Midterm Mania, A Serene Sunday, & listen to this perfect radio station :)

PHEW~ I had two art history midterms in the past two days, (one Modern and one Survey II) and got B's and am pretty perturbed about that! I was so revved up and ornery over it that I couldn't sleep and was up at 5 am on a SUNDAY (was actually REALLY pissed at my online classes/test format)!




I have to work on two papers today, making my annotated bibliographies. They are to be in MLA format. I had never heard of this, and if you're interested you can find an example here at Purdue's site.




In lieu of spreading my toxic angst, I am posting my favorite online radio station in a more positive action. It always seems to calm me down and inspire me, and feel like my life is a great adventure! It's called Soma FM. Here is a link to the web page, http://somafm.com/ . Click the "Secret Agent" picture below and it should open in your music player.

Wait 'til you listen! You will feel like you're James Bond or something!!

ANYWAY, school is harder than my over-confident, haughty self had thought and once AGAIN I stand humbled and chastised and once again follow my sore, stubby nose back to the grindstone!

I'm feeling lots of love for anyone trying AS HARD AS THEY CAN today.... I'm sending, I hope you're receiving, it's good medicine :)

A New Walking Goal for the next 30 days

As some of you may know, I am an avid walker and use http//:www.mapmywalk.com to track my walking mileage, my weight, and also to help challenge me to do more.

I have a friend on there that I met on the site that is pregnant (with her 3rd child) and walks about 75-100 miles a month! She's in Canada but that doesn't stop her from inspiring me here. Well, she has to slow down now, is due in a little over a month with her new son, and has dropped her walking goal from 100 miles to 75 this month. How could I NOT try harder?

I did 50 miles in the last 31 days, and have just signed up to do 75 in the next. I will be tracking my miles on mapmywalk.com, but you can also see my walks on the right of my blog, in the little "My Workouts" widget, if you're interested.

It's also fun to keep a camera on hand. This rose is actually a picture from one of my walks where I knocked on a door and asked a pleased lady if I could snap a shot of her gorgeous rose :).

I hope maybe I can pay my Northern friend's inspiration forward and get someone else moving. Once you develop a routine, it really is addictive! It's also fun to challenge yourself to do more.

Another nice perk... if you put your phone on "silent"... it's a nice way to get a mini-vacation from the daily grind/obligations/stressors ... if not for a few miles, at least for a few minutes :) .