Hello all,
Well its the big week!!! Here is the schedule of events
Monday: STUDY! Dinner party for water aerobics class
Tuesday: Group Dynamics Final @ 10:30
Adolescent Psychology Final @ 1
Wednesday: Pack & Study for MAT
Thursday: Pack, Study for MAT, Eve wedding rehearsal and rehearsal dinner in Nashville
Friday: MAT @ 2, take kitties to new home (aka dads garage)
Saturday: MOVE TO NASHVILLE!!!!
Sunday: Eve's wedding!!!
So big week for me! I also have had some good news lately! First, I passed my Praxis II: Art Content Knowledge test! YAY!!! go me! Second, David had a job interview in Nashville last wednesday! So we are remaining hopeful and positive that we will hear back something soon. Everything has started changing and happening so quickly, i feel like im just watching it all in a movie. I can't believe the doors that have opened up for me in the past couple of weeks and I feel so blessed. Everything is working out so well. I am nervous to move, but excited all at the same time. 2 of my best friends from home are coming to help me on Saturday along with my dad. It will be fun to redecorate my apartment and make it into a home. I will be sad to leave cookeville, but confident that you have to take big leaps for big things to happen. So im leaping as far as I can at the moment and starting something new. I can't wait to see what happens next!
- Em
Monday, December 14, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Long Time
Hey! well its has been like a month or so since my last post... my bad. so much has happened since then! here is the basic run down!
* I officially move to Hermitage/ Nashville December 21st!!!
* I am moving in with 2 friends and I already have the keys to my apt!
* I am applying to grad school at Vanderbilt! It is the perfect program for me and I am very anxious!
* I took 2 praxis test November 14th and take the MAT December 8th and my last praxis on Jan 9th.
* I have 2 weeks of school left till this semester is over
*I am student teaching in Wilson Co. next semester!
* My nephew turned 1
Thats all I can think of off the top of my head! November was a very busy month for me, but exciting all at the same time. Thanksgiving was fantastic I got to spend a lot of time with my family and me and jessica were basically attatched at the hip for 5 days! It was so fun. I truely miss my friends back home. I have such a great time hanging out with them. These are people I have know for 11 + years and it so easy to have a good time when we are together!
I get fitted for my bridesmaids dress on friday. YIKES! my workouts were no existent over thanksgiving but im back in the swing of things now. I am writing down everything I eat and keeping track of calories. It feels good to be able to know exactly what I am putting in my body and I hope that it will keep me accountable. I am also not eating out. Only at home. It is so much cheaper and much easier to keep track of what im eating exactly. I am working on a lot of cardio right now not only to do a quick slim down before eve's wedding (in 19 days!!!!!!) but also so I can get my cadio levels up before training starts in January for the Country Music Half Marathon!!!! here is my training schedule...
http://www.halhigdon.com/halfmarathon/novice.htm
It is a 12 week program and I am extremely excited to begin! The race day is April 24th 2010!!!! YAY!!!!! If anyone is interested in running it with me let me know =) only a few more months till the big day!! if anyone knows of any good cross training stuff let me know!!! I am also thinking about trying to find a dance studio to take some classes at... i do miss it so much.
Well I think thats all for today. So much is happening right now but its all very exciting. I will get my test results back from my praxis on December 15th so ill let you know!!! Happy Holidays!!
-E
* I officially move to Hermitage/ Nashville December 21st!!!
* I am moving in with 2 friends and I already have the keys to my apt!
* I am applying to grad school at Vanderbilt! It is the perfect program for me and I am very anxious!
* I took 2 praxis test November 14th and take the MAT December 8th and my last praxis on Jan 9th.
* I have 2 weeks of school left till this semester is over
*I am student teaching in Wilson Co. next semester!
* My nephew turned 1
Thats all I can think of off the top of my head! November was a very busy month for me, but exciting all at the same time. Thanksgiving was fantastic I got to spend a lot of time with my family and me and jessica were basically attatched at the hip for 5 days! It was so fun. I truely miss my friends back home. I have such a great time hanging out with them. These are people I have know for 11 + years and it so easy to have a good time when we are together!
I get fitted for my bridesmaids dress on friday. YIKES! my workouts were no existent over thanksgiving but im back in the swing of things now. I am writing down everything I eat and keeping track of calories. It feels good to be able to know exactly what I am putting in my body and I hope that it will keep me accountable. I am also not eating out. Only at home. It is so much cheaper and much easier to keep track of what im eating exactly. I am working on a lot of cardio right now not only to do a quick slim down before eve's wedding (in 19 days!!!!!!) but also so I can get my cadio levels up before training starts in January for the Country Music Half Marathon!!!! here is my training schedule...
http://www.halhigdon.com/halfmarathon/novice.htm
It is a 12 week program and I am extremely excited to begin! The race day is April 24th 2010!!!! YAY!!!!! If anyone is interested in running it with me let me know =) only a few more months till the big day!! if anyone knows of any good cross training stuff let me know!!! I am also thinking about trying to find a dance studio to take some classes at... i do miss it so much.
Well I think thats all for today. So much is happening right now but its all very exciting. I will get my test results back from my praxis on December 15th so ill let you know!!! Happy Holidays!!
-E
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Back in the Swing of Things
Hey all,
well the past few weeks have been interesting. My 23rd birthday was October 10th... heres how it got started...
October 10th 12:01 AM: Its my birthday!! but I feel really tired, dizzy, and feverish... but im at Annas party with some of my best friends so im gonna push through and have fun!!
October 10th 12:00 PM: Im awake and feel like death has taken over me. If this is a hangover its the worst ever, but it has to be something else. I am supposed to be in nashville in 2 hours to go to a wedding then out for my birthday. Im going to take a bath first.
October 10th 2:00 P.M.: still in the bath tub, eyes burn, stomach aches, head hurts, can't breathe. I call Brad (boyfriends brother and one of my best friends) he is at work and i ask him if he can take me to the ER he calls his mom Carolyn.
October 10th 2:30 P.M.: Carolyn gets me and takes me to ER where they make me wear a mask and fill out lots of forms. Finaly I get to go back where a really nice nurse sticks 2 big metal looking pipe cleaners up my nose and then one giant q-tip looking thing down my throat. Fever is 100.3. blood pressure HIGH
October 10th 3:45 P.M.: I get called back again to sit in a room. Finaly I get ice chips!!! Carolyn and I are talking about random stuff. Doctor comes in and talks for I swear 15 minutes with a nursing student trailing behind him taking notes. Finally i get a diagnosis: the Flu... but not just any flu H1N1 Swine Flu. I laugh a lot at this point.
October 10th 4:15 P.M.: Billing lady comes to my room with a problem. My insurance isn't working... again... so she hands me a card and some info about how to get the bill paid for. Doctor follows with a note for my teachers... I can't go back till after fall break. great... midterms are next week.
October 10th 5:00 P.M.: Off to Kroger to get prescriptions filled and juice. Now here is where things get really interesting. Carolyn is fantastic she buys me groceries including a ton of juice, soup, sandwhich stuff, tissues, a thermometer, hand sanitizer, etc. I drop of my prescripts and walk around the store a bit. I go back to get my meds and my stomach is cramping really bad at this point. The lady rings me up at the register. $123.00 for my meds (remember insurance isn't working) and all of a sudden I realize why my stomach hurts. I go to the bathroom and sure enough, thank you mother nature, i started my period. This is the best birthday ever.
October 10th 6:30 P.M.: I head home, get my groceries upstairs and set up camp in the living room. Now something you need to know about my apartment. I am poor and therefore have no TV channels AT ALL. I only watch old movies and old episodes How I Met Your Mother and Greys Anatomy that i own on dvd. along with no cable i have no internet. thus starts the next week of doing nothing. nothing at all. That night my fever spiked to 103! then by the next day had gone back down and never again got over 100.9.
For the next 6 days I layed on the couch, read magazines, watched the same episodes and movies over and over, talked to David on the phone, dreamed about running, watched as I lost 7 lbs from not being able to eat, played with the cats, and slept.
David came in town on Friday and before he got here I had some massive cleaning to do. the apartment was a wreck and just a giant room of flu so i bleached everything, threw away my sheets and pilows, bought a ton of germ killing aids, and scrubbed every appliance and door handle I could find. While David was here we did a whole lot of nothing cause i was so tired but we did manage to make it to Nashville one day and it was the most fun ever! We went to our favorite pet store (its our weird couple thing we always go to pet stores) and then went and sat at the Corner Pub all day and just talked and had a few cocktails. then we met up with Joe and Paul (2 of my other friends) in hermitage and had a margarita with them! I also got some great news while there... Paul is looking for a roomie in December so I have a place to live in nashville if i want to take it! YAY!!! how awesome is that! Then this week Vanderbilt e-mailed me to set up my interview and campus tour for grad school! Things started really taking shape and I am more excited now then ever to take this big step. And I feel great! I am sleeping well and will hopefully be able to return to my workout routine tomorrow!
This entire saga just reminded me that you can have an awful bad run in with something (like the deadly swine flu) and feel like nothing is ever going to work out for you, but if you just have faith in God he will restore your health and open the necesary doors for you to follow your heart. =)
-Emma
well the past few weeks have been interesting. My 23rd birthday was October 10th... heres how it got started...
October 10th 12:01 AM: Its my birthday!! but I feel really tired, dizzy, and feverish... but im at Annas party with some of my best friends so im gonna push through and have fun!!
October 10th 12:00 PM: Im awake and feel like death has taken over me. If this is a hangover its the worst ever, but it has to be something else. I am supposed to be in nashville in 2 hours to go to a wedding then out for my birthday. Im going to take a bath first.
October 10th 2:00 P.M.: still in the bath tub, eyes burn, stomach aches, head hurts, can't breathe. I call Brad (boyfriends brother and one of my best friends) he is at work and i ask him if he can take me to the ER he calls his mom Carolyn.
October 10th 2:30 P.M.: Carolyn gets me and takes me to ER where they make me wear a mask and fill out lots of forms. Finaly I get to go back where a really nice nurse sticks 2 big metal looking pipe cleaners up my nose and then one giant q-tip looking thing down my throat. Fever is 100.3. blood pressure HIGH
October 10th 3:45 P.M.: I get called back again to sit in a room. Finaly I get ice chips!!! Carolyn and I are talking about random stuff. Doctor comes in and talks for I swear 15 minutes with a nursing student trailing behind him taking notes. Finally i get a diagnosis: the Flu... but not just any flu H1N1 Swine Flu. I laugh a lot at this point.
October 10th 4:15 P.M.: Billing lady comes to my room with a problem. My insurance isn't working... again... so she hands me a card and some info about how to get the bill paid for. Doctor follows with a note for my teachers... I can't go back till after fall break. great... midterms are next week.
October 10th 5:00 P.M.: Off to Kroger to get prescriptions filled and juice. Now here is where things get really interesting. Carolyn is fantastic she buys me groceries including a ton of juice, soup, sandwhich stuff, tissues, a thermometer, hand sanitizer, etc. I drop of my prescripts and walk around the store a bit. I go back to get my meds and my stomach is cramping really bad at this point. The lady rings me up at the register. $123.00 for my meds (remember insurance isn't working) and all of a sudden I realize why my stomach hurts. I go to the bathroom and sure enough, thank you mother nature, i started my period. This is the best birthday ever.
October 10th 6:30 P.M.: I head home, get my groceries upstairs and set up camp in the living room. Now something you need to know about my apartment. I am poor and therefore have no TV channels AT ALL. I only watch old movies and old episodes How I Met Your Mother and Greys Anatomy that i own on dvd. along with no cable i have no internet. thus starts the next week of doing nothing. nothing at all. That night my fever spiked to 103! then by the next day had gone back down and never again got over 100.9.
For the next 6 days I layed on the couch, read magazines, watched the same episodes and movies over and over, talked to David on the phone, dreamed about running, watched as I lost 7 lbs from not being able to eat, played with the cats, and slept.
David came in town on Friday and before he got here I had some massive cleaning to do. the apartment was a wreck and just a giant room of flu so i bleached everything, threw away my sheets and pilows, bought a ton of germ killing aids, and scrubbed every appliance and door handle I could find. While David was here we did a whole lot of nothing cause i was so tired but we did manage to make it to Nashville one day and it was the most fun ever! We went to our favorite pet store (its our weird couple thing we always go to pet stores) and then went and sat at the Corner Pub all day and just talked and had a few cocktails. then we met up with Joe and Paul (2 of my other friends) in hermitage and had a margarita with them! I also got some great news while there... Paul is looking for a roomie in December so I have a place to live in nashville if i want to take it! YAY!!! how awesome is that! Then this week Vanderbilt e-mailed me to set up my interview and campus tour for grad school! Things started really taking shape and I am more excited now then ever to take this big step. And I feel great! I am sleeping well and will hopefully be able to return to my workout routine tomorrow!
This entire saga just reminded me that you can have an awful bad run in with something (like the deadly swine flu) and feel like nothing is ever going to work out for you, but if you just have faith in God he will restore your health and open the necesary doors for you to follow your heart. =)
-Emma
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Times They Are A Changing
Hello all!! Well I have made some big decisions lately and I am excited to feel like my life is really about to change and grow! I have decided first off I AM MOVING TO NASHVILLE!!!! I can't wait I am so excited! My lease is up at my apartment on December 31st and then I am going to Nashville. I will student teach hopefuly in Wilson county next semester and graduate in May. I have already started looking into grad school and I am trying to get into Tennessee State University or Vanderbilt. Those are my top two choices. I have interviews and campus visits set up at TSU on November 6th and one still in the works for Vanderbilt hopefuly around the same time. I signed up for all 3 of my praxis tests split between Novermber 14th and January 9th. I will also be taking the GRE on October 24th. I am trying to get a job right now to start saving more money for next semester since it is going to cost quite a bit to move, but I have faith that God will provide!
I am so excited to make a change in my life. I feel like i am finaly taking control over my future and making things happen for myself. I just woke up one day and decided I am going to do it and I am going to start taking the initiative to get everything i want in life. It is empowering to know that I can make a change, and to know that no matter how scary it might be once i take the first step things will start falling into place. I love Cookeville and I have had so much fun here but it is time to move forward. I can't stay in college forever and frankly i don't want to. All of my friends are for the most part gone. I love everyone I hang out with here, but I feel like if i don't act soon my life is gonna pass me by. David is trying to get a job in Nashville to and I pray that he will be able to move home soon. Things are starting to move realy fast and it is so exciting! I can't wait for the next chapter!!!
The running... I ran 6 miles total last week, not my best week ever and i have run 2 so far this week and will be going tonight. I desperatly need new music on my ipod, but other than that its going well. I am so happy the whether is changing. Fall is my favorite season of the year and there really is nothing like taking off into the cool evening air and just being able to detatch and think. Running truly is my own personal time and it is a blessing that I have that. I need to keep it up. My weight loss has just stopped at this point and i need to kick it back up hard core for the next couple of months to get ready for the wedding and to get ready for training for the marathon in April! It would probably help if i stopped going out so much. Over the summer I think it was a big help when I stopped drinking, and I think it might be time for that again. I love socializing and hanging out but in my group of friends when we hang out its usually with a 6 pack and all those empty calories are not helping the fight at this point. haha so we will see what happens next!!
Well now im off to drop my application off at starbucks! wish me luck!!! Love ya
-Emma
I am so excited to make a change in my life. I feel like i am finaly taking control over my future and making things happen for myself. I just woke up one day and decided I am going to do it and I am going to start taking the initiative to get everything i want in life. It is empowering to know that I can make a change, and to know that no matter how scary it might be once i take the first step things will start falling into place. I love Cookeville and I have had so much fun here but it is time to move forward. I can't stay in college forever and frankly i don't want to. All of my friends are for the most part gone. I love everyone I hang out with here, but I feel like if i don't act soon my life is gonna pass me by. David is trying to get a job in Nashville to and I pray that he will be able to move home soon. Things are starting to move realy fast and it is so exciting! I can't wait for the next chapter!!!
The running... I ran 6 miles total last week, not my best week ever and i have run 2 so far this week and will be going tonight. I desperatly need new music on my ipod, but other than that its going well. I am so happy the whether is changing. Fall is my favorite season of the year and there really is nothing like taking off into the cool evening air and just being able to detatch and think. Running truly is my own personal time and it is a blessing that I have that. I need to keep it up. My weight loss has just stopped at this point and i need to kick it back up hard core for the next couple of months to get ready for the wedding and to get ready for training for the marathon in April! It would probably help if i stopped going out so much. Over the summer I think it was a big help when I stopped drinking, and I think it might be time for that again. I love socializing and hanging out but in my group of friends when we hang out its usually with a 6 pack and all those empty calories are not helping the fight at this point. haha so we will see what happens next!!
Well now im off to drop my application off at starbucks! wish me luck!!! Love ya
-Emma
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Dedication
Hey all! So, I havn't written in about 3-4 months now but I have lots of great news for you! I have been running a lot! so far here are my accomplishments:
* longest run= 4.5 miles
* weight loss= 14 pounds
* average mile time= 10 minutes
I began slowly... the first day I really started running was June 1st. My boyfriend was in town and we went to run at the park. I made it less than 1/4 of a mile and thought I was going to die. So I went the next day and the next day and didn't stop going until I met all my goals. First it was 1 mile, then 1 1/2 mile and so on. I changed my entire eating habits and began to be more concious of the things we put in our bodies everyday. I also began teaching fitness classes and attending kickboxing! I now teach a water aerobics class caled H2O Extreme, work out 4-6 days a week running at least 2 miles and doing weights and extra cardio. It has been a long struggle to get to this point and I know I still have a ways to go! The marathon is in 7 months and the wedding is in 3 months!!! My overall weight loss goal is 33 pounds which will put me at 135. I currently weigh 154, so 14 down and 19 left to go! I want to be down at least 10 more before the wedding on December 20!
I am constantly amazed at how much has changed in the past 4 months. I love going to run and everytime I hit 2 miles I am reminded of the obstacles I have overcome to get there. It gives me confidence in life to know if I want something bad enough I can make it happen. I named this blog dedication because now I feel that is something I have and will continue to work towards in all aspects of my life. Including this blog!
School has started back and I am really enjoying this semester! I have decided to work towards grad school and have subsequently dropped my only art studio class. It was a tough decidion for me to make but I am excited to be doing something different with my time in school. Now instead of working on projects I am taking notes and writing papers, but I love it! It has given me the opportunity to focus more on me and my future and what I want to do with my life. I have some new developments in the making and will be writing about them as they come, but for now I am excited to report that I am doing well, better than I have been in a long time! I have a great workout partner, Raegan, and we will be going to run at 8 tonight! =) yay!!
-Emma
* longest run= 4.5 miles
* weight loss= 14 pounds
* average mile time= 10 minutes
I began slowly... the first day I really started running was June 1st. My boyfriend was in town and we went to run at the park. I made it less than 1/4 of a mile and thought I was going to die. So I went the next day and the next day and didn't stop going until I met all my goals. First it was 1 mile, then 1 1/2 mile and so on. I changed my entire eating habits and began to be more concious of the things we put in our bodies everyday. I also began teaching fitness classes and attending kickboxing! I now teach a water aerobics class caled H2O Extreme, work out 4-6 days a week running at least 2 miles and doing weights and extra cardio. It has been a long struggle to get to this point and I know I still have a ways to go! The marathon is in 7 months and the wedding is in 3 months!!! My overall weight loss goal is 33 pounds which will put me at 135. I currently weigh 154, so 14 down and 19 left to go! I want to be down at least 10 more before the wedding on December 20!
I am constantly amazed at how much has changed in the past 4 months. I love going to run and everytime I hit 2 miles I am reminded of the obstacles I have overcome to get there. It gives me confidence in life to know if I want something bad enough I can make it happen. I named this blog dedication because now I feel that is something I have and will continue to work towards in all aspects of my life. Including this blog!
School has started back and I am really enjoying this semester! I have decided to work towards grad school and have subsequently dropped my only art studio class. It was a tough decidion for me to make but I am excited to be doing something different with my time in school. Now instead of working on projects I am taking notes and writing papers, but I love it! It has given me the opportunity to focus more on me and my future and what I want to do with my life. I have some new developments in the making and will be writing about them as they come, but for now I am excited to report that I am doing well, better than I have been in a long time! I have a great workout partner, Raegan, and we will be going to run at 8 tonight! =) yay!!
-Emma
Monday, April 27, 2009
Day one/ week one
Hey! so today was my first day running in a long time. I am working on a 10 week training program that gets you back in shape to start training for marathon running. here is the layout.
http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-380-381--2201-3-2X3X6-4,00.html
I decided that if i was going to try and run a marathon I would take baby steps. the marathon i want to run in is the Country Music Marathon in Nashville and it is one year away. My small goals up to then are:
1) run at least 2 5K
2) run at least 2 10K
3) have fun while running!!!
I had no idea how out of shape I really am until today. I finished the first 21 minutes, but it was kind of a struggle which is sad, but its a start. I finished out with a total of 2 miles, mostly walking. I feel better now that i finished my work out and am looking forward to getting back in shape and finishing my goals! I know its a long road ahead, but I know if i put my mind to it, and legs, I can do it! I just need to avoid all the things that have stopped me in the past. I burn out quickly. Somewhere in my past I was put in the mindset that if you didn't feel like you were going to die when you got done working out, you weren't working out enough. This mentality worked when i was 125 lbs and competitively dancing in high school, but 4 years, no workouts, and a lot of beer later this probably won't work for me just quite yet.
I try to find inspiration in everything, its the curse of being an artist. but this story is pretty cool and very uplifting. Today while i was running there was the nicest older man on the treadmill next to me. I had been there for about 15 minutes when i stopped for a walking session and he said, "good run!" I replied with a very raspy out of breath "thanks". He then looked at me and said, "I'm proud of you." It was so kind of him, he could tell I was tired and trying and he gave me the motivation to keep going. On my first day, someone was proud of me, and I am proud of me. Thats why I made this blog. I need to be held accountable to do this, or I will slack off. and I really want to do this. So leave me some love, encouraging words, or just a hey!
| Week | Run | Walk | Repeat | Total Time |
| 1 | 1 min | 2 min | 7x | 21 min |
| 2 | 1 min | 1 min | 10x | 20 min |
| 3 | 2 min | 1 min | 7x | 21 min |
| 4 | 3 min | 1 min | 5x | 20 min |
| 5 | 4 min | 1 min | 4x | 20 min |
| 6 | 6 min | 1 min | 3x | 21 min |
| 7 | 9 min | 1 min | 2x | 20 min |
| 8 | 12 min | 1 min | Then run 7 min | 20 min |
| 9 | 15 min | 1 min | Then run 4 min | 20 min |
| 10 | 20 min | Leap for joy | 20 min |
I decided that if i was going to try and run a marathon I would take baby steps. the marathon i want to run in is the Country Music Marathon in Nashville and it is one year away. My small goals up to then are:
1) run at least 2 5K
2) run at least 2 10K
3) have fun while running!!!
I had no idea how out of shape I really am until today. I finished the first 21 minutes, but it was kind of a struggle which is sad, but its a start. I finished out with a total of 2 miles, mostly walking. I feel better now that i finished my work out and am looking forward to getting back in shape and finishing my goals! I know its a long road ahead, but I know if i put my mind to it, and legs, I can do it! I just need to avoid all the things that have stopped me in the past. I burn out quickly. Somewhere in my past I was put in the mindset that if you didn't feel like you were going to die when you got done working out, you weren't working out enough. This mentality worked when i was 125 lbs and competitively dancing in high school, but 4 years, no workouts, and a lot of beer later this probably won't work for me just quite yet.
I try to find inspiration in everything, its the curse of being an artist. but this story is pretty cool and very uplifting. Today while i was running there was the nicest older man on the treadmill next to me. I had been there for about 15 minutes when i stopped for a walking session and he said, "good run!" I replied with a very raspy out of breath "thanks". He then looked at me and said, "I'm proud of you." It was so kind of him, he could tell I was tired and trying and he gave me the motivation to keep going. On my first day, someone was proud of me, and I am proud of me. Thats why I made this blog. I need to be held accountable to do this, or I will slack off. and I really want to do this. So leave me some love, encouraging words, or just a hey!
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