Run Hard. Run Beautiful.

I saw something on the subway that made me so sad this morning. a few stops into my ride, a little girl got on the train with her mother (grandmother?) and asked for a snack. keep in mind, this was at about 9:15am….and the little girl was handed a bag of BBQ potato chips.
now, I know toddlers are notoriously picky eaters and sometimes you’re just glad they’re eating anything at all…but potato chips? for breakfast? it just upset me a bit.
I guess that’s just a reminder to me that healthy habits start young…and hey…I’m still pretty young. so I’m going to focus on some really healthy habits over the next few weeks.
I’ll set goals shortly, when I have a little more time to think about it.

because I can’t be bothered to write a whole post.

• ran 4 miles yesterday…my coach thinks it’s a good idea to build back up slowly since I’ve been running so much lately. also adding in lots of cross training to prevent injury.
• i’ve been in this apartment one week, which is the amount of time it took me to unpack and organize. kitchen table comes this week…need to start putting things up on the walls.
• I need to go grocery shopping…my fridge looks like it belongs in a frat house — chinese leftovers and beer.
• I haven’t lived alone in nearly 5 years. it’s weird to me…but in a good way. it’s probably driving my mother nuts, though…I’ve called her no less than 3x a day for the past week.
• i’m glad to be back to running. I’m glad to have my team to practice with, and a schedule to stick to. 
• It’s going to be a great summer.

got a ton of work done around the apartment tonight.

broke down boxes and took out a ton of trash…put away a bunch more stuff that I already decided on locations for…organized the bathroom/my ridiculous amount of makeup and toiletries (most of which I rarely use).

there is still SO much to be done with unpacking/organizing but I think there may be a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. maybe.

at least now I can walk from one end of the apartment to the other without tripping over anything.

tomorrow night I am going to finish putting away everything in the living room…and I’ll unpack the last two miscellaneous* boxes.

this is freakin exhausting. will it ever be done??

*the boxes of stuff that never really had a proper home to begin with, and probably never will.

tonight I drank too much beer with my big brother*…chatted with my new neighbor (who I totally adore) for 45 minutes…and finally put together a storage chest/coffee table for the living room.

Wednesday, you’ve been good to me.

oh, and sorry Thursday, we’re going to have a late start.

*not actually my big brother, but might as well be.

did someone say…birthday??

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELLE!!!

hope you have an awesome day!!