Wounded Warrior Half Marathon & the Stress of Buying a House!

These last 2 months have been such a wild ride! Who knew buying a house was so damn stressful!? Haha I should've known... 

Every time I pull up my email, the loan officer needs something else from me. Shit,  I don't know where my 2010 W-2 & 1040 are... I have a copy of every other year but that one apparently ha. Stress leads to me chewing on my nails & cuticles so I had to woman-up & get fake nails so I wouldn't look like I have a hand disease. Now I look like a diva announcing the sex of her baby w/ baby blue tips (my mom didn't find that joke funny when I told her). 

Speaking of babies, I LOOK pregnant because I seriously fell off the healthy eating bandwagon and fell HARD. Graduating, moving, training for the marathon, changing jobs, and now buying a house has led me to way too many nights out with friends & lots of beer drinking. Oh & I go to lunch way too much now, too. 

THAT ENDS NOW.

I do not regret any of times I've been out lately. Concerts are my favorite form of entertainment but I know I need to ease up on the beer since I'm not burning as many calories. & Whataburger needs to be illegal because it's even better after 4+ Michelob Ultras. 

I did just sign up for another half marathon though & I'm always healthier when I'm training!  I'm running the Wounded Warrior Half Marathon, June 9th in Irving, TX! A good friend of mine from high school lives in Dallas & she's letting me stay w/ her & she's also running it. It'll be nice to spend that time with her because she just told me she's moving to NC in September =( 

I'm trying to think of a reward to get myself when I get back to the body I LOVED! I am currently up almost 20 pounds... I weigh more today than I did before my tummy tuck which is unacceptable! I don't look bad (advantage of being tall!) but my clothes aren't anywhere near loose anymore & I look bloated. I was thinking about getting the tattoo I've been wanting but I need to save money for the house so I'm thinking a new running top, James Avery ring, or a spa service =) I'd say a concert but I go almost one a week so that's nothing new... Off the top of my head, so far this year I have seen:

1. Reckless Kelly
2. Wade Bowen
3. Stoney Larue
4. Turnpike Troubadours
5. Max Stalling
6. Cory Morrow
7. Spazmatics
8. Vallejo
9. Ryan Bingham this coming Saturday
10. Wade Bowen again next Thursday =)

I have an addiction!!

Another Marathon on the Horizon...

Hahaha, didn't I just say it'd be awhile before I ran another marathon? Well, I'm bad at keeping my word..

It's not official (registration isn't even open for another month) BUT my old boss told me there is a full in College Station. I looked up the date & course map & it looks fun! Flat, fast course through Bryan, College Station, and the TAMU campus, of course. It's December 8, so I looked up an intermediate training program & settled on Hal Higdon's Intermediate plan. I changed it up a bit since I like my long runs on Saturday (because I like to have at least ONE weekend night to go out w/ friends and this allows me to go to 9AM service on Sunday w/out having to get up at 4!)

Spent some time this morning putting together my training schedule. I am going to begin training on schedule but will probably register as late as possible (unless they offer an early discount) just in case of any injuries that may occur during training. I'm excited! I think having the run in C-Stat would mean a lot more of my friends would come support because I know a LOT of Aggies!