SMC

Today, after one of my interviews, I headed over to the beach for a run! It was 80 degrees out today, so the beach was more packed than usual. In the parking lot, there are never more than a few cars parked on a normal day, but today it was completely full. Since it was warmer than usual, it was a little harder, but I ran about 5 miles. Afterwards, I had plans to meet with my friend Tim (here come your shout out, Tim), and go and check out Santa Monica College, where he is the Assistant Coach to their football team. When I was walking through the school, although it was a small, "Junior College," it still had that close-knit, college feel to it. The school was still on winter break, so not many students were around and the campus was pretty much empty. I got to meet the other football coaches, as well as a few of the players.

Since Tim works for the school, we were able to work out with the cheerleading team. I was informed that it was a 2-hour workout, that started with a timed, 1 mile run around the track, and then exercises for abs and arms. This is when I realized, I probably shouldn't have run 5 miles before coming to SMC. Bad decisions. I knew we were going to be working out too, but I couldn't not go for a run on the beach today in this beautiful weather! Honestly guys, I'm not normally this active. I had to have broken some sort of record with the amount of time I spent exercising today.

Anyway, considering I was already exhausted from my first 5, I ran the mile in 8:15 minutes - no laughing, I'm no track star. After we were finished with that, we went into one of those gym studios, got mats, weights, and jump ropes and did a series of workouts targeting arms and abs. I didn't have a big lunch, so the entire time I was working out, I was day dreaming about what I was going to eat for dinner! Typical. After the workout, I sat in about 30 minutes worth of traffic just to get home. I quickly grabbed Boston Market, which is interestingly not what I was day dreaming of, but when I passed by it, I immediately thought: CORN BREAD, so I made a quick, and most likely, illegal turn and picked up dinner there. Once I got home, I had a lot of things to do. I had to figure out everything for this shoot that I am working on this weekend, which is super stressful because there is so much to get done and not enough time. I also had to prepare for my interview tomorrow, which I don't want to write about here because I'll probably jinx myself or something. I've been so busy these last few days that I haven't had time to keep in touch with all my homies back on the east coast. Hopefully, after this shoot is over, I'll have some time to catch up because I miss the shit out of them. If only they would come and visit *Hint, Hint!*

Happy Jerz Day,
<3 Loni