Iron Man completed!

I completed the final lag in my iron man adventure this morning. I have until Friday to finish but didn't want to run out of time and have to "pretend" finish. The much needed rain was keeping me up, so I said fuck it and caught the 5:45AM bus and went to the gym. I wanted to bike to work, but since it was raining, I knew that wouldn't be a pleasant option, so I biked the last 10 miles at the gym. I felt pretty good to know that I can push myself a little bit more than I thought I could, or ever really tried. I now I have a T-shirt, bag and water bottle as proof that I finished! Yippee.

While Erin and I haven't discussed which track we are going to ride in the St. Paul Classic, I am secretly (not so secret anymore) pulling for the 30 miles. I think it would be a good challenge to push ourselves a little but further.

I just heard that American Idol auditions are coming to Mpls in September and they will be held down the street from my office at the Target Center. I think there will be some AWESOME people watching involved with that and I will need to hit up the outdoor patio of the Hard Rock Cafe to unsure the best view of the singing frenzied masses.

Adam and I have been together for 4 years now, and not like the marriage question hasn't been asked before by anyone and everyone, it is definitely coming up a lot more. Some days I am all for it, and other days (like today) I want to wait several more years. I don't have any doubts about the boy in my life, just the other stuff. Since we aren't married, I feel like I still have a bit of "freedom" left in that I don't have to say where I am at all times or constantly be checking in. Of course, Adam would like to know, I still feel that it's my life and I can do what I want. I don't know if having the title of marriage involved will change my habits, but it feels like I will have to. Virtually, we're married in every way with the exception of the branding of a ring on our left fingers, so would anything really change? I think I am going through another selfish phase and want to be my number one priority. And the second thing is probably my job. I am working to eat better and work out regularly and I am learning tons at my job, but with Adam, I don't need to work as hard at. We have a good relationship and I guess I don't think that it needs my constant attention where as other aspects of my life do. So that makes me think that I should wait longer to be branded as a wife until I am ready to make marriage a top priority. But then that feels so old fashioned I don't even know where to begin.

Honestly, I'm pretty sure the biggest reason it hasn't happened is that we want to save up some money to do it right. But with student loans and my desire for grad school, it's going to be awhile. And while my mother doesn't read this- LAY OFF!