Our dessert course, the Flaming Turtle, changed my life!
After I dropped my mom at the airport I went back to our hotel to try and get some sleep. Long story short, I couldn't sleep so I got up watched some TV and lounged for the morning. I got all my stuff together and headed over to my new home, the OTC. I still don't have a roommate, but I talked to my boss and she's thinking that I am among the first to move in so I still might get someone to share my abode with. I took some pictures of my room...
This is my half of the room, from the door
My half from the other half
The sad empty other half, with the sink and fridge
My bed, that I have to high jump to get on... hey, this is the USOC right, we're all about trying new sports in everyday life
After I got done packing I thought it would be fun to attend a local festival, Territory Days was going on in Old Colorado City. When I was in Colorado Springs for Synchro Skating Worlds, my friends and I ate twice in Old Colorado City because its so cute! I would compare it to Main St in Park City, minus the steep incline. The festival requested that you park at Coronado High School and take the bus so I headed for CHS. I get there and apparently the parking lot was full so the guy directed me to some ranch, I told him I wasn't from the area so he gave me directions that were really rough. I thought I had it and the line was really long. He told me to u-turn and head out so I did just that, meanwhile a school bus is headed right for me! The guy working the parking lot gave me NO indication that the shuttle was coming this way. Naturally, I feel a little dumb and then to top it off, some lady in a Black Jeep Cherokee yelled out her window, "What, did you miss the BIG, YELLOW BUS headed right for you". I was so embarrassed and mad! Who is that lady? Of course I didn't see the bus, otherwise I wouldn't have accidentally turned right in front of it, DUH! Anyway, so I try to follow the guy's directions but I couldn't remember what he said, all I could remember was the mean lady and her comments! So I tried and gave up on finding the parking... Of course I got lost after that, and drove aimlessly around Colorado Springs for about 45 minutes because I didn't know where I was going :(
Finally, I found a mall! My mom can speak to this but I need no clothes... She says I have more clothing here in Colorado Springs than she has all together. Not sure if that is true but I decided not to go into the mall, instead I headed for Starbucks and Barns and Noble. It was exactly what I needed! The Jillian Michaels book that I have been wanting and a grande non fat vanilla latte was just the trick, to erase that mean lady from my life. I read there for a while and then decided I was tired, since I'd been up for 12 hours already so I headed back to attempt a nap. Nap, fail. I haven't been feelings so great, I don't have any energy, and I am thinking its because I am doing a total body cleanse (I just started today) and I also haven't been sleeping that well. Anyway, I went for a run because I felt like I had not made as much of the day as I could have. Let me tell you right now, Colorado Springs is 2,000 ft higher in elevation than Salt Lake City. OH MAN did I ever feel that, my arms got tight within 15 minutes and it wasn't too long after that when my quads started protesting. I used google maps to give me a route because I wanted to run outside, so I ran/walked about 2 miles, which is pretty good. I want to do another 5K when I get home so I need to start training for that now while I am at a World Class training facility.
Time to sign off blog-o-sphere, my stomach is telling me that I need to get some dinner! Off to my first experience in a dining hall since Sophomore year of college!
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