Planning For The Season

College football is about 3 months away. Yes, three. That may sound like a lot of time to you, but for me, that's about saying I have to be ready tomorrow.

So here's the confirmed plans so far:

UMMMM.....

That's right. I have not gotten any plans confirmed yet. WHAT AM I THINKING???

Here's what I know though about what will be happening this season.

1. Unless I have enough time to take off from work, drive to Nashville, book a hotel room, AND get a ticket to the game, I will not be going to the opening game against Vanderbilt. AKA I will be watching from a bar here in Columbia with my friends.

What I expect us to look like Thursday, August 30th.

2. I will be missing the UAB and Missouri games at home this year. I'll be on a cruise. It's okay though, I'll be able to catch it on TV...hopefully.

3. I am attempting to get out to Baton Rouge in October for the LSU game and to Gainesville in November for the Florida game.

4. I still need to buy tickets for the other games here in Columbia. Otherwise, it looks like I'm scalping.

That's currently where I am on the football front. I'm hoping to get some more definitive plans set up soon so that I can figure out what I'm doing for sure. The planner in me is going bezerk berzerk burzurk crazy right now. I'm going to start shopping for football attire for the season soon so keep an eye out for what a girl finds!

-Allison

TV Season Finales (and Season Premieres!)

The past few weeks, and hopefully the next two weeks will be the beginning of new seasons of some of my favorite shows, while some other shows are ending for either the season, or entirely all together.

My absolute, all time, favorite show is How I Met Your Mother. It's a show that I don't only watch, but I relate to. My friends call me the Lily of our group, not only because of the fact that I'm a redhead, but because Jordan and I have been together forever just like Lily and Marshall.

So with HIMYM ending on Monday for the season, along with Once Upon a Time, Grey's Anatomy and a whole bunch of other shows ending for the summer, I get to be excited about some of my favorite summertime shows!

The Bachelorette starts on Monday and I'm thrilled to see Emily is the bachelorette this season. :)
Katie and I are going to be spreadsheeting and ranking these men to see who has the best entrance, best one liners and best looking! (and possibly more...)

Not to mention the Scripps National Spelling Bee adds some entertainment! Hopefully I'll have some friends in town who we can make this exciting this year!

I can't wait for this summer's shows and this weeks season finales. They just look too good to disappoint!
Can't wait!

-Allison

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

I'm going to take today to wish all the mom's out there, and especially my mom, a happy mothers day! Hopefully you have a wonderful day!
-Allison

Going the Distance

"Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it." 
-Oprah Winfrey


Recently, my roommate Katie went to Disney World (aka what I like to think of as my second home). We talked about how they do a Princess Half Marathon every February, and we thought about how one of our goals was to complete some sort of race. What better place to do a half marathon than the house of mouse? 

So here's the fun part. I am not a very athletic person. I was more of a "artist" in high school than an "athlete". And when I say artist, I mean I was in Drama and Chorus. Yeah, not athletic AT ALL.


Therefore, after graduating college and realizing that the walking I did on campus was the reason I was so in shape, and that sitting at a desk was not going to do that, I needed to get active again. 


So here's the plan world. I, Allison, am going to do a half marathon in 10 months. But I also had a thought. Maybe in order to TRAIN for this, I should go run a 5K and/or 10K to practice my longer distance running skills as well. Right now in order to get my butt off the couch and get to that 5K I'm trying a variety of running workouts to see which is the best one for me. In a few months, I hope that I can take run a 5K and a few months later possibly a 10K. I'm on the lookout for runs in Columbia and as soon as I find one I'm doing it! Wish me luck!
 -Allison