So close, and so far...

Today I'm in Claremore working at my dad's store. My dad owns a store - Steve's Saturday Store. A wonderful little store downtown. Its pretty adorable. Stop in sometime if you're in town. Anyway, I'm working because my dad went to my sister's soccer tournament in Norman. And I love this day.

Nathan and I got together last night after we got off work. We watched the new episode of the office (I am amazed at Michael's business savvy in this episode, absolutely unprecidented, literally) and then we watched Vegas Vacation (which we rented for free with my blockbuster rewards coupon, that felt good). I had never see Vegas Vacation. My National Lampoon's knowledge was limited to the original and Christmas vacation. But this one was SO good! Loved it.

We also shared stories of how dissapointed we were in ourselves for eating absolutely terribly in the last 24-36 hours. We vowed not to eat fast food for at least a week, and to go to Subway for lunch today, which we both did, albeit seperately, because I had to go to Claremore and he was staying in Tulsa.

Tonight we get to go to the opera! I am so excited. We're going to se La lixer d'amore (The Elixer of Love). A quite famous opera, really. We're going to get dressed up and have an absolutely marvelous time. I literally can't wait.

Right now, sitting in my dad's store, making sure people don't steal anything and trying to get started on a report I have due Monday about "Manipulability in voting systems." I couldn't be less enthusiastic.

"For every 30 minutes of exercise you do, you add 2 years to your life expectancy." fact or crap?

So today I did the 2009 Tulsa Heart Walk. My mom and sisters did it with me. It was a lot of fun. All along the walk route there were these depressing signs about how many people in a year die from heart disease and stroke. There were at least 4 negative ones about how unhealthy Americans are and then there was one that said, "For every 30 minutes of exercise you do, you add 2 years to your life expectancy." Ok, this just can't be true. I would live to be like 200+ if that were true. That statistic doesn't even make sense because the ratio of time spent to work done is not always comparable. So basically that is ridiculous, but I'm sure that most people probably just read it and thought, "Oh cool, I'm gonna exercise more!" I hope I'm not becoming too cynical. Haha.

So the 5k is 2 weeks from yesterday. The heart walk I did today is exactly the route of the 5k (one of my selfish reasons for doing it) It was sort scary because there are some steep hills. I think I'm going to go run it a couple times this week, maybe with Rachael Getter (Nathan's future sister-in-law) Its nice to run with a buddy.

List Update (items in bold have not been completed)

1. Run a 5k 2. get rollerblades 3. fly a kite 4. go on a picnic 5. get a pet 6. visit my family each week 7. give honest compliments 8. Take a dance class 9. hot air balloon ride (probably not gonna happen) 10. Watch Denis the Menice 11. lose 10-15 lbs. 12. sew a piece of clothing and wear it in public 13. read Bible every day 14. go swimming 15. climb a tree 16. make a difference 17. watch a sunrise 18. record a song with Nathan 20. give selfless gift.

The stories attached to the things I've already done are magical and well-worth every minute. I have loved doing this list. I can't wait to run the 5k. If I can do that, I can finish the whole thing. And the semester's almost over. Summer is going to be absolutely incredible. Need to find a job.

There's just enough light at the end of the tunnel to keep me going. 20 days until summer.

To err is human, to forgive divine.

Just some fun pictures.

Hard week. I'm glad its over. But looking back on it, I got quite a lot done, so I'm proud of myself. I just got out of a quiz over 12 tone rows and matrixes (I think the plural form of that word is actually matrices, but I could be wrong). It was Hell. But the professor looked at it when I turned it in and told me that I got everything right, inculding the bonus question. I wanted to be like, "F yeah, I did!" Haha, but I didn't. Instead I asked him a question about our Anthology due Monday.

Its funny. I always keep a "to do" list on the marker board in my kitchen. Lately, each time I erase something, I replace it with something else. Pretty depressing, really. The list never gets smaller. My mom made a valid point though, at least its not getting bigger. The only way you can get underwhelmed (opposite of overwhelmed) is to get your stuff done. Then you feel good. I just wish I didn't have so much stuff. Upside to this is that I have been sleeping FABulously. And really, things are not as bad as they seem.

I'm really very blessed. I have my health, a wonderful family, the best man in the world, as many friends as I need, a good school, a nice place to live, clothes, food, faith...etc. What more does a person really need? I feel bad when I start to think that my life is bad. There are so many people who don't have enough...and I have an abundance. I am humbled by this.

This week wasn't as hard as I thought.