Half Marathon Anyone?!?!?!

I'm officially training for the Aramco Houston Half Marathon this coming January 2013. I'm really nervous about it because I am REALLY not a runner. Like I feel like I'm dying when I run. But I figure I can do it. I have to keep a 13:45 pace for the first 9 miles though so I'm a little concerned about that. But they do give me 4 hours to complete the whole thing so even if I walk most of it, I'll still finish. But my goal time is to finish in under 3 hours which works out to a little under 14 min miles. In order to be able to run the Half marathon, you had to enter into a lottery to see if you get selected. Well, I didn't get selected so instead, I had to fundraise to be able to get an entry. I have to raise $500 by Nov. 1st. I'm $183 away from my goal but I'm hoping a few friends of mine will chip in and help make up some of that money. If not, I'll just pay the difference and get my entry. This week, my training schedule says to run 3 miles, 3 miles, and then 4 miles. So I ran 3.6, 2, and 3. Then on Saturday, I plan on running the 4. I'm not running the entire thing but I'm doing about a 13 min mile so I'm happy with that so far. I'm also running a 10K in the Turkey Trot this year on Thanksgiving Day. I'll be about 6 weeks from the half marathon so I figure its a good time to be half way into the training. We'll see how I do. My goal time for that is 1 hr 20 min.  Running the half is on my bucket list of things to do so I'm really excited about it! My body is definitely paying for the training though. I am so sore in places I didn't even know had muscles. And my shins are killing me. It'll all be worth it on January 13th though!!!
If you'd like to contribute to my fundraising, here's the link:

http://www.chevronhoustonmarathon.com/Donate/PersonalPage.cfm?MID=9019&CID=416

DZ is always a good time :)

I'm the Recruitment Advisor for the sorority I was in when I was in college. Each year, I help them run their recruitment. It always brings me back to my college years and I love hanging out with the girls. Things have changed a lot since I was in school and they are consistently reminding me of how old I am :) This semester, they were blessed 24 new girls, which was the biggest pledge class they've had in a long time. It was so amazing to see everyone working so hard and to get so excited to welcome new women into our sisterhood. Next year I won't be the Recruitment Advisor because I am taking over as the College Chapter Director. It's a lot more work but an equally rewarding experience. I'm going to miss focusing only on recruitment but I'm excited for the new opportunity and experiences I will gain!

The poor man's Bar Trip

So after I finished the bar exam in July, I wanted to go on a Bar Trip. Most of my friends went to fancy places like Europe, Australia, or on a cruise. Since I have no job, I couldn't afford a fancy trip so my mom and I took a 3 day trip to Baton Rouge, LA. The first night we had a free hotel room at one of the casinos and the other 2 nights, we stayed at the Springhill Suites. We definitely travel in style :)

We toured the new Capitol building and the old Capitol building. We also went to several of the Plantation homes in the area. I love the homes and the history. We also ate lots of yummy cajun food. I think this might be my second favorite type of food with mexican being the first.

Pictures of the fun trip-

Ceiling in the new Capitol

 View from the top of the Capitol building

 We also drove through LSU. I would have 

loved to go to this college.

 There mascot is the tiger. They have a live tiger on campus.

 The Delta Zeta house at LSU!

 Plantation #1- can't remember the name but it was beautiful

 Oak trees everywhere

Plantation #2- Oak Alley 

 Inside the old Capitol- 

 The old Capitol building-

 Plantation #3- Houmas house

You can actually spend the night here

 Cajun food place on the way home

Jumbo gator to watch you eat your food