Tuesday, October 15, 2013

My first 10K!

Photo taken by by Maine Running Photos

As some of you may know I've been on a bit of a fitness kick lately. I started running in the spring, and started off not even being able to run a full mile. I completed by first 5K at the end of July, crushing my personal record, and decided to set my sights on a 10K.

I ran the Portland Trails Trail to Ale 10K at the end of September! It rained the majority of the run, but I did it!! My goal was to finish in 1:15:00, miraculously, I completed it in 1:06:45!! After 3 knee surgeries I never thought I'd call myself a runner, but here I am. Not too shabby if I do say so myself.

Next up? Hopefully a half marathon in the spring!!

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Boston!

It's October, and I'm a month into grad school, how is that possible?

I'm taking 18 credits, one of them is yoga so technically it's only 17. However, grad school credits are not like undergrad grads. They're scary, and hard.

At this point I'm not working. I thought maybe I would, but the first week of classes crushed that dream. But really, how am I supposed to get this all done? The professor of my Women, Children, and Adolescents class (who reminds me of all of my Wheaton WS professors) told us the trick is not to actually read anything, just skim, skim, skim.

I'm taking: 

  • Foundations of Environmental Health
  • Intro to Epidemiology
  • Women, Children, & Adolescents: Public Health Approaches
  • The Biology of Public Health
  • Introduction to Biostatistics

My brain hurts just thinking about it.

I'm living in Brighton. The commute is a little daunting depending on the time of the day I'm trying to get to campus, but I've gotten used to it. The bus offers so many opportunities to people watch.

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Summer 2013

So I'm a little behind on my posts. Its been a crazy six months! Lots of big changes!! My summer consisted of lots of work and relaxing at home. Here is a list of the highlights to get you all caught up:

  • Worked full time in Portland as a Customer Service Representative
  • Worked part time at the Ocean Park Soda Fountain scooping ice cream 
  • Started running (ran in my first 5K)


  • Got to spend about a week with Hannah who was visiting from Bulgaria!! 

  • So much family time, cook outs, and fishing
My first fish!