i did it!

. . . and i did not vomit!!!

yep, i ran my first 5k this weekend at the race for the cure! i think i crossed the finish line at precisely 45 mins which was not bad at all. it did feel a little bad when people who were walking were passing by me the whole time. they should've had the decency to walk slower than i run. but they would have had to be strolling. . . i also may have improved my time if i didn't wave to people by the road or if i didn't high-five an entire line of bikers. but that was what made the whole thing fun. that and the tons of free food and stuff once you get to the finish line. i got a week's worth of bananas and yogurt among other things.

i also don't have pictures to prove this so you'll just have to take my word for it. also i don't think me wearing the neon green scott's racing team t-shirt would've registered on a normal camera anyhow.

my poster and i

this is how i choose to spend beautiful spring saturdays. . . *sigh*

impending doom

. . . june 1st

my last committee member hasn't "officially" approved my proposal but according as my adviser said

"i don't think he'll say anything crazy. . ."

i don't know about that. . . i think Dr. V is a crazy guy. . .

but anyway, so now i am in a state of panic. sometimes denial. then panic again. . . and more mounting panic. . . but as they say, this too shall pass. . .

that's also what they said about my gall stone. . .

okay, that's kinda gross. . .

still alive. . .

. . . yep. i'm still here.

candidacy exam has not destroyed me yet. but there's still about half of it to get through so i shouldn't speak too soon. i turned in my proposal last week and am now waiting for feedback from my committee. and of course waiting=catching up with lab work.

did go to our church retreat this weekend. it was a fun and refreshing time. and i got a tan so hurrah!

got to see jorge cham's talk last night. it was hilarious!also got the PhD book 1 and had him sign it which was pretty neat. of course i'm a dork since shiela already gave me a signed copy of the second one but he was there so why not. and in fairness, it was addressed to paul and jona :)

am also training for a 5k. i'm going to run a 5k! even i couldn't believe i was signing on to do that. i've been training for a while now. hope it pays off. it's for a good cause though (breast cancer research) and better still is i'm not paying for it (paul's office is). paul also got me fancy running shoes because apparently i don't have normal-sized feet and because he's sweet that way. so i guess i really need to run now.

that's it really. will try to update if anything exciting happens. . . maybe y'all have to wait a while then :)