Instead of Doing Homework

Okay blog. I haven't written anything in a while. So now, instead of doing homework, as I sit here listening to Haydn string quartets, I will waste some more time. Thank you for giving me an alternative to Twentieth Century harmony.

New Year's resolution: start a fitness regimen and beginning running, with a real plan each week. So far this resolution has stuck. I have been steadfast in my approach to running, meeting all of my weekly goals. This week's schedule was as follows: Tuesday 2 miles, Wednesday 3 miles, Thursday 1.5 miles, Saturday 4 miles. Today's run was even pleasant if I may be so bold. The weather was nice - mid thirties - and the sun broke through the clouds occasionally giving the day an almost springlike feel. I'm sure I will look back on this fondly later in the week when the highs are in the single digits.

What prompted this turn to fitness you might ask? I'm not sure, but I've begun to realize that I would like adopt a somewhat healthy lifestyle as I gracefully begin the aging process. Of course thirty one is not really that old, but I've heard that your body begins the process of dying at age thirty five when your cells don't reproduce at the rate that they did when you were sixteen. In an effort to forestall the effects of age I feel that I must act!

I think it also has something to do with my visit to the doctor just before we left to come to grad school. My doctor looked at my medical history and pointed out that my last (and only) cholesterol screening showed my level of "bad cholesterol" to be somewhat "elevated." Code orange. As a result I've been an avid consumer of fish oil ever since. And then there is this running thing. Of course I don't think matters were helped much when my cholesterol screening happened the day after I ate lunch a Pizza Hut's all you can eat buffet! Now while I can't be certain that this is the cause for my high cholesterol levels, I can use this as a convenient excuse to not return to the doctor for a checkup because between the fish oil, running, and lack of Pizza Hut in my diet I must be okay. Right?