Training....

So this time I'm going to do it! After a week of injury during my last half marathon training I pretty much gave up on it. Not having a goal, a place where I want to get to, doesn't get me going. This time I got a new approach to it. I'm doing a 12 week 5K training, starting from zero. My body feels great after just a week of getting back on track... so staying positive... I'm keeping it up!

Now, I just have to work on my coffee adiction....

So, I went to the MO Humane Society on Wednesday, Apr 8 to pick up an application. They were about to close, but when I walked in and saw this beautiful black tabby kitten I couldn't resist. I played with him for a while and decided to come the next morning to adopt. So, I'm officially the mother of a 2 month and 6 day old kitten named Coquí Molina. After much deliberation (thanks everyone for their suggestions) the name came about during dinner tonight when Julia suggested 'coquí'. Molina was Ryan's idea.

Coquí (pronounced Koki) is the common name for several species of small frogs endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, onomatopoeically named for the loud sound (sometimes reaching as high as 100 dB) the males make at night. There are 17 described species of coquís in Puerto Rico. The last one was discovered in 2005 and was named Coquí Llanero.

Molina is for Yadier Molina, the catcher for the St. Louis Cardinal's who is from Bayamón, PR - the same city I'm from. Ryan and I met him during the Winter League games in PR last December.

I chose the name because I wanted the kitten's name to remind me of home and some of the amazing experiences I've had in St. Louis this past year.

Anyway, I'm excited and I wanted to share!

SUMMER PLANS

Copying Paola's Idea.... =)

Weekly: Softball

May 27: Cardinal's Game

June 24: Lion King at the Fox

TBA: GRE

July 5: Cardinal's Game

TBA: PUERTO RICO, ARGENTINA & BRAZIL!!!!!!

July 13: Harry Potter 5 movie premier!!!! (and Ryan's Bday)

July 21: Harry Potter 7 book out!!!!!

Aug. 1-5 or 6: Florida for quality Isa time, my birthday (Aug. 3), and Elise's Wedding (Aug. 4)

Aug. 14: ONE LESS!!!!!

Aug. 22: Cardinal's Game

Looking for buddies to go see Much Ado About Nothing, the Muni musicals, concerts at the Botanical Gardens, etc. Check out the StL Calendar of Fun for all the dates:

A Portrait

Hello all!
My friend Leslie is an artist. Last week we got together and I posed for her. She took a bunch of pictures of me. It was really weird because I had never done anything remotely related to posing for a painting, or modeling for that matter. But I'm really excited to be part of this project. To inspire someone to do work and then to see myself through their eyes is really cool. So, here's the link to her website were you can see some of her work and the first sketch she's done of me: http://www.lesliereuther.com/news/