After Months of Training....

Back in May, my sister and I were asked by a fellow Boy Scout volunteer if we would be interested in running. At first we laughed, but then we thought about how fun it would be to run a 5k race. Soon enough we were out at local park running a mile. A mile might not sound like a lot, but when you have never ran, except for those pointless mile runs in school where most people walked, it is a lot. Within a few weeks Ashley and I were up to a mile and a half without stopping! We spent the whole summer running 3 times a week. Each night we were scheduled to run, we met at a park and ran whatever distance was planned for that night. It was nice to run with other people and not by yourself. And it was also great to be able to tell people "oh, I just ran two and a half miles without stopping, nothing crazy" when asked what was up.

 

 

 

Finally, after months of training, Ashley and I signed up for our very first 5k race, the Four Seasons Parkway Run & Walk. We were told it was a really big and fun race, so we figured it would be the perfect first race!

 

 

The day of the race snuck up so quickly! We were so jittery all morning, excited to just go and run. Even though we had already picked up our race packets, we still got to Philly super early. We spent some time walking around before we met up with people on our team (we teamed up with a teacher from Ashley's school and his group). By time everyone was there, it was time to go to the starting line. Adrenaline was pumping through my veins as I waited for the race to start. Finally the gun went off! And off Ashley and I went! I stayed behind her for a good 3/4's of a mile or so. When I passed the one mile marker the time was around ten minutes so I felt great! The area we ran around was pretty and I had so much fun running with thousands of people. After 3.1 miles, I crossed the finish line at just under 35 minutes! My official time was 34:11, an 11 minute mile! I never have felt so accomplished before! Now I am excited to run another 5k in October :)

 



First Month of College = Complete!

It's been a month since I moved into MU and I'm surprised at how much I've already accomplished! One thing that I really love about being here is that I'm never bored. My hall has so many activities throughout the week that I really can't ever sit still long enough to feel bored. Well, I guess I get bored while doing homework, but it's good to know I can always take a break and go do something fun for a bit before returning to my work. Here are a few examples of some fun activities my hall has had lately...

 

Thursday night we decorated coffee mugs with Sharpies! But instead of baking them, the RA is going to use spray Mod Podge. I'm really curious as to how they will turn out. She told us we would have to hand wash them, which makes sense, but I'm not sure if I would even drink out of a mug sprayed with Mod Podge. Is it safe? If not, it will be the perfect pencil cup!

 

 

Along with the coffee mugs, another RA hosted an activity at the same time where we made cute flower type balls out of tissue paper! After some pinterest searching, I found the exact directions we used on this blog. They were super easy and fun to make! I already have mine hanging around my bed. The purple really goes with my room!

 

 

Friday night my RA had a small activity where we wrote our dreams down on a big poster board labeled 'Hobbs Dreams' (Hobbs is the name of my hall, by the way). You could write down any dream or goal that you had. I chose to stick with my main goal in life, which is to impact the lives of children when I am a teacher. It was a small activity, but there was pizza! Almost every activity in the hall has food so we never go hungry!

 

So far everything about MU is great! I'll be sure to continue updating on here about my college life, especially the fun activities I participate in that allows me to show my creativity and crafty-ness!

It's been awhile...

Seriously. I feel like I just disappeared from here. It wasn't my intention. I actually had this plan to blog all summer about everything I did... then my computer crashed. Imagine spending a whole summer without a laptop. That is exactly what happened to me! By time I finally got my new laptop (that I am completely in LOVE with! Hello, touchscreen and Windows 8!), everything just started getting crazy busy. Flash forward a couple weeks and here we are with all the craziness over with and now I am living at school! My first week of classes went very well. I think I have a pretty good variety of professors this semester. I am just loving being away from home and experiencing new things! I think my favorite part of moving here to Millersville was the ability to make my dorm my own little cozy home. Here's a few pictures of my crafty mind concoctions!

Here is my bed with my absolutely adorable comforter set! I seriously fell in love with it the moment I set my eyes on it's beautiful colors and flowery pattern!

After spending a ton of time printing and cutting, I finally ended up with adorable polaroid look-a-like prints to hang from twine with mini clothes pins. Adorable!

This little cutie took more time than I had imagined. It's actually kind of challenging to take a pile of various sized photos and shape them into a heart. However, I was eventually able to make it look pretty so I feel accomplished!

 

This here is my little coffee corner! It may be the most important part of my room considering coffee is the highlight of my day!

 

I'll be sure to post more now that I actually have a laptop and occasionally have free time!