Some exciting developments this summer: We are no longer late sleepers or couch sitters! That's right, we have started training for a 5K with a group at church. We meet three days a week and run at 6:30 AM. Adam and I feel so green...we even walk to the Institute where we meet (we are just across the street...but that hasn't prevented us from driving before). I've never been a runner (despite setting the city record in the 7th grade girl's mile.......it was the first year it was open to 7th graders and I was the only one to compete....so it was me....for four laps....running very slowly. The next year, someone beat it by about two minutes!). Adam ran cross-country in high school, but hasn't run much since he tore his ACL (coincidentally when we ran together at 6:30 AM before our missions....let's hope our knees stay healthy this time around!). I'm discovering running is definitely a mind game - I just hope to gain a tolerance/enjoyment of it. On the days we don't run, Adam and I have been waking up at the same time and going on 45 minute walks. It is a really nice way to slowly wake up. Plus, we've discovered new places we've never seen in our neighborhood!
Instead of going home and crashing, Adam and I are reverting to our missionary schedule and love it! We come home, eat, study our scriptures on our own, and then read together. It has been awesome. Besides, I have to be at work/school by 8:30, so it just makes it harder if I go back to sleep. Getting to bed by 10:30 PM has still proven difficult, but we are slowly getting back in the habit.
On top of our early morning walks/runs, I am finally taking a dance class this summer! My friend Brooke and I signed up for a jazz class at the Arts Center. We've only met once so far, but already I am sore in places I forgot I had. Dancing definitely works your body! Plus, it is just so much fun! I have missed it a lot, so I'm glad Adam was willing to sacrifice some of his photography savings to pay for it. Yay, Adam!
So, that's us for the time being. I got bored at work today and decided to change our blog a bit. If you use Google Reader, you should just quickly look at our actual site. It's nothing fancy (it's actually a PowerPoint slide), but I had fun pretending I know something about graphic design.
4 comments:
Huzzah for getting yourselves into a good routine! That's so great! I'm actually working hard to do the same thing--having a baby really threw my schedule out of whack!
Good luck with all the new stuff happening!
Good work - I like the new blog design. Thanks for tipping off the Google Reader crowd so that I could appreciate it.
Yay for 6:30 a.m.! As of today, I am a fan. You're right, it was a nice way to start the day.
Wow--that must be why I never had to serve a mission. The Lord definitely knows us.
Although, it's not per say the getting up at 6:30 I would have the hardest time with (although I really am not a morning person), it would be the going to bed at 10:30. I have a really hard time with that. Even when I'm dead tired, it's usually not sleepy time until at least 11:00 p.m.
Mary P.
hey you two! so good to find you in the blogging world. add me to your list! allthingsjenny.blogspot.com
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