Blogging In The New Year

I have noticed that a lot of people are setting goals for blogging in 2015. 

My ultimate goal is to just be honest, I feel that I did a pretty good job this year. I tend to not sugar coat things but I also do not air too much dirty laundry on here. 

However, there are three things that I will continue to not talk about because they just cause issues.

1. Politics: To be honest I don't care about anyone's political affiliations and I am pretty sure they don't care about mine. 

2. Religion: This is always a hot button subject that I refuse talk about, it creates an awkward situation and it can easily offend people. I don't mind reading religious centered posts but I don't feel I can contribute in any way.

3. Money: This is such a taboo subject, it makes me uncomfortable to talk about. 

I am excited however to see what 2015 has to offer, no matter what it is going to be a good year. Well, I am sure there will be low points but that is okay. 

Do you have any blogging goals for 2015?

Don't forget whatever your plans are please be safe! :)

2014 Was A Runderful Year!

When this year started I had planned for us to run a few races to include a full marathon. I honestly never thought that this year would turn out the way that it did. I realized that I couldn't focus on what other people were doing in terms of running but I had to focus on my progression and do what made me happy.

I discovered a passion for running that I had no idea existed, it has become a daily part of my life and has helped keep me healthy and in a good place. I look forward to a good run when I have had a bad day, it always helps.

The support of family and friends has been awesome but Kyle has been the best, he happily nods and smiles when I tell him I've signed us up for another race. He is my motivator when I try to sham out of a run.

Together we successfully completed 27 races:

1 full marathon
9 half marathons
1 10-miler
3 10k's
1 8k
12 5k's

2015 will likely be different when it comes to running races, there are not many close to us so I will have to be picky in regards to which ones I do (Kyle's work schedule will also prohibit him from participating in most). Despite this fact I will still look forward to my daily runs and keeping myself in a good place.

I am proud of all we have accomplished and I have a lot of amazing memories from the year.

Independence Bowl

There will be no Christmas recap here because it was quiet and uneventful, which is never a bad thing. However, I will say that having the capability to FaceTime with family is always the highlight when we can't be together.

Saturday we headed off to Shreveport for the Independence Bowl, Miami and South Carolina were playing.

This bowl game is sponsored by Duck Commander and Buck Commander so the whole Robertson Family was there (if you don't know who I'm talking about it's the family from Duck Dynasty). Missy and her boys sang the National Anthem and Si did the coin toss. It was pretty cool to see them all out there.

The game got off to a slow start but it was still pretty good. By halftime it started raining again and the temps dipped so we decided to make a break and head for home. I'm glad we left when we did because the roads were just starting to get bad (most of the interstate roads here are back roads and in poor condition with very little light), we could barely see 2 feet in front of us but made it home safely.

I am glad we went maybe next year it won't be raining haha.

I hope you all had a great weekend!

Merry Christmas!

           Merry Christmas Everyone!

The Call

I am happy to say that I didn't have to wait the full two week to find out about the job. I was called yesterday and offered a position! 

It's a flex position right now which means I could work anywhere from 0-40 hours a week, it depends on the need at the CDC's and other facilities. However the upside is that they are busy and are always needing supplemental help. I knew that getting a full-time position would be difficult so this is the best way to get my foot in the door with DoD.

Being able to put what I have learned so far in college to use is going to be amazing and once I graduate it will likely continue to open up new opportunities. 

I have to drop off my paperwork today and they will begin my background check and then I will have a physical done, so tentatively I will start around the beginning of February. 

I am really excited for this new adventure!

Merry Christmas Eve everyone!

Change Of Plans

Well, our weekend didn't go exactly how we planned. We hopped in the car and started our trek down to New Orleans for our half marathon. It was already raining pretty bad and got increasingly worse, well low and behold the storm was heading South right towards NOLA. We knew immediately it wasn't smart to continue driving in that weather for 4 1/2 hours. We aren't familiar with these roads yet (they aren't that great) and the rain continued picking up. We headed back home (somewhat disappointed) and ended the night with hibachi and relaxing.

We woke up Saturday and ran a few errands before heading off for a day of fun. We went bowling and then played some miniature golf, I did not do very well but I had fun haha.

Sunday was more laid back, I picked up groceries for Christmas dinner this week and took a trip to Target. It's amazing how much money you can save when the closest Target is 45 minutes away haha. 

I hope you all had a great weekend!

Thoughts On Friday

I always enjoy doing these bulletpoint posts, gives me a chance to think about everything going on.

*The interview went well yesterday, it was interested as I expected it to be. I had to sing a song and read a story to the interviewers, it was pretty amusing. I won't find out if I got the job for about 2 weeks. (Thanks for all the well wishes!)

*I am still in mourning about the end of Sons of Anarchy haha....however it was a pretty perfect ending. Now I need to find something else to fill my Tuesday nights.

*I have spent every minute of free time working on 5 papers that are all due next week. I did not want to be stuck doing them over Christmas and I finished my last one yesterday. Small victories. :)

*We are heading to New Orleans tonight so we can run the Ole Man River Half Marathon...it is our final race of the year! It is going to be a beautiful course along the water and I can't wait.

*I am counting down the days until I see my family in Florida next month...to spend time with everyone is going to be amazing!!

*We bought tickets to the Independence Bowl next weekend, now we don't care for Miami or South Carolina but we like watching college football. It's going to be a great time.

*I let Kyle choose this year what we are doing for NYE, since there isn't much around here he chose the bowling event on post. That's a good man haha. 

Not much else is happening in our neck of the woods, hope you all have a great weekend!!