.: autumn...

i know it's still been in the 90s everyday, but it's september now so i'm calling it fair game. i love me some fall-time. i'm so looking forward to the cooler weather, orange leaves, hot chocolate, sweaters and scarves, and pumpkins. pumpkins guys...i love them! autumn is the best!

only 50 days until my half marathon! i'm still so excited! especially because i ran 5 miles the other day, TWELVE minutes faster than ever before. that may not be a big deal to other people, but it most definitely is a big deal to me! i have now successfully cut a good 22 minutes off my 5-mile time {proof of just how incredibly slow i was to start!}. i'm deeming my training a total success so far. and i'm about 15lbs down. woo. go me.

who knew i had so much self discipline and will power? i sure didn't. sticking to me "diet" and going to the gym 6 days a week isn't hard anymore. right? crazy, i know. and since i've been training so hard and for this long, it's all the more motivation to stick with it.

i'm running the invasion 5k tonight. it should be pretty comical. we're running through a corn maze, crop circles, and area 51. haha. it's alien themed of course. i picked up our packets last night with our bib numbers and "swag" as they called it. not too swaggy and my t-shirt is about a bazillion times too big, but the race was only $10. no complaints.

i'm sure there will be many pictures to come of people dressed up like aliens and the like.

guess who got a new car?! that's right. this girl. and by new, i mean new to me. though it's in WAY better condition than my old car. i bought my brother's old honda accord. guys...it's so nice. so smooth, and clean, and quiet! and the get up and go on it is awesome. though it takes some getting used to with new breaks and gas pedals. it has a sunroof too! {i've always dreamed of having a sunroof-no joke}. and it has heated seats. curse this 90* weather...i haven't been able to test them out yet. soon, soon.

i got to go to CA for the labor day weekend to pick it up and spend some much needed time with my adorable nieces and my favorite sister in law! i just love them!