a little needed update:

Hello, and Happy Easter!! Here's just some highlights of the last few weeks/days.

It's been almost 2 weeks since I've been on this blog. (opps).

First I would like to say Happy Birthday to my little brother (april 17). We had our up's and down's while growing up (but didn't we all with our little siblings? play really well, then fighting the next?) But now since we're older Im glad to have you as my little brother. You have grown up into a wonderful boy ( I know you're 20 your still a boy you will eventually become that "man". ) So Happy Late birthday shout out.

Second- Cole Williams (meredith's baby) Why aren't you here yet?! We are all waiting for you to come, your late!! If you knew better you would show up now so your parents can stop waiting for you and can start loving on you!! So good luck to Meredith and Scott! I know you will be great parents when he decides to show up!!

Third- Congrats to Tiana and Bill on their engagement! Im very happy for you two to get married! :) You guys seem so happy, and Im hoping for many many happy years ahead!!

Fourth- Happy one month birthday to my little "niece" Faith! I can't believe she's already a month old! Which reminds me I probably should drive that 2 hr drive to see her again, it's been 3 weeks since I've seen her. I bet she's just growing so big!!

fifth- Congrats to Emily and Robert! Your wedding was really pretty, and you both look very happy! I wish you two the best!! And many many years of happiness! Communication is key, listen, and smile!! :)

Alright I think thats' all the shout outs I have right now.
 here's more updates:

Soccer has been amazing! I have been getting better! :) Last week I scored one goal (which was awesome) And this past friday I scored 2 more! And we even tied 5-5!!

SO last saturday night I went to Emily's bachlorette party. It was very low key, opened some gifts, shared some information, ate food, and hung out with a drink.
Then I went to Tiana -Bill engagement party. It was more loud, but it was a good time!!

So this past week I allergies kicked in. My mom and Paul both were like I dont think your sick, I think you have allergies since your always sick this time of year. So I bought some allergies medicine and it seemed to work. My nose is still stuffy but oh well. I believe its' from the Japanese cherry trees.

Since my breathing hasn't been 100%, I haven't been able to run . :( it's been a week. I only ran 2.5 miles on the treadmill. GOSH I have a half marathon june 5 whyu in the world didn't I run all week???? So this week, and to june 10, I will be running! Ask me "alyssa have you ran today?" I think I need people to push me. I know since i sign up for a race I thought I would push myself. This week off the wagon. :(
so here's what Im going to do this week::
Monday- Run (3-5miles)
Tuesday- gym (weights, and stair master?)
Wed- Run (5-7miles)
Thursday-gym
Friday--one of these days I have soccer. It maybe saturday so I will be running one of these days probably 4-6 miles. then soccer
Saturday
Sunday
my goal is to get back up to where I was! then next week I will be back on track, with even more miles added.

And now this blog is up to date: time for today:
Happy Easter. I opened this morning with lovely tiffany! :) A very wonderful open! And smooth day over all! I was even let off early!! :) So since i was off early I had time to surprise grandparents at church today! They were shocked! It was nice seeing people I used to see. BUt the church has gotten a lot smaller when I was going there. The message was good, talked about prayer, and a little bit of Jesus and how he died for us and risen days later. It wasn't the easter message I was hoping for but it was still good. As I sat listening, I remembered why I slowly stopped going there. Lack of people my age, (now it's all older people), preacher different, (the guy this morning was a little boring-dry- and drives me nuts how he can't say things correctly (like ask sounds like ax) and plus he was saying he had to clear things up before he started-now wouldn't you do that during the announcements and just start teaching?? oh well. ), old hymns (sounds good but old English words), It was good being there, but I didn't get that feeling of being up lifted like I do when I go to other churches. But over all it was good! Made grandparents happy, and i was able to attend a church even tho I was 10min late.
Then went to my aunts with so many family, friends, and visitors all joining together to share food and good times! :) But boy after eating great food, I was very sleepy. When I got home, I was so tired I took a lovely hr half nap!! :)
so Happy easter and I hope My updates are more then less often!!

12k race, WHAT a ride!

Today was the day, I have been training for for a month or so. Today was the day i was going to run a 12k (about 7.5miles). I saw this race on line and thought hey this will be fun, so I signed up. And I was hoping more of my people that I ran with would run. So tiana mentioned she was going to and same with brian. but as it got closer, the weather was suppose to be horrible so tiana was going to back out and so she did. :(
so now it was just me. I was so nervous this morning. I woke up ate some breakfast, and got ready. We were ready to leave by 720 and got there at the race in renton at the landing at 810. on the way up it was raining as usual for races, but weather gods were nice and it stopped raining, and no wind either! SO it felt just like the last race i ran last year the 10miler on in gh. so the Race started at 9 with no rain!. I got my picture taken with the seahawk bird man :) And then it was time to line up and start the race. Paul and I line up together but we knew in the end we would be on your own. So I started back at the 9min pacers. but to be honest once I crossed the clipped time thing i pushed myself through the people to get where i wanted to get to. I kept my pace pretty well around 7:45-8:20. So i was pretty proud of what I was running. I didn't experience any pain (minus my ankle which was kicked last night from soccer), which is a good thing, but I did end up getting warm but i just kept running past people. We ran around the landing, down the street, to where the seahawks practice at, and back around the landing to the finished line! The place where they practice at was so cool, the blue sounders? were there playing music and it just felt amazing being there and experiencing this. At that moment I instantly felt more energy and just kept going back to the finish line. Let me tell you this: that last mile from 6-7 felt so long! And then 7 to the finish line was even longer. My nike sensor and the mile markers didn't match up so i never knew when to really start run faster. Finally the light at the end of the tunnel had appeared: The finish line, I instantly started to pick my speed up and finished on my phone saying 1:09:45 so not bad. but my official chip time was 1:08:23! I was very proud of what i have done.
over all results! :
time: 1:08:23
runners in the 12k: 1370, = 580/1370
females: 180/778
females in my age group: 16/64
over all not bad at all! I will be looking forward to more races, alone or with people but Im ready no matter what. June5, half marathon and I will face eachother.

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Yes blah is correct:
I was very happy to get michelle's lovely virus.. Thanks michelle. It started yesterday, I was at work, and then it started, I wasn't feeling well at at.. But i knew I had a few more hours left and IM home free. So i kept it cool. I felt like i wanted to throw up.. (thanks michelle once again..) But let's just say, I never did ..thank god! So i went to get a movie right after work, and went home to nap. A nice 1hr 30min nap! :) it was much needed, still not feeling the greatest I popped in  the movie the "tourist" ( not the greatest--thank goodness for 1dollar rentals.) Then i took another lovely nap! Now two naps in a day isn't common for me so I know i wasn't feeling 100% my self. I also had to go to happy hour with friends, so I actually went, feeling better but not 100%. As soon as I left dinner, I went to get another movie and returned the other one. And I went right into my pjs, and it was only 7pm. I know I know lame huh. I then just sat on the couch the rest of the night, went to bed at 10 and slept!! Thanks starbucks, i was up at 430, 515, 645.. a nice way to sleep in on my day off.. but i stayed in bed until 830, (yes i went back to sleep) and got up feeling not 100% but more like 90%! Watched  "love and other drugs" (good movie!) and meet sara for coffee. At this point I was feeling still 90% but not 100%. I forced my self to the gym My plan was to run 7 miles .. but that didn't work out. so I biked for 6 miles and walked/jog one mile. After the gym Im feeling 95% better. thank goodness 12 hr bug, didn't last long! And once again thanks Michelle.. :p

update:

Hello!
Wow, It's been a long since I have wrote on here. opps. I guess that's because I've been busy. "alyssa what are you doing that's making you so busy?" (you might wonder). So let me answer that question::: Today was my 5th open in a row and had 2 other shifts = 7 days of work in a row. So i go to work, go home take a nap, work out, watch some tv, make dinner, go to bed. and it starts all over again. SO today no fooling around, 1030am came and I left. :) I wasn't feeling that great but I went straight to red box and rented a movie, went home took a hr half nap ate some food, and relaxed. I loved it. i watched the tourist and  it was okay. ANd later happy hour! :) I can't wait.

Well I have my first running race this sunday, Im getting scared. but I know i can do it. it's a 12k. (7.5 miles) and my pace is doing well. I ran the other day, and I ran 5 miles in about 40 min. :) thats pretty good for me. I will let you know what my time will be on sunday. I just hope I can focus!! :0

well, nothing really else to report about.

Don't cry over spilled coffee....

Hello!
It has been a while since I wrote on my blog, so prepare yourself this maybe a longer blog. Just trying to update you on what's been going on in my life. And I will explain the title of this blog as soon as I can.. So here's the last few days.

Wednesday:
On this day I was able to have the day off and able to drive to Silverdale to see Donna and meet her new baby Keira Leigh! I instantly fell in love with her! She's such a little ham, and a little stubborn but still cute. She is now 2 months old but when I saw her she was 1.5 months old. it's great seeing my friends become mommys it's so exciting to see how they treat their little offspring's! I was able to hold her and take lots of pictures of this little girl! IM sad that Donna and her (and her husband storm) doesn't live closer so I can watch this girl grow up.

Later that day I forced myself to run outside. The weather was PERFECT!! Im so used to running inside that running outside was harder on my lungs. I guess I need to get used to that once again. I hadn't ran outside since feb 13. but since today was a nice day I ran outside. it felt great! my time wasn't the greatest but thats because I had ate famous daves a few hours before. so note to self, dont eat famous daves and go running because you will get a side ache and keep burping up it.

Then for dinner I made pancakes with protein added to them and fresh fruit-- bananas, kiwis, and strawberries. I wish I had taken a picture of the fresh fruit. I just love this time of the year! Yummy fruit!

Thursday:
Was the day I officially signed up for my first half marathon ever! I was a little nervous while filling out the registration form but i did it and now need to get my butt into gear! I've only done one other race. It was last year called "over the narrows" a 10 mile race. So now it's time to run a half marathon. So June 5 I will be doing that, and crossing off yet another new years goal off my list.
This night I made yet again another dinner. (whoo I'm starting to be a little cooker.. or maybe not.. ) I made a chicken patty (the only chicken I had that didn't need to be defrosted...) with pasta salad and steamed veggies. It was really tasty just which I had that chicken breast instead of that chicken patty.

Friday:
Was soccer night! I am just loving soccer, to bad some of my team mates dont' pass the balls. And good thing: No soccer balls at my face. :)

Saturday:
I was able to have nothing planned so I was able to spend the whole day with my dad. I basically watched tv while he was around. but it was still great spending some time with him.

Sunday:
I told myself "rain or shine I must run outside today!!" So I got home from work ate some toast with PB and changed my clothes. I knew it was the tail end of the rain so I had to dress for the weather.This is what I used:: Leggings with running shorts, running shoes, running tank top and a north face windbreaker/rain jacket. And that worked out really well. The leggings worked great kept me dry. And I didn't used my armband this time so I had my phone in my jacket pocket. So no armband = no music. Yes thats right I used no music on this run! So I ran from my house, to Anthony restaurant to tides tavern, up the hill of harbor view, up the hill again of grand view, by the police station, stopped at the restroom by the start of the cushman trail, ran cushman trail to rosedale, meet up with paul, ran up rosedale hill to the high school, ran around the track a few times and back down rosedale, back to the house. A grand total of 7.56 miles in 1hr:07min:14sec!! I was very proud of myself. It felt great running. I wanted to keep going long around mile 6, but I knew i shouldn't. So that means I didn't push myself hard enough. Darn! And it didn't really rain, just a little sprinkle at the start. As soon as we got back to the house it started to sprinkle again, and as soon as I got out of the shower it was pouring. so I made perfect timing to run 7.56miles! Now I need to run that again for my 12k race on april 10.

Before I move on to explain the title of this blog, I would like to mention this:
I have a great grandma, who is 93 years old. I found out the other day that she's not doing so well. Having internal bleeding and was sent to the hospital. Its scary to know that your great-grandma may not live that much longer. We called her 2 weeks ago on my dad's birthday, and she didn't sound like she really wanted to talk. And thats very uncommon for her. She usually asks me "hows my car, Hows work, weather and so on.." but this time she only mentioned how it's still cold outside and they are getting some rain but not to much because that would cause flooding. Then I thanked her for my birthday card last month, and she was like yah I can't get out much and that was it. my dad, brother, and I all said she didn't sound that great. She's such a great woman. Always taking care of others before her self. Always concern about us eating food, making sure we're all set before she eats. waits for us for hours in the lobby of her apartment until we get there. visits her son by taking the bus or taxi, and so on. I love this little old wise lady of my family, I would hate for her to leave, but she has lived for 93 years. I just hate to travel back to North Dakota and see her like that or go to a funeral. I hope she gets better though!

Anyway And now for my title of this blog: Dont cry over spilled coffee:
So today is my day off of work. I was able to sleep in, but that was horrible because I over slept i think i had over 10 hrs of sleep. so that gave me a horrible headache. UGH. So i made a french press coffee, and drank that and still had a headache. so then I went to starbucks, I had a free drink coupon to use. SO I went in there grabbed a triple tall americano with white mocha and steamed soy. I only had a few sips of it. I got home put the coffee on the kitchen counter and I dont know what happened next but all over the kitchen counter was my coffee. UGH I was pissed. Coffee that I wanted so badly was all over the counter, the floor, on the kitchen stools, on my coach purse strap, my keys, and mail. I was so pissed, I wanted the coffee for my headache. I started getting mad, and a tear of frustration came out. So then i had to clean the whole counter, stools, keys, floor, and such and still had a headache. So i had to make some via. YUCK. thats not what I wanted at all. So i had to take a nap to basically start my day over.

driving north has some great perks! :)

So today Starbucks and I became best of friends... I had a cup of tribute blend in a french press made for me this morning :), then I stopped before getting on the highway to go up north. you may be thinking but "you just had a french press.." yes I did, but im driving north so i need more, so an iced coffee :) then on my way back i was getting a head ache and i really was craving a cookie. I kept driving and driving and I was close to federal way so i had to stop, yes I was almost home maybe like 45 min but i really needed something. So now you're probably thinking "why were you driving up north???"

Well today was the day I was going up north to see megan's baby faith.. Not even a week old!! Faith was born on St Patrick's day, so this was the first time I was able to come visit. So on my way up I didn't hit any traffic (thank-god) and my goal was the outlets!< And well i needed to pee too...> So i stopped at the outlets, and quickly found the restroom after walking in a huge circle...while walking I figured out what shops I wanted to go into and of course let the coach store clear up some. thats right I said coach. I bought a new purse!! :) It's silver/grey , it looks like the teal one I have but it's cloth and has an extra zipper, and i bought a cute spring wallet. :) driving north + having to pee + given a 30 % coupon = a very happy Alyssa!! Spending only 100!! :)

After it was time to go see megan. I finally was able to meet Faith. She is soo tiny, cute, and such a great baby. The whole time I didn't hear her cry, only saw her eyes open for a few minutes, and i got to hold her most of the day!! I enjoyed every minute of holding her. she is so light! When i first saw her she looks just like megan, and part of megan's dad-terry. I dont really see her dad in her (could be a good or bad thing...) but all i have to say I can't wait to spend more time with faith and spoil her.!  here's some pictures of today!

hand!

tiny fingers

"Auntie"

mommy and baby

baby feet

eyes open finally!

And tomorrow Im going to Silverdale to see yet another friends' baby..Donna!! Its a "weekend" of babies!! :)

Besides shopping, and babies...I really need to go to the gym! it's been way to long!! The last day I worked out was march 16! only ran 3 miles. 17th was st patricks day I went out with friends, 18th was soccer 19th i went to silverdale and such, 20th was my dad's birthday..21st i worked and took an hr nap and then went to my mom's. and today the 22 I went up north. so tomorrow will be a week of no gym. I miss it. I need to get running. I have a 12k in just a few weeks..!! I think I just had fallen off the wagon of the workout train. I need to get back on and get my mindset working again!!
And it doesn't help when I had stopped eating fries and had fries 17, 20, and now today.. UGH!

PS.. Happy late birthday to my Dad, (was the 20th)
Love ya dad! You're awesome!

Soccer ball to the face.

Hello ,
Another weekend is coming to an end for all of you but mine is about to start Monday afternoon!!! So this past weekend we had a Normal friday night of soccer. The other tesm players didn't show up so we had a larger team this time around so we basically broke into two teams.. We kept most of our normal players. Bennett,brian,will,Jaime,Tiffany, tiana, me and seth and mike.. The other team had alex ( trader) mikel ray ( you suck) Megan and I think that's all. ( sorry if I forgot you)
So aNyway it was a good practice game for us, I was doing pretty well :) until our team had a free kick and one second I was tying to get open for the ball, the next minute I'm was walking off the field because WILL HICKS kicked a freaking ball at my face. It hit me smack in the face near the temple. I was not expecting it so it scared me and this girl had some watery eyes. Will good thing my head didn't fly off my neck. Or good thing it didn't hit straight to my face near my nose. Good thing I don't have a bruise right now, and if I would have used my arm to protect my face I would have a huge soccer ball mark! But life goes on, will hicks I hope you feel horrible for hitting me in my face. ;)

Well. That was the most exciting thing all weekend. Have a great day!