Into October

I'm actually a little disappointed in myself because I thought I would be blogging more once I had my own place and a lot of new things were happening for me. And yet I haven't written a thing in a month. So here's what I have to say for right now.

I ran The Crawling Crab 5K in Hampton today and it was the first 5k that I ran in 4 years. I finished at 23:37, which is one of the best times I've ever had. I didn't feel too good during most of the race, especially going going up a highway hill twice, but I wasn't going to stop. I guess I was a little disappointed I didn't have that big final burst at the end. If I want to do a longer race one day, I really have to push myself harder.

I was entitled to have two craft beers after my race along with a cup of soup. Because after running 3 miles in 80 degree weather, what else would you want but a cup of hot soup? Anyway, I had a citrus wheat beer and a sweet potato beer. And then I had to go straight to work because it was orientation day.

Harris Teeter is an interesting grocery store. They have very good products, but their pricing is so confusing. It's like this item is 6.99 but if you have your card you can get 5% off two of them. I do think they have excellent pizza though I've been there four times in the last 3 weeks to get a slice or two of pizza. It's not too bready, it's crispy all the way through, and the toppings are a very good quality.

I would like to give a text version of a middle finger to officer Howell of the Newport News police department. The a****** gave me a ticket for disregarding a stop sign, as he put it. The problem is I was on a road I had never been on and I never saw the stop sign. Yep this scumbag had to fill his quota for the month so he gave me the ticket, without letting me explain. So now I have to go to court in a couple of weeks and hope I don't get screwed up the ass on the fine.

Now that I've gotten that out, I will go back to my Christian form of speech. Grace Bible Church is a pretty excellent Church. They emphasized community and opportunities to actually work in the Hampton Roads area, which I appreciate. And I've been going to a small group for 3 weeks now of young adults and I like the group quite a bit. But I feel like something is missing in the services. The pastor is preaching basic stuff, and I want to be stretched and challenged a lot more than what this guy is doing. It's like he's teaching second grade and I'm ready for college. So I think I'm sticking with the group, we'll have to see how it goes.

I'm really thankful for my new family that I hang out with on Sundays to watch Jets games. I've gone in each of the first four weeks, and I've made quite a few friends and I've even won a few prizes in door drawings. As the season goes on and the seem most likely struggles, it will be interesting to see if 30 and 40 people continue to show up to each game.

Orangetheory was a really interesting Fitness class. I had a free lesson, I just don't think I should have done it one week before my 5K. I had to do three circuits of running, rowing, and strength training equipment on the floor over 55 minutes. The workout was phenomenal, but price wise, it is just too much for my budget right now. I mean I can work out at my apartment complex for free, even though the equipment is lackluster, to say it gently.

And my gas and electric bill went up $100 in one freaking month. Granted $48 of that is a one-time deposit, but I am really taking it hard. I set up a budget, and then it just gets bigger and bigger and bigger. I'm the type of guy who wants to be generous and wants to give money away and leave huge tips, but I feel like I need to take care of myself first. Because if I don't take care of myself, nobody else will. Because I would rather die than be broke and homeless and not be able to live life on my terms.