18/30: Jogging and Unpacking

18/30

At this point it's getting to be too many days in between posts.  I had to do an outline just to keep everything straight!  Before I finished unpacking the kitchen, I unpacked the PS3 so that I would have something to distract me while I unpacked.  I thought the best thing to listen to would be musicals!  "Into the Woods," "Enchanted," and "Tarzan" made my day much better.

When my guy finally got home I did 1.3 miles.  I'm not sure if I took the dog with me or not...  Can't remember that far back!

19/30

I did loads of laundry.  Many, many loads.  I also put in "Spice World" and I can't remember what else.

My run was extra awesome.  I decided that I wanted to do 2 miles.  I took a new route and was surprised with some rather awesome new endurance! I added a huge* hill into the run right as I was done with my 2 miles and was so excited by the fact that I got myself up the hill that I ran all the way home! It was downhill so my legs got a little bit of a rest, and so when I got to my front door I decided to lap my block one more time.  It meant another hill*.  I had two hills* in my run! ^_^ I'm a machine!

*Okay, these are not huge hills, but they are medium hills and they are hard.

20/30

I woke up and decided to take Ada to a fabric store for a little bit of a scene change.  On the way we bumped into these!

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 We see you!!

We frolicked through the Nike store and then gasped in wonder at the fabric in the fabric store.  Then we came home to more movies and laundry.

I only did a mile.  And I took Ada with me.  It was rather pathetic.

21/30

On Saturday I wanted to do my run early.  I went my my sexy man to the local coffee shop and after I got some delightful caffine in me I went for my run.  I wanted to repeat the great 3 mile run I had done last Sunday.  So I programed my Nano for 3.25 miles (I figured an extra quarter mile should be about what I'm gaining a week!)

While I was jogging I passed a motorcycle on the ground.  Someone had run into it (probably while backing up) and hadn't bothered picking it back up.  On my second pass I couldn't help myself and asked a nearby doorman to help me pick it up. (Less of a chance of someone running into it again I figured.) The footpeg on one side was shirred off.  I picked it up and sliced open my hand. Ouch! 

So I kept running.  I saw some stairs and added them into my run. 
And kept running.  I noticed how the bottom on a ladies shoes matched the color of her purse. 
And kept running.  I got to pet some cute dogs.
And kept running. I took a picture of some tourists with the city in the background.  And kept running.  I got to watch artists paint the city around us.
And kept running. My nano said I was done with my 3.25 miles.
I kept running.

I ran 5 miles.

I don't think you heard me...

I RAN 5 MILES!!!

It was awesome. I felt great.  I was hoping on day 30 that I might be able to do it, but I figured there was no way it would ever actually happen.  I am so geeked!

 These are the feet that ran 5 miles!

After I got home I told my boyfriend, but I didn't want to go crazy and bore everyone so I saved it all up for you!  He went to the YMCA while I took the dog for a walk.  I went grocery shopping.  He cooked dinner.  We had a mini house warming party.  Everyone had fun and complimented my man's cooking (he's good!) and after a last doggie walk I went to  bed.  And I ran 5 miles!!

22/30

Today was a much calmer day.  I took the dog to the park.  Had some coffee.  Had breakfast sushi.  Found an awesome mini cupcake place. I also took a nap!

I took Ada with my on my run today.  It was only 2 miles.  But it felt good.  I didn't go crazy.  I am happy with yesterday.  I did decide that I needed to dress up.  It's not a great pic, but sometimes I look cuter than mirror pics make me look!

If you've never worn a miniskirt to work out, you're missing something awesome.  It's fun! I learned all about it when I did roller derby for a year.  You should try it sometime.  Or not.  It's not for everyone, but I always like it.

My girl Alana needs me to come hang out with her in the Castro.  Tomorrows run might involve the beach in Pacifica. 

11/30-14/30: Jogging and Moving

11/30

The last post I wrote had me missing my first jog. I was rather upset and as I walked into the bedroom to get some much needed sleep after loading the links to Facebook, my boyfriend looked at me and said, “Your shoes are right there. If it matters to you that much, just go around the block and at least then you won't have skipped.” So at 12:30 after my last post, I threw on my battered work sneakers and left the house. I was slow and my iPod crapped out after a song, but I reran the rout from the night before, so I know that I got a smidgen over a mile in. I then showered and went to sleep happy and relaxed!

Me in PJ pants and a hoodie at 12:30.

12/30

The next day my sexy awesome boyfriend woke me up with coffee and breakfast. This was so I wouldn't waste any time in packing everything up. Now the ride from Santa Clara to Nob Hill in San Francisco takes an hour. That's without much traffic. Unfortunately we always hit traffic. So we spent at least 10 hours in the car. We tried to get the big furniture first, since we didn't want to be asshole neighbors and move heavy stuff late at night. So (1) the couch and Chair were the previous night, (2) the bed came first, (3) then the desk, tv, & kitchen table, (4) then a load of boxes, (5) hgthen the bookshelves and more boxes, and (6) the last load was things like lamps, my bike, and the dog.

Now every load went like this. We carry the stuff to the truck, pack the cab with random things, load the bed, drive to the city, my boyfriend curses at the other drivers, we double park in front of the apartment, move everything from the truck to the sidewalk while the hazards are blinking, he finds a place to park the full sized F-150 in a city made for mini cars, I move everything from the sidewalk to the lobby while he does that, then we move it from the lobby to the apartment, walk back to the truck, and drive another hour or more to Santa Clara, while bumping into road closures or gridlocked traffic on almost every route out.

We didn't pick the dog up till 5:30 in the morning. That's how long it took to get everything loaded up. This still meant an hour drive with the dog in the car. A dog who seemed to be completely crazy. In the last year since we adopted her she's mellowed quite a bit. Not after we picked her up though. It's like she unlearned a year of behavior. We couldn't even take her into the apartment, she was too crazy. He had to take her for a walk while I unpacked the foodstuffs that went into the fridge.

Living room full of boxes.

After they got back I made sure that I got to go for my jog since I had felt so good the night before. I programed my iPod for a mile and explored a few of the streets around my new place. Despite my exhaustion, the fact that it was 7:30 in the morning or that I knew none of the streets every block I went shook aches out and by the time I was done I was much less stiff. I rinsed off after my jog (first time in days that I'd washed my hair!) and came to bed ready to sleep for a year.

13/30

I got 3 and a half hours. Then the dog woke me up. Since I didn't want her going crazy I took her to a park down the street that seemed to be considered a dog park. She ran and got some crazy out and I was happy that maybe I could get back to sleep. When we got back, Dave went out for coffee and brought home food! I only got an hour nap. After we ate we went and switched his phone carrier. Then he went out with some friends while I got changed for my jog. I went back to the park with Ada and somehow managed to do a mile and a half even with the crazy. 

The Ada dog waking me up

 

I came home and got dressed nice for a night out, when the boys came traipsing into the place. Boxes everywhere! I managed to make enough places for people to sit and talk for a while. We headed back out and went wandering for some food. We found some! Hamburgers and only 2 blocks away. They were very good and grass-fed as well. I took the dog for a last block and then we finally managed to get a good night of sleep.

Now this is an abridged version of what took place the last several days. But going into in more detail would probably glaze your eyes over in boredom. The internet is rather spotty atm, so I can't really depend on it.  Hope to have a post up tomorrow.

10/30: Jogging & 11/30: Not

I've been moving.  I was tired yesterday but before I finished I jogged a mile in jeans and paint clothes!  It was awesome and I felt much better.

A little bit of paint!

Tonight unfortunately I am sitting here after midnight and I'm so exhausted that I'm going to miss a day of my jogging.  I'm going to tack an extra day on at the end, but it's not the same.  I feel like I failed! I managed to jog the day of my sisters wedding, but one measly little move has managed to defeat me.  I need to wake up tomorrow to do more moving so I'm going to go to bed.  I may not get the time tomorrow either.  At that point it's a two day moving break.  But it still sucks, and I don't want to miss tomorrow.

9/30: Jogging and Work

So today was my last day at work and I was so sad.  It was rather nice to see how much everyone was going to miss me.  Hopefully I will get to transfer to the Macy's in Union Square.  At least I managed to fabulous!

Today's jog went way better than I expected.  I had to stop to retie my shoe, but I managed more than 2 miles in one stretch and a bit more than 1/2 a mile to finish.  At 3.5 miles I feel pretty good about how I'm progressing with my runs.  I'm slowly, but surely, building up my endurance and I hope that by the time I'm done with my 30 days I can do a full 3 miles at a jog. I would hope for 5, but I don't think that's gonna happen.

I was gonna upload a nice map of the city and show you where I'm gonna live, but then I realized that I don't really want potential stalkers to know where I live.  Not that more than maybe three or four people really read this, but I figure maybe I shouldn't put a map to my home on the internet... Tomorrow I shall have photos of my new apartment.