TMI

The fantastic Miss Morning Runner has passed me along this award Honest Scrap. I found out that she makes a mean Mac and Cheese with Salsa. Boy, that sounds delish.
The rules are to link back to the presenter, share 10 things about yourself that your readers may not know that are true, and then pass it on and notify the people you pass the award on to!!

I'm honestly not that interesting, but here goes

1) I am extremely paranoid about getting injured/sick. I know when you're young, you're supposed to have this feeling of immortality, but I've always been burdened by my own mortality. Every twinge, sting, tickle, I feel like I need to call an ambulance. BUT, at the same time, I am too frugal to pay any $$$ to actually go see a Dr. For example, before last Sept, I had not been to the dentist since when I lost my baby teeth. Oops.

2) I cannot live without Vaseline. I will literally freak out if I don't have my little jar with me everywhere I go. At home, my mom and I used to use Costco sized tubs of these things..... well, that is until my dog decided to eat Vaseline.... but that's an entirely different story... haha. I use Vaseline as chapstick, make-up remover, over little cuts, moisturizer, everything!

3) I can be very stubborn.

4) Maybe it's because I grew up as the oldest sibling. Maybe it's just my DNA. Whatever the cause, I have a very difficult time with feelings of vulnerability. I always feel like I need to be the strong one, the responsible one, the one that takes care of business. I have a hard time telling people I need help because I can't help but feel it's a sign of weakness. I have a tendency to keep things bottled up inside. However, I am learning otherwise, that it's OK to ask for help, to ask for a shoulder to lean on.

5) My low maintenance-ness is starting to bite me in the a$$. I eschew most things "girly" and "high maintenance", cause I am too lazy and too cheap. But, I think I have taken it too far. I have not had a hair cut in 9 months and my hair is NOT happy. I have not washed my car and I have found cobwebs and bubble gum on my car. I don't even own face wash. I can't remember the last time my nails had any polish on them. I can't remember the last time I bought non-running clothes/shoes. Most of my clothes are from at least 4 years ago, so my fashion sense is completely out-dated. Wow. Epic FAIL on my part.

6) I want to open up a breakfast joint one day.

7) I still can't figure out why my housemates don't mind/notice that they are living in filth, and they don't see a need to do dishes EVER. And I truly mean EVER. And then they ask me why the pan is dirty. Um..... YOU USED IT TWO DAYS AGO AND LEFT IT THERE!!!! I am actually now quite relieved that I am moving. ok. end rant

8) I loooooooove cats. They make me smile. Like this one:

OMG how funny is that cat?

9) I really want to move to Hawai'i. I have been wanting to since 5th grade. I want to so bad, yet I don't know why I am so scared to actually go do it. If anyone can help me find the guts to make this move, please help.

10) I wrote that Bridget Jones was my role model on one of my college applications. Needless to say, I was rejected. Haha. I really don't know why I did that! haha, I was such a rebel back then....!????

I hope I didn't bore ya to sleep :)

I would like to pass this on to
Run, Eat, Repeat (her eats always makes me drool)
Sneaker Sister (she always has the best advice!)

Quick Recap of Tuesday's workout:
I thought my knee would give me trouble, but as the day went on, the knees were the least of my worries. As soon as I got to work, my lower left back/hip area just started hurting like crazy out of no where! I've never felt pain there before, but every five min or so I would feel like being shot by bullets. It was so painful to sit, I actually had to do a lot of my work standing up, and driving was torture! It didn't hurt when walking, only when sitting. WTF? I was worried about my speedwork sesh, but decided to do it anyways on the treadmill. Glad to report that it went well; very minimal pain, and I was really able to push myself. People were definitley giving me funny looks; I was probably breathing heavily, and may have even let out a few grunts.

To help push myself, I had to play a lot of mind games, like pretending I was being chased by a lion or a crazy Viking, I was just about to cross the finish line in Maui, I pretended I was Kara Groucher, and I kept telling myself "I got this!" It was hard, but a good hard. Keeping my fingers crossed that these speed sessions will help me smash my PR in Maui!

Today I have no back/hip pain, but I think I might switch things up a bit and go to the gym for weights instead of biking, casue biking can sometimes put a lot of pressure on my lower back.

All right, this novel of a post is over now. Phew!

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Happy humpday and only 2 more days till the weekend!!!!!