Cardio for 4-1-9

Five-minute warmup walk, then:
Jog 3 minutes
Walk 2 minutes
Jog 5 minutes
Walk 2 minutes
Jog 3 minutes
Walk 2 minutes
Jog 3 minutes
Walk 2 minute
Jog 5 minutes
Walk 1 minute
Jog (faster) 2 minutes
Five-minute cooldown

Or something like that. Last week alternated 90 seconds and 3 minute jogs, so I decided to just do 3 minute or more jogs. 2 minutes rest seems just fine. I’ll check the couch-to-5K website to figure out what to do for next week. I think the next interval has something to do with jogging for 8 minutes. Nice even numbers. If I did only 5, 8, and 5 minute intervals, that would be 18 minutes of jogging right there. Will remember to pace myself.

I was coated, dripped in sweat afterwards. And I felt great. Stretched, did two sets of chins (10 and 8 reps, again).

I started this by going as slow as possible. Maybe I’ll try increasing the speed. It hasn’t thrown me off the treadmill like I initially feared. Maybe I could go for distance instead. On the ground, I know I can jog a half-mile. But, I know couch-to-5K isn’t at that point yet. Eh, I’m just using it for ideas.

I spent 8 hours in the library yesterday, working on my paper. My brain was SO UNGODLY FRIED afterwards. I thought I’d eat in the evening, then come back. I ended up just wanting to grind myself through and FINISH. It felt so good when I printed that rough draft for Button to review. I love dating an english major. She spent a long time reviewing it, which made me worry she was going to put it through a shredder. Most of the editting I need to do involves my block-quoting. It shouldn’t take that long to do. We would have done it last night at my house, but I lack Word. I can’t afford seven hundred dollars for a goddamned word processor. Freaking WordPad can do most of the things that bloated program can do, sans headers and footers and a spellcheck.

I rehearsed this morning. I made a quick powerpoint last night, so I know how I’m going to do it. Man, I’m feeling jittery just thinking about it. FOCUS. Must tell myself I’ll be fine. With no notes or anything, I managed to go through most of my speech. Doing so reminded me of something I forgot to include in my powerpoint. Moreover, it reminded me to write down my transition statements. Most of the bulk of the information, I don’t need specific numbers. I find numbers can really make people lose track of what the damn point is. My goal is to make it as easy as myself as possible, while not boring everyone to death.

There’s a dark wind outside. Tonight will be a good tonight.

On a completely unrelated note, my dad is offended that I’m going to handle my taxes myself. Yes, seriously. I’m halfway to thirty and I don’t feel like having my dad do my taxes again. So, Candi’s offered to have her boss do it. It’ll make me feel independent. My dad, on the other hand, needs to get his head out of his ass. “Oh, so you trust some stranger but not YOUR OWN FATHER? If you give him his personal information and he screws you over, don’t come crying to me.”

I told him to can his arrogent attitude and to listen to the words coming out of his mouth. It’s really funny how he gives me shit because I’m living at home, yet when I do something independent, he’s offended. For example, let’s suppose I needed money. This is just hypothetical. Let’s say I take out a loan or something. He would probably be offended, saying something like, “Why didn’t you ask ME for money?” Yet, we all know that if I asked him for money, he’d end up holding it over me.

Yeah. Glad I decided a while ago to not listen to him. I mean, it’s not even like I’ve said anything to him. He started yelling at me last night because he didn’t have my W2 yet. You’d think I broke his favorite glass or something serious. Shouldn’t he be happy he doesn’t have to do my taxes? What a dumbass.

Candi’s going to get a referal bonus for bringing me in. She’s joking that if her boss doesn’t charge me (because it’ll be so easy to do), when my dad askes how much it cost, we can say, “Actually, he paid us.” At least, I think it’s funny.

Anyway, I have editing to do!