nannyra

bought the paint a month ago, painted the walls a few weeks ago, need to do a second coat on the light walls and then i will be done!

It’s been 3.5 years since my last marathon and I have decided to do the Portland Marathon this year!

So easy…why did I wait so long to finish it?

Instead of going East to visit my family last weekend, my husband surprised me and we went West. He wouldn’t tell me where we were going. I finanlly figured it out half way there. We spent the weekend wine tasting in Walla Walla. Even better, 4 of our friends met us down there and surprised me. I guess they have been planning this for a while and had a hard time keeping it a secret from me. It was a great way to spend my 30th birthday…good friends and good wine!

Tomorrow is 30. I’m getting used to the idea. I don’t know why it is so hard for me. I think I am such a sentimental person that I get attached to everything…including my age. I did have a very successful decade. I’m quite proud of everything I have done. Everybody that has been 30 something tells me the 30s are great. I guess I just can’t believe I am this old…I feel so young still.

We’re taking a road trip tomorrow to visit my family for Easter. It will be nice to celebrate with them.

I picked up a bunch of paint samples the other day. I’m hoping to make this a spring project. We’ll see if it happens.

Last week I took everything out of the closet and went through all the clothes. I didn’t follow all the rules (if you haven’t worn it in a year, throw it out…etc.) but I did fill two large Eddie Bauer bags with clothes to donate. It’s a start.

I played a few things the other night. My fingers are out of practice and don’t move as quickly as they need to. It was fun. I need to get the piano tuned…and repaired.

I received my results for REG today and I passed with an 81! I am so relieved that I don’t have to take it again. Now I can move on to the next step.

Good Luck to you all!

Current Half Marathon time: 2:25 (with very little training the 2 weeks prior)

My personal best is 2:22

I realize this may be a long term goal, but it’s always good to have a goal.

Total Cholesterol: 245
HDL: 69 (normal 35-65)
LDL: 156 (normal < 130)
Triglycerides: 102 (normal < 150)

Sooo…still high I think this is the first time I’m even above the borderline high.

I know it’s not high enough for medication, but it wouldn’t matter because they don’t give medication to women my age. I guess I just need to work harder on my diet.

Had another test, waiting on results. I think it is still in the borderline high range, but I haven’t been doing too much recently to fix it. I haven been eating less red meat and cheese.

Not sure what I did to fix it, but the last two times I’ve had it tested it’s been in a good range. I think it must have been a stress thing.

Good luck to you all. I’m still working on lowering the cholesterol.

I took REG yesterday. I definately don’t feel as bad about it as I did last time and knew I didn’t pass. However, I don’t feel confident about it either like when I took AUD. I think I probably scored in the 70s. I just hope it was high 70s!

I signed up today to retake REG on Feb 24. Time to get this thing done!

I didn’t pass REG. Like I said in my last entry, I knew it would be the toughest test for me, and I didn’t feel good about it afterwards. When I took the other sections I at least felt like I had a chance to pass.

On the bright side, this is the only test I have to retake, and I have an entire year to take it before I lose any of my other scores.

I had been debating in my head if I would want to just miss the cut-off, or if I wanted to fail it so horribly that I knew I wasn’t close. I got a 63. I think that’s far enough away from passing that I don’t feel bad, and yet still high enough that it hopefully won’t be too difficult for me to pass on the next round.

I like this goal. I need to do this goal. I think it goes along with cleaning out my closet.

I turned in my final paper today. I will walk in the graduation ceremony next May.

Now I remember what it is like to completely bomb a test. I knew REG would be the most difficult for me, and it was. Now I have to play the waiting game for my results. It’s going to drive me crazy because I’m pretty sure I did not pass this one, yet I’ll probably get my hopes up about it several times during the next month.

The good news is that I was prepared for this, in a way. I have until next November to pass it before I start losing scores for the other sections that I have already passed. I’ll also be finished with my MBA this week so I can completely focus on studying for REG insteady of trying to work it in between papers and other homework assignments.

One week from today I will be finished with my MBA program!
Wooohoooo! Now I just have to finish up two group cases, one presentation, study for one exam, take one quiz…