{-Controlled Chaos-}

No worries blog-world...I'm still here. Just been busy...and bored...and honestly, haven't had anything happen over the last 3 weeks that really seemed worthy of writing about. School started just over 2 weeks ago so life has done a complete 180. I'm glad to have a schedule...just not ready for the stress. The last few weeks have been pretty much controlled chaos...getting back into the swing of things...having to wake up at 5:30am...being incredibly sleepy because I'm not going to bed at a decent time...trying to balance school with my non-school life (yes, I do have one.) Anyway, without further ado, here is the run down of the last few weeks. 

• Have been training for my 2nd half-marathon which is six and a half weeks away. I have been following a 10 week training plan that was in Runner's World magazine in July. I have stayed on track and have only missed one three mile walk/run. This past weekend I did almost 16 hours in a 3 day period...really it was all in just about 48 hours.

• Spent last Wed and Thurs afternoons at the doctor. The cardiologist to be more exact. I had an episode where I passed out this summer very unexpectedly. One minute I was fine and the next minute I was on the floor being told that 911 had been called. Went to my regular doc who did an EKG and a bunch of labwork and everything was normal so he referred me to a cardiologist. I wore a 24 hour EKG heart monitor on Wednesday and then on Thursday, I had an echocardiogram, which is just a fancy ultrasound on the heart. Still waiting to hear the results on those tests. The nurse also said something about doing a tilt-table test which from what I can tell is a way to see how your body responds when your blood pressure drops. I'm adopting the mantra that "no news is good news" until I hear otherwise! Oh, and I have to have more blood work done Thursday morning...you want to talk about passing out...ugh!

• Been struggling with a decision the last few weeks and on Sunday in church, God spoke loud and clear! Love when I distinctly hear His voice and I know what His plan is, at least in 1 area of my life. Decision made = complete peace.

• School is back in session. Learning to accept the fact that things are a changing...and I'm not so sure they are changing for the better. Patience, tolerance, and staying under the radar is the new way of life at school. And my feet hurt.

• Did a wedding two weekends ago. And by did, I mean I did the cupcakes for the wedding cake and the groom's cake. It was a lot to take on the weekend between preplanning and the first week of school, but everything turned out well. I forgot my camera so I had to take pictures on my phone. When I get around to it, I'll e-mail them to myself and post them.

Well, that's all for now. I promise I'll write more when something exciting happens. I'm off to the gym...the plan for today is an easy 3 miles...think I can handle that!