It's getting better

I feel like quite a bit has happened in the past week or two. There was some time of feeling a little confused about stuff, life, love, work, etc. and sort of feeling like I was at a major crossroads. Granted, I tend to be a peddle to the metal kind of person so once I get an idea in my head I don't really go at half speed. Anywho. This week a lot changed. I got a new account at work and am SO happy about it. I had begun to essentially loath my job...yes, I said it, loath. I had essentially taken a step back and wasn't pleased about it. So now, my new account, I'm the account manager in it which means I oversee everything and that's pretty sweet. Usually I oversee the events stuff but someone oversees that and other elements, but now that's me! Woohoo! It's not yet a full promotion but my review is in less than 3 months so things are looking up! My new client is pretty funny too...Durex condoms. Yep. You heard me.

The second biggest plus of the new account is that I get my summer back. It had really been bumming me out to be gone basically every weekend, miss fun events/trips, etc. but now I get my weekends back and actually will get to enjoy VT summers which are my favorite!! So many things to do, places to go, friends to see, hikes to do, etc. Woohoo! And much more time to run and bike which is huge.

Speaking of running, I have found the 10K I'm doing in August in Richmond, and pretty sure the half I'm going to do in fall is the Shelburne Half Marathon which is super exciting!! However, last night I bummed my foot and can't run for at least a few days and hopefully no more...we'll see how this week goes. I can't really walk much on it right now which is a major bummer since I'm itching to run. Grrr injury. But I'm loooooving track workouts and just how awesome the running makes me feel. And for my bike, Betty Davis (she received her name at my event 2 weekends ago), I'm going to get the rest of my gear today so I can begin riding her. I'm SO excited. I'm thinking of doing a biathlon in NYC in September...run, bike, run, so that is exciting too. It's so nice to be back in the healthy realm, exercising not just regularly but actually training and working towards improving. I grew up an athlete and it's nice to feel like I'm finally getting back to where I want to be athletically.

What else...my oldest sister and I are planning a vacation this fall to Thailand. I'm SO pumped about that...I've always wanted to go and had considered an African Safari this year but she's going to be down in SE Asia and wants to travel together so Thailand is a great next option. The planning is just barely beginning but I already feel so excited about it.

That's all for now.

Running goal #2

Yes, it is true...I'm a convert. I have come to love running .Bizarre, I know. I recently found a weekly track workout with legit coaches...sponsored runners and triathletes, and it has inspired me even more. I don't want to just run to run, I want to be decent...maybe not change my career or anything, but instead of just running a race to finish, I'd like to at least be somewhat decent. I have found that having goals really helps me stay motivated, pushes me further, keeps me excited. At the recommendation of one of the track workout coaches, I am going to do a 10K as a pre-half-marathon prep race. So I have decided to do the Round Church 10K in August. I'm pretty pumped! We talked about my running plan for the next 5 weeks and will be working specifically toward the 10K for the next 5 weeks of track workouts. And now that I know what I need to fix on my stride and foot placement, I'm hoping I begin to see some serious improvements in the coming weeks. Woohoo!

Hauntings

I was discussing something with a friend yesterday and she used a word that so perfectly described what I was talking about...haunting. Have you ever had an encounter with a "ghost of Christmas past" and found yourself confused and Helen Keller-ing your way through the aftermath of it? I had en encounter that was good, nice, necessary that then turned into a reminder of things past, empty promises, throwing of a bone and taking it back, watching a wrench be thrown into some plan and then that's it, throw in the towel instead of figuring something else out.

When you find that a ghost has come to haunt you, do you embrace it and hope to make friends or do you exorcise the demons? Will it be fulfilling to just kick it out with full force without asking why it's there, figuring out it's motives, seeing what's up? Or is it better to wait it out, see if the ghost is trying to figure things out itself, trying to move into the next realm of after life. Perhaps we are trained to want to control things too much, to force answers out of situations when in reality, only time and growth will give answers, will make things better, will allow ghost and human to co-exist peacefully, and who knows, maybe even become friends.

On time

My google "horoscope" this morning ended with a very interesting quote, one I'm surprised I had never heard before - "Appointments with destiny are always on time." I don't know why this struck me as so interesting, so intriguing but it did. Now, let's be honest, it doesn't take much to quickly distract me and send my mind reeling so this was no different.

You know when you can sense something but don't know what it is? Maybe you don't, but I can almost smell a change about to occur, an event about to happen, a shift in the works. Familiar things start to look slightly different, the feel of things is a bit morphed, sounds affect me differently. I don't know how to explain it.

I found myself picking up one of my favorite books two nights ago, The Celestine Prophecy. I read this book many years ago and it was one of those books I read at the exact right moment in my life, it left a profound effect on me. I am not sure what compelled me to pick it up again but as I read I am reminded of these little "instances" that I've noticed, reminders, tiny things that only make sense when coupled with other tiny things. Celestine Prophecy is based around that, sort of...it is based around the thought that there are no coincidences in life. You know when you think about something and then all of a sudden they call or you see a few things that remind you of someone and the next thing you know they are at your doorstep? Yep...these are not coincidences, but the systems of the universe, pointing out what is about to happen in an oh so subtle way. It's curious to think about that...it's curious considering the little here's and there's I've had of late.

Appointments with destiny are always on time.