Exciting things coming up!

There are so many exciting things coming up in the next few weeks! I have to say, I love April! :) I love spring, I love hanging outside, going for walks, and having people over! So what's coming up?!?!

• 10K Cheering Party! - Look for our pink shirts at the corner of Monument and Commonwealth
• My GLEE party! - Holla, my favorite show and my favorite people, what more could I ask for?
• Friends I haven't seen in a while - Amanda and Sam, and Meredith (possibly Allison too) are all coming in town for my partaaaaay!
• My Birthday?!?! - Yeah, even though the prospect of turning 30 is a little daunting I still like my birthday, plus I am going to get to hang out with Kristi that day when she cleans my teeth and then we go out for lunch!
• VACATION - yeah, you all have seen the blogs about our crazy vacation, but its going to be SO FUN
• Seeing Courtney - BONUS :)

If I'm missing anything in my list of exciting things to look forward to, just let me know! :) 

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30 things, in 30 days, before my 30th birthday...

Thing 23: Eat at Gelati Celesti - SUCCESS!!!

MMMMMMMM Homemade ice cream! I totally went to Gelati Celesti with Kathryn and Laura after Anna's bridal shower. It was my first experience, and it definitely will not be my last!

Thanks Kathryn for buying my chocolate peanut butter ice cream :)

Kathryn and I holding up our ice cream :)

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30 things, in 30 days, before my 30th birthday...

Thing 22: Picnic at Byrd Park - SUCCESS!!!

Sunday was beautiful so I opted to go on a little picnic in the park :)

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30 things, in 30 days, before my 30th birthday...

Thing 21: Don't drive my car for a whole day - SUCCESS!!!

Who says being green is hard? Well this weekend I successfully did not drive my car from the time I got home on Friday night until tonight (Sunday night) when I had to move it to the other side of the street because they are doing street cleaning tomorrow. How did I do that, you ask? Well, it wasn't the usual way I accomplish that, by not going anywhere. I actually had a 5K Saturday morning that Anna was kind enough to drive me to. Then on Saturday afternoon Kathryn picked me up to go to a DIFFERENT Anna's bridal shower. Then Saturday evening Kathryn drove me again to Laura's parents' house for dinner and a slumber party. On Sunday, Laura drove me around from church, a couple errands then home. 

And that, my friends, is how you can save the planet! :) Orrrr... just be lazy and have everyone else drive you around... whichever you choose!

Sorry folks, no photos!

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30 things, in 30 days, before my 30th birthday...

Thing 20: Run in a race - SUCCESS!!!


Sooo... this actually will kill two birds with one stone. I know I know it's a little like I'm double counting, but you try to think of 60 goals or things to do in one year... its a LITTLE tiring! If you all remember my blog about my new year's goals, you will remember that number 11 was do a charity run or walk.

So my friend Anna is able to participate for free by lottery in some running events, and she sometimes tells me which events she might sign up for, so one of them was happening this past Saturday in the west end. It was to support the organization SCAN which stands for Stop Child Abuse Now. The mission of this organization (as stated on their website) is "to prevent and treat child abuse and neglect throughout the Greater Richmond area by protecting children, promoting positive parenting, strengthening families and creating a community that values and cares for its children." 


Obviously this is a great organization to support, so I signed up for the 5K. I, like the procrastinator I am, did NOT train for this event. In fact, I have NOT run (really) since like 2008. So, the week before the race I am thinking... oh lord, this race is going to be awful! I have not done anything except sometimes walked outside to enjoy the beautiful weather. 


Well, 8AM on race day comes. We drive out to the west end, pick up our race shwag and get in line to start our run. It was a little chilly that morning, so we're all dressed in long sleeves and pants. We get ready to start and I tell Anna I want her to stay with me at least while I'm running, but when I have to stop that she can go ahead and come back for me after she finishes. So we start our run... I'm alright for a while... We run down the street, around the houses, down another street getting to the lake I'm starting to lose my breath, and about 2/3 of the way around the lake I'm like... ok I can't do this anymore. So I told her to go on... (I think we were like 1 mile in or so). So... she kept going and I gave myself a point where I would start running again. Soooo... I did... I ran (jogged really) all the way to the halfway point (which happened to also be the start because you had to run two times around.) then I walked through the water stop. Then I ran the whole second half of the course all the way around. I finished in 34:40, which is pretty darn good considering I didn't train and I haven't run since 2008. When I saw Anna again she told me we ran the first mile in 9 minutes... ummm I don't think I've EVER run a 9 minute mile, not even when I was in the best of shape, so that kind of makes sense why I was tired. 


Needless to say, it was a great run for a good charity and I'm glad I did it, even if I am a little sore and was terribly dehydrated for most of yesterday! Thanks Anna for being my cheerleader!

Just Anna, me and NUTZY our Flying Squirrels mascot before the race

Anna and me AFTER the race!

My reward to myself was a gooood brunch!

CJ and Mimosa

Anna and Mimosa

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30 things, in 30 days, before my 30th birthday...

Thing 19: Sing karaoke - SUCCESS!!!

This is me singing "Defying Gravity", the Glee Version! :) Because WHO got GLEE KARAOKE for her birthday?!?! THIS GIRL!!! Thanks Laura! :)

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30 things, in 30 days, before my 30th birthday...

Thing 18: See a movie at the Byrd - SUCCESS!!!

If you're not from Richmond, you probably don't know what the Byrd Theater is. Well, it's a really old landmark theater in Richmond and is now our $2 theater which shows movies that are out of the theater but before DVD. It's a great place to go see a movie, even though the seats are lumpy! Last night Kathryn, Laura and I saw Identity Thief at the Byrd. It was funny and cute. I would totally recommend you going to see it!

So True :)