March Workout Goals - Overall Summary

The month started out great but then went all downhill when work sucked the life out of me.  I blew a few of these out of the water and was close to meeting some. If I paid more attention the last few days I would have hit the core workout one.  I don't think I've ever run this many times in a single month and this month I'm injured and was supposed to take time off.  This is probably why I'm still injured!  I didn't meet all my goals but I'd call this month a success because I ran a 50k and a 30k and still managed to do some other stuff.

1. Complete 18 cardio workouts (running, exercise bike, or elliptical)  (February = 18, not met; January = 19, met; December = 18, met; November = 18, met) [This month I will allow 10 minutes on the bike to count if it is a warmup to knee exercises. Usually 15 minutes is the minimum.]
1. 3/2 Run
2. 3/3 Bike (10 min)
3. 3/4 Run
4. 3/5 Bike (11 min)
5. 3/6 Bike (12 min)
6. 3/9 Run
7. 3/10 Run (super short though)
8. 3/11 Run
9. 3/11 Walk with Dave
10. 3/14 Run
11. 3/15 Run
12. 3/17 Run
13. 3/21 Run
14. 3/23 Run
15. 3/23 Walk
16. 3/23 Run
17. 3/24 Run
18. 3/25 Run
19. 3/26 Run/Walk
20. 3/27 Bike
21. 3/28 Run
22. 3/29 Run
23. 3/30 Run
24. 3/31 Run
2. Complete 13 core workouts (February = 13, not met; January = 13, met; December = 12, met; November = 12, not met) [Usually 5 minutes is the minimum or I won't count it. I will aim for more 6 minute workouts or longer.]
1. 3/2 (5:30)
2. 3/3 (5:14)
3. 3/5 (5:06)
4. 3/7 During Body Pump
5. 3/9 During Body Pump
6. 3/10 (5:45)
7. 3/12 During Body Pump
8. 3/21 (6:04)
9. 3/23 (5:13)
10. 3/27 (5:05)
11. 3/28 During Body Pump
3. Frequency: Run 8 times. (February = 12, met; January = 14, met; December = 10, met, November = 12, met with 15) [I have 2 races this month and am injured so plan to run fewer times.]
1. 3/2
2. 3/4
3. 3/9
4. 3/10
5. 3/11
6. 3/14
7. 3/15
8. 3/17
9. 3/21
10. 3/23
11. 3/23
12. 3/24
13. 3/25
14. 3/26
15. 3/28
16. 3/29
17. 3/30
18. 3/31
4. Distance: Run 60 total miles [Reach goal = 70 miles] (February = 60, met; January = 13, met; December = 40, November = 65, met) - Goal created without comparing it to my training plan but with my 2012 mileage goal to be 700 which averages to a little less than 60 a month. 
1. 7.51 (3/2) + 9.27 (3/4)  = 16.78
2. 1.25 (3/9) + .65 (3/10) + 10.17 (3/11) = 12.07 {28.85}
3. 1.42 (3/14) + 2.38 (3/15) + 31.23 (3/17) = 35.03 (new high week)
4. 1.41 (3/21) + 2.51 (3/23) + 2.01 (3/23) + 2.54 (3/24) + 8.01 (3/25) =  16.48 {80.35}
5. .58 (3/26) + 2.04 (3/28) + 2.5 (3/29) + 2.01 (3/30) +18.95 (3/31) = 26.08 {106.43} --- new high mileage in a single month (October was the old high with 104.4)
5. Workout with Dave 5 times. (February = 9, not met; January = 10, met; December = 12, but with all other activities it is hard to also workout with Dave, November = 8, met) 
1. 3/2 Walk around Grove City 
2. 3/3 Gym
3. 3/5 Gym
4. 3/6 Gym
5. 3/7 Walk
6. 3/11 Walk
7. 3/14 Walk
8. 3/17 Walk
9. 3/18 Walk
10. 3/21 Walk/Run
11. 3/23 Walk
12. 3/24 Track
13. 3/26 Track
14. 3/30 Track
6. Lift weights 8 times on my own. (February = 5, not met; January = 5 met; December = 5, not met; November = 4, met with 5) [Increased this because I need to strengthen the muscles in my legs more so I need to increase the lifting.  Lately running has increased but everything else has decreased.]
1. 3/3 legs
2. 3/5 legs
3. 3/6 legs
4. 3/9 legs (at the gym at work)
5. 3/10 legs with bands at home
6. 3/29 Legs (at the gym at work)
7. 3/25 legs (barely should count so at end)
7. Perform yoga or a similar group fitness class 2 times. (February = 2, not met; January = 2, met; December = 2, met; November = 3, not met) - I hate this goal. I know yoga is good though.
8. Attend Body Pump 4 times. (February = 4, not met; January = 3, met; December = 3, not met; November = 4, not met)
1. 3/7 (Wednesday)
2. 3/9 (Friday)
3. 3/12 (Monday @ Work)
4. 3/28 (Wednesday)
9. Have 2 double workout days (morning + evening, lunch + evening, etc) (February = 2, met; January = 2, met)
1. 3/9 Run & weights + Body Pump
2. 3/10 Run + abs, foam roller, legs, stretch
3. 3/11 Run + Walk
4. 3/14 Run + Walk
5. 3/23 Run + Walk + Run + core and stretch
10. Stretch for 10 consecutive minutes 2 times  (February = 2, not met; January = 2, met)
1. 3/2
2. 3/3
3. 3/5
4. 3/10
5. 3/21
6. 3/23
7. 3/27
11. Do foam roller exercises 8 times [New]
1. 3/2 5 minutes
2. 3/3
3. 3/5
4. 3/6
5. 3/10
6. 3/21
7. 3/23

I have a few other goals that are related to exercise but aren't me working out.

1. Have another photo shoot to get some athletic pictures for at the top of this post.
1. 3/11 Small one
2. 3/14 Small one with photos taken by me.
3. 3/15 With Jen. Total of 1499 pictures!
2. No more than 8 rest days all month (sitting at stretching or doing foam roller exercises means it is not a rest day)
1. 3/1 - Sick
2. 3/8
3. 3/13 - Busy with work than an NA-YGN function until 10:30 PM
4. 3/16 - but cleaned for hours
5. 3/20
6. 3/22
3. Put my monthly workout goals in excel or some program so I have them all together and can pull some data based on that.
4. Make more collages with exercise photos and add them to my exercise gallery
1. 3/14 

A Day's Worth of Twitter

02:39:35 PM - @TENroaches @polahbea he's getting at that it is me and I hate meatballs.
02:57:16 PM - @mikecherepko well these were fresh. I've only had from other restaurants or frozen before. Usually too much meat for my liking though.
05:47:13 PM - Sporting event at the track so we can't run. We are on our way to another track. Hope nothing is going on there.
07:16:29 PM - @angelineevans I am surprised too. It really annoys me.
11:35:29 PM - I found @loratastic's blog and she ran the 50k that I ran and she ran March Mad Dash that I took photos at. http://t.co/0FxwDNuT

You can find me as @smilincolleen on Twitter.

Friend Friday: Remixing

October 2010 - Present

Katy came up with these questions.

The one-time use phenomenon. I've been reading a number of posts lately about only wearing something once and how many bloggers are accused of this. Seems a good topic for us. 

October 2011, February 2012

1. Are you a one-time wearer? 
Not even close. I even post in the exact same outfit more than once.

2. Do you feel the need to purchase something new for an evening out or a special event?
No. I hate to do that. Sometimes I feel guilty about not doing it because it was the same dress before but it still all works out. I will buy new dresses because I feel like it and I don't do it when there is a special event coming up.

3. Re-mixing is something a lot of bloggers are proud of being able to accomplish - are you a re-mixing pro or do you shy away from posting items frequently? Why?
Sometimes I might post items from one outfit the very next day. I don't tend to wear things so close so the posts aren't so close but it's not like I'm holding back.  But I don't think I'm a pro. I still tend to catch myself wearing the same shirt with the same skirt even though clearly both would go with other things. If I have worn the same jeans and a tee shirt multiple times I don't take the time to make my pretty arrows with with I got things anymore though. I have previously posted about why I remix. I try not to wear the same thing within a few weeks if it is more obscure like a pink skirt or a plaid skirt. If it is black pants or a black skirt on the other hand, I'll wear those whenever.  I have a large closet and hate focusing on one thing so each day I try to branch out more. I even leave my clean clothes in the laundry room longer just to go a bit longer without seeing them and thus wearing them. I went through some old pictures with this post as motivation and you can see how I remixed a few things. The pictures are scattered through this post.  You will notice that even some identical outfits repeat.

March 2010 - Present

4. Do you have a clothing budget or are you an impulse buyer?
I do not have a clothing budget and I am not an impulse buyer.  I need an option about being encouraged by my husband to buy new clothes. I analyze in the store. I won't buy anything unless I love it. Some days I go to the mall with the intent to buy some new things and I'm not even specific in what I'm looking for and I leave empty handed.

February 2007 - Present (not all photos)

5. Do you find yourself bored when reading a blog in which clothing items are often remixed and appear frequently?
I wish everyone would show how they remix the same article of clothing close together so I wouldn't be bored with it.  Before buying a new trendy item, I'd like to see how versatile it'll be.  The more a blogger repeats, the more I appreciate them. I keep wanting to do posts on how I remixed a certain outfit, but that keeps staying on my to-do list and I never seem to get to it. I have done it a few times though.

A Day's Worth of Twitter

04:52:31 PM - I was hungry for a little snack and opened my Cheese Nips box. It sure is addicting. 2/3 of the box is gone. Claims of 11 servings per box.
11:10:12 PM - I was later to the news. Sad RT @kendieveryday: I'm late to the news but I refuse to say goodbye to one of my faves @wwanw. Say it ain't so!
11:14:08 PM - @tcassino where was she/the bus?

You can find me as @smilincolleen on Twitter.

3.24

Pants and Shirt: Express (both old)
Shoes: Famous Footwear

I woke up and did some stuff on my computer.  I updated my weight graph data and put a few graphs on my site. I also updated Dave's graph. I realized I should eat breakfast before I go run because I was feeling a little lightheaded.

I went to run with Jen (a different Jen than the normal Jen I run with).  We ran a little later so we didn't have to run in the rain.  This is Jen's 2nd time running with me and 2nd time running in more than 15 years.  We did 2.5 miles.  I'm getting her to run a 5k in 8 weeks so we have to get her to running more.  We had a few walk breaks but I still think it is pretty good.  Last time I ran with her, I had a dream after that we ran a 5k together and she beat me.

After the run I came home and finally sewed the button on a shirt. It has been sitting on my desk for me to sew for 6 or so months. Then I sewed one of Dave's button holes so the button won't always pop out. I felt so productive.

Then we went to lunch with Chad and Jen. We went to Campecino's then Yum.  Dave and I went to Giant Eagle after that.  We were still in the vegetable section when I started to feel a little weird.  An aisle later I started to feel clammy.  About 8 aisles later I was having Dave give me a little push to get started moving the cart and sometimes I'd pretend to be looking at things on the bottom shelf for a rest.  Near the end I went and found a bench and Dave finished shopping. Some how I got lightheaded.

After we got home, I ended up napping for an hour.

Then I went to the mall and bought lots of things.

On my way home at 9:10 PM, I realized I hadn't eaten dinner.  I got home and tried on all my new clothes for Dave and forced him to take pictures of me in everything new.   Then I updated my clothes inventory spreadsheet. It hasn't been updated since October.  I blogged about almost all my purchases so I will have to go back and fill it out.

I went in to bed at 11:15 PM but realized I hadn't blogged for the day so I got back up and posted a post I knew I had written but just had to insert pictures.  Then I typed a few more blog posts and at 11:45 I got to typing this post and when I got to the dinner portion of the post I realized I had not eaten dinner yet. Oh boy. I did have a jelly bean and 3 bites of leftover pizza.  Now I'm debating if I should go downstairs and eat something since I will be running in the morning.

All day I kept feeling skinny. My pants were too loose. I was also feeling lightheaded. I bet there was a correlation. My weight was also lower today than the past few days. These are all correlated.  I told myself in the morning that I should know I'll be getting lightheaded throughout the day on the days my weight is down in the morning. It always happens but I never prepare myself for it.

A Day's Worth of Twitter

10:50:49 PM - Ran 2 miles today and forgot to look at my data or garmin. What is the world coming to?
10:53:56 PM - @mikecherepko I can't think of a time you were influential about weddings.

You can find me as @smilincolleen on Twitter.

3.27

Necklace: Sears
Sweater: Express
Pants: VS
Shoes: Famous Footwear (Nine West)

I hit snooze yet again for another hour. I'm just too exhausted.
I was insanely busy again at work. I was having difficulty thinking again. I'm still drained. I need relax time. I think even more than just an evening.

I thought I'd leave early to relax but then I ended up staying late.  I was going to go to the gym after work but I felt like skipping so I did. I definitely should have lifted weights.  Oh well.

I got home and ate dinner and watched TV.  Then I watched more TV. I just needed more time to just sit there.  Then I used the exercise bike, did a core workout, then stretched for 10 minutes.   I cleaned up a bit in the bedroom and organized my closet a little while watching Biggest Loser.  I had moer to do but then got lazy and just sat on the bed to watch the rest of the show.

A Day's Worth of Twitter

01:05:33 AM - @reedaboutme that is super odd to me (announcing friend purge). Why not just purge in silence?
03:22:54 PM - Facilities guy has to come to my conference room and walks in saying "I've been to your blog before." I never talked to him before.

You can find me as @smilincolleen on Twitter.

5 Runs, 3/21-3/25

I got busy so instead of a separate post for each run here is 1 post for all runs during the week.  I didn't run Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday because I was sore and busy.

Wednesday, I ran with Dave. It wasn't much of a run for me but progress for him. We ran the straight aways and walked the curves. I couldn't even get a good iphone picture because he was moving too fast.

Thursday, I was too busy to workout.

Friday, I met Jen after work to run a short 2.5 miles. We didn't run our normal run for a variety of reasons but one was the heat and the second was I was meeting Dave after to walk to loop with him.  It was so hot when we ran. We were dying. I couldn't believe how awful the sun was. We went at the worst time of day or something.

As soon as we were done running, I started my run with Dave. We were on our way but he was still sore from our run Wednesday so wasn't wasn't so fun for him. Walking weird because of his hamstring ended up making his back hurt.  At 1.75 miles when he started complaining I said we should turn around.  He said no.  Then around 2.33 miles we stopped walking and sat in the grass. There were no benches. We tried to find a bench but walked half a mile and there were none.  After we got up from the grass, he told me I should run to the car and come back and get him.  So that's what I did.  By this point it felt a lot cooler. It was just as hot but the sun wasn't beating down on me. The run was much easier by this point and I was even more tired.

I told Dave he sure knows how to pick a spot for me to have to run to the car. It was 2 miles one direction and 2.5 the other way. Or if I didn't cut off the one cutoff it was 2.5 in either direction.   My goal on my way back to the car after .5 was 2:20 for each quarter mile or 9:20 pace. I beat that.

Dave's stats

Saturday, I ran with Jen (a different Jen than Thursday).  It was Jen's 2nd time running in 15 years.  Her first time running was in July at 5pm when it was 85 degrees.  She said this time was a lot easier.  We walked the last lap which made our time a lot slower. We walked our entire 8th lap too I think.  She said I could go do a lap without her but I knew I ran a lot the day before and was running the next day so I didn't do it. Plus then I said she wouldn't have data from the run.

Dave walked while we ran.  Dave said he came up with a new way to walk faster and he wasn't kidding. I have no idea what he did before or what he does now but that's a pretty fast walking pace for him.

Sunday, I ran with Jen, Jen, Mandy, and Ibrahim.  We went to the Southside and did a trail down there.  We walked the first .25 then ran entirely until 3.5ish when we had to turn around. Then we did 4:1. At the next point when I had to turn around it was 6.75. Ibrahim and I turned around. We were both in a hurry. We only did 8 miles. Everyone else did more. Jen did the most with doing 10 miles. At first I forgot I was in a hurry. I thought I'd have plenty of time but I forgot that we started over 20 minutes late and that my plan was to run 6 miles instead of 8.  I made us get a group picture before we ran. The camera ended up tilted when I pushed the button so I'm partially cut off.  Sarah didn't go to run. Ibrahim said her foot is bothering her and commented she hurt it during my 50k. He was joking but she might have hurt it then!

At the end of the run Ibrahim and I had 2:03 and 2:06 splits. The one before that was a little longer because we got up a ramp and there was a fence. He decided to jump it but I went back around.  Even with speeding up, I still cut it entirely too close getting home and getting my shower before heading out.

The weather was perfect.  The trail was nice along the river too.  I didn't even mess up driving there.

That's a total of 16.48. Not bad for feeling like it was a rest week besides Sunday.

A Day's Worth of Twitter

07:31:31 PM - It is too cold outside. I forgot how to dress for exercise outside after a warm few weeks. Wind chill 32 and no hat or scarf
10:38:44 PM - not plugging in my laptop to force me to only work so little isn't working. I'm about to go get my power cord.

You can find me as @smilincolleen on Twitter.

Shopping - Skinny, colorful jeans

I went to the mall myself on Saturday. I bought 12 new things. Three of the things are pretty shocking to me.

What types of shoes do you wear with skinny jeans?  If you've worn some and have some pictures, link me to them in the comments. I want some more ideas. I think heels are better than flats but there are many types of heels.

I often update my excel file for my clothes inventory. I hid a few columns for the display here. I hid  the date, what store, and location. I bought these all at Forever 21 at Ross Park Mall on 3/24. When I buy clothes anywhere else the Details and original price is filled out because nothing is full price, but at Forever 21 everything is so inexpensive and not really on sale that I don't have anything to put there.

I didn't even know the hoodie was on sale. I bought that to replace my old hoodie that I had to throw away because the arm at the elbow wore out.

The blue shirt is labeled as a tunic on the tag so it is labeled as a tunic above.  I thought the orange shirt might go with the yellow pants and the scarf but Dave wouldn't let me mix and match outfits to show him my new clothes. I'm not actually sure if it'd go.

I'm most scared of the yellow pants.  All the skinny jeans are out of my comfort zone. I don't own any pairs of skinny jeans and never have.  I ended up with yellow because the other 2 colors were out of my size.  I liked both other colors better. They were less wild.

I bought 4 tank tops that are all shown above but I mainly just wear those around the house or to exercise.  I had to take pictures in combinations with new things though which is why they are all modeled.

The skirt is actually meant to be a little shorter but I pulled it down more on my hips to make it go to my knee.

All in all I spent $96.

The jeans are meant for people with waist and butt measurements more similar.  I have a lot of inches extra in the waistband. The jeans are a little big in the hips/butt too.  I needed to size up for the calves.  But even trying on normal jeans there, they are meant more for juniors than for me.

I took pictures of the pants in the dressing room and texted my brother to get his opinion.

March Workout Goals - Weeks 3 and 4

The month started out great but then went all downhill when work sucked the life out of me.

1. Complete 18 cardio workouts (running, exercise bike, or elliptical)  (February = 18, not met; January = 19, met; December = 18, met; November = 18, met) [This month I will allow 10 minutes on the bike to count if it is a warmup to knee exercises. Usually 15 minutes is the minimum.]
1. 3/2 Run
2. 3/3 Bike (10 min)
3. 3/4 Run
4. 3/5 Bike (11 min)
5. 3/6 Bike (12 min)
6. 3/9 Run
7. 3/10 Run (super short though)
8. 3/11 Run
9. 3/11 Walk with Dave
10. 3/14 Run
11. 3/15 Run
12. 3/17 Run
13. 3/21 Run
14. 3/23 Run
15. 3/23 Walk
16. 3/23 Run
17. 3/24 Run
18. 3/25 Run
2. Complete 13 core workouts (February = 13, not met; January = 13, met; December = 12, met; November = 12, not met) [Usually 5 minutes is the minimum or I won't count it. I will aim for more 6 minute workouts or longer.]
1. 3/2 (5:30)
2. 3/3 (5:14)
3. 3/5 (5:06)
4. 3/7 During Body Pump
5. 3/9 During Body Pump
6. 3/10 (5:45)
7. 3/12 During Body Pump
8. 3/21 (6:04)
9. 3/23 (5:13)
3. Frequency: Run 8 times. (February = 12, met; January = 14, met; December = 10, met, November = 12, met with 15) [I have 2 races this month and am injured so plan to run fewer times.]
1. 3/2
2. 3/4
3. 3/9
4. 3/10
5. 3/11
6. 3/14
7. 3/15
8. 3/17
9. 3/21
10. 3/23
11. 3/23
12. 3/24
13. 3/25
4. Distance: Run 60 total miles [Reach goal = 70 miles] (February = 60, met; January = 13, met; December = 40, November = 65, met) - Goal created without comparing it to my training plan but with my 2012 mileage goal to be 700 which averages to a little less than 60 a month. 
1. 7.51 (3/2) + 9.27 (3/4)  = 16.78
2. 1.25 (3/9) + .65 (3/10) + 10.17 (3/11) = 12.07 {28.85}
3. 1.42 (3/14) + 2.38 (3/15) + 31.23 (3/17) = 35.03 (new high week)
4. 1.41 (3/21) + 2.51 (3/23) + 2.01 (3/23) + 2.54 (3/24) + 8.01 (3/25) = 16.48 {80.35}
5. Workout with Dave 5 times. (February = 9, not met; January = 10, met; December = 12, but with all other activities it is hard to also workout with Dave, November = 8, met) 
1. 3/2 Walk around Grove City 
2. 3/3 Gym
3. 3/5 Gym
4. 3/6 Gym
5. 3/7 Walk
6. 3/11 Walk
7. 3/14 Walk
8. 3/17 Walk
9. 3/18 Walk
10. 3/21 Walk/Run
11. 3/23 Walk
12. 3/24 Track
6. Lift weights 8 times on my own. (February = 5, not met; January = 5 met; December = 5, not met; November = 4, met with 5) [Increased this because I need to strengthen the muscles in my legs more so I need to increase the lifting.  Lately running has increased but everything else has decreased.]
1. 3/3 legs
2. 3/5 legs
3. 3/6 legs
4. 3/9 legs (at the gym at work)
5. 3/10 legs with bands at home
7. Perform yoga or a similar group fitness class 2 times. (February = 2, not met; January = 2, met; December = 2, met; November = 3, not met) - I hate this goal. I know yoga is good though.
8. Attend Body Pump 4 times. (February = 4, not met; January = 3, met; December = 3, not met; November = 4, not met)
1. 3/7 (Wednesday)
2. 3/9 (Friday)
3. 3/12 (Monday @ Work)
9. Have 2 double workout days (morning + evening, lunch + evening, etc) (February = 2, met; January = 2, met)
1. 3/9 Run & weights + Body Pump
2. 3/10 Run + abs, foam roller, legs, stretch
3. 3/11 Run + Walk
4. 3/14 Run + Walk
5. 3/23 Run + Walk + Run + core and stretch
10. Stretch for 10 consecutive minutes 2 times  (February = 2, not met; January = 2, met)
1. 3/2
2. 3/3
3. 3/5
4. 3/10
5. 3/21
6. 3/23
11. Do foam roller exercises 8 times [New]
1. 3/2 5 minutes
2. 3/3
3. 3/5
4. 3/6
5. 3/10
6. 3/21
7. 3/23

I have a few other goals that are related to exercise but aren't me working out.

1. Have another photo shoot to get some athletic pictures for at the top of this post.
1. 3/11 Small one
2. 3/14 Small one with photos taken by me.
3. 3/15 With Jen. Total of 1499 pictures!
2. No more than 8 rest days all month (sitting at stretching or doing foam roller exercises means it is not a rest day)
1. 3/1 - Sick
2. 3/8
3. 3/13 - Busy with work than an NA-YGN function until 10:30 PM
4. 3/16 - but cleaned for hours
5. 3/20
6. 3/22
3. Put my monthly workout goals in excel or some program so I have them all together and can pull some data based on that.
4. Make more collages with exercise photos and add them to my exercise gallery
1. 3/14 

A Day's Worth of Twitter

12:32:08 AM - almost went to bed at 11:15 but realized I didn't do a blog post. 75 min later I'm done blogging/cropping pictures. I got distracted.
12:37:33 AM - @lisafilipek you could read outside. I hear people do that. I might try it sometime.
12:42:30 AM - @BodyMediaFIT abductor and adductor are my favorite leg weight exercises. Running is my favorite for cardio.
12:45:59 AM - @mikecherepko I somehow never saw this reply. I kinda forced it. I wanted pink originally. And I got scary yellow.
12:47:28 AM - @MarnieCarlson most of what I blogged is in draft. Need to crop outfit photos. But this week I will have many posts.
01:01:10 AM - @wrkngmomscloset nobody uses it do then we don't use it (google+).
01:02:20 AM - @angelineevans I'm scared to mark all as read. Also I have 100+ blogs on there I haven't looked at in a year. I should unsubscribe.
01:07:51 AM - I stayed up too late. I forgot to eat dinner. First time I remember forgetting to eat dinner but I always stay up too late.
07:28:35 AM - @mikecherepko what does a 90s party entail?
07:58:18 AM - about to go running and already feel weak and partially lightheaded.
01:17:27 PM - 4 frames in and my fingers already hurt
01:31:22 PM - That frame I got a 1. So now 92 after 9 frames.
08:45:18 PM - It is so late and I still have to work, blog about 5 runs, and relax.

You can find me as @smilincolleen on Twitter.

3.21

Cardigan and Shirt: Limited
Skirt: Express
Belt: Kohl's
Shoes: Kohl's
Necklace: Sears (I think)

I had to go into work for an 8:30 meeting so I couldn't telecommute. My knee was worse than any of the previous days.

Not only did I have to come into work for a meeting but I had to go to building 1 for it. I was wincing in pain as I was walking over.  It was not fun.  Then I get to building 1 and set up my laptop and the phone rings.  It was someone telling me the meeting was no longer in building 1 and I had to get back to building 4 for the meeting.  That sucked.

In that meeting, I got even more work. I'm already fully loaded.  As soon as that meeting was done, I went back to my desk to write up my performance review. I had 30 minutes until my meeting.  Most people spend hours writing up their review. I spent 20 minutes.  I knew better than to try to redock my computer or it would have wasted 20 minutes of it.  My meeting went fine but I still have to put it into notes in the system.  I just didn't have the time.  I have too many meetings that I can't get work done.

The day flew by.    As the day went on my knee got a lot better.  It went from constant pain to no pain. But because it was so bad earlier, I decided that I should not go to Body Pump.
Then I ended up staying at work too late.

On top of instead of inside the snapple box

I ordered Pizza Hut online before leaving work then went and picked it up.  The one pizza had extra sauce instead of easy on the sauce. I checked the order and I ordered it that way. Ugh.

We ate and watched TV then watched a little more TV because I needed a break.  Then I finished planning for the Stampin' Up class. I was done with all the cards and made one more box but then I had to take photos of all the pictures and put it into the tutorial. That always takes so much longer than I think.  I was exhausted by 11:30 when I was done prepping.  I didn't make time to carry the supplies down stairs.  I never got to cleaning up. I figure if it's slightly a mess, that's OK.

A Day's Worth of Twitter

03:07:13 PM - Giant Eagle in Wexford is too crowded. I hate it.
03:18:45 PM - This nicely sliced and packaged cheese makes the crowds worth it. http://t.co/9E7MATvP
03:59:43 PM - @MarnieCarlson where is a good place to buy them? And should they be skinny jeans?
04:01:20 PM - Giant Eagle should have benches around the store. I need a bench. Or many throughout. Grocery shopping is tiring.

You can find me as @smilincolleen on Twitter.

3.20

It has been awhile since I wore this dress so I figured it was time to wear it again.  I feel like my outfit was all new except the shoes but when I thought about it, I guess it's a lot older than I thought.

Poly watched me take my daily picture out the window. Then when I came back in she moved to watch me again.  I followed the other malibu maxx down 228 again. We are always just a few cars apart. I am always shocked by this since I leave home for work at different times. 

I worked. I was so busy at one point I caught myself banging my head off my desk. I'm not quite sure how that happened but I swear work is going to give me a heart attack before I'm 30. I just have far too much to get done and then far too many meetings so then I don't have any time to get any of it done.

After work I went to a WIN scrapbooking event.  I only took some supplies and I talked to some people and left early.  I had to get home to plan my Stampin' Up Class.

Well I got home and made dinner and watched some TV.  I did finally get to planning and ended up deciding to quit doing that at 11PM. I thought about booting up my work computer to do work at that point but decided against it. Sometimes the computer takes 30 minutes to get ready to be able to do work and by that point it would be bedtime. I was already falling asleep.

A Day's Worth of Twitter

08:51:49 AM - Today is awful. My power cord is in the room where I had a meeting last yesterday. So I had to come in to work on telecommuting day.
08:52:25 AM - Traffic was awful and apparently at 8:30 people like to drive 30 on 228 instead of the speed limit (which is 45 and 50).
05:35:36 PM - 2.33 miles into the walk with Dave. Already ran 2.5 with Jen.
11:20:17 PM - @mikecherepko should I attempt to buy colored jeans this weekend?
11:23:52 PM - @angelineevans why does he refuse the new iPad?

You can find me as @smilincolleen on Twitter.

3.19

Shirt and Skirt from Limited. 

Shoes from Famous Footwear

Necklace from Lia Sophia.

Boy do I hate how I look in flats. I hate how I stand in flats.

I was so tired so I kept hitting snooze. Dave tried talking to me to get me to wake up.  At one point he said on a scale of 1-10 for cuteness, Poly was a 36.  When I woke up, I said she was a 36. She sure was cute.
I worked. I worked until about 7.  I stopped at Giant Eagle on the way home to buy a couple ingredients.

I got home, cooked a quick dinner, ate, and then started working again.  I worked for 2 hours.
Then I started planning for my Stampin' Up Party.  I was up until 12:30.

A Day's Worth of Twitter

12:14:21 AM - @mikecherepko it is a show on demand I have on in the background while I blog. I can't have good shows on or I pay attention to them.
12:15:02 AM - All my clothes have a winter feel. I want some new spring ones or someone to just tell me what to wear.
12:18:30 AM - I also forget how to match. Good thing I have the previous 7 years of daily pics to look at.
07:03:55 AM - Umm so tired.
06:12:02 PM - My stamping party started at 6. Nobody is here. Sigh.
10:07:50 PM - Time to eat dinner!

You can find me as @smilincolleen on Twitter.