July 6, 2013

more running stuff

By monybalony

so I do have a lot of training to do before October if I want to be able to run a 10k. Sometimes my obsessive behavior comes in handy as long as I use it for good and not evil 😉 If I get into the 10miler, I’ll have to push myself even harder. but I know I can do it. I need to get down a training plan and then stick to it. I want to run a couple more 5ks before October, I should find one to do in August and one to do in September.  The great thing is, I can run a race early Saturday morning and still get to work by noon hah!

obsess

obsess

obsess

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July 6, 2013

I did it!

By monybalony

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Finished my first 5k and all I want to do is run another!

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July 5, 2013

running!

By monybalony

tomorrow is my first 5k! i’m so excited! and today I signed up for a 10k in October. and I want to run the ten miler at the tc marathon. I will be signing up for the lottery for that race next week when registration opens. so that means the weekend of Oct 5/6 I’ll be (hopefully) running two races! who am I?? hahah. i love it.

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July 5, 2013

vacation

By monybalony

i’m on vacation. yes, it’s a staycation (hate that word really) but i’ve got a lot to do around here so it’ll be good. 

hopefully in the fall, i can take a real vacation that involves leaving my hometown or state. hah. 

first project is the clear the sunroom of cat litter. i gave teh cat back to G. i just don’t want to take care of anything eles except myself and the girls. so bye poot. she was lonely here anyway, i work too much and with the girls gone sat-tues, she was just so lonely. at least at G’s she can torture his dog. 

there’s going to be much purging of things. i want to lose half the shit i have around here. i don’t need all this crap. it just takes up space. i still have boxes from when we moved here labelled “a box of shit” that is so ridiculous! and i have ikea craptastic furniture that i don’t need anymore. so that’ll get set out in the alley and hopefully someone will take it and put it to good use.

 

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June 28, 2013

what a day

By monybalony

well, 10 years ago, I got married. today, I finished filling out the divorce paperwork.

I also started formulating a business plan. nothing that will happen any time soon, it’s at least two years out.

moving forward

one day at a time

i made an awesome anniversary dinner, steak, mashed baby red potatos and sauteed asparagus, onions and mushrooms. it was delicious. now i’m enjoying a whiskey ginger while i wait for Lu to fall asleep.

time for bed soon

what a day

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June 28, 2013

also

By monybalony

today is our 10 year wedding anniversary.

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June 28, 2013

the D

By monybalony

Divorce paperwork filled out.

having courts review before having G review and then we’ll file! wow.

 

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June 25, 2013

budget my ass

By monybalony

I can’t budget worth a damn! this month, I’ve blown through all of  the budgets I had set hahaha oh fuck. well, I’ll hit it one of these months. I am getting so much better at my target trips and sticking to my list (in my head.) Had one big unexpected expense this month with my monitor blowing out. Here’s to a better July.

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June 21, 2013

three updates in a row!

By monybalony

I still wanna run away from everything, start over in some new town but because it’s not just me, I’m forcing myself to be still. it’s so fucking hard. but i’m doing it. also, I’m happy to report, my hair is still in long form. and a natural looking color although, my roots could use some help 😉

I am getting tattooed like a crazy fool. but that’s okay. better than running away. and running for excercise seems to help.

Also, I have some amazing friends that keep me  grounded and talk me off the ledge.

and the being alone thing, well, i do still struggle with that at times. but i don’t think i’m being destructive so i’m just going with it, if I need to hang out with friends on my home alone nights, then so be it.

I need someone tall to change a lightbulb for me 😉

I’ve been immersing myself in music. not much tv watching. a total reversal. and I’m loving it.

summer is here. and then will be gone.

did i mention that i love to run? hah!

i love my friends

i love my kids

i love myself 🙂 i wrote up a “Harmony’s roadmap to a better life” thing today. I scold myself, encourage myself..it probably sounds like i’ve gone crazy (or crazier) but it felt great to write out a plan. i will have an amazing life. and it will be because i made it happen. it won’t happen tomorrow and that’s okay. it will happen. in a two years. I’ll probably be legally blind by then so that’s when things will have to be well underway.

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June 21, 2013

um so the guitar thing…

By monybalony

hah! just was re-reading through some of my posts here. so yeah, that guitar thing, haven’t picked it up since that day! I should just resign myself to the fact that I’ll never teach myself to play!

I am still running though and kicking ass! I’m ready for my first 5k in two weeks from tomorrow. like i’m going to run this thing and it’ll be NO problem at all. I’m definitely doing a 10k this fall. I wish I could run every damn day. EVERY DAMN DAY!

it feels so wonderful

I have my breath figured out so now I feel like I can run forever, or at least until I collapse due to muscle failure 😉

When I have to run at the gym, I’m starting to work on my pace. I’ll run two miles and set the pace to under 9 minutes/mile. I’m hoping that will help me be faster when I’m running outside.

goal before the snow flies is to find a used treadmill for the house.

next summer I want to do a bunch of 5ks all over the great state of Minnesota. I think that’d be so fun. I’d love to take the girls with me but would need to find a partner in crime to travel with me and help with the girls while I’m running. maybe I can aim for two a month, if I can work it out with my schedule at work, who knows what that’ll look like then.

one of these days, I’m buying this domain name LOL

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