Whoops, I went a month without posting. Where did January go? I have been posting frequently on a blog I created for my consumer marketing class, so if you’re interested in that, let me know and I’ll send you a link.R Random thoughts I have at the moment:

I really, really need to get on the ball and create a training plan for the half. I’ve been doing a decent job of going to the gym and using my elliptical at home, so I have a good base built up. Really, I just need to create a schedule for 3 days of running and the rest will fall into place.

The Steelers are in the Super Bowl, have you heard? I am so excited! This is the first Super Bowl in my lifetime that I am actually in Pittsburgh for, so its going to be a fun weekend.

I’m exploring the idea of getting a dog. Its so quiet at my house and living alone is kinda lonely, so I’m hoping to adopt a small dog that can live in a townhouse community without a yard. There’s lots of walks and dog parks in my future I hope! I even brought the dog bowls and leash already. I was going to wait until I was done with school, but that’s two years away and my schedule is not going to be dramatically different then either. My parents live close by and offered to help when I need it. So, fingers crossed!

I have been majorly cutting back on clutter and extra crap this month and it feels so good to get rid of stuff! I’ve also been trying to be more conscious of stuff I buy so I don’t add to the clutter and/or waste money. Minimalism and simplicity is where its at!

I’ve been home for about a week and I’m starting to get a little stir-crazy being in the house all day. I am going out on interviews and stuff, but for the most part I am home, without a car for most of the day.

Tomorrow I have an exciting day planned. I will be going to the bank with my grandma then off to the grocery store and walmart. Yay for getting out of the house. I’m going to see if I can get a bike helmet at walmart so I can bike to places during the day using my mom’s bike.

My social life kinda sucks and is pretty much non-existent. It is hard making new friends and reconnecting with old ones. I did go to trivia with my friend Jen the other night and that was fun, but I haven’t been too active on the social front lately.

Even though I am a little down in the dumps lately, I must remember that friendships and jobs don’t happen overnight and I’ve only been home a week. I am happy to be home and I’m enjoying the break from the fast-paced work environments I’ve been working in over the past few years. I’m also excited that Fall is coming. This means I’ll get to enjoy some of my favorite things:

* Pumpkin Spice Lattes and everything else pumpkin
* FOOTBALL and October baseball
* Tights, boots and scarves
* New TV episodes

I’ve also been keeping busy cleaning out my room and I’ve been finding the most random stuff…

* Every single book V.C Andrews has written – I was obsessed with her novels in my preteen-teenage years.
* Lots and lots of arts supplies from my career as an art major. Someone on freecycle is going to be very happy.
* Lots of art projects, I can’t bear to throw them away, but they are just sitting in boxes. Including the one where we had to draw ourselves in the nude for drawing class, life-sized. When am I ever going to need a 6 foot drawing of myself naked?

What would you find in your childhood bedroom that would make you scratch your head today?