I Fail and Belated Music Monday

I think that week where I didn't get the chance to blog because my computer was dead got me into a bad habit of not blogging. So, I'm sorry I'm not on the ball lately. I have lots to say but at the same time don't really feel like saying it. I make no sense, I know.

Workouts:
Monday: 3.1 miles in 29:34 mins on the treadmill followed by an intense arm workout.
Tuesday: 3.4 miles in 29:08 mins. This run sucked balls. I don't know what's going on with me lately, but I'm super tired and my lungs hurt. I was just not feeling this. The fact that I ran at noon and the sun was hot might have played a big role. I hate running between 10 AM and 5 PM.

So running just hasn't been great recently. I'm losing my motivation or something. I really am not sure what's going on. I get tired sooo easily and I'm eating a bunch of protein and carbs and veggies so it's not like I'm lacking on nutrients. My sleep for the last week or so has been pretty shitty. Normally I fall asleep and stay asleep all night, but in the last week I can't fall asleep or stay asleep for more than an hour. Maybe that's why I'm tired...duh Jen! I've also been basically lying around the house doing nothing now that school's done for the summer. Energy doesn't spontaneously occur from hanging out on the couch all day. I guess I do know what's going on but it sure isn't helpful when I'm trying to run. Oh well. The sleep schedule will change drastically soon because...

...I start my internship at the UC Davis Vet Med Teaching Hospital on Thursday!!!!!! I'm so stoked! And scared and nervous. It's pretty intimidating knowing that I'll be caring for sick horses but at least I don't have the super responsibility of a vet. As some of you may know (and if you don't, go read my About Me), I went back to school for a vet tech program (I swear to God, if someone asks me another time how I'm enjoying vet school even after I've explained that it's nursing, I may scream!). That's animal nursing. Not doctoring. Anyway, I got this suh-weet internship lined up for the summer and next year in which I get to take care of sick horses 3 days a week. One of my supervisors who I spoke to on Saturday for my orientation told me that just based on the amount of horse experience I have (been riding since I was 6, studied Animal Science at UCD, did 2 internships on Thoroughbred farms in Kentucky), that she would hire me right now if she could. The VMTH Equine Clinic is short on staff and many are retiring soon, so she thinks I'll be able to be hired in the fall of this year! So they're going to train me like I'll be working there soon, not as just merely an intern! This is beyond good news! If I'm hired in the fall, I'll have a job while in school (I'm so broke, it's not even funny!) and then will have a job as soon as I graduate and get licensed!!! OMG! Set. For. Life!

In other news, I had an awesome weekend that probably accounts for some of my exhaustion (I'm sooo not 20 anymore!). On Friday, I celebrated Erin's birthday.

We had delicious Korean BBQ, although I got a salad with tasty BBQ steak on top. Yummy!

Afterwards, Sarah and I went to downtown Sac for a Pirates and Wenches pub crawl.

Sarah, Petey the Parrot, me, and Kristen

About as wench-y as I get.

Daniel and Sarah

Cassie interrogated my date

Kristen and I found amazing faucets at Golden Bear

And we enjoyed drinks with cute lawyers at Golden Bear :)

On Saturday, I went out with my date from the previous night to see Tainted Love, a local 80s cover band. I had such a blast rocking out to "Sweet Child O' Mine", "Mickey", and "Don't Stop Believing", among others! Great night indeed. Except that I couldn't really walk very well the next day due to wearing 3.5" tall stilettos, but whatevs! It was worth it! :)

And The Rapture...totally didn't happen. Duh.

Ok, here's the belated Music Monday. I'm obsessed with this group and they're engaged! How cute! She can rap like no other. If you haven't seen this video yet, check it out!

Happy Belated Birthday Roomie!

Yesterday, April 11th, was Roomie's birthday! I won't say how old she turned because she'll be mad at me but she looks like a million bucks!

Roomie and I met my junior year of college at UCD because we both were in bad living situations and our boyfriends at the time were in the same frat. They had us meet up, we fell in love with each other, and the bfs broke up with us soon after. So, we leaned on each other and helped each other through all the breakup ick, especially since it was close to Spring Break. We took a trip down to Newport to Roomie's family's house on the beach. Because neither of us was old enough to rent a car, we rented a UHaul and brought along her rabbit, Cooper.

After reading "It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken" most of the way down to So Cal and having Cooper pee on me while we drove up the Grapevine on I-5, we were pretty much bonded for life.

We had a great little apartment off campus where we enjoyed 2 years of living together. We ate dinners together, studied together, learned the stupid glyconeogenesis process together off her awesome posters she plastered on our dining room walls, and played with Cooper and my hamster together. She is an amazing roommate and best friend :)

Roomie actually was the one who got me into running. While my fat arse was sitting on the couch watching True Life, she was off training for the California International Marathon, which she BQ'ed for btw cuz she's AMAZING! At the time, I had no concept of how incredible all these things were until I started running. I wanted to get healthy and I saw my roomie running so I figured why the heck not?! Off I went and I really started getting it. Sad thing was she moved back to So Cal after winter quarter of my senior year because she was a super (awesome) senior and had had some extra quarters to get her degree. I started running right before she left so I never got to pull all her wealth of info out of her.

But she's my inspiration. I love her to pieces and think she's the most incredible woman you could meet. She's about to graduate with her master's in a couple weeks and she's going to rock her dietetics exam like you can't believe! If you're in So Cal, you should find her for any of your nutrition needs. She's super smart, sweet as pie, and beautiful inside and out.

I LOVE YOU ROOMIE!!! (and now I need tissue because I'm tearing up!)