What a busy day! To start, I was intermittently woken up at 1:00 AM (not sure who was up around here at that hour), and then I woke up again at 4:30 and laid in bed until 5:30 when my alarm went off. A busy day at the office – lots of new people in today. Had delicious Pad Thai from Somsak (reheat) for lunch, and then headed up from Vineland around 3:15 to head to my class in the city.
Tonight we learned about the Health Belief Model and the various constructs that it is composed of. We also took ‘case studies’ and broke each scenario down to address each construct and design a health intervention to address said problem. Sounds complex, but it wasn’t too bad. And it was actually quite interesting. Group discussions are (for obvious reasons) helpful in bringing to light perspectives and/or questions you may not have thought of yourself. I tend to spend most of the discussion period asking myself why I don’t think of all these awesome comments. So class was a success – as it is my favorite of the two classes I am taking this term. I seem to change my mind on a weekly basis on what I think I would like to do career-wise in the public health field. Luckily for me, there is such a plethora of opportunities, at this rate I probably can afford to switch plans once a week. 
Onward to home, I spent a bit of time on the treadmill. I have a love-hate relationship with the machine. I get excited when I think about running (because I think about the long-term effects), but then I hate it for making my legs burn while I am enduring the workout. Either way, I keep on forcing myself to run. Not for extended periods of time, as I am not looking to become an exercise junkie. But it is a good way to run off the day and whatever may be on my mind can go mute for a half hour or so. And in addition, it will help me become a little more toned. It would be nice to actually be able to outrun someone if I have to and not have to stop and ask them to hold up so I can catch my breath.
So, tomorrow begins a new day, starting with an early morning run before getting to work. I tend to look forward to the weekend, but those two days are always less planned out, and therefore I have more a propensity to procrastinate. I have to set deadlines in my head and convince myself they are real in order to get shit done. I strangely have a desire to do something in the city – like walk or go to dinner, or to the comedy club….but most likely that won’t happen. I guess we’ll see, eh?
and just because….
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