8.22.09
ok, so much for being on top of the blogging, i've been slacking off again i know. though really, i am pretty sure carrie is the only one still reading it at this point (shout out!). i did my first triathlon last sunday - very very hot and long and wow did i feel like crap when it was done - in fact it was soooo much fun i am planning to do a couple next year! i am starting grad school on monday - stats which is a prereq - ugh! i am truly not sure what possessed me to go back to school but we'll see how the semester goes - it's only one class so it can't be too hard, right? life is generally pretty hectic right now but i think that's just going to be the norm - at least for a while. between my school, prepping for a half marathon in november and a full marathon in january, and arlington co. public schools starting in a couple weeks i'm not sure where my time is going. the good news is this afternoon i am taking full advantage of having the first weekend in a LONG time where we have no huge things schedules so i am vegetating and facebooking and generally being lazy - gotta love it! alright, well i don't have too much else exciting to report so for now i am signing off...
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Sunday, August 2, 2009
weeklong birthday celebrations!
8.2.09
i'm trying to be more regular in my blogging again so here's the latest update. as my (ugh!) 30th birthday approaches on wednesday i have decided to celebrate all out for the milestone. to start carrie and i went skydiving yesterday (pics to come!) and it was AWESOME! we have more or less been talking about this for a few years and decided it would be a great way to celebrate turning 30. it was definitely nerveracking when we hit around 11,000 feet in the plane and more so when i was at the door with the sky in my face and my instructor telling me to jump. i screamed insanely for an instant then realized just how totally amazing it was to be free-falling. we fell for about 50 seconds then he opened the canopy (parachute) and we took about 5 or so minutes to get to the ground. i even got to steer a bit. a very very cool experience and something i just may be crazy enough to do again! wednesday kory, me, my mom and carrie are going to dinner and there's celebrating to do when meg is up next weekend (though it's a surprise for now so i don'[t know what's in store!). oh, and in 2 weekends i celebrate again by doing the traithlon...so it's a great start to a new decade!
p.s. here's a link to the pics!
http://picasaweb.google.com/marykay.alexander/Skydiving#
i'm trying to be more regular in my blogging again so here's the latest update. as my (ugh!) 30th birthday approaches on wednesday i have decided to celebrate all out for the milestone. to start carrie and i went skydiving yesterday (pics to come!) and it was AWESOME! we have more or less been talking about this for a few years and decided it would be a great way to celebrate turning 30. it was definitely nerveracking when we hit around 11,000 feet in the plane and more so when i was at the door with the sky in my face and my instructor telling me to jump. i screamed insanely for an instant then realized just how totally amazing it was to be free-falling. we fell for about 50 seconds then he opened the canopy (parachute) and we took about 5 or so minutes to get to the ground. i even got to steer a bit. a very very cool experience and something i just may be crazy enough to do again! wednesday kory, me, my mom and carrie are going to dinner and there's celebrating to do when meg is up next weekend (though it's a surprise for now so i don'[t know what's in store!). oh, and in 2 weekends i celebrate again by doing the traithlon...so it's a great start to a new decade!
p.s. here's a link to the pics!
http://picasaweb.google.com/marykay.alexander/Skydiving#
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