Just Plodding Along

for my PhD exams. So I will be thinking grand thoughts and writing magical answers this week about public policy and international relations (fingers crossed that is what I am doing instead of thinking little thoughts and writing crappy answers). Currently wishing I had one of these... Game on!

Yesterday after my 3 mile run (30 minutes) I headed over to my friend C's house for some french fare. She let a few of us invade her space and then fed us delicious food that involved goat cheese, brie, and a pear tart. Hello you are my favorite person. She also gave us champagne with raspberries. She is a much better hostess than I. I usually make my guests bring a beverage or a present but she let us in without providing anything. She pretty much rocks. Charlie the corgi was also there to entertain us. He is probably the cutest thing I have ever seen. Try not to love this guy. J&J loving the champagne beverage Friends are fun! Alert: Nicest person ever  A day full of eating delicious french food, drinking champagne and chatting with friends, doesn't get any better than that. I also came home to my degree in the mail. It is now official. I apparently know something. Not sure what but the paper says it is so. Whoohooo I also fou...

Today was not a great day. My alarm went off an hour early to get in some yoga time. When it cried out with its annoying little beep I promptly snatched it off the nightstand, reprogrammed it for an hour later and went back to sleep. All without ever really waking up. Pretty magic. But when I woke up the second time I was mad that I had skipped yoga time and would therefore have to fit in a workout later (and to be honest if a workout doesn't happen before 10a.m. there is a 99.9% chance it ain't happenin) Wait I missed yoga-damn And then I went to school. And tried to come up with a date where 5 academics can be in the same room for an hour and a half to do the oral comprehensive exam component of my PhD exams which is apparently more elusive than: and and my ability to obtain these shoes Email conversation from earlier today: Me: Dear Comps Committee I have picked theses dates as the dates for my exam. Please let me know if t...

School starts up again tomorrow So yipee for that Streak Day 10= going strong I have worked out or gone walking (sometimes doing both) everyday since the first. Whoop for me. Today was a 5 miler in 48 minutes. Getting a little faster. Not Houston Olympic Marathon trials fast but fast for me. And is anyone else super excited for the marathon trials? Or have I just crossed into the dark side and become a complete running nerd?