Lately...

So what have I been up to lately that has kept me away from blogging? Well... I went on a wonderful 7 day cruise to Costa Maya, Belize, Roatan, and Cozumel with my wonderful travel buddy/BFF Andrea.  We had the time of our lives and met some amazing people.  I would go into great detail about everything we did, but it would make this post entirely too long so I'll sum it up in a couple of sentences.  Neither one of us had been on a cruise before so we really did not know what to expect.  Everyone had told us it would be amazing so we had HIGH expectations.  Well the Norwegian Spirit out of New Orleans definitely lived up to those expectations.  Andrea and I spent our days laying out under the warm sun and our nights dancing with some wonderful people we met from all over the States.  In between laying out and dancing we sang karaoke, went to shows, dined at fabulous restaurants, and mingled with people (most of whom were at least twice our age).  That brings me to another point.  We were a little skeptical taking a cruise while most people our age were in school, but it was so much fun getting to know an older generation.  They definitely didn't dance the same way we were used to and most of the songs at karaoke I had never heard of, but it made it all a blast.  Anyways we got back a couple of weeks ago and ever since I have been back in Searcy town.  I spent all last week job hunting and as of this past Monday I am officially employed by Chili's!!! I don't start until Saturday, but still to say that I finally have a job is pretty exciting.  Sarah (roomie) and I started training for the Music City Half on Monday.  Yesterday was our first day of actual running and I surprised myself by being able to run 3 miles on the first day.  I do understand I am still 10.1 miles away from the finish line, but 3 is a start.  Today I introduced Sarah to Jonesboro, AR.  I think she was a little impressed that NEA (North East Arkansas) actually had a mall somewhere in it, as well as Target and Starbucks.  It was a fun day.  Now I am off to bed and getting excited about starting work soon.  Hopefully I'll update before too long and let you know how the new job is going!

BTW...I have not been able to cook lately at all.  Here is my excuse as pitiful as it may sound... I have a hard time cooking healthy foods.  I like to cook delicious meals that are not healthy at all, but while training for this half marathon I am not able to eat unhealthy foods.  Needless to say I am trying to find a healthy cookbook to cook from, but haven't had any luck yet.  That is why there have been no blogs about my cooking.  I did make cheesy chicken enchiladas last week before we started training.  They were simply divine! Sarah and I both loved them.  Anyways that's really the last time I cooked unless it was steaming vegetables, baking chicken breast, or some other boring healthy food. hehe.  So there is my excuse...Sorry.