Adventures of a Shockingly Average 30-Something

Summer 2014 flew by in the blink of an eye.  I'm going to the fair on Saturday, and that's - I guess - the unofficial end of summer.  (Side note: I'm SUPER excited to go to the fair because I'm going with my friends, Caitlin and Christina, who I haven't seen or hung out with since before going to Australia.) And on that note, I still  can't believe I actually went to Australia!  It happened, but it still feels like a dream I'm going to wake up from at any moment now. You know, I really wanted to write tonight, but now that I'm actually sitting here with this page open, I have no idea what to write about. Do I write about the fact that Sarah and I broke up?  Because we did.  About a week and a half ago, when I was down at her house visiting her.  I saw it coming.  I actually thought about writing a post about feeling the person you have feelings for slip away.  I knew what I was going to say.  I had a post all planned out in my mind...

I decided I want to take steps to a healthier me.  I know I'm skinny, so it's not about losing weight.  It's completely about the fact that I am ridiculously and embarrassingly out of shape.  So I decided I want to start running, but I needed some sort of motivation to keep  running.  I bought and downloaded the "Zombies, Run!" app for the iPhone because, well, what better motivation for running than surviving a zombie apocalypse? Today was my first day of running (and of using the app).  I walked over to the track by my house and walked/ran for a total of 53 minutes.  I walked for most of the time, but I ran for a bit too.  Every time I ran, even though I only ran for short distances, I had to stop for a good minute to minute and a half to catch my breath again.  But I didn't give up.  I kept going.  And for that alone, I'm proud of myself.  I know that if I keep up with this, I will eventually be able to run more than walk ...

Well it took what felt like forever, but I finally finished my final project for my study abroad class.  For my project, I made an alphabet book showing different things I did/saw in Australia.  (I know I "cheated" a bit on the letter V, but I was stuck there...) Click here to view this photo book larger Visit Shutterfly.com to create your own personalized photobook .