i am so proud of me

i love me! i participated in the Race for the Cure this morning. i finished the 5k in under an hour! i ran pretty much the whole stretch from Pulaski st. to Arch on capitol ave. it was so amazing seeing so many women walking/running/pushing strollers for such a great cause. and the people on the sidelines cheering! and the bands playing! and the people distributing water and moon pies and bead necklaces! i loved it! i think i was smiling the whole time. it just made me feel so good.

the goal was 40,000 participants, and there had to be over 30,000 there. next year i'm taking my mom. she has a problem with crowds of people but i think once she got out onto the road, she'd forget about it.

if this isn't strange....today is also the one-year anniversary of my workout program. i am offically down 60 lbs from where i was in summer 2004. i've got another 30-40 pounds to go, but i know now how in shape i am! i didn't even get tired during the race this morning, until the last portion when i decided i needed to run. and even then i wasn't really tired, i just got my heart rate going higher.

i'll say what everyone else says when they've lost some weight: "If i can do it, so can you!" i just wish i could share my happiness and my accomplishment with the world.

today is definitely an ice cream celebration day :)

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someone send some cheese to go with this whine

i don't feel well. i think it's because it's freakin 90 degrees in mid-october. it sucks because i can't go to the doctor until january when my new health insurance kicks in. i just want to stay in bed and not be bothered by anyone.

carrie is over at a friends house, so i do get to spend some laurie time tonight. i'm probably just going to crash out early after i take a nice warm bubble bath. i do miss being by myself all the time though. don't get me wrong, i love carrie, but i am so programmed to not live with anyone and this whole being in a 1 bedroom apt is driving me crazy (sometimes). i'm sure everything will be okay once we get moved into a bigger place and everyone has their personal space, it's just like the biggest struggle for me to get to that point.

i was so bored at work yesterday and then today, when i feel like crap, i get like 1000 projects thrown at me. i got the biggest one done at least.

we saw elizabethtown last night. it was so good! i want to see it again. i should go by myself so i can cry through the whole thing like i wanted. i love cameron crowe movies. and yeah i guess i could be like everyone else and have a crush on orlando bloom. not a big enough crush to sit through those stupid lord of the rings movies. or that other medieval one he has. yuck.

i dunno what else to say. no interesting boy stories. i've been missing mike a lot lately but i think it's because i keep running into people from last year and they all want to know what happened. i'm tired of telling stories and reliving moments in time.

alright, i'm getting in the tub. hope you're having a great week!

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