read the entire bible before, I keep coming across things that are cool/crazy [yeah, and definitely some things that pastors leave out of Sunday morning sermons]. And I think I'm getting a better understanding of history versus now. People on the internet are always like, "What's this world coming to that this is happening"... and sometimes, depending on what "this" is, I think to myself, "actually, crazy shit has been happening for centuries. you think it's crazy that there's this dude eating someone else zombie style on the side of the road (and it is, totally), but have you read the part in the bible where the two women agree to eat their kids to survive?!?" [they were in the middle of a famine, you can read it HERE].
In any case. There you have it, my updates. And now I've got to get back to my job and edit some more wedding photos :). Wedding down in Indy this weekend!
-mrp-
