yah!

woke up thursday at 4am for no good reason...i was really tired and all that i wanted to do was sleep...but it wasn't happening...funny how the things you want most you can't have!...so i got up made coffee and went about my normal day...just an hour and a half early...

off to spin class...much more populated than tuesday's class...there were other girls there too...the workout was tough...partially because i was so tired...my legs wanted to fall off....and partially because it was a hard workout...some wicked high cadence against some heavy gear pushing...i was having a hard time...my mental focus was on how tired everything was...and i'm tired of being tired!...

home to not do homework...i decided that i was going to give myself a mental break...only have a light load of work to do so i allowed some down time...went to whole foods...got a few things...and wandered around...that place is fun...got sad about my test again...and tried some "get over it" talk to myself that wasn't really helping...did a few things around the house...then off to chem

starting on electro chemistry...should be good...and less math for me to mess up on :)...class average for the test was a 63...well at least i got above the class average...but not by all that much...ok...i know...get over it...i'm trying i swear...on to a lecture about oxidation states...which i remember from 301...yeah! i remembered something from last semester...cool...then a quiz...i got all of them right! sweet...ok things were looking up...we got out of class a few minutes early...prof was mobbed with people so i will talk to him next week...i need to ask him about test taking strategies...i felt like i could have done better on the exam if i wasn't so pressed for time at the end...going through the second half too fast...the first half too slow...we will see if he has any advice for me...

home...then off to jack and adams...:) i need some arm warmers...i don't have any cold weather cycling gear...and it has been chilly the last few saturday mornings...oh and carboom (my fav. gel brand) now has raspberry! yum...i'm taking that on my run sunday for sure...saw jack and richard...yeah!...i love that place...

home to make an early dinner...i made this fish dish with garlic bread crumbs and fresh tomato with pesto (adapted from a recipe off the fine cooking website) wow it was really good...dug it a lot...i think j did too...nice...

then off to thursday swim practice...thursday swim practice has been my nemesis for the past few weeks...partially because it is my _last_ workout before my off day...so by the time i get to it i am just wicked beat...no legs...no help there...and my arms get sore from all that pulling...anyway...i was hoping that this one would be ok or else i would just struggle through it...and get it done...without being too happy about it...swim clinic started so we had three lanes of regular practice and three (four maybe?) of clinic...and double coach action...i only had one other in my lane..nice...the workout was good...3350...lots of technique stuff...and then a set at the end of 10x100 on 10 seconds rest...wow...i totally rocked it out...it felt great...better than any swim thursday or otherwise i have had in a _long_ time...that really turned my spirits around...hoping to ride that through the weekend...

this is the last big weekend...100 miles saturday....16 on the run sunday...then it's all down hill (yikes!) i hope i'm ready for it :D