welcome to my mind ...

This past Saturday I participated in my first 5K. It was a lot of fun, but it really made me realize that I'm out of shape. I knew it before, but I figured I could have finished in less time. It would have been nice to be able to at least jog a majority of the 3 miles as opposed to walking most of it. Next year I will be better prepared.

I got up earlier than normal today and for whatever reason I was feeling rather motivated. I have my second load of wash in the washer now, I've washed most of the dishes {I ran out of room in the dishwasher and on the drying towel} and I cleaned off some of the mold that was seeping down the wall by our bedroom window. There was a lot more than I was expecting, but since it's at the top of the window, I couldn't really reach it too well so I'll probably ask Jacob to clean the rest when he gets home from school. I seriously have never had to experience mold. I've lived in dry climates for the last 7 years and even before that when I lived in FL, it still got hot enough to dry stuff out. It was still humid, but much hotter than here. Also, the location of our apartment means that the sun never hits it. We get the reflection of the sun coming off the adjacent apartments across the way, but nothing directly.

My next step is to vacuum and take the trash out. I wanted to take a break to get some water and sit for a minute since I've been going for the last 2 hours.

After I'm done cleaning, I'll probably play on the Wii some. Jacob's mom sent out her Wii board since it would get more use here than at her house. It was very nice of her to do, though. The cost for shipping probably wasn't too cheap. We got another free TV. This one is a little smaller than our last, but much nicer. Meaning it actually works. The other one crapped out on us. Oh well. One of the downfalls to getting free stuff. Typically its been used so there might be some glitches.

In more exciting news ... I bought a new laptop! I haven't gotten it yet; I only bought it on Friday and standard shipping is 3-5 business days. So hopefully I'll have it by the end of this week. I'm so excited! I've had this laptop since 2006 and it's seen better days. It doesn't run up to par and the memory {or lack there of} and the amount of stuff I have on this computer doesn't exactly help much. It runs well enough for what I need at the moment. I can access the internet and I can usually play videos on Hulu and YouTube. Sometimes, though, it just doesn't want to stream. The new one I'm getting is a Sony Vaio. Different than the Dell that I'm used to, but it was on sale. And Sony is a good brand. I could get it as early as tomorrow, but I'm not holding my breath. I'm hoping for Wednesday at the earliest, Friday at the latest. And unless something happens between now and then, my next entry will probably be from the new laptop.

The one I have now, I'll be sending to my sister when I can afford the shipping costs.

Anywho, I think that's it in the recent happenings of my life.

Until next time NuTang ...