Assignation

(Note: the title of this blog has nothing to do with anything except for the fact that it was one of the vocabulary words I learned in War and Peace and I think it is a fantastic word. If you don't know what it means, you should look it up :). )

Oh boy. It's been a long time since I've written and I can't remember what happened yesterday. Although I know two things about my last week and a half: I've been very busy (partially busy doing nothing though, aka watching movies, but in the midst of the movies I've been making bike playlists so that I can monitor my RPM in the absense of a functioning cyclometer (as well as other similar activities), so I'm not completely relaxing), and I've been having a lot of fun.

I haven't had school since Dong Sang English Camp. I go back to school tomorrow, and I am scared. I hate vacations! Especially if I'm not doing anything specific, like taking a trip - because then I get all nervous about going back and working. I'm such a strange breed - I would rather just work if I have nothing special to do - I hate relaxing for the sake of relaxing. Or more accurately, I hate getting out of the swing of things. But if I do something specific like take a trip, then I am not really getting out of the swing of things because I am not doing nothing in the place where I am usually doing something. Does that make sense? Ha. Ok moving on.

So in the absence of time, I will keep this pithy (or at least attempt to). Basically, when I haven't been exercising, I've been sitting at home in my bed (where my heating pad is located :) ) watching movies, making a Microsoft Excel Chart for some of the songs on my computer (I'm only at the C's and have about 200 already), indicating the name, the RPM associated with the beat of the song, and the song's time, so that I can make specific playlists which aim at different RPMs (for example, if I want to make a hill workout the RPMs must be challenging but not at the same speed that I would use for a more flat course), reading, uploading pictures, and best of all, saving a butt load of money by substituting heating my apartment with simply using my heating pad. Now I know those activities don't sound like things which could take up an entire day, but they certainly have. Multiple days, actually. Oh yea and I organized my computer which took many many hours as well - which sounds mundane I'm sure, but I feel much better - much more clean. If that makes sense.

I feel like I am rambling. I apologize.

And now I am being the opposite of pithy. Bah.

I've started getting interested in reading, and so this past week I've read the Catcher in the Rye (I've already read that book but a) I didn't remember most of it, and b) it was one of the only English novels that was at the English book store that I went to a few weeks ago), and now I have started War and Peace. FINALLY. Oh goodness. It is great. Although I am only on page 31 and I already have a vocabulary list 3 pages long started on my computer. But it's great, because I'm learning a lot! I am legit going to triple my GRE verbal score just from reading this book (which says a lot for the rich vocab in War and Peace but also says a lot about the fantastically horrible score I must have gotten (and did get) on my GREs. But hey no one is perfect :) ).

Ok I think that's enough. I have to go study Korean now.

PS I had a SICK swim workout today. I'm so pumped. This isn't going to mean much to most people but I'm going to write it anyway: my pace for 2500m (in the swimming pool granted, which is easier than open water), if sustained for the whole 3.8km in Ironman, would produce a time of just under 70 minutes...which would knock off 14 minutes from my IM time last year...haha. And I was pulling. BOO YAH! Take that 6 weeks of no swimming.

I have no life. But it's ok, I've accepted it.