mandatory end of year post

so i have been neglecting the blog lately...and not for lack of things going on...but just because i haven't really much felt like writing things...just because it felt like too much of a chore to put down my book (fiction not text) or magazine....(mostly food and running/tri)....but here we are at the last day of the year and the mandatory end of year post is here...

this year was so fast i can't even believe it...part of that had to do with the full year of school including two sessions of summer school that were just madness with no break...i learned a ton... and made university honors in every semester so far that i have been at UT...got in to the internship program through UT that i really wanted...20 were accepted out of the 160 that applied...yeah...school was good this year...

tri and running stuff also was good...hit PRs in everything that i did this year...but was short of goal times in 70.3 and marathon...but that being said...this was only my second tri season and second attempt at the marathon distance...while not hitting goals is disappointing no matter how much you PR i still had great GREAT experiences racing...racing vineman 70.3 in CA was awesome...minus the 10 minute halt of racing due to a tree falling on an athlete about 8 miles in on the bike course...it was amazingly beautiful...and j and i getting to have dinner at the French Laundry after the race was a dream come true...(minus the overwhelming service it was perfect)...running the Chicago marathon with my cousin somewhere in that HUGE pack of runners with most of my mom's side of the family watching was also amazing....and making a goal for 2010 to get all of the fam at MCM :D...it was awesome to run with that many people no matter that i didn't hit my time...

j of course has done amazing things this year...too many for me to name them here but a reprint of one book and 2nd edition of that one and a new book contract...plus a million speaking engagements, conferences, travel and article publications along with editing a magazine...oh yeah and his full time job...he is utterly amazing...not only is he wicked smart and does all this stuff in his field...he rarely complains that i get up every weekend (well, and week day morning) well before sunrise to run bike swim etc...

if one thing could happen in 2010 it would be for things to slow down a little...i never knew that time could feel so fast...it is amazing...

lots of goals for racing to come...the big ones include IMCdA and MCM with lots of prep racing in between...course work will finish in 2010 as well...leaving just my internship and RD exam...so that will be a nice accomplishment too...

this down time for break has been really great and i hope to try and include more break time in the year to come...it is amazing what some sleep and lack of deadlines does...it's nice...

well happy 2010 to you all...may it be filled with lots of love and laughter and joy :D

lab results

i have been posting a lot of food these days...and thanks to logan's whining i'm giving you a non food post...that is until tomorrow...so there..

had to go to the doctor just to get a check up, do some blood work and get my vaccinations started for my internship...i need one series that takes 6 months to complete so i thought i might as well start them now...

didn't like the place i had been going so i went to texas sports and family medicine...wow...overall a very good doctor experience...about a 30 second wait in the totally empty waiting room (as compared to a full waiting room of people coughing on me...and waiting 45 minutes) very nice nurses and doctors...and best of all (well after two shots uhm ouch...and blood taken) i got my lab results the next day...i am very happy with my cholesterol levels and everything else looks great too...sometimes it is just nice to know that the things i have been doing for my body pay off...

what is also really nice is that after i got the call they put my labs in the mail to me...i got them today...and i think it is so cool that i know how to read them...i learned this stuff in some of my classes...and wow...i remember and know what all these lines mean...makes me smile...

what also makes me smile is that i had my very last biochem class today...and other than the final i am fully done with all of my hard science...i have learned a lot...and finally feel like i am using my brain properly...and feel very accomplished....especially with this class...so i get tomorrow to play then it's study hard for a week with one final wednesday and one next saturday....i think i can manage...though it's hard to believe that i am actually going to get a break soon...and well...going to take full advantage of my vacation time...i hope :D