February 1!

And I'm back!!!

I had to finish watching "The Bachelor" before I could get in here and start blogging. I was hoping something exciting would happen today so that I could come back with a splash...no such luck, so here's what my day was like...

8:15...crawled out of bed and sat on couch in my pjs checking my email and facebook on my iPod touch (this is how I begin every day!) I then threw on my workout clothes and headed over to the fitness center on campus to meet my friend Tracy for some excercise/catching up time. We walked two miles today. I guess I should say that I walked two miles and then went home. She did the two miles and then continued to work out. She's amazing! :)

Quick note about my walking...I set a goal on January 20th that I would walk 100 miles by my birthday (March 27th). That's 66 days or 1.5 miles a day. I know that I'll need a few days off here and there, so my aim is to walk 2 miles a day and that will allow me 16 days off between n ow and then. So far (13 days into it) have walked 23 miles! I'm pretty excited to meet this goal!

After walking I came back to my place, showered, did some work on the computer and then headed out to lunch. I met one of my former students for lunch at Subway. She transferred to IUSB last year and is getting married next month. It was fun to hear what she's been up to, catch up on wedding plans, and fill her in on life here at GC.

After lunch I met Amanda and we did some shopping. If you are my FB friend, you might of noticed my status today was lamenting how tired I am of my wardrobe. So, Amanda and I went to Kohl's where I bought 2 new shirts and a necklace. They were all on sale (which everything always is at Kohl's, right?!) and I am looking forward to having a little new variety in my wardrobe.

After I got home I did some more work until it was time to go and meet the other RDs and their families for dinner at the dining hall, as we do each Monday. As I was walking out the door a friend who works at Hesston College showed up! He's an admissions counselor for HC and was in town visiting students. He just had a few minutes to spare and dropped by to see me. So we walked across campus together and caught up. It was so good to see him! Dinner at the dining hall was fun as we shared stories about what's been going on in our lives the past week and played with Shawn & Rachel's kids!

After dinner I headed back here to watch "The Bachelor" with one of my former RAs. I will do a little more work on the computer and then will start working on my friend's taxes. He's got some new things on his return this year, so I look forward to learning some new tax stuff!

Anyway, that was my day. I'll talk to you again soon!