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Nov. 26th, 2011 11:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jianantonicThe weekend after Thanksgiving is always sad for me -- everyone going their separate ways, a house recently bursting at its seams suddenly empty and quiet...I wish we could get together as family more often. I love Thanksgiving so much.
I ran the Earlysville Turkey Trot, despite coming down with a pretty nasty illness earlier in the week. I had a sore throat and was generally lethargic, but I did manage to run the whole way, and I definitely got a taste for the race culture. I think I'd really like to try to run a 5K at least once a month, but probably more frequently than that -- they are everywhere, so it's not like it would be hard to find them nearby. And it would be good motivation to keep up with my running, and maybe to push to longer distances. I don't care about speed so much, but I do want to improve my endurance. It would be cool to run a 10K sometime soon. That's about the farthest I've ever run, and I'm definitely not in good enough shape to do that now.
I've decided I'm going to go back to Weight Watchers when I get back home. I did well for a long time just coasting on my own, but I've let a lot of bad habits back into my life recently and it's affecting my body and my body image way more than I'd like. So, back to the program that I know works for me. It will be hard, but it's important to me to get back in the shape that I was in when I was at my healthiest.
I wish I had more time to visit with people -- I ran into some friends in town yesterday, but there is so much more catching up I wish I could do. I won't be coming back for xmas this year, which is a bummer, but I need to save the money and not take too much more time off work for now. Oh, work. It hasn't been far from my mind since I left for vacation. Just what do I want my professional life to look like, and how close to reality can I get that vision? It's like a brain teaser. I'm in a good spot for now. Things are fine. No major complaints. But I'm starting to miss things I didn't miss as much before.
Anyway, that's what's up with me. Heading to the tailgates in a few, then cheering for the Hokies, then some sort of hanging out with someone tonight, then back to Portland tomorrow. It's been a great vacation. Not sure I'm ready for it to end.
I ran the Earlysville Turkey Trot, despite coming down with a pretty nasty illness earlier in the week. I had a sore throat and was generally lethargic, but I did manage to run the whole way, and I definitely got a taste for the race culture. I think I'd really like to try to run a 5K at least once a month, but probably more frequently than that -- they are everywhere, so it's not like it would be hard to find them nearby. And it would be good motivation to keep up with my running, and maybe to push to longer distances. I don't care about speed so much, but I do want to improve my endurance. It would be cool to run a 10K sometime soon. That's about the farthest I've ever run, and I'm definitely not in good enough shape to do that now.
I've decided I'm going to go back to Weight Watchers when I get back home. I did well for a long time just coasting on my own, but I've let a lot of bad habits back into my life recently and it's affecting my body and my body image way more than I'd like. So, back to the program that I know works for me. It will be hard, but it's important to me to get back in the shape that I was in when I was at my healthiest.
I wish I had more time to visit with people -- I ran into some friends in town yesterday, but there is so much more catching up I wish I could do. I won't be coming back for xmas this year, which is a bummer, but I need to save the money and not take too much more time off work for now. Oh, work. It hasn't been far from my mind since I left for vacation. Just what do I want my professional life to look like, and how close to reality can I get that vision? It's like a brain teaser. I'm in a good spot for now. Things are fine. No major complaints. But I'm starting to miss things I didn't miss as much before.
Anyway, that's what's up with me. Heading to the tailgates in a few, then cheering for the Hokies, then some sort of hanging out with someone tonight, then back to Portland tomorrow. It's been a great vacation. Not sure I'm ready for it to end.
