I'm Bouncing of The Walls Again...

I'm all hopped up on the CLICK drink that I had at 830 this morning. This coming from the girl who downs Diet Mountain Dew like it's her job. And you can bet your booty that I will be ordering a canister (or three) tomorrow after I try the vanilla latte flavor (I tried Mocha this morning and I'm in love).

Dear Suzanne:  If I end up in caffeine rehab or fired because I annoyed the crap out of my co-workers, I totally blame you! (Kidding!) No joke, I'm bouncing off the walls today and I love it! (And PS if you're wondering... the mocha tastes like one of my favorite things at Starbucks-- Java Chip Light Frapuccino. None of that stupid protein aftertaste or chunks!).

I'm going to go put some of this energy to use... Gotta clean this pig pen we call a home. We're having company this weekend so you know how that goes. I'd die if someone saw our house right now! Yikes!

What are you doing this weekend? Our friends from KY are coming to visit!! 

Do you care about how your house looks? I'm a huge neat freak and can't stand it when my house is a wreck! 

White Screen of Death and other Randomness

Is anyone else getting the white screen of death when they try to comment on a blog? It's annoying the crap out of me. I usually read in google reader then head over to the blog if I want to comment. For the last week or so, every time I try to do that I get this blank white screen. WTF blogger?

So sorry if it appears that I've been MIA from your blog. Rest assured I've still been blog stalking as usual.

I'm trying to break these beauties in. My 13's are still more comfortable and are my go to shoe, but they've got about 400 miles on them.

This is the card that B-rad got me for my birthday. On the inside he wrote in the website as '3xabear.blogpot.com' (Riley's nickname is the bear). Pretty original!

He also got me some toys:

The quickdraw water bottle that I'd been hinting at and a Nathan VITAband. More to come on the VITAband later, because it's a really cool product!

I hope you all have a great weekend! I have to work but will be doing my long run tomorrow, say a prayer that I'll be able to breathe!! Riley's been giving me kisses to make it better!

Tomorrow's the last day to enter my giveaway!

Really Random Monday

Have you entered my GIVEAWAY?


Thank you all so much for your feedback on my amazing race scheduling. When I first realized what I'd done I had a major freak out. When I told Brad he replied, "Oh that is not a good idea, you do not need to do that." So there it is in writing so he can say I told you so if he needs to! I'm just going to train and see how I feel and go from there (I think I'm going to do it, SHH don't tell him!).


Brad and I did some shopping after church yesterday and you should really go to Dick's Sporting Goods if you're out. It's clearance time, check it out:

3 pairs of Nike tempo shorts and a pair of UA shorts for 33 dollars!! They had a lot of shorts in really bright colors and at 7-8 bucks a pop you can't beat it!

When I was younger I drank a glass of milk every night with dinner and with breakfast most mornings. I've really gotten out of this habit and over the last few years I rarely drank milk, so a goal I made this year was to change this. I'm trying to drink a glass a day!

I'm doing pretty well so far, the only problem is that when I have a big glass of milk I want something like this to go with it:

I picked this up for Brad at the mall but he had picked up his own snack (pretzel) and didn't want it. And YOU KNOW I wasn't just gonna throw it away. Twist my arm. If I can just keep from buying OREOS I should be okay :)

I'm really happy that I've been able to start working out again this week. I've been struggling over the past few weeks with my neck, bronchitis, and this weird rash on my face that turned out to be SHINGLES!?! They think it's actually what was causing my neck to hurt so bad. Completely random. Just it case you're wondering what shingles looks like:

And it's starting to dry up here, it was quiet the mess a few days ago. YUCK!

I hope you all are having a great Monday so far! I'm going to shower and go meet my momma for lunch!

I can bend and not break... Versatile, right?

The incredibly funny and beautiful Jenn, who blogs at Jenn's Adventures passed a blogger award my way! I found Jenn's blog while researching our trip to Maui and have been hooked ever since. I'm convinced that we'd get along great if we ever got to hang out. She's an Auburn fan (go SEC), loves her purses and is a fan of tailgating on Saturday mornings (those fall Saturdays ruin us for the rest of the year, right?). So take some time to go check out her adventures! THANKS JENN!

So here's how this works:

• Thank and link back to the person who passed it to you.
• Share 7 things about yourself.
• Pass along to 15 fellow bloggers.

Seven things about me...

1.  FALL is my favorite season of the year, but I am really grossed out by all the pumpkin flavored stuff that's everywhere. Eww, sick nasty. Almost as gross as pickles. Let's just stick to carving them, shall we? Here's Brad with his Bengals pumpkin a few years ago:

2.  I have this habit of finding myself in extremely awkward situations. I think it's partly because I spend so much time at work having to think before I act or speak (to avoid being sued, and/or fired). When I'm not at work I don't like to think, so I don't... too much.

This particular incident involved a man shoving a goat (named Princess) into my hands and demanding to take a picture of us. Then he asked us for a 'donation' for Princess.

3.  I cannot sleep in socks.

4.  I had a really awkward conversation with Brad's mom the other day. She was talking about how she and Bruce (my father in law) were out to eat and there were all these high school students dressed for homecoming at the restaurant. She was talking about how risque the girls dresses were. I haven't shown her pictures, but I did explain what I wore to prom. Here's JR and SR year:

She's trying to figure out how she can divorce me now... I kid.

5. I was prom queen... In the light blue dress. Kids these days.

6.  A McDonalds diet coke or a Sonic diet cherry limeade can turn my day around. Bring one to me while I'm at work and we'll be BFFs.

7.  I love to read. I know it's really weird but I can spend hours in a Barnes and Noble and be perfectly content. I also think we're incredibly lucky to have libraries. Not to go all Good Will Hunting on you, but it's true, to a certain extent. There's a world of knowledge right at your fingertips. And it's free to everyone. I think it's one thing our government has to be proud of.

PS - if you'd like 7 more random facts about me you can read this post.

So now to pass the love along:

Danielle at Happy, Healthy and Strong
Julia at Pain, Pride and Perseverance
Stefanie at Run On
Samantha at Run With Sam
Rachelle at Running for Trevor
Missy at Southern Girl Running
Jill at Life...As I See It
Courtney at A So-Called Runner
Suz at Cows and Lasers and Everything in Between
Vanessa at Gourmet Runner
Christy at My Dirt Road Anthem
Christina at The Athletarian
Betty at Unstoppable
Coy at First In Philly
Ashley at Redonk Runner

Get on the ball...

Thanks for all the support about the Zumba post... I was very hesitant to post, because I try not to be judgemental... But that bee-otch had it coming. [Let it go already, right?] Moving on.

I'm way behind in the blog world because I've been trying to get my life in order before we go on vacation!!!! So freaking excited. This is what my suitcase looks like currently:

Yeah, and we leave Monday AM. Which would be totally fine except I work 12 hours tomorrow. Might want to get on that.

Speaking of work, everyday we get these things called credentials. They change daily, but they're basically your signature for that day. I scan them when I'm checking prescriptions, printing labels, blah, blah, blah. Mine were pretty awesome today:

Nice, right?

I used my camera in the locker room at the gym... Such a rebel.

I'm trying out some color today. We'll see if it's readable.

Today was my first day off in a week and I was determined to milk to for all it's worth. Let me be very clear, I LOVE to sleep. LOVE IT. But I really hate getting up and feeling like so much of the day is gone. So I got up at 8am (still later than I normally get up) and headed to the Rush. Does this mean I'm officially old?

I had 4 miles of speedwork today, and to be honest, I didn't exactly know what that meant. So I just ran a mile warm up, then worked the speed up and down the rest of the time. Intervals? ish?

Obviously at some point someone ran by me and tossed a bucket of water over my head... Because there is no way one person could produce that much sweat in 40 minutes. It was way more gross than normal. And by normal I mean normal for me and other cool people... Like hookers in church I believe the saying goes.

And just a quick tangent, I ordered some more Active Bands and I'm stalking the mailman until they come.

Then I ran home, showered and went to get my hair done. I was trying someone new so I was a little nervous. But she was AWESOME and I loved what she did. Rebecca at Asheville Hair Design if anyone around here is looking for someone. She listened to what I wanted and then did it. Crazy right?

So happy that worked out. By this point I was starving and I knew just what I wanted to eat:  Panera. 

Delicious, but not as much food as I needed  wanted. So now it's 2 hours later and I'm hungry again. Maybe some fro-yo in my near future...

Tell me about your worst hair disaster... I had one lady in Lexington turn my hair CAMO GREEN not attractive, let me tell you.

Look at me now! I won a Road ID

Katie over at Katie Thinks had an awesome giveaway a while back for a free Road ID. She emailed me last week and let me know that I had won! Sidenote: She and I went to high school together, go check out her blog, she has great recipes and reviews!

I wasted no time designing my Road ID, I've wanted one of these for awhile. After much debate (couldn't decide between the wrist slim or wrist elite) I chose the wrist elite.

I freaking love it (I've worn it all around the house tonight and B-rad is hardcore teasing me... Jealous). It is one size fits all (you cut the strap to adjust) and it's super easy to snap on and off.

I have been super impressed by the company, their quality product, and their great customer service. Every email I get is so personal and laid back. It seems like they really love their job. It's just refreshing. Plus they donate a portion of the sale to a charity, and they let you choose which one.

I put my name, location (this was recommended but I'm not positive how it would help...), B's phone number, mom & dad's number, NKDA (no know drug allergies), MVP (most valuable... just kidding, it's mitral valve prolapse, this thing with my heart), and then on the last line you can put a slogan or motto. I debated between bible verses, song lyrics, etc. Finally I chose Be strong, believe. I don't know if you all listen to Yellowcard or not, but it's from one of their songs. It's a tribute to 9/11 and it's a really great song to run to. At one point I wanted a tattoo of this phrase, but I'm so wishy washy, making a decision like that would be crazy. I change my mind every 3.2342 seconds. Wow what a tangent.

Anyways, Road ID sent me this so I thought I'd share it with you all and you can pass it along to anyone who might use it. It's a coupon for $1 off: ThanksCourtney8155711 (it can be used by up to 20 peeps!).

Do you wear identification when you run/bike/hike?

What's your favorite song to run to right now? be strong believe is my all time favorite, but at the moment i'm loving superbass by nicki minaj!

Randomsauce

i really need a catch up day. like, immediately. i am running out of clean socks/underwear.

b and i have been trying to plan our august vacation for the past two weeks. at least we have plane tickets. and i plan to eat lots of shaved ice. those are all the plans so far. we're going to maui... any suggestions?

i have to weigh in tomorrow... it's gonna be ugly.

i'm doing something really cool on saturday (non-running cool).

my brain is way too tired to come up with any good posts. (sorry for the silence, but honestly it's way better than any craptastic thing i can write about).

hope you're having a way better week than i am (which isn't saying a lot!).