Wow, been a couple of weeks. Didn't realize it has been that long since I last wrote. Life has been busy and as always with me, full of ups and downs.

My back and my overall training is a down. I had pulled it with the 1/2 marathon but it got better. Then 2 weeks ago, I felt it go out while I was on the treadmill.

The next night I could barely walk on the treadmill, but I put in 1 hour and was on the verge of tears the whole time. It was getting better, although I could still feel it a little. Then this past Sunday I ran in a great and fun 5K. I had a personal best on my time... 32:30, and that was with a very crowded finish line where I needed to walk for a good 30 seconds. But I didn't push it and just went at a good steady pace. My friends watch said we hit mile 1 at 10:20 and my overall pace was 10:28, so it was pretty steady.

But that night, I couldn't walk. I couldn't walk in my own house. I had to hold on to things to get around. It hurt SO much. I'm better now, but still struggling. My training is suffering so much and I'm really scared about the marathon. Last night I walked for about an hour and a half with some friends and I was struggling. Right now I have the heating pan on to work it out a bit more.

Another not wonderful, I had a doctor's appointment on Friday just thinking I needed to change a prescription. Nope. She did an exam, took 3 things of blood for blood work and today I had an ultrasound. I won't get those results until Friday to find out what is going on with me and I am SO nervous.

A couple of the ups... First, I took my exam for work last week and on Friday I got an email that I passed! YAY! I was SO excited to have that done and over with! Well, until the next one. I'm grateful that is over with.

Another up, the guy I met, the date I had... I really like him. He's a really great guy and I'm really happy. So far things are going really great. I am doing my best to not go to "Julie World" and fantasize about everything with him, but it can be hard! :) He's just a great guy. I haven't put it out too much and I was almost afraid to really voice it, but this is going to be something really really good. I'm afraid to say that I think this could be "it", but... Well, he's just a really great guy and he makes me really happy.

So, work and personal life are good. Health is a bit in question this month. I haven't been keeping up with my marathon training because of my injuries. I'm scared about that. But we'll see how I recover. I know I've made huge progress just based on the race from Sunday. My best time ever without pushing myself too hard, running the whole time and doing it while I was feeling back pain. I was proud of that! Next time I'd love to beat 30 minutes. One day I can get there!

So that's where I have been. Studying, nursing some injuries and starting a new relationship. My life is always ups and downs but I always end up where I should. And I'm happy. Right now I am really really happy!