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So, as an update...I got the position I've been working so hard for this entire academic year. Starting in the fall, I will be getting paid to talk about my favorite nursing topic. Which also means unless I do something totally insane, I am pretty well guaranteed to make tenure next year. It's such a great feeling to know all my time and effort didn't go unnoticed.

On the fitness front I'm doing better than I have in years. I don't know what changed everything, but it's not "hard" anymore. Not in the sense that I don't challenge myself with my goals, but in that I guess that they mean enough to me that it isn't hard to make them a priority. I don't think I ever really believed when people talked about how when it is a lifestyle change it ends up being just like brushing your teeth...you don't even have to think about "being healthy".

So, as of now I'm still working towards my half-marathon in September and have several short races over the summer. My first one is next Saturday. I like the new fitness center at the college...well, except for some of the annoying students that I have to kick out of the way. Hopefully with the semester ending I won't have nearly as much trouble with that though. And the scale just keeps moving down...amazing since I finally stopped giving a damn what it says, it finally is saying what I wanted it to all along. It's like a bad relationship

It only got up into the 50s today and the wind has been blowing 20-25 mph all day. It's supposed to start warming up again Monday, but then it is supposed to start raining which is forecasted until next Sunday. This sucks. At least the yard got mowed yesterday.

45 mins yoga
30 mins light spinning (I was just sitting and watching TV, so doesn't count for much )
Cals: 1460...undecided on a snack tonight. Will probably end up with about 200 more cals
Water: 2.5 L

Our vacation is soon!!!

Hurry up May 15th!!!!

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Woke up to the boys fighting about something, but had 2 very sweet cards waiting for me. My husband HATES buying cards, so I was so happy this morning. Stayed up way too late playing with my other Mother's Day gift, a Kindle! I love it, I have a feeling it's going to be with me everywhere I go.

Rest day today. Took a walk with the boys and pups.
Cals: 1370
Water: 2L

I need to get on board with more water, but it's really hard on days when I'm not doing much. This is final exams/graduation week so I'm going to need to keep my time managed through the craziness.
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What a day! The usual finals week potluck craziness. I tried to make reasonable choices, but the strawberry layer cake had its way with me. Jim had unexpected overtime so I had to get home earlier than expected, so the gym will have to wait until tomorrow. In the meantime, I came home and did some intervals on the treadmill. By the way, I really hate my treadmill now that I've been back to using the nicer ones at the gym and running outside.

Oh, and in a moment of insanity I decided it would be a fantastic idea to sign up for summer bootcamp. I'm going to the MWF 6:30 am sessions because 1)If I wait for the 6pm session I'm likely to not go 2)Brock is playing ball this summer and the games are in the evening through the week. Please remind me of how great I thought this would be when I'm whining about it after the first session on June 2nd.

Sounds like an awesome idea Cris. I bet you'll like it. It will be hard getting up and going but once you're halfway through the session you'll feel great.

I'm officially on break. Seems I will have plenty of work to do while on break, but at least for the most part I'm on my own schedule and can work when I feel like it except for a few meetings/single day classes I'm going to teach here and there. Oh, and completely revising the course I inherited. Hmmm...it's not sounding like much of a break is it? But, no student drama!

Going to check out the 24 hour access club that is hosting the bootcamp sometime tomorrow, probably during the cardio box class to see if anyone else is going to bootcamp classes so I can meet some of the people there.

I started the bootcamp class on Friday. Turns out when your fat, bodyweight exercises can kick your ass after all. I've been sore all weekend. Added in a few hours of yard work yesterday, which didn't help my cause but my yard looks much nicer now just in time for it to pour rain again today. I think next week we are starting with sandbags.

Need to decide if I'm going to actually get serious and diet or what. I've been eating at a small deficit and losing about 0.5 lb per week, but it would be nice to step it up a notch. Decisions, decisions....