5ks, class, and swimming

Haven't blogged in a while, so here's an update. Things are going well!!

I turn 27 in a week (geez) and wanted to do something for my birthday that reflects my new interests in physical activity, so I found a 5k called Run for the Nations benefiting refugees in Nashville next Saturday. I haven't trained much for it because my legs seem to be feeling achy all the time from standing at the PTS. So this morning, I got up pseudo-early to run at Shelby Bottoms (location of the 5k) to practice running in extreme heat. Yeah, I did fine for a mile, pushed through to almost 1.5 then had to stop running. It was so freaking hot and humid. I'm praying for a cold snap next Saturday. :)

I had my third private swim lesson today and it went well. My instructor was so pleased with my progress, she was beside herself. She said my breast stroke was beautiful and that I should be the poster child for a "late-life" swimmer. We went over the back stroke and free style today for me to work on for our last lesson on Friday.

I'm taking three classes and working at the PTS. 2 online courses, and 1 actual go-to-class course (Chemistry). So far Economics is the hardest for me. I love Medical Terminology because its like word puzzles. Like once you know that histo means tissue, -ology means study, and -oma means tumor, you know histology is the study of tissues and a histoma is a tumor of the tissues! So far Chemistry is ok. I survived my first lab, and generally feel that within any group of people I'm of at least average intelligence so I'll be ok. That's my theory anyway. :)

So things are busy, but are pushing me into efficiency mode...so I've actually worked out more, cooked more, cleaned more, etc on top of all the new stuff I have! It is, however, only the second week...