Hey Y'all. Thought I'd give you a bit of an update. I've been accepted into 2 graduate schools, this time for a masters in counseling. The schools are Syracuse and SUNY Oswego and I'm still in the decision making process. Anyone want to throw out any advice for take 2?

Yep. I'm going to do it! I'll be keeping a progress journal on here (and on Facebook) to keep myself motivated ( Read more... )

I'm back in Australia and have more or less settled in to Sydney. Our new apartment is completely different from the old one in Melbourne, but I really like it. It has fabulous balconies complete with clothes lines and has a pool and gym. It is also very close to a really big park, which is a definite plus ( Read more... )

Ok, no they aren't. But I am leaving Melbourne. We aren't 100% homeward bound yet, although we will be spending a month in the states, splitting our time between NJ, NY, and VT. I'm really looking forward to that. When we return to Australia we'll be living in Sydney, which hasn't quite sunk in yet, even though we just took down all the ( Read more... )

Ran 10k last night. Our 10k race is on Sunday, and at least now I know I'll be able to run the whole thing. My hips and gluts have been tight, so I've been doing a lot of yoga. The good news is that seems to be helping--so much so that my massage therapist has noticed a difference in my right hip, although my left hip is still too tense. She ( Read more... )

Ran my 7k tonight. Hips were tight, which made it not so much fun, but it wasn't all that bad. I have to keep going with the 7k. I'm pretty tired now, but I guess it's all good.

Biked for 30 min on Monday. I did this as an interval work out with 2 min hard core biking and 2 minutes rest. Tuesday I ran my typical 5k. Tonight I'm biking again. Tomorrow I'm hoping to up my run to 7k and keep it there for a bit. Then I'll try to increase it again to maybe 8.5 k or maybe the full 10. We'll see. My 10k is on Nov 30, so I ( Read more... )

I'm really happy about the outcome of the presidential election, even though I know that rainbows, unicorns, and butterflies probably won't follow. At least our new president says "America" instead of "Amer-ca" and even though the new VP does kind of remind me of a cross between a robot and Frankenstein, at least he's just Joe Biden and not Joe ( Read more... )

On Sunday, Brian and I DID do our 7k run, which was awesome, and tiring, but not really "hard" in the sense that I didn't feel like I was about to die. We're hosting a Halloween party tomorrow, so I've been busy prepping for that, and I've been kind of lazy with the running and Yoga. Tonight, nothing is going on except for food shopping, so maybe ( Read more... )

It's been about a week and a half since my 5k race. I wasn't super about keeping up with my running last week, as I didn't have a run to look forward to. Now, it looks like I will be running another 5k on Dec 7 with some of the stitching ladies (tiaras mandatory!) I'm also hoping to maybe find a 10k to run ( Read more... )