Rock 'n' Roll

Hello kiddies! I hope this very delightful Monday finds you in great health! I hope everyone had a great weekend. I certainly did! Nothing like one of those infamous trips back to Athens that will cause me to need two weeks of recovery. :)

However, the point of my blog today is that I signed up for the Rock 'n' Roll Dallas 1/2 Marathon today. WHOOP WHOOP This race will be on March 10, 2010. I will admit that when it was time to hit the register button my fingers froze, my anxiety level rose, and my knees automatically started aching. I guess I actually need to put effort into my training now. I have set a goal for myself (which I will not share) and I have every intention of getting it. I will say that I am actually pretty excited about it now! My BFF Leanne is doing this race with me so I'm also excited about that since we didn't do our first race together like planned. I am going to work out a training schedule to keep us on track.

That should do for today.

Oh, one more thing. I have a mysterious pain in my right hand. Mostly in my fingers. I think they are rotting from the inside. Maybe I should stop with my self-diagnosing...

Rock Climbing

Hello all! I'm trying to keep up my end of the bargain here and keep blogging so you will keep reading.

Well, last week a few friends (Crystal, Amanda, Leanne) and I decided to give rock climbing a whirl. I do have to say...LOVE IT! It is soo...what's the word...FANTASTIC, for the lack of a better word. What an adrenaline rush. I can't think of any sport I'd rather be doing. I would be lying if I said there wasn't any pain that came to follow but fortunately I enjoy the pain, minus the rope burn on my hands. Since last week, Crystal and I went again yesterday and I'm also going today to a different gym in Grapevine. I would say that our climb was definitely more challenging yesterday. It's a good thing that we are both tough! :) We could tell they moved the paths around which works out well b/c who wants to climb the same rocks every week?!?! Some of them were pretty difficult. I realized after watching other climbers that I need to work on my form before I try to move up to a different level. Oddly, my toes are really sore today but not really any other parts. I can't say my toes have ever been sore at any point in my life prior to today...it's weird. I will try to post some pics soon (not of my toes)! I have definitely found my new hobby! I have kind of an addictive personality so we'll see if this new addiction will last...

Kidneys

This will be short... Why do kidneys hate me today? Cranberry is not doing the trick. Of course, I thought as soon as the c-berry hit my tongue it would magically start soothing my very painful, left kidney. Boy was I wrong. Apparently it takes time. I've spent most of my day trying to figure out why I would have a kidney infection. After all, I don't drink much soda. Then I figured it out... I think the problem is my liver, which has every reason to be mad at me, must have started kicking the crap out of my kidney just to get my attention! Just a theory...

Obviously my weekend was great. :) Nice day!