{Back to work...}

So, I've been a day ahead for blogging. It's the night of the 12th but I'll schedule this to post the morning of the 13th. It's been pretty nice except the whole having to write in past tense. 

Tomorrow I go back to work after having the last 12 days off. 

I honestly thought I'd get ahead in my school work.

Hahahahaha

Yeah, so I'm looking forward to going back to work (said no one ever)(ok, fine, sometimes I am, but not this time).

What I am happy for is is only have 2 more weeks left of this term. Next term I only have ONE (1) class and a CLEP to take. Then my capstone and then, AND THEN, I'm done with my bachelor's. Whoop!

So, today I decided to take a new running route. I think I'll do this once an off-set since the one I did today was in downtown Denver and I had to drive 30-35 minutes just to get there and then drive that back home.

It was a good run though! I ran through Platte River which runs next to and along downtown Denver, Elitch Gardens (use to be Six Flags), and I can see the stadium the Broncos's play at as well. It was a really pretty trail.  Unfortunaetely, I cannot find the pictures I took with the Map My Run app!!! So, I only have the very few pictures I took with the camera app on my phone.

Can I talk about Batman for a moment. The dog, not the real thing. ;)

If you don't know, Batman is the tea-cup Chihuahua I got my mom. I initially did not want another dog but when I saw the ad, and the girl was giving him away for free, it felt right and so I got him.  I was really surprised because free dogs on my work classified normally go quick but I was the first to claim him.

Batman

Anyway, I think he's turning more into my dog. o_O

I mean, have you looked at that face?

I normally hate Chihuahua's but this one doesn't bark, is super sweet and lovey, AND sleeps when I sleep. With my super weird work schedule, that's important.

What I wanted to talk about though is his pooping.

This dog is hilarious about his pooping. He won't poop if he thinks you're looking. Last night I knew he had to poop because of the way he was circling. He was almost there when I looked up and saw a runner coming my way. Damn Runners. I knew the runner would get to us before Batman pooped and it would ruin the poop spot he'd JUST found and was popping a squat. Dammit. So then we kept walking and seriously the dog has to poop so bad but he won't do it. He's also trying to avoid the grass at this point and head to the sidewalk because that means we'll head inside (he thinks), where he can poop inside (he thinks). I make him walk only in the grass though and finally he can no longer hold it when... 

Yes.

Sorry. It's a story that had to be told since I deal with it every. single. day. with this dog. haha

{Who does 2 a day full-body workouts and then runs the next day?}

Apparently, this girl.

Sunday, I barely made it to the BodyPump class. 

Barely.

When I got there I was #8 (and the last one) on the wait list.

I wrote about this workout here though.

Later that night, I found a full-body workout on Pinterest.

{Feel free to Follow Me on the good ole Pinterest.}

So, I headed to my work gym since it was Prison Yard time (you know, the time where everyone and there mother is at the gym) at all my favorite gyms.

I only did this workout once instead of the suggested twice.

After just one round, my entire body was shaking and I'd reached muscle failure.

I did find out I'd reached muscle failure when I attempted to do it twice.

Yesterday, was C25K day. However, because of the ridiculous amounts of snow dumped on us this past Saturday and a little on Sunday, none of my trails outside were clear.

Dreadmill it is then.

Instead of following C25K on the dreadmill, because it sucks balls, I decided to just run it out.

I ran at a 12:00 pace for 20 minutes straight. 

After that, my head got the better of me and I decreased it to 4.3 (I didn't even look to see what that pace is, just know this: slow). I even walked for a minute. I finished slow, but only walked a minute.

I'm okay with that. My body hurt from the day before.

You can't really tell from the picture but my face was extremely red after this run.
It also seemed fitting that the first song Pandora played from the "Hard Rock Strength Training" station was Another Way to Die

I also went back to work last night after being off on vacation for 7 full days.

I sit at a desk for 12 hours. 

I can't get away for long.

Quick breaks here and there.

Do you know what sitting for 12 hours does to your body after working out like that 2 days in a row?

It hurts.

I was in so much pain last night.

Like I knew I needed to stretch but that stretching would hurt also.

It was a good pain though.

A pain I'm proud of.

Today, I decided to make my "off" day.

I'll hit it back up Wednesday night at our work gym with a co-worker for Upper body & Cardio.

Saturday is the 3rd 5k race of my goal {One 5k Race A Month for 12 Months}

It's the Bunny Bolt.

I'm pretty excited.

It's been forever since my last 5k race!

I'm also craving Reese's Cups!! o_O

Thank you, monthly friend.

It makes me happy to know you remind me each month that you are indeed there for me.

{It's warming up around here}

Finally it's beginning to warm up. We've been in the low teens and single digits this past week. You know, the so cold your running nose freezes! Today's high  34. You may think that's cold but trust me, after negative temps, single digit temps, and low teen temps, 34 degrees is W.A.R.M.

Last night I met my previous co-workers, and friends, at a pub for dinner and drinks. Quite a few people showed up. It's always good times when we get together. It may happen again this Friday. I think I experienced the winter blues last night. It was crazy weird because even though I was surrounded by these amazing people, I felt so alone and depressed! It quickly went away once I got home and, of course, I'm fine today. It was odd though.

I won't lie, yesterday I did not work out like I'd planned. The high was 15 but I didn't want to leave my place at all and I didn't until dinner with the group. Today I'd planned on BodyFlow (a Yoga, Tai Chi, Pilates workout that builds flexibility and strength) and a run. I {heart} the BodyFlow class. I missed it though. I didn't check the schedule and thought it was at 4:30 P.M. Turns out it was at 10:30 A.M. So, I'll do the Yoga class tonight at 7:30 P.M. I'll go run soon and make it an outdoor run since I've got the 5k this Saturday!

*le sigh*

Oh yeah, last night one of the girls asked me if I'd be interested in dating one of the other guys who we work with but wasn't there last night. Um. He's 21. I'm 33. No, thank you.

On another note, I've downloaded some free printables to try and make myself more organized with cleaning and my finances. I already use a journal for my bills and paying them and such; it's handwritten though and not as organized as I'd like it to be.

One final thing...

The first 5 people to comment with their email and blog address will receive from me, sometime in this calendar year, a gift - perhaps a book, a favorite recipe, music - a surprise! There will likely be no warning, it will happen when the mood strikes me. 

 The catch? Those five people must make the same offer on their Blog.

Are you willing to join in and pay it forward?