More of the Same

I have nothing exciting to report in my running. I've been doing it, my times are getting a little better each time and that's about it. I do have my first 8-miler of 2011 on tap for this weekend, which will probably end up being Monday because nothing says Happy Fourth like sweating your butt off on some hills in the 'Burgh. Also mostly because I am attending 2 weddings in 2 days, which won't leave me any time for runs.

Hope everyone's running is going well!

Trying to be Interesting

I really hope I can come up with 30 interesting things about me (interesting is in the eyes of the beholder, right?)

   1.       I was seriously into professional wrestling as a kid—watching it not doing it. I once even got Summer Slam on pay per view on a birthday once.

   2.       I can tell you the entire plot line to every Full House episode if you give me the intro.

   3.       I belong to a running group that runs with shelter dogs.

   4.       My favorite runs are when I cross into another state (PA to NJ)

   5.       I was first-chair clarinetist in high school.

   6.       I was a Big Sister to a 10-year-old last year.

   7.       My parents didn’t allow us to have any uncaged pets growing up, so I adopted my first cat at 22 on a whim. (Still have her—she’s 8 now.)

   8.       F. Scott Fitzgerald is my favorite author and I secretly hate Hemingway.

   9.       I have never watched Star Wars—any of them.

  10.   My dad passing away was the hardest obstacle I’ve had to overcome.

  11.   I never see myself having a permanent job—I move on every 2 years or so.

12.   I want to earn a Ph.D. one day.

13.   I spent a weekend building houses in West Virginia for habitat for Humanity. 

14.   I participated in a Cake Walk.

15.   I once met Davy Jones of the Monkees.

   16.   I was proposed to on a chartered boat.

   17.   During college, I was editor of the student newspaper.

   18.   I won first place in a national editorial writing contest in graduate school.

   19.   The first prize I ever won was a coloring contest at Pizza Hut.

   20.   I LOVE rollercoasters and amusement parks.

   21.   Old-time photobooths are one of my favorite things—we’re having one at the wedding.

22.   I haven’t been in a wedding party since I was 5 an a flower girl, but in 2012 I will be a bridesmaid in 3 weddings with a possible 4^th.

23.   I have never run more than 9.25 miles.

24.   I’m taking up piano lessons at 29.

25.   I really want to ride a motorcycle one day.

26.   I have a mild obsession with buying shampoos, and it took my about 3 years to stop buying them and use all the ones I had up.

27.   Tulips are my favorite flower.

28.   Eating and drinking outside are my favorite summer pastimes.

29.   All I want is a house at the beach.

30.   I’ll be 30 in April.