Ahoy, Matey?

Ok, I thought modern day pirates only existed in the form of Johnny Depp and at Disneyland. Apparently, I was mistaken.

I read this article today that a cruise ship was almost OVERTAKEN BY FREAKING PIRATES!!! I couldn't believe it. That is insane. And I'm wondering....are these pirates real "authentic" pirates, or, are they modernized pirates that have a GPS tracking system and iPhones on board. I'm curious. Not curious enough to take a cruise and hope we're overtaken by pirates to find out curious of course.

I wonder if they dress like Johnny Depp too??

Triathlon Enthusiast!

Ok, the triathlon was freaking awesome! Even riding a beat up mountain bike and borrowing a friend's wet suit, I enjoyed every minute of it. One of the biggest stretches of my entire life. Loved it!

And now I'm pumped for the upcoming triathlon in Newport in April. Anyone wanna train?!?! It'll be soooooo fun :)

Guess where I'm going on Friiiday?

Yup, it's triathlon time baby! And that means I am headed to Catalina Island. I'm super excited. A bit nervous...but, mostly pumped.

I'm feeling prepared for the most part. Although, I'm a bit leary about Catalina being all hilly and stuff. I ran up and down Edwards Hill in Huntington Beach a couple times. I should be set, right? Sure, I may be cursing the last leg of the race (the run) the whole way through, and I'm completely at peace with that. Hehe.

So one thing I totally didn't even think about until I did a run through....yeah, the transition from the swim to bike, involves lots of sand on the feet. Not so fun putting socks on sandy feet I've discovered! I read online that it's wise to bring a bucket to rinse off after the swim portion. Who knew?

Wish me luck on my first ever triathlon, peeps! Woot wooooooooot!

YES WE CAN!

Change is a coming!!!

Here I come TRI & GMAT!!!

So, for the next three months, I've set two lofty goals for myself. To participate in and complete the Catalina sprint triathlon AND to study for and take the GMAT and get a good score.

I'm super pumped for both of them. It's gonna take a lot of dedication and hard work. And...I'm thinking my napping days are over for the time being. So, if I sound like or look like a zombie for the next few months, you'll know why ;)

P.S. That's totally me in that photo up above. Except for the fact it looks nothing like me. But, it TOTALLY is anyway ;)

Fainting Goats

Yeah, you read correctly. This is just.....BIZARRE. There is a such thing as a "fainting" or myotonic goat. Interesting video footage here.

Can you imagine if we all tensed up and fainted whenever we got startled or excited? While it wouldn't be so humorous if someone was, say, driving on the freeway or performing brain surgery...it sure would be pretty entertaining if it occured with our normal day-to-day activities. Now I SOOO want to meet a fainting goat!!

Baby MANIA!!!

It seems as though everyone is popping out babies around me! I'm flying up North this weekend for my cousin's baby shower who is having twin identical boys. I'm sure raising two bundles of joy at the same time will be a piece of cake!

And, two of my coworkers are both having babies within the next few months, not to mention Ryan's sister, and my other cousin too! AND two of our fam friends have had babies in the past month. What's up with all the babies?!?! Looks like lots of couples were getting busy during the holidays last December ;)