Rain SUCKS

So, I've done zero running for like 2 weeks now 'cause it's been raining and miserably cold. I have been doing pushups and situps every day for the last 4 days though. Started at 10push-ups and like 39 situps and I've made it to... er... 11 pushups and 50situps inside of 2 minutes!! I should actually go do some today... Perhaps I'll get hubby to time me :D

And... it's cold right now... Soooo I'm gonna go eat some food!

And yes, I know this was a horribly short, probably slightly annoying post... however, I promise I shall have something slightly better later... I'll definitely update you all Wednesday/Thursday after my test/physical!

Scheduled!

You know that weird, excited/terrified feeling you get sometimes when you're doing something you REALLY want to do but it still scares you? That "I wanna puke on your shoes" kinda feeling?

I've got that. Well not anymore... But I did yesterday... and I will on Wednesday and Thursday... Yesterday I went into the recruiters office, reserved a job (31E - Military Internment Specialist), and scheduled my trip up to MEPS. (EEEKKKKK!!!!!)

Totally gonna try to switch it to 31B (Military Police) when I get there but I'm not sure if it's possible... kinda gonna depend on whether or not the other job is available and what I get on the ASVAB. Hopefully I get a REALLY good score!! I'm not really worried about the rest of everything, I shouldn't have any disqualifying medical conditions... so we should be good!

Well, I'm gonna go do something productive.

Running. It's a Love-Hate thing.

So, my topic today is running... I hate running. I also love running.

So, in order for this whole Army thing to work I have to actually be in shape. Or at least I imagine it to be a good idea. I'm SURE there are people who head off to BCT in as good a shape (or worse) than I am right now, I'm just not sure it's a good idea. Seeing as I'd like to SURVIVE basic and EXCEL at it (jeez, I'd actually like to get to PICK my job once I'm through OCS, not just be handed the dredges!). So the hubby and I (bless his heart) have gone running a few times lately. OK, twice. Once last Friday...ish... and once last Tuesday... Yes, I realize that that's like twice in 10days, not the greatest for getting in shape, but we're busy people and I'm lazy. I am absolutely going to force myself to run Tuesday AND Thursday though of this coming week, whether or not he comes with me, because I WILL get in shape. I just have to figure out a way to not inhale icy air... It's killing me slowly, it's hard enough for me to breathe while running let alone when the coldness of the air is shutting down my lungs (yes, I'm a drama queen, deal with it or go away).

Anywho... the FIRST time we went he decided we were going on what he guestimated to be a 2mile run, when we got back and I mapped it (with this website), we found out that it's more like a 1.88 mile run. Anyways, we made it in about 17 minutes, so we kept up a speed of about 9:06/mile. NOT BAD! I mean, I thought I was DYING when I got back, but I did live, and I actually went out again with him the next week, so obviously it didn't scar me to badly. I was sore for about 3 days though, found muscles that I didn't even know I had and that I CERTAINLY haven't used in a while. We decided that for it being the first time he'd run in a year and the first time I've run since... er... Oh, I don't know... like 6years? We decided we did pretty well.

Tuesday when we went out we only went a mile... well, he "guestimated" that it was a mile... more like 1.1 but I won't hold it against him. He decided we were going for speed, uh? hello? I thought I was gonna die LAST time and that was at a slow pace!! I kept up with him for about 100feet and then decided I was going to run at my own nice, slow, pace. I managed to survive the 1.1 miles and I did so with a GLORIOUS 9minute 13second time. Which, for those interested, is about 8:20/mile. Basically, if I could keep that up for 2 miles (which there's NO WAY I would've been able to), I'd get an 89 on the running portion of the PT test. YAY ME!!! Honestly, even at my 17min two mile I would've gotten an 86 (and I only need a 60 to pass!).

So there you go. Running, my love-hate affair. I HATE the end results of running (the fatigue and feeling like I'm gonna die parts), but I LOVE actually running and seeing ANY improvement in my time (yes, I realize there isn't really any improvement yet as I just started) and I'm gonna LOVE getting my 100+ on my PT test! :D

Now, I must go and wake the husband, got places to go and people to see! Talk to ya'll later!

October. It is here!

So I realized the other day that it is October. This was noticed primarily because my manager put his spider earring in... yes, it's a spider, it's a cool blend of creepy and intensely cool lol. Of course it was also noted by the fact that it's freaking COLD OUTSIDE and I had to flip a page on my calendar.

Right now we've gotten rid of most of the kittens. I'm still waiting on two people to get back to me, I relist those two tomorrow. I can't and won't deal with keeping them. People are ridiculous, I've had half a dozen people ask me whether or not I'll bring them the kitten, NO! I'm not gonna BRING YOU your FREE kitten! Some people...

Also, Monday... I managed to shut my finger in the car door. I have no idea what I did to it but it hurts like a mf-er!! I still can't really use the tip of the finger and, of course, it's my right pointer finger. YAY ME!

In other news... I've got half a dozen letters of recommendation in hand, and a few more that are supposed to be coming. Which reminds me... I need to remind a few peoples... I'm probably gonna email my recruiter in a couple days and try to figure out when things are gonna start moving again... seems like it's all just stuck!

Well, I'm gonna go and work on reminding a few people and getting some info to one guy who wanted some so he could write a better letter...

I shall be back to write more in a few days! I'd say tomorrow but I'd probably fail!