What happens on runs...

It was an afternoon last week.
I was in the middle of my routine run in los gatos.
However on this particular day i decided that rather than jog the last 1 1/2 as i normally do, i decided that i was going to really push myself and run that last stretch hard.
As i began running faster and faster i felt good. i liked the feeling of running harder. the ipod was set to Katy Perry's ET and i was on a roll.
roughly a mile into it i was still going strong. i was running steadfast to the beat of the music and my breathing was in sync.
Then out of nowhere, something to this effect happened:


It was pretty bad. i stopped running, caught my breath, and then was pretty grossed out because i think it was a big bug.
All that to say, my adventures in los gatos continue

disciplined?

i was reading a book the other day and in it i found a quote that really stuck with me:

"feelings come and feelings leave you, but the disciplines of life are what get you to where you want to go."-Anne Ortland

i've been thinking about this phrase quite a bit lately and realize that this just may be a breakthrough for me. . . . . maybe what i would like to call one of the secrets to life. or my life anyway.
I realize that discipline is something i want in many areas of my life but yet it's something i lack when the going gets tough, or maybe when i'm no longer feeling like being disciplined. 
to me, being disciplined can also coincide with sticking to my convictions and really living out what i believe in. 
its far to easy to just say "no i give up." or "eh, i don't really feel like it."
you see discipline in successful people. because these are the people who follow through with their commitments, who keep their convictions, and who do what they know they should even though they may not feel like it today.


just some food for thought.

Although I didn't find a Leprechaun....

No Leprechaun was found on St. Patty's day. So the little man with the kilt and the bagpipe would have to suffice...

With that said, St Patrick's day=Success.

The day after =Success.

I'll admit, I was a little tired the day after {the Irish Car Bombs didn't help}, especially because I was scheduled to be at work at 7 am. But as tired as I was, I busted through the day like a champ.

2 o'clock rolls around and I go on my last break for the day with only one hour of work left.

Out of habit I checked my phone which had a new voicemail left by my Gramps. 

His news? The results of my nursing state board exam had finally come in mail!

I'll admit, the concept of being patient is a struggle for me.

I want and I want now. 

So you can imagine how I felt after waiting almost 4 weeks for these test results. I really thought I was going to lose my mind if they didn't come soon.

I couldn't even wait to get off work to know how I did. I called my Gramps right then and there, had him open the letter for me and read it over the phone. It read:

Elyse L. McDonald has PASSED

YAY! 

So although I didn't find a leprechaun, I am officially a nurse :)

And that was only the beginning of a great weekend 

I think I'm in love with a Leprechaun ...

... No I'm not really in love with a Leprechaun. 

{but i could be if he came with a pot of gold ;) haha jk jk}

but in honor of St. Patrick's day I'll just say that I am.

I'll also eat Corned Beef & Cabbage with the fambam, drink green beer, and go to an Irish pub. 

And Brit will take pictures so we've got that covered.

Then I'll then i'll be at work at 7 am tomorrow morning where maybe 2 other people would have celebrated St. Patrick's day

:D

RE-VAMMMMMP

Readers  
[lol, well the few that I have left, because, i'll admit, i've been LAME and totally slacking with Elyse Episodes].
Dear, Dear, Readers:

Good News...I would like to inform you that elysepisodes.blogspot.com is once again up and running and that we are undergoing what we like to call REEEEEEE-VAMPING (yayaya). Basically, this means that the blog will be changing here and there based on what i feel like. lol. and being that I have a hard time making up my mind about things like 'the layout of my blog', i think that RE-VAMPING is just what comes with the territory...at least until I can make up my mind about it :D
so with that said, we got some Big things coming: the good, the bad, and the ugly. lol  ;)
All my Love;
-elyseeeee