The new training accessory comes in snakeskin-

print. Ha.

It's raining threads in Leipzig and since I need to move my butt, but would love to do so without getting wet feet, I've got myself pretty awesome:

snakeskin-print rubberboots

I know, I'm now the coolest walker ever. Haha.

Woodwork pics coming up tomorrow. XD.

My tendons around the left knee misbehave daily, haven't done any yoga yet.

No other news.

KEEP MOVING FORWARD!
(Preferably in stylish rubberboots. Ha)

Maybe too short

Okay, so yesterday I learned quite a few things about wearing skirts.

#1 If the skirt is long enough when you stand, this does not necessarily mean it is long enough when you sit! Oy veh, did I feel uncormfortable when I sat down.

#2 Tights and velcro don't go well together. My wonderful and expensive Burlington might be ruined without being worn at all.

#3 Burlington is much more comfortable to wear than Falke 40DEN.


#4 Kunert 80DEN is much more comfortable to wear than Falke 40DEN.

#5 Having a unique style and wearing a skirt gets you noticed. In a good way!

#6 A skirt has to sit snuggly to keep you warm. I often felt like I was wearing only tights yesterday, totally weird. Mom said, I just wasn't used to wearing skirts.

#7 I need more tights and skirts (preferably tighter and longer). Good thing that next week is my birthday, I already told my mom that it's time for a shopping tour. Work dress or skirt, several tights and a trenchcoat are calling to be MIIINNNNNEEEE.

On the job, it's in communications of a huge company. But the companies HR works really well and the team seems to be really nice. The job is interesting too. Keeping my fingers crossed, that this works out.

Have a great day.

KEEP MOVING FORWARD!

New "Gimme-that-job-outfit"

Except for make up, lingerie and red gloves, this is my new "I'm the right one for this job" outfit.

Tomorrow I have my next interview.

Keep Moving Forward!

Revelations of a different kind

Sundays are my pampering-myself-days. (I've started out only recently. No more tomboy for me, Audrey Hepburn here I come.) And this whole day is geared towards caring for myself. I do my hair, skin and so on. (Hey, I finally have the eyebrows I've always wanted. It took only 1 hour of plucking! ;-) It's all about feeling good about myself and my appearance. And the revelation for me is right here, because it makes me feel so much better while I'm doing it and afterwards, it's FUN!!!

I know what you think, what has that to do with me getting to the Ironman Hawaii?! Well, what I realized a few minutes ago is that, I wanted to do the whole training and Ironman thing to proof myself. To proof to myself and my family and my friends that I could do it. (Same thing with losing the excess weight, I'm still in the "normal" range though on the upper end of the spectrum. And the 100 Day Challenge.) Nothing wrong with that, you might say, BUT it took the fun out of it. I really struggled and thats not good for keeping things up. I have to enjoy training to go for it again and again and again...

What now, you might ask. Do I still want to do the Ironman? The answer is a definitive YES. But I want to do it for the fun of it, for the feeling when I take part on the public runs and competitions. For the runners high. I've experienced it once, it IS absolutely fantastic. But all this I want to enjoy. I don't want to punish myself with running, exactly 1 hour every day or every second day. I want to enjoy both the training and the challenge.

So. I will start out with training again when I'm ready. Right now my priority is finding a new job (it's harder than I thought) and getting that wintercoat from Desigual (and learning how to wear heels the whole day).

By the way in exactly two weeks from now I will hike in the west of Ireland. It's VACATION TIME!!! Finally.

So, enjoy your life.