I forgot to update yesterday. Weird.
Actually, I can describe most of yesterday as just that — weird. I woke up at noon but was stuck in one of those groggy lethargic states that I just couldn’t seem to shake. I went out to lunch at Jing Jing’s with Emily and helped her pick out a new watch at Nordstrom’s, but I didn’t have the energy to drag her along as I searched for another dress for Viennese Ball this Friday. I am having second thoughts about the red dress I bought last week. I think I would rather have something not quite so…loud. Anyway, I’m going to head over to the mall again this afternoon to look.
I came home, watched Canada get their gold medals and the U.S. get their silvers for hockey, then talked to Becca on the phone for forever. After a while Aaron interrupted, saying he was going over to Durand to work on PHATman, and so I said goodbye to Becca and joined him in the lab. We needed to find the moments of inertia for the thing…ugh, complicated stuff that I don’t remember how to do.
After that it was dinner time, and then dishes time, and then TV time with Emily and Susan. I had promised Neal I would go to Flicks last night but I really didn’t feel like it…after all, I was still being lethargic. But I did promise, and so I went. They were showing Spy Game, which is a fairly entertaining movie and I didn’t mind watching it again. I managed to forget about all the homework that I should have been doing instead, so it worked. Afterward I headed to Nick’s room and talked to him for a while, then finally headed home to bed. I only got 6 hours of sleep, so I am tired today. I wish I were a person that could survive on less than 8 hours of sleep, but unfortunately, I’m not.
This morning in dance class we reviewed club two step and worked on polka some more. We learned the basic step for polka on Friday, and at first I was amused because I have always thought of polka as a dorky old people’s dance. But I must admit — it is really fun. Galloping and whirling around the room is quite entertaining, and it makes everyone smile and laugh, so it’s a very cheerful dance to do. I am getting pumped for Viennese Ball, even if I will be one of the worst dancers there. It will be fun anyway. I like dancing with Nick; he is really good. There is also this guy in my class named Bernardo who is a great lead; I love it when I end up next to him and get to dance with him when we change partners.
(11:33 p.m.)
I went on a short run tonight, 2.5 miles. I think I have reached a turning point in my running…it used to be that when I ran, I was limited by my cardiovascular fitness. My body felt fine, but I would be gasping for breath and have to take walking breaks. These days, I could carry on a normal conversation if I were running with someone because I don’t get too out of breath, but now my legs have become quite a sore point. They ache. I am thinking I just need to stretch a bit more before I go running, or perhaps warm up with a brisk half mile walk before I break into a run. We’ll see.
Tonight though, I was interrupted halfway through my run by the guy I have a crush on. Silly me, I thought it was past, but alas, I discovered that it’s not. He’s so cool. He stood there talking to me while I was all sweaty and gross. Ugh, what a time to run into him. Ah well.
