goodbyes.

goodbyes don't get any easier, no matter what anyone tells you.
the past three weekends have been filled with hellos and goodbyes.
hellos fill us up with excitement, love and joy
and goodbyes seem to take that all away.

they leave us empty.

longing to fill a void.
and the only thing that gets us through is the promise of seeing each other soon.

hello...
           ...goodbye.

run 4/28.

i learned something today.
don't run when you have eaten a full cake only an hour prior.
man i feel like this slowed me down.

my knee only really started to hurt near the end, so that's good.

because i'm ocd and love to track things/make graphs i've created two graphs for my first four runs

slowly making my way towards that 3 km mark... i'm hoping run 5 will be the one

i'm slowly starting to go further in less time - i think i'm getting a little faster!
i'm probably gonna start a page to track this - cause i'm like that
how's your run?

run 3/28.

see run 2 and run 1

busted my knee pretty good on this run.... ow. 

this run didn't suck as much as the others... maybe this is getting easier?

8 weeks till the run. 

and i'm hoping to be able to run 2.5km without stopping.

i'm also hoping to get up to 3km next time.

just not sure what to do about this knee... thoughts?

run 2/28.

i told myself i would do at least 28 runs. (see #1 here)
this is number two.... hey i got a lot faster.

i tried a month ago, but then i got sick ... for a long time, then finals, then nyc, then moving.

but now... now i have no excuse

the only thing stopping me is a patio with a crisp glass of wine.

i had a bug fly into my eye =/

update.

wow, i haven't written in a long time... sorry about that.

april 24th marked the end of exams and then it was of to nyc later that day.
nyc was a whirlwind, i loved every minute but when we came home i moved to calgary the next day.
i've been here for five days and things are finally started to calm down.
i'm getting my life back in check, although this week is my 22nd birthday so who knows

busy, busy, busy.

i promise i'll write again soon!

lasts and firsts.....

today was my last day to see my two little bundles of joy.
today was my last day of classes.
today i handed in my last assignment.

there were a lot of lasts.

but then come the firsts...

first trip to nyc.
first time moving to a new city.
first day at a new job
first time living with roommates.

there will be lots of firsts.

so first the lasts, and then the firsts....

does that make sense?

blueberry tarts.

okay, yummmmmmmm.
this is the best recipe i've ever found
hands down, so delicious and so quick and easy to make

melt 2 tbsp. of butter and mix with one crushed graham cracker.
put this mixture in the bottom of your tart shells
bake at 350 for about 10 min in the oven

combine 1 tbsp of cornstarch, 1 tsp of sugar, 1/4 tsp of cinnamon,
1tbsp of lemon juice and 1/4 - 1/2 cup of blueberries
i used frozen blueberries (depending on how much filling you want to make)
put it in the microwave stopping to stir every 45 seconds for a max of 6 minutes.
all of a sudden you will find that your mixture thickens and turns into a pie filling, it's magic!

this made 6-8 tarts for me but i'm sure you could do more.
this is such an easy recipe, i don't even know.
i'm in love with it!