GOOD THINGS.

This has nothing to do with the triathlon, but I want to SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS:
I passed my boards! What a feat-- I can finally breathe (and pleasure read!) for the first time in four years.

Perhaps in a fit of gleeful insanity, I decided to take care of some of the items on my 'triathlon board.' I ordered triathlon shorts, body glide (anti-chafing stick...painfully necessary), and elastic shoelaces. I'm having some second thoughts about getting the shorts online... but there is no way I would convince myself to go to a store to try them on with a sales person breathing down my neck-- I shudder at the thought.

To top off the exciting news-- I hit 5 miles yesterday! Almost right after I wrote that it was my goal, too! (Maybe Oprah is on to something...) I got a job at my school's gym and am ELATED as it means that I can continue to use the absolutely wonderful facility through the summer. Honestly I am very excited. So yesterday after I lifted in the divine weight room (I also upped my weight on bench press! woohoo!) I hopped on the treadmill and said 'here goes..' My legs felt different than they have in the past weeks. They felt... normal! I don't want to jinx it or anything, but they felt like they did way before getting doored, when I was running much farther distances than I am doing now. That was exciting.

The only thing that could make this day better is receiving some donations! We're sitting strong at $755. That means $1,245 to go before August 4th! I trust that we can do it!!!!

=) It's a good day. Hopefully this feeling will last. Haha-- probably will until those spandex shorts show up. yikes.