My skeptical entrance into blogging...

Last year was my first time having a "real" blog that I actually updated on a regular basis. I had it for about 2 months during the time when I was in Uganda. This served as a really great way of being family and friend updated with stories and photos since it would have be difficult to send emails to everyone individually. When I returned home I didn't see a real pressing need in having a blog anymore. I have facebook and I text, talk to, or see most of the people that I have relationships with, so why would I need a blog in addition to that? After taking a look at my sister's blog with new pics of the kids on it, I realized that having a blog is pretty nice for people with families because they would have a lot of updates to give about their growing family. But me with a blog? Why on earth would anyone want to read the blog of a single woman living in northern Minnesota with no real news to report? My consensus? NO ONE! But I decided that this is going to be for me if nothing else. I used to journal a lot and I think sense I got a "career" job I lost interest in it because my life doesn't exactly feel very adventurous anymore. However, I'd like to change that. I need to find a way of making what I'm doing right now meaningful to me. If I don't do that, it makes me feel like I've lost part of myself (the spontaneous, adventurous Jenny that still exists somewhere inside).

So how can I possibly make my life in what sometimes feels like the coldest and most boring place in the world interesting? Well since its currently in the middle of the flipping winter, I need to have a long-term goal to be accomplished in spring/summer that I need to be working to fulfill now... The GOAL: TO RUN GRANDMA'S HALF MARATHON on June 19th, 2010. I ran the full marathon last year and finished (yay!) but it was not pretty and I ended up hurting my knee. Due to no insurance and me being lazy, I've do nothing so far to help my knee get better except for not running. Can you guess where this is going? Yep, I have not ran since last summer (June last year to be exact). So therefore, this is going to be a little tough going at first.

Its January 18th, 2010 and I need to work up to a 5-k (3+ miles) by the beginning of March. This means that I need to start TODAY. A few weeks ago I toured a few gyms and discovered that although I liked it the least, SNAP Fitness is by far the cheapest place to workout. So to conserve on cash, I will be signed up for a membership today at Snap. The game plan today is to use the weight machines to do some work on my quads and calves to help build support for my knee. I'll do some low-impact cardio on an elliptical to start with and go for there as I feel my knee getting stronger. If anyone has any advice out there, please let me know!

I've also decided to join one or two Community Ed classes. The first of which could be considered a sort of "cross-training".... belly dancing! This starts next week and should be interesting.

So if anyone is actually reading this, you've been forewarned my purpose here is really a place for me to kind of journal I guess. I'm not looking to entertain anyone or keep anyone interested... I just need an outlet and this works for me right now.