The post of all posts

(so I haven't updated my blog in a while so this one is going to cover a lot of events)

First of all I am in the process of coming up with a new idea for my blog. I hate the layout and the header (which is why it is gone) and I feel like it lacks direction - even if the direction is my random thoughts I think it has to specify that. I know no one reads this except my mom, Kier, and Nic, but I would still like to pretend people care about what I am writing. I want it to be about what I do everyday obviously bc that is what I do everyday, but I also want to talk about books I am reading, how much life sucks right out of college, how lazy I am at looking for a job which makes life suck right out of college, how confused I am about life, how I overthink every single decision ever (like blog design), how I am training for a marathon, all the things I want to do, and of course about how awesome I am. SO anyways, that is a work in progress and my blog page may change 300 times in the near future, so stay tuned...

So let's see...since my last blog post I made this cake (Root Beer Float Cake, from previous post):

It was delicious. So Kier doesn't kill me I will give her credit for mixing flour, salt, and baking powder together....go you!

I had an exciting weekend that started on Friday with a Date. Christian drove up to Blaine and 1) brought me flowers, 2)brought me out to dinner to Punch Pizza - it was soooo good, I am trying to think of the next reason I can come up with to go there again! and 3)went for a walk with me around Minneapolis (from Punch over the Stone Arch Bridge, to the new Guthrie Park and back). It was freezing out, in the 40's, but I had a sweatshirt and warmed up quickly while walking and thinking about how much I love Minneap. We were going to watch a 'movie on the lawn' (i.e. get a projector, laptop, and blankets to watch a movie on the side of the house) but it was just too cold!

We 'ended' our date early because we had to get up early Saturday morning to head to the first ever Minneapolis Duathlon! Christian had a 5k run, 18 mile bike, and another 5k run ahead of him.

We got up at 6am and CKE raced at 8:05. I saw him and caught a pick at the end of the first 5k and then went to find a spot to see him in the bike portion. Well I brought my book with me and got a little too involved and suddenly heard a 'MADDIE' and turned just in time to see the back of CKE zoom away from me....uggg I couldn't believe it.

Sunday night I went to the State Fair with Heidi and her friends, Mike, Lindsey, and Amanda. We went to go see the Kelly Clarkson/Eric Hutchinson concert. Well, an hour before the show Kelly C canceled due to illness and we were told we could get our money back!! This was the best possible thing to happen - I didn't even want to see her, I was just paying $40 to see the opener Eric Hutchinson. So I got my money back and also got to see my future husband perform and he was great! Best part about it was that although our seats were in the nosebleeds and behind a pole about 2 songs in E Hutch said, much to the security gaurds dismay, "I think this is a free for all tonight so why doesn't everyone just move up here to the front." There was a mad dash to get good seats and we got on the floor, it was AWESOME. After the concert I wanted to wait in line to get a picture, but no one I was with is all that into him so we had to drive home...sad! I went to the state fair and only saw one thing I wanted to (I missed out on my photo opp and seeing The Current booth)

(hmmmmm, I love him - I am certain had I waited in line to take a picture with him he would have immediately fallen in love with me and taken me on tour with him..)

Anyways, to complete my stalker status I left work on Monday afternoon determined to see E Hutch at the Best Buy in Roseville where he was doing a free performance. Only problem was that he performed at 12 and I didn't get off work until 1. By the time I got there he was gone. My future hunsband evaded me yet again...

Back to reality (oh there goes rabbit), I pretty much am on my last few days at work. I am working today and then don't know when I will be working again, definetly not in the next few weeks if ever. I am, however, working on updating my resume and portfolio in hope of getting them finished before the long weekend starts.

Finished reading Julie and Julia. It was good....I thought the way it was written was a little confusing at times, but overall worth reading. I am super excited to see the movie this weekend in Washington!!!







Running.....well I skipped my 18 mile run last weekend. That was the first long run I have skipped - it seemed just a little too long. But I am back on track this week with a 5 mile run out of the way yesterday and a 9 mile run coming up after work tonight. Only worry is that about every 10th step I take it feels like my achilles is going to snap (maybe I should call that thing they call stretching).....so we will see how that goes when I am 5 miles from home....

That is all for now I suppose. I have a smoothie waiting to be drank and omg I almost forgot my delicious Golden Delicious Apple and Cheddar Turnovers with Dried Cranberries. The recipe is out of this months Bon Appetit magazine. They were good and look something like this:

(Now I am going to write good things and bad thing I have done during this post period because I think it would be fun to do)

Negative Nancy's:

• I skipped my 18 mile run and feel guilty
• I still haven't finished my portfolio and Seattle is coming up in 2 weeks
• I am soon to be out of a job

Positive Pedro's:

• I have finished a first draft of my final resume, which is a step in the right find a job direction
• I am going to Washington this weekend!
• I got to see E Hutch perform and am now more in love with him than ever (could this be a negative since now I just want to have his babies even more and am no closer to it being a reality...?)