Life is a marathon

So I'm three weeks in with my marathon training. I had a lovely race picked out at the end of March. I got a flier in the mail promoting this particular race, so I counted out how many weeks away it was. I had 19 weeks to train, which was perfect since the plan I wanted to follow was 18 weeks. Sweet! So I printed out my schedule, even did a whole week of training when I found out from a friend that the race that was promoted is only a HALF marathon and not a full! I felt so stupid for all this planning, so I checked the flier again and sure enough! It said there would be a full AND half marathon! But my friend was right, the flier was incorrect. So, I continue to train but I am still searching for a marathon to run this spring, hopefully within a couple weeks of the one I had originally planned.

Running has been consuming most of my thoughts for the past three weeks and I think it is mostly a defense mechanism to avoid the frustration and panic of still being *mostly* unemployed. I am working part-time at Williams-Sonoma, but it does not offer a lot of hours. I'd love to have the income of a full-time job, but the classes I will be taking next semester will not allow me the time to do that. I will be doing what I refer to as our version of student teaching. Going on assignments to observe working interpreters and, based on my teacher's judgment of my skills, might be interpreting some while on those assignments. I'm hoping she thinks I'm ready for that, but most people at that level do not get that option. We will see!

I'm also trying to figure out a plan to continue on to get my bachelor's degree. I have decided (as of now) that I would like to major in Communications. Not only do I think that will help me with my interpreting, but it will also give me a broader range of knowledge so that I can get back into Human Resources if at any time I decide that I no longer want to interpret. After that, my goal is to then go to Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. to obtain my masters in Interpretation. All that said, I know that God has a special way of making His own plans for me so I know it might not happen as I have planned. :)

Well, I'm trying to get back into blogging (How many times have I said that??) so this is a catch-all catch-up on what is going on in my life! Pray for me! :)