Color The Coast With Your Smile, It's The Most Genuiene Thing I've Ever Seen.

I was just outside for a few minutes. We’ve had surprisingly nice weather so far this November. I can be outside without a hat on, and my ears aren’t freezing off of my head. There was just a little wind. The tree across the street, the one by the green wooden fence, all of the remaining leaves are the most beautiful yellow. It was amazing to just sit there and look over at it when a gust of wind came about and just watch the leaves fly off of the branches. It was like watching a bunch of falling stars. Life is truly amazing if you just take the time to see it.

Couch to 5K

Last year my mom started getting in to running. To date her biggest run has been 15K and she's training to do a half marathon this fall. I'm not active at all, I'll be the first to admit that I'm pretty out of shape. However, whenever the weather started getting nicer this year I told my mom that I wanted to run a 5K with her this year. Well, spring as come and gone, and summer will soon be leaving us too and I haven't done as much as even walk 5K! Part of the issue is that most of the runs that happen are on weekends, during the few hours that I actually work during the week. I've decided though, that I'm willing to take a day off of work so I can do a 5K run. I don't often say I'm going to do something, so I want to stick with it!
There's a 5K in October called the "Halloween Hustle". The registration fee goes to the IWK Children's Hospital, and it's run on the trails, and there's free hot chocolate at the end. The best part? You run wearing a Halloween costume and there's a prize for best costume. What more to get me motivated to do my first 5K than my favorite holiday, right?
Okay, so October is pretty far away, but if I haven't been active all summer will I be able to train myself enough to be able to handle a 5K run? Keep in mind that I am out of breath and gagging to the point of almost making myself sick just for running for about a minute. I Googled "5K training" and found this great site, Couch to 5K! It's a nine week training program to get you from doing little to no exercise, to be ready to run 5K! Just what I need. To make it even better, the guy who started the site has downloadable podcasts that you can put on your MP3 player to listen to while doing the training. He tells you when to change from brisk walking, to running, to cool down, all with music to keep you going. This is just what I need. I'm not enough of a motivation for myself, and besides my mama, I have nobody to ask to run with. I'm starting tomorrow. I do three days of running, and the days in between are rest days. I'm really excited to go through with this. I've spent all summer, and the months before the summer just sitting around doing nothing! Everybody lately seems to be getting into running, and I want in! Look out world, here I come!

A hunting we will go

Today I stopped by Value Village and picked up a job application. That's the easy part. Now I have to fill it out, which is simple enough as well. However the hard part is going back and handing it in. I don't know why, but applying for jobs, and basically anything that involves me talking to a strange just kills me. For those of you who are out going and don't suffer from any sort of social anxiety, I envy you.
There's been talks of moving out in the air. I'm not 100% sure how soon I want to move back out whenever I do, but I do know that in order for that to even be an option, I need a new job. Even if it's months before I actually do find my own place, I am more than ready to have more hours at a job. I have way too much free time. Can you imagine only working about 15 hours a week? That's only on the weekends too, which leaves my whole week open. As someone who doesn't have very much of a social life, or any hobbies having five days a week with nothing to do is just getting old and boring! Let's wish me luck on the job hunt, and on my future apartment hunt.