You're It

I was tagged by RunningLaur the other day, and I actually like this tag because it requires you to "share 5 of your addictions and then select five more fab bloggers to receive the award and do the same." (Note - I am not tagging anyway so consider yourself tagged if you are reading this.)

So here are my top 5 current obsessions in no particular order:

1. Junior Mints
Seriously, I eat these everyday. BUT I do buy two mini boxes - like the kind you give out at Halloween. So that's not so bad, right?

2. Blackberry Messenger
Its like AOL instant messenger, but on your blackberry! Which means you can take it everywhere! But you have to have more than two contacts first. :(

3. Listening to music on You Tube
If you want to play out a song, just listen to it a gazillon times on You Tube while you are surfing the Internet and doing all kinds of mindless things. By the time you are ready to hit the sack, you will know every word to the song (especially if its one of those music videos with all the lyrics spelt out for you) AND swear that you never want to hear the song again because you are so sick of it.

4. Spinning podcasts
Makes me feel less guilty about missing spin class. Plus, good music!

5. Cold Eeze
Everyone at my job is sick. And they all keep breathing their germs in my general direction. So I have been popping Cold Eeze in an attempt to fend of the germs. And you know what? I think it is working. (Knock on wood.)

On the running front, I HATE my new running sneakers. They hurt my feet. And I take full responsibility because instead of getting fitted for the proper sneaker, I thought it would be easier to just slip into Modells during lunch and pick up some Asics. Because I like Asics, so any Asics will do, right? Wrong. I hate these. They push on the upper parts of my feet and after a while, just plain hurt.

Swimming. Ah swimming. I think my swimming is coming along quite nicely. I feel like my stroke is really improving, which makes me happy. Also, I think by the end of my swim classes, I will actually be a much better swimmer.

By the way, swimming after work is SO HARD. My whole lower body is tight from sitting at a computer all day, especially my hip flexors. I try to do some warm-ups, which consists of swinging my legs and arms around, but what I really need is to do some warm-up laps before class. Too bad I can't because there is another class before mine. The first lap is always the hardest. I am immediately tired and sore and can barely make it across and back. But by the end of class, I am all warmed up and swimming much better.

Next week I plan to start attending swim practice with my new triathlon team. I

Biking. Well, I didn't make it to spin class this week, again. But that's no problem because I will have my spin podcasts to keep me spinning along tomorrow.