three miles + raw chicken

well addie and i got off to a late start this morning.  we had a really nice practice thai dinner with green curry sam from sam i am would completely approve of.  heck, he'd sponsor the product.  it was muy yum (!!).  so anyway, when addie went to drop off our other friend rachel, she ended up sticking around a little longer than expected and couldn't get back into our house.  it was fine, i felt so bad though, and we ended up heading to belle isle at 8:00 versus 7:30.  not a terrible lateness really.

the icing was that i ran the entire loop twice this time.  there were two times when we slowed down and walked for a little bit.  but it was really not very long!  we paced ourselves more this time around, working on endurance now haha.  it's great.  i felt very good about it all.  i ran (walked a little) a total of 3.3 miles.  a voice on my nike+ came on and said, "congratulations! this is your longest workout so far!"  it scared me and made me proud.

then the work started.  we worked on our interview questions today, sent a bunch of emails out, and then i finished my application for a scholarship i was nominated for at school.  that took a couple of calls.  my faculty recommender emailed me his response to the committee and i actually teared up.  it's so easy to see yourself as simply flying under the radar when you're really striving sometimes.  i'm the type of person who doesn't like to let people see me frustrated and i can take on a lot without people piling it on.  it felt really amazing to read what he noticed about my work ethic, passion and skills.  this professor– i went into his office once and i was talking to him about work for his class and then he said (more or less), 'something is wrong, your aura is very blue.'  haha.  he was so spot on.  i had a couple of teachers like that in high school too.  i'm so thankful for the mentorships and friendships that i have had the opportunity to develop in my education.

alright!  back to the activities of the day.  after all of that was done i endeavored to make myself dinner!  my thoughts:
• raw chicken is slimy
• raw chicken is cold
• raw chicken is gross
• it isn't the best cooking strategy to take pictures while one cooks
• chicken helper is a Godsend!
• pretty good for my first time cooking raw meat!

pictures below: