tag!

Today M and I had our first "long" run of the year.  We went 4 miles around campus.  It was SO NICE to be outside after two months of being almost entirely indoors on the treadmill.  We did run into a few icy patches, though, so I think we still have some indoor runs in our future.  Anyway, it was a very slow run, as I am still getting back into the swing of things after far too long of a running hiatus.  But we did it, and that's what matters!  4.06 miles in 48:54; average pace 12:03 min/mile.  (We did 10 min running 2 min walking intervals, too).

I also made a salad today... but sometimes photographs of salads just aren't pretty!  It had shrimp and mangos and lettuce and a delicious Asian dressing, and looked almost nothing like this:

Meh, Betty has a professional photographer.  Mine still tasted delicious.

Susan tagged me in a survey, and I decided it might be a fun thing to do to spice up the content on the blog!

1. Four TV shows that I watch

• Glee
• The Jersey Shore (it's television crack - so bad, but I can't stop)
• Family Guy
• Entourage (but we don't have HBO, so we watch it when it comes out on DVD)

2. Four Things that I’m passionate about

• Psychology (I'm a nerd)
• The Redskins & The Terrapins
• Cooking delicious food
• My friends

3. Four words/phrases I use a lot

• Whoa
• Nnnno!
• I can't think of anything...
• Hi.

4. Four things I’ve learned in the past

• Anyone can learn to run.  Seriously.  I was terrible when I started and was in pain every I went until I got the right shoes and learned to pace myself.
• "There are only a handful of things one can control in life. The rest is a decision in how to react to each possible experience." -My friend RM
• "You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think." -stolen from Susan, but it's true!  And you won't know it until you try!!
• Two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.  And it doesn't make either of them wrong.

5. Four places I would like to go

• Hawaii
• Australia
• Costa Rica
• Spain

6. Four things I did yesterday

• Searched online for wedding venues
• Ate delicious food at Q Shack
• Ate delicious food made by amazing friends
• Had someone toast to me!

7. Four things I’m looking forward to

• Running the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler in April
• Getting married! (in 2012)
• Working on my master's project (slash, progressing through graduate school)
• Fun trips... hopefully visiting Susan in NYC and going to 8 weddings!

8. Four things I love about winter

• I don’t like winter. (stolen from Susan)
• My Redskins sweatpants and my slippers
• Pretty snow & watching people walk on lakes when I'm visiting New England
• Hot chocolate!

9. Tag four people to play along (sorry if you’ve done it already!)

• Whitney
• Sarah
• Carly
• Stacey