as you could have guessed

for those avid readers (yes, all 3 of you) who read my last entry.. you probably could have predicted the following statement.  Kickboxing, along with growing a beard and underwater breathing... is not up my alley.  Between my absolute lack of hand-eye coordination, and fear that the punching bag was going to punch me back.. I think its safe to say that today was my first and last.. of that. 


With all my grueling workouts (hardly) I noticed that my shoes were really starting to hurt my feet when I was running.. So I decided I needed new kicks!!  I went to fashion valley mall- wearing my old shoes, and indeed they were about a size too small.. not surprising seeing as I think I got them in 2007..  I walked into Lady Footlocker, and was greeted by a girl my age wearing her footlocker/ref jersey with leggings, fake eyelashes, and at least 45 bumpits in her hair.  at least.  Perfect. 
"hi... Im looking for shoes that I can wear at the gym, and running outside" 
she snapped her gum, blew a bubble. "over here" I followed her to the wall of shoes.. a real magellan she was.. how would I ever have found the wall of shoes without her assistance. 
"these ones are really popular.. they're green.. they come in orange, but I dont think they are as cute" super, shes an artist too. 
"yah, I can see that"  I pretty much have my bachelors degree in colors lady.. tell me something I dont know. 
She spent about another 45 minutes telling me all the colors of shoes.. She did pretty good.. until she called a salmon pink "coral" but.. you win some you lose some. 


I went to Nike and picked out these beauties, they're pink. and charcoal. 

I've also started running along the bay by my house.. My trainer suggested going down to the beach and running in the damp sand because it wont kill your shins and its good resistance for your muscles.. and that setting a timer on my phone for 12 minutes and sprinting as fast as I can for 30-45 seconds, and then walk for the same amount of time.. apparently this is as good of a work out as "jogging around" and medium pace for an hour. Sounds good to me.  So I did this with my new shoes.. 


Thats a lie. I sprinted for 10 minutes.. and looked for seashells for the other two.
fine.. I sprinted for about 8.. looked for seashells for two and played with a puppy whose owner was super cute for 2.  Tomorrow I'll be better. The area is really neat!! There is a place where the sail boats can dock.. so there is always a bunch of sail boats in the water too.. It looks like lots of fun!!

read this if you're bored.

I finally got all settled in... unpacked (aka hung up my clothes in a closet) and got shelving, drawers and such for my room... All I need is some stuff to cover the walls.. and I think I will be good to go!


Of course, as soon as that was done, it was time for my house/dog sitting adventure to begin.  For two weeks I'm staying at Jennifer's house in La Jolla- the Bird Rock neighborhood.. its right by the beach and her house is beautiful! She has two very friendly- but always excited dogs.. I only remember the name of one of them- Rodeo- so when Im communicating with them- they are both referred to as Rodeo... a group name... You win some you lose some I guess.


I also got a gym membership- and even a personal trainer- so I'm committed to going at least once a week (but I've been going much more.. because I have nothing else to do) Im pretty sure my personal trainer hates me.. he laughed at me when I told him I was 95% sure I was having a heart attack. Rude. Next week were having a kickboxing session.. Do I need a mouth guard? Maybe I'll bring one just in case. 


All in all, everything is going great :)
Until next time. 


Katie

calling all visitors!

All moved into the house in Pacific Beach where I will be living until at least October, if I like it (and I think I will) I might resign the lease when the existing one is up if we find one more roommate, because one of the girls is moving to San Francisco. I've snapped some pics so you can check out my new digs- and the view 2 blocks from my house at the end of the street!