Running!

Remember when I said I was going to run a half marathon? Well guess what??!! I still am going to do it! I have started running and I can now say I almost enjoy it. This is a big step for me because I used to absolutely loathe running unless I was on the racquetball court or playing some other sport. Now I can almost say going for a run is relaxing and a nice way to spend an hour or so. I am getting closer to my goal of liking running and my goal of possibly not dying during my half marathon. Oh and I am going to sign up to run a 5K in Idaho Falls in May. Woot for running....almost.

I would rather...

I would rather be doing this...

than this in the library....

Oh the joys of midterms!! 4 more days til Spring Break! I can make it!!!!

A mixture of feelings

It is almost springtime! That means warm weather, green grass, spring flowers, Chacos :D, and people falling in love. What is it about springtime that makes people all mushy on the inside? I don't understand it. As I have contemplated the mysteries of springtime and love I have discovered maybe you have to believe in love in order to fall in love. Yeah I know sounds harsh right? What kind of girl doesn't believe in love. Well it's not that I don't believe in it I just don't think I know what it is. Some fall in love almost immediately others take their time. I wonder if most are not just infatuated with one another and have enough stubbornness and gumption to make it work out in the end. I think that is my problem I am not a girl that crushes on guys. I do not get infatuated with people. I am also not one of those girls that longs to be married. I say it will happen when it happens. Although recently I have had an experience or two that have changed my mind. Like sometimes I just wish I could walk around my apartment in whatever I want or lack there of but unfortunately due to roommates being scarred for life I choose not too. I have also learned that living with just one guy has got to be easier than living with 5 girls. I love my roommates I have awesome girls to live with but sometimes too much estorgen in one place is a lot to handle..that and sometimes girls just freak me out. I will not go into detail but trust me sometimes some stuff is just better not written down to remember forever. After today I have a glimpse at that springtime love bug. I have not been bitten yet but at least now I realize that the bug is in the same room with me. That's a start right? This has been your update into the goings on of Jess.

P.S. I still think that the best part of springtime by far is wearing my Chacos!!! That picture is of me this coming summer...yeah that's right!

Challenge

I was challenged in my awesome friends blog to make a list of 15 random things about me. How could I not take a challenge to make a list and have an excuse to procrastinate homework? So here is my list of me!

1. I dream almost everynight and can remember all or part of my dream. I have had a dream in cartoon but never black and white.

2. I love it when guys speak in portuguese or spanish around me. They move up quickly on the hot scale when they speak one of these to languages.

3. When I cook I love to listen to latin music and dance around the kitchen.

4. I don't get mad easily...there are only a few times in my life that I can remember where I have been truly mad.

5. I am a very closed person. I do not share things about myself with others unless I trust them and they ask me directly.

6. I would rather just sit and talk, joke, and play games than go and do something planned and extravagant with my friends.

7. One of my bucket list items is to make out in the library before I graduate college, because I think it would be a better alternative to doing homework in the library.

8. I like trying new things and pushing myself to do things I don't think I can. My newest adventure is to run a half marathon. I HATE running.

9. I have a hard time making small decisions but important life changing decisions are easy.

10. I love the outdoors....my favorite is a night sky full of stars.

11. I love pillows and sleep with 4 each night.

12. I talk in my sleep. I wake myself up talking often.

13. I love to take pictures but have not for a long time.

14. I love being spontaneous. (this is probably due to #9 then I don't have to make decisions of what to do)

15. The way to my heart is through laughter and music.

Studying...or not.

As I sit in the library and attempt to study diligently for my really super hard neurology disorders test tomorrow all these thoughts come into my head of things I would rather be doing. I am having a hard time staying on task with this whole studying thing. So I decided to write down all the things I would rather be doing.

Sleep

Go country dancing

Go latin dancing

Go on a drive

Go on a random trip to find the perfect picture taking spot

Talk to my family and see how they are doing

Write a blog :)

Play Sudoku (I'm slightly addicted)

Watch a movie snuggled up on the couch with my blanket

Cuddle...

Read a book for fun (NOT a textbook)

Go on a walk (even though it is SUPER freezing outside this is how much I do not want to study)

Go on a run

Play racquetball

Take a nap

Go shooting

Ride my horse

I think I would even take shopping over doing homework right now

And for the first time in my life I am ready for winter to be over. Usually I love it but this year I just want it to be warm! Spring come fast!

I love movie quotes

Lately I have been comparing my life to movie quotes. Why I don't know, most likely because I watch/own WAY too many movies. Below I have compiled some random movie quotes that go along with what is going on in my life right now or because I think they are funny and I like them!

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while you could miss it.
-Ferris Bueller's Day Off

If you're not willing to risk it all then you don't want it bad enough.

Love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor cannot be hidden where it truly does.
-Kissing a Fool (I have never seen this movie but I like the quote)

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.
-Notebook

When a defining moment comes along, you can do one of two things. Define the moment, or let the moment define you.
-Tin Cup

Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
-Billy Madison

Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgement that something is more important than fear. The brave do not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.
-Princess Diaries

That's what people do. They leap, and hope to God they can fly.
-Hitch

That's just the trouble with me, I give myself very good advice but I very seldom follow it.
-Alice in Wonderland

No man...if you wanna kiss her...You go right ahead and you kiss her! I mean, knock yourself out! You just take her...then kiss her. Then kiss the crap out of her!
-She's the Man

I'm your huckleberry...
-Tombstone

I'm a woman, I like men. If that means I'm not "lady-like", then I guess I'm just not a lady! At least I'm honest.
You're different. No arguin' that. But you're a lady alright. I'd take my oath on it.
-Tombstone

I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.
-Monty Python and the Holy Grail (hahhahahhaha)

When I first saw you, I thought you were handsome. Then, of course, you spoke.
-As Good As It Gets


Well I must go be productive now.. Live long and prosper!

Insanity.......?

Pretty sure I just bought my ticket for the crazy bus! I signed up to run a half marathon with my sister Stephanie. I have not ran long distance since 7th grade. We are not going to calculate how long ago that was we are just going to say long enough. I am however excited for this experience...hence the crazy bus. I am excited to take this opportunity to get back into shape and learn to like running for fun. I will hopefully keep up with this experience through this blog. I hope to be able to accomplish this because it is on my bucket list! :)

I had something else to write on here that was going to be awesome but I can't remember right now so....this is all for now.