The Running Yogini

No, I will not pet you I’m studying STOP being so Damn Cute!

runningyogini — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 01:02:26 +0000

FAIL

runningyogini — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:44:18 +0000

Believe it or not, my title has nothing to do with grades. Hubby and I are both big fans of the “FAIL” pictures. Great for being stuck in line! Anyway, I had a pretty good one today. I was on my way home from class and spontaneously decided to go for a run at the park. This isn’t a problem clothing wise b/c what I wear to class can go straight onto a trail without so much as a sneaker change. That of course is my excuse for dressing in sweats, “What if I feel like going for a run after class?” Granted it has only happened 3 times this semester, but its still a good reason in my book. Anyway, my run started off pretty good, but then I realized that it was a bit colder than I thought. It was in the 50s, but my ears, nose, and especially fingers were FREEZING….also, I started to feel a little light headed to I slowed to a walk and then started thinking about my nutritional stats for the day. 2 mugs of coffee, 2 bananas, and some Peanut Butter Puffins. Not good. Oh well I was almost back to my car. I untied my shoelace where I usually string up my car key and there was my house key. FAIL! I guess I used up all my brain cells on my Patho test today. Luckily, I was not too far from home and at least I would be able to get in my house. Unluckily, I did not have my phone or any $ on me. I guessed that home was about a mile away. I had to walk by 2 yummy restaurants and my favorite coffee shop I wanted to steal this guys scone so bad, but I wouldn’t have the energy to run away. Ha, I kid, but seriously, if some random person steals my scone one day when I’m sitting outside, I won’t be mad. I’ll just call after them as they feebly try to run away “I Understand!” Finally, I made it home and ate all the rest of my sunflower seed butter (SO GOOD), and fell asleep for an hour. And that is how I added 1.6 miles to my run (I just looked it up on Google maps). I highly DON’T recommend it.

Oh a happy note, I have a few more hair picts! Hubs likes it when my hair is curly so he took a few picts the other day with his nice, fancy camera that he gets to use for school.

He’s turning into quite the bossy photographer. J/K If you guys could only imagine how many picture we have of Ginger. I promise to have more soon!

BLOG PLUG TIME: Since I’ve only forgotten for the past month… Did you know that the coolest person in the World has a blog? Well, she does and she also happens to be my best friend. Drop by Unapologetic Motherhood. Here is her most recent post: Clicky.

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Question: Do you guys have any good FAIL! stories? Feel free to add them in the comments

Hair gone

runningyogini — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:46:07 +0000

So let me just start off by saying, I usually donate my hair to locks of love. Trust me, they have gotten lots and lots of hair from me over the years. However, since my school budget has turned out to be unrealistic (didn’t include things like oil changes and transmission flushes), I decided to sell my hair this time. Looking back, I don’t really recommend it b/c it’s a lot of work and there are tons of creepers out there which makes this very difficult. Anyway, just wanted to give some background in case you’re wondering why I asked my friend to chop my hair off in little tiny ponytails. It was to get the right length. Have no fear, we went to a salon moments after and they evened everything out. Here are some photos during the process.

We were laughing so hard the entire time. After we were done, I put on a cute hat and off to the salon we went. Hubby took some AFTER after pictures for me:

I feel so much better. Especially, when doing yoga! Which reminds me….I kind of forgot about my workout page. It was great for a while and then when I wasn’t blogging as much, I just kind of stopped updating it. I guess I will give it another try.

Okay, well despite the fact that it is SPRING BREAK I still actually have tons of work to catch up on. It seems like I am eternally behind on my reading and since I definitely don’t have time to do anything other than studying for tests/quizzes during a normal week, I need to get most of my projects underway pronto. I also have a test, project, and a lab eval as soon as I get back so I think its kind of expected that we use this time to catch up. I’m still glad to have the chance to clean my apartment, cook real meals, and hang out with hubby more than usual. Too bad he doesn’t have a break from school at the same time.

My favorite thing about Spring Break so far is the PACE. I have really been enjoying my quiet coffee mornings, when I can take my time sipping peacefully, reading blogs, and writing my to do lists. Too bad I have to actually complete all the things on my list. Well, maybe just one more cup of coffee first

What is time?

runningyogini — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:00:40 +0000

Now that I’m in my second month of Nursing School I have a better idea of how things are going and what to expect of myself. And Honestly… I’m a little worried. I like to keep positive on my blog b/c who wants to read about a lot of complaining? Also, I try to talk myself into being positive by writing positively, however I also want this to be an accurate representation of what’s going on, so here it is. Nursing School is fun and interesting….but I’m not very good at it, which makes it a little less fun.

I knew that it was going to be hard and I was prepared to spend virtually all my free time studying, but I wasn’t prepared for doing so and still struggling to pass my classes. I have had to come to the startling reality that I may not be capable of realistically passing my classes. My main problem is still concentration. I have so much trouble focusing that I need to take a lot of breaks and I’m just not accomplishing enough or retaining enough. I’m still in the advice gathering phase right now, so I don’t know what the future will hold, but I’m going to keep trying my hardest and keeping a close eye on my grades. I’ll reevaluate in a few weeks. I’ve had some time to process all this and I’m feeling a lot better about things. I can only do what I can do. And instead of wondering what that will be I’m going to jump back into studying

Break time

runningyogini — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:22:08 +0000

So I’ve decided to take a week or so break from blogging, reading blogs, and basically anything electronic that doesn’t have to do with school. I wish I could leave you with some cute picts of Ginger, but someone has borrowed my card reader. Don’t worry, you’ll get to see them soon enough. So please excuse me while I attempt to strip away every ounce of free time out of my life in hopes of catching up with school. Be back soon!