AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t believe it’s Thursday. Seriously. I’m kind of freaking out. THREE DAYS and 1 wake up! My parents get in town TOMORROW.
Can you tell I’m trying to wrap my mind around this?
It’s too much. Let’s move on to Thursday thoughts.
1. Picmonkey has a new section for Halloween. Obviously I used it to make myself into a creepy vampire:
2. Tina wrote a great post this week about taking action to change your life now rather than putting it off. It’s so true for all of us, finding ourselves months or years later still wishing we’d get started on the same goals.
3. You know how I mentioned I was getting rid of Hulu Plus on my goals post? Well… about 24 hours later I had re-subscribed. That didn’t last long. I realized that 1) I like being able to watch shows the next day and not wait a whole week after everyone is already talking about it and 2) I’ve already gone through the seasons of all the shows I wanted to, so I felt like it was safe to get back on. We’ll see how this goes…
4. Hey Runner Girl hasn’t posted a picture of Ryan Gosling since June… So I’m taking matters into my own hand and making my own:
5. Currently marathon-day weather is… well… FREEZING. I was so not prepared for this, I have no idea what to wear! I did, however, ask my dad to get my some incredibly flattering sweats from Walmart to wear at the start. Sadly I’ll be tossing them…
6. We chose a new book for our Chicago HLB Book Club called Dark Places by Gillian Flynn. I reviewed another book of hers called Gone Girl, but so far I like this one WAY MORE. I’m already halfway done… I get excited to commute to school so I can read it on the bus!
7. While searching for Ryan Gosling pictures, I found a new Hey Girl site for law school. Not as good as running, but still entertaining.
8. My run today (the LAST ONE BEFORE THE MARATHON) is 2 miles. TWO. One mile. Two mile. DONE. I could not tell you the last time I did a 2 mile run. 20 minutes. done. This whole wrapping my mind around what’s happening thing clearly isn’t going well.
9. I had a dream last night that I was up on a bridge looking down into the water and it was full of all sorts of sea creatures: sharks, killer whales, and adorable little baby dolphins. Then I dropped my wallet (containing my phone) and a killer whale leapt up and ate it. Thoughts? Meanings? Analyze. Go! I also saw a guy from high school and a girl who visited from Norway on the bridge. Totally random.
10. Oh My Gosh. Who is making these for my birthday?!
Do you have any fun websites like Hey Runner Girl?
Anyone else obsessed with picmonkey right now?
What does my dream mean!?!?
I think my last run before my marathon was the hardest thing to wrap my head around. Actually, the whole week. I was like “2 miles? What am I supposed to do with that?!” and I always did 4 instead. 4 is the lowest I would go. I don’t know why but it was completely mental.
I just got back from the run and loved it, it was so calming especially since I got to run by the lakefront while the sun was rising!
yay so excited for your marathon! I hope you have a big reward for yourself planned out for after. You totally deserve it.
booked a massage!
um hello I post RG pics on a reg basis! But that’s because they are real photographs that I take of him since we are together all the time.
ugh so jealous of all the time you spend with him…
I have 2 miles on my training plan today too! Taper is making me crazy restless.
Haha it’s been relaxing for me!
I love PicMonkey! And I’m totally digging the Ryan Gosling 🙂 Ok, I’m definitely reading Dark Places. I just read Gone Girl about a month ago and loved it!
Definitely read Dark Places, I love it!
I’ve avoiding PicMonkey right now, just because I know as soon as I start looking at the new Halloween stuff that’ll be at least a few hours of my day, gone. :-p
haha yes, it’s probably best to put it off… it’s so distracting!
Haha I saw all those Halloween additions on PicMonkey… Too fun! And I love those Cookie Monster and Elmo cupcakes!
I’m hoping they do it for Christmas too!
Weird dream, babe. Too bad I don’t know what it means HA. Those cupcakes are WAY too cute for words. Love u
lol so weird, I know. Too bad I didn’t dream about those cupcakes!
Dreams fascinate me! Not sure what to make of yours though. I know that for me, my dreams can always be related back to things that are worrying/bothering me at the time.
I’m going to have to check out that book! I loved Gone Girl.
Lol maybe I’m afraid I’ll lose my wallet? Weirdly I wasn’t upset in the dream…
I NEED to be obsessed with picmonkey…can NOT figure it out. Help?! hah.
YAY for MARATHON day soon!!! You’re going to ROCK it, my friend. ROCK it.
Those books look good-I have a date to go to the library & get a card (since we moved). Must get reading. But I recently started watching Once Upon a Time on netflix–SOO good. I think you’d like it…. 🙂
It’s so easy! Once you upload your photo you can do all sorts of things to it, just click on the icons on the left, like the P is for putting text on the photo. I just had to mess around with it until I got it. And I just discovered Once Upon a Time last week, you’re right – I LOVE it! So up my alley!
I’m sure that’s some kind of anxiety related dream. Just wait until you have the one where you’re late getting to a race. Or maybe that’s just me.
And I’m so happy you’re loving Dark Places! I mean, I knew it was better than Gone Girl so it’s exciting to see that you agree with me so far!!
Ahhhhh the night before the Chicago Half I dreamt TWICE that I was late to the race. Longest night of my liiiiiiiiiiffffffeee. It’s not just you!
It’s sooooo good, definitely better than Gone Girl! and I have a feeling I won’t be sleeping much Saturday night…
I’ve never used picmonkey but obviously I have to start right away. Halloween themes with fangs? I’m in!
I always bring old sweats/gloves to toss when I’m running races in the cold. Just remember to make sure you get them off the course so that people behind you don’t trip!
Omg you could add big fangs to a picture of sonic! haha. Oh and I’m more concerned that I’ll hit someone with them in the crowd! Not sure how the logistics of this will work out…
Whenever I have a strange dream, I always type it into this funky dream interpreter: http://www.mysticscripts.com/dreams/dream-interpretation/
bridge: Transitional period; critical moment; important decision; overcome problems; change in business;
water: Clear water means prosperity and pleasure;
sea: Your emotions and inner feelings
baby (dolphins): To see a happy baby means you will have many warm and loving friends. Walking alone with one signifies independence
wallet: Burdens of pleasant nature
whale: Pleasing success
school: Insecurity about social status; lessons to be learnt in life; discipline; instructions; worries about performance and abilities
Hehe. I’m not saying it’s right by any means, just fascinating what all of the different dream symbols mean!
it is fascinating!!! Thanks for going through it, I’m totally checking out this site!!!
i have used picmonkey a handful of times and i LOVE it, but right now i don’t spend long enough on my blog posts to really use it as much as i should. it’s so much fun!
i cannot believe 1. we’re so close to being at the start line and 2. that it’s going to be so cold! i have been freaking out (which is unnecessary i know) about what to wear. like being completely dramatic about it. i had a whole outfit planned! i trained in it on my long runs! i’m probably not going to finish now because i have nothing to wear! these are the thoughts in my head lol. my dad is also purchasing ugly sweats for us to wear. maybe i’ll spot you in your wal-mart gear 🙂
omg I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO WEAR AND I’M FREAKING OUT. Seriously, it’s all I’ve been thinking about all week. For example: I plan on wearing compression sleeves on my calves, so I can’t wear capris or I’ll look like a freak! 1st world problems…
LOVE those hey runner girl pics you created!! those always make me crack up 😉
I know! I was so sad there weren’t any new ones so I had to just create my own!
So cupcakes are totally my favourite food in the world and I think that if someone actually presented me with a Cookie Monster/Elmo cupcake like that, I would quite literally burst into tears with excitment. They are too exquisite for words!!
As for your dream … either you’re at an place in your life where you need to “cross the bridge” from one mentality to another (as in more teen/early adult to more mature adult with a future, etc), or your calling is to audition for the next Free Willy movie or to be a show swimmer at Sea World. 🙂
Have fun with your parents!!
Let’s go with the Sea World one!
PicMonkey is my fave! I was super bummed when Picnik went out of business, but in my opinion PicMonkey is 23049283 better than Picnik ever was. The interface is so much simpler and there are so many more fun toys! I love it.
Hey Christian Girl and #myfriendsaremarried are two of my favorite Tumblrs. I used to really like So Yeah Duh, but sometimes Lisa Frame (the person who runs So Yeah Duh) is a bit too Wicker Park > anywhere else in Chicago, which really irks me because I don’t happen to be obsessed with Big Star haha. She’s also a lot older than I am, though, so maybe it’s just a different stage of life thing.
Soooo much better than Picnik! And I’ll check out those tumblrs!
I HEART you and this post! Too fun. And goooooood luck! You’re going to love every second of it :-).
I want those cakes! I am so glad you added to Hey Runner Girl – it is way not cool that it has been devoid of content for so long (and now I know there’s a law one…it’s all downhill).
aww thanks!! I hope I do! I just want to go run it!
So many LOLzzz going on here Katie! Love the vampire teeth, you look ferocious 😉 And haha yep, the Hey runner girl ones are great, but yours is even better! Plus what the heck, why has it not been updated?! I actually have Gone Girl as my next book and once I get through that, I will be picking up this one next, thanks for the recommendation!
WEEEEEE marathon is soon in case you didn’t know hehe
Is it soon!?!? Lol ahhhh!!!!!
Okay totally just made Aubrey into a vampire. Worst. Aunt. Ever.
hahahahahahaha please tell me you’re going to put that on the blog
having your parents there will be such a huge blessing. You’ll do great. just enjoy the day!
ha I love your Ryan Gosling hey girl pics! 🙂
I feel you about the cool weather – I’m still not exactly sure what I am going to wear.
Lol I need to figure this out… Today was soooo cold!