After an unusually long lasting winter, we actually had something resembling Spring this weekend! It was really nice, because I had a super cute Easter dress and I didn't want it to be unbearably cold. Also, I've been anxious for it to warm up for some time because I like running outside but I don't like being cold and this usually results in me either going to the gym or not doing anything. Even though it was much chillier today than it was the past few days, Matt and I finally got to run outside after I made him pinky promise that we would go today.
I forgot how good it feels to run outside. Running on a treadmill works fine when it's cold out, but there's something to be said for running on a track or just on sidewalks. I think it's much nicer to be able to measure the distance that you've traveled by the number of laps or the number of blocks than by the counter on the treadmill. I've also noticed that time goes by much faster that way. Hopefully the weather decides to move past this one last wanna-be snow storm tonight and just warm up for good because I am itching to be able to run outside and not make the trek to the gym every time I want to work out.
The other thing about it being Spring means that there is a significantly smaller amount of time for me to get my German in working order before the big trip to Austria. I've been majorly slacking there with the number of crazy/stressful things going on in my life but I'm hoping to step it up. I have several German movies/TV series that my sister lent me to practice my German, and those are all on the docket for the next weeks and months. I'm hoping that I can find a few more German movies to watch on Netflix as well, so we'll see.
In any event, the crazy things in my life appear to be slowing down and leaving time in my schedule to focus on the things I want to do to improve myself. I'm just going to keep chugging along and hopefully continue to see progress!
