Resolutions and Love?

Alright, so I'm not really in love. I'm not even dating anyone, but I figured it would be a good title for New Year's and Valentine's Day. :) Let's start with New Year's. I made one resolution and I've thought about others, although I haven't come up with anything. Anyway, my resolution is to run a marathon! I'm so excited! I officially registered for the Salt Lake City Marathon on April 18th. I've been running consistently since the beginning of the year. I found a 16 week training plan about 4 weeks ago. It's got me training pretty hard, right now I am on week 8. Half way there! Sometimes it is hard to get out and go running, especially if it is poor weather and I'm forced to run on a treadmill. :P However, my muscles are growing stronger and stronger. Starting next week I won't run anything less than 5 miles. I never run more than two days in a row and my long runs are always Saturday, to help prep me for the big day. It is so amazing to run. Some days I feel like I could go on running forever.

Now for Valentine's Day. Mostly I just hung out with my roommate Megan. The night before we decided to go on a crazy "roadtrip" starting in Logan and making our way North. We always took the back roads and at first we really didn't know what we were doing, but slowly our trip had a purpose. If we ever saw something interesting - like an old car, or a bell - we would park then jump out of the car and take some pictures. Then we would always take a picture by the "Welcome to (insert random town here)" signs. It was awesome! I'll post pics soon. :) We ended up in Trenton and Clifton, even all the way up to Swan Lake and Downey! So crazy! Some towns didn't have a sign, but we tried to take a picture to remember the town by. All-in-all we spent over three hours driving around. I can't wait to do it again!

Right now my day consists of me subbing somewhere in Cache Valley. I'll sub K-12 and let me tell you, some of those kids are crazy! I always learn something. I'm definitely learning where my boundaries are and how I want to handle my own classroom. It's a pretty relaxing job. More than half the time I get paid to read a book. I usually end up finishing a book a day. It's great! This week I have been subbing for a 7th grade science class, but they already have a student teacher so I really don't have to do ANYTHING. It's actually kind of nice. I don't feel too unproductive cause I am making money. Today I found myself longing for my own classroom though. Hopefully that happens soon. :)

Well, that's my life for the moment. I have made a goal to post something weekly so it won't be so long inbetween posts again. Later!