Week 3 of 5k training

It's the beginning of week three, and last week I actually ran every day I was supposed to! well, not necessarily on the correct day, but four days of running. I didn't do the cross training days, but, I just feel like I have so little time that I'll take any little bit I can to stare at my word processor and try to pump out a few good paragraphs in whatever story I feel like working on at the moment.

I was supposed to run today, it being the start of week three and all I should have pumped out 2.25 miles, but I ate a big dinner, and it was getting late, so I did some core workouts and push-ups. I'm not staying on top of those like I was over the past few months...but like I said, time, time, time.

I'm getting ready to open an IRA (deviation from the workout update, but I'm still trying to better myself, so =P). I'm a little afraid, partly because I know very little about the stock market, and partly because I hear that there may be a drop in the next few weeks, so I feel it would be better to get in after that drop. But like I said, I know nothing of the stock market, so maybe I'll just open it with the minimum amount of money, and then if nothing happens I'll have a little, and then I'll max it out later in the fall.

I've been thinking about going back to school to study writing, I have this recurring fantasy where I'm some sort of science journalist, but I don't know. The market for news writers seems to be saturated, and collapsing, but I'd like to study writing nonetheless. It probably wont happen. It's too expensive, and I can't really imagine earning a living as a blogger. Graduate school would only be thousands of dollars to pursue what is at best a hobby. And that makes me depressed.

Update

I know, I know. It's been a long time.

My first 5K race is about 7 weeks away, and I've hardly ran in the passed 10 or so days. I've been kind of distracted, going away on the weekends, or just being lazy. I need to get myself moving again. I'll keep track better I promise.