Need the sleeps

So I'd love to do an update, but you know what I'd love even more? A solid 10 hours of sleep. I'll catch you guys tomorrow with a real update.

Working weekends is rough!

Oopsies

Sorry about the lack of posts. It turns out that 10 minute layovers are not conducive to blogging and I should totally look at my flight schedule before promising things like legitimate blog entries. My bad. The good news is that I got home today around 3pm. The bad news is that I leave again tomorrow around 7am. It was totally worth coming home for a hot second though because it's always nice to do laundry (since I'm basically wearing the same things) and to sleep in my own bed. 

My last two interviews were interesting. Not interesting good, not interesting bad. Just interesting. I think that I've become very used to the midwest culture so it's always interesting to take a look at programs outside of this area. I was in Tennessee and Arizona. Tomorrow I'm hitting up Georgia and will be going to Texas and South Carolina during the rest of the week. Should be fun...ish. I can tell you that I thought I loved traveling, but what I meant was being at the destination, not doing the actual airport/airplane thing. And renting cars is not as cool as you'd think. And living out of a carry-on is also not that ideal. But it's only temporary! And it's all for a good reason!

The other bad thing about traveling is my eating. And when I say bad, I mean bad. Really, really bad. Yikes. There is food everywhere (but on American Airlines' flights...why no pretzels!?) and there are so many options and I have to have it all. I've spent a ridiculous amount on food and consumed a lot  of calories lately. So, since I'm heading out again tomorrow, I've thought up a plan of attack for making sure this stops. It's pretty easy: continue counting calories. Most of the places I went had calorie counts on their menus, so I can't just say that because I'm traveling it doesn't count. I've gotta make smart choices all the time. And I did okay about exercising while traveling, but since I'm giving myself about a day in-between interviews, I know I can probably get in a solid workout everyday. I can also blog a bit more.

So, this next week, these are the goals I'm working on:

1. Calorie counting (I use the SparkPeople app)
2. Good workouts
3. Being conscious about moving while waiting for flights (tomorrow I've got like two hours in Chicago - I could totally walk around for most of that)
4. Taking ALL THE PHOTOS! Seriously. I used to document everything. I'm going to be obnoxious and do that again.

That's it. Four goals is enough for one week. 

Cheers!

Leaving on a jet plane

I'm quickly blogging on my phone. I'm about to go to bed, but I should have time to do a proper blog tomorrow while I'm sitting in airports. So, look for a better blog tomorrow!

In short though, today was great. I I got in 2 excellent workouts. And I got to hang out with some great friends and eat sushi! I call that a win.

Long time, no post!

Hi friends. Sorry for the lack of posting. I have plenty of excuses as to why I've left you hanging, but instead of wasting your time, I shall just say this: I'm back! I'm going to be doing lots of traveling and interviewing over the next few weeks, but I'd love to take you along for the journey...until I leave for Africa. Then all bets are off :-)

I'm also going to be doing lots of exercising. Despite all the traveling, I've checked and most of my hotels have some type of workout facility. Soo, I'll be posting lots of workout summaries and photos.

I have a feeling I'll also be doing a lot of eating, so I'll document that to the best of my ability as well. 

Catch you tomorrow for a great first day of December!