Diane’s World

Hey world…

so I realized in the past month that a lot more people read this blog than I thought.

so this is me updating.

Hello.

The song is Glee’s version of “Take a bow” by Rhianna.  Glee is a new show.. that’s awesome. It’s the funniest show I’ve seen in a long time.

So… wow. Was July 10th really my last time updating? I don’t even know where to begin with my life since then.

Like I started a really fun vitamin regime:

Yup. Those are all my happy pills. They are supposed to keep me healthy. I’m so tired of getting sick.

Most impressive thing, though? I can now take all these pills in one gulp:

I know, be impressed.

I also have temporarily stopped running. This makes me somewhat depressed… I miss my endorphines. Really.

How did this happen?

Well, I was stupid. While I was already experiencing severe shin splints, I decided to run my first road race – a 10k. Though I managed to finish in only medium pain and a sub-hour finishing time, the next day a severe pain started in my lower calf / front ankle area.

So I’ve been doing lots of tape, ice and heating pads… but I’m saddened to announce that I am most definitely out of the marathon this year, and am having to put it off for next fall.

To cheer me up though, and as an investment into my recovery, I now own one of the most amazing shoes ever created: the Nike Lunarglide+.

I have never seen a shoe get as many good reviews as these babies… so I’m so excited to start a new relationship with them .  I ran a mile in them the other day, and was impressed with how stable yet how lightweight they are.

Not much going on in Iowa. I work a lot. And I hang out with some coworkers.

Random thought I had the other day: While packing to come home to visit Washington, I was amazed at how many products I’d have to pack with me to look like I normally do. This is what it takes:

Yes, my teenager au-naturale self would be dissappointed.

Anyways.

I suppose this would be the appropriate time to make this announcement:

I’m moving.

To Washington.

At the end of October.

And I’m scared.

With my sister getting married off and me no longer having any real ties to the corny state of Iowa, I figure it’s time to get serious about life and move back where I might actually have potential to thrive.

I’m really really sick of moving. I’m ready to just stay in one place for a while… the past 5 years of my life has been me jumping from one place to another. I forgot what it’s like to have a hometown.

So I’m moving back in with my parents until my life stabilizes a little. It’s gonna be a struggle because I’ve become very strongly individualistic since moving out. And having to figure out life

I could use prayers. Lots of them. Long ones. Feel free to throw in several flowery adjectives and pronouns.

To prepare for my move, and in order to prevent very inevitable burn out at work, I decided to take a 10-day vacation back to Puyallup to enjoy what little summer I have left.

I’ve been staying at my sister’s house and have been enjoying being surrounded by the wonderful things that are my nephews:

(that’s them in birth order – patrick, samuel, ethan and liam)

Tonight I found my old “Mr. Yuck” stickers, and passed them out.

The results were entertaining to say the least:

Besides having silly times with those little guys, I’ve had one of the busiest vacations ever. I did manage to get in sometime to go out to coffee with a few good high school friends, Hilary and Charissa:

And got to go to the fair with family and friends:

And a trip down to Portland, OR with my dad and brother, where Jonny bought an Organ, my dad did some bounce research at the Nike Store, and I survived the world largest canker sore. *ouch!*:

I even had a little time to pick up a new hobby: Yarn dyeing!

My sister, Sarah is quite the hand-crafty guru… and she often buys yarn that has been hand-dyed. We decided to give this process a try, and my very first attempt turned out brilliantly! I wasn’t expecting such beautiful, rich results on my first try!!!

This is something I would love to continue doing, so hopefully I’ll start making even nicer yarn in the future.

I guess the next step is learning how to crochet, but the idea of knitting or crocheting doesn’t sound very appeasing to me.

I’d rather dye.

Hahaa.

Anyways. There is so much going on in life… work, figuring out this moving thing, figuring out grad school applications, trying to manage money to afford the both, apply for new jobs… and my brain hurts and I’m exhausted and stressed out.

Hopefully things will be going well in the next few weeks…. I will be moving home the week of October 17th. I’ll make sure to post again before that. Going 2.5 months without a post is pretty bad. I guess I’ve just not been in the mood.

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