Surprise!

Surprise!!

Since none of my regulars read this anymore, I'm going to shock them with a new post. Hopefully they stumble upon this one day.

So let me sum up the last 5 months...

-fell in love (well that happened before May, but it gets better and better as the months go by)
-trained and ran a marathon (Chicago 09 baby!!)... set a PR
-trekked to Casper, WY for work every week .... siiiigh
-met my guy's entire family and they are awesome!
-attended one of my best friend's wedding
-saw U2 in concert (slightly disappointing, not gonna lie)
-attended Kelly's first movie and saw it on the Big Screen ... soooooo cool!

And the really important stuff:

-read a couple really good books
-watched a lot of trashy reality tv

Upcoming excitement:

-my guy is meeting some more family this weekend
-running the Malibu Half in 2 weeks
-heading to my high school 10 year reunion over Thanksgiving. OMG!
-attending ANOTHER best friend's wedding in December
-taking 2 full weeks off from work over the holidays. Its like a real Christmas high school style break!!

Thats all for now folks. Its kinda fun writing again. :)

Chicago Marathon... 10/12/09. 4:42


U2 Concert... Pasadena Rose Bowl (10/25/09)

This is easy

I'm sick and it sucks.

I guess the good thing... no travel this week!!! I'm hoping my couch and some good ole fashion RnR will do me good.

Ps... I'm trying to be smart and am taking a week off from the roads to heal up some aches and pains. Keep your fingers crossed!!!!

Casper the Ghost

Casper, Wyoming. WOW.

I love LA. Like, a lot.

Casper, Wyoming is this little town of 40,000 some people - living at 5400 feet elevation surrounded by snowtopped mountains and Walmart. Theres not really much else. Its a super mellow town, lots of big huge stores and a Kum & Go (which I still think is a hilarious name, but my mind typically wanders).

I'll be travelling there every week for the next 6 months or so (get out the tissue please). Getting there is crrrrrrrrrrrrrrrazy. Actually, getting home is that nutty part. We took this tiny little plane from Casper to Denver and you could feel EVERY little bump. I've never felt nautious on a plane and I've never almost hit my head from bouncing and jerking so much. At one point, I even said my prayers... and I have to do this next week and for the next 24 weeks. Thats alotta praying.

Anyway, on much more exciting news... I ran a 5K PR in Boston and threw up at the finishing line. HUUUGE!! And then I ran 4 miles through Newton during the Boston marathon, including Heartbreak Hill....soooooooooo fun. I love marathons and I love running. I'm sick!

Some of my favorites

I've been gathering a list of some of my favorites... just those little things that make me happy:

-Turning on my car with a full tank of gas
-Opening my fridge after I just went grocery shopping... so many choices!!
-A closet full of clothes, just after I did laundry
-A brand new pair of running socks!
-Eating a beautiful yellow banana...and really almost any fresh ripe fruit. MMMMM, good!
-Of course, watching a romantic comedy. HA!

HOW GREAT ARE THOSE?!

OOOOH, so I was hunted down the other night for saying I loved bad chic flicks after all... I DO love bad chic flicks, but ones like... The Wedding Planner, Save the Last Dance, Coyote Ugly. LOVE THEM. And I strongly dislike Kate Hudson flops. Poor girl... sometimes she picks amazing movies, sometimes... not so much.

Not much to say

Hi All... so again, its been awhile. Shocking!! I don't even really have much to say so this will be a really really really random blog. But here are some things that have been on my mind lately...

I really-really-really love romantic comedies. They make me happy and all warm and fuzzy inside. Even the bad ones... and I think I may even like the bad ones the MOST! Whats up with that? I've been forced (I'll be hunt down for saying that word - "forced") to watch more action movies lately (and horror and anything BUT romantic comedies) and I'm sorry to admit, but its just not as rewarding as my warm and fuzzy romantic chic flick movie affair I have going on. And the most ridiculous thing about it... my boyfriend WRITES romantic comedies and I have yet to get him on board. Side note: not entirely true, he watched "hes just not that into you" but that was a terrible movie and doesn't count. Ladies, go read the book. Its genius.

I Love Girl Scout Cookies. I've noticed I'm a particular fan of thin mints (frozen only please) and peanut butter pattys. YUMMMMMMM! But don't eeeeven try and bring them over or I'll wolf them down in one sitting. Yes, they're THAT deeeelish.

I really love trail running, but it makes me yearn for hiking... the views are breathtaking and it is beyond peaceful, but theres really not much peace in huffing and puffing your way up the mountain. I love it and I'm gonna keep running and mastering those trails, but I miss hiking. And I think I might even give camping another try. I just have to embrace camp fire hair!!!

Internet networking and socializing is crazy. I'm over myspace but I'm afraid of what I'll be missing if I take my profile down (I know, what you're saying, but yes, really!!). Facebook is fun when I need to procrastinate (which is really a daily, almost hourly thing) and Twitter... my latest obsession. I'm not quite on the Twitter bandwagon yet, but its just another internet something to waste time. Follow me peops...lksarah!!

And one last thing... I'm a team captain for the Revlon Run/Walk on May 9th and NONE of my friends have registered. Whats up with that? I know y'all love to be active, so go register - it'll be fun, I promise!!!!!! Go to: https://www.revlonrunwalk.com/la/ and use team number "390" to be on my team. Thanks. I love my supportive friends!!!

OK, thats enough rambling for now. Like I said... random!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm thinking Rambo

So a few months ago, I was out for a run with my running partner and he said he had a huge debate over who would win: Dutch vs. Rambo (and for my non action movie lovers - Dutch is from Predator and Rambo... well we all know Rambo). I FINALLY watched Predator the other night and got through about half of Rambo... and even so, I think Rambo would dominate. I might be a little biased because a certain someone in my life is a huuuuuuuuuuuuuge Rambo fan (kinda obsessed actually), but Dutch really didn't do it for me. Although... he did look pretty good compared to his current Governator days. And in general, I'm not really a Stallone fan, but my gut is just telling me to go Rambo on this one.

Anyway, this is the lamest blog ever... but I'm expecting a lengthy comment section from my Rambo loving boyfriend. :)

Morning sunshine

So like I said, I've been working crazy hours lately... but even with less then 6 hours of sleep under my belt (for how many nights now??), I still managed to wake up before 6am today and get a 7 mile trail run in. AND IT WAS WORTH IT! I've been fighting off a sore throat and swollen glands for awhile, so the cold air was a little rough on my lungs, but it was beuuutiful. I'll never get sick of the Santa Monica mountains, a sunrise over downtown and the water off in the distance. How do we live here!!???!?!??!?!?!


I definitely took my time for the first couple miles and the entire group sprinted by... but it was all good. An hour and 20 minutes later, the group was down at the bottom of the trail waiting for me so we could all hit up Peets for a some morning joe. Pretty embarrassing to come in last (just that much more training ahead of me!) but sucha a great gesture of teamwork as well.


Maybe the most magical thing of it all... Coach Jimmy gave me a recipe of a little witches brew for my cold. Hot water, cayenne pepper, lemon juice, fresh ginger and grapefruit seed extract. Umm, what? Its so spicy its burning the sore throat away. HA! I'll keep you posted... so far so good and my throat is feeling better then it has in over a week. Maybe Jimmy really does know what he's talking about.....?