Over the past few weeks I volunteered my butt off. 40 hours actually.  Between Fringe and Election Judging I had 35 hours in, but I also volunteered for a friend at the Ragnar Run for 5 hours. I checked ID at the beer tent. It sounded like it would be the easiest of the jobs, but really, it sucked.

I haven’t been putting the miles I hoped on my bike, but I’ve put about 30 more on.  I have signed up for 30 Days of Biking for next month and hope to put 200 miles on my bike in September. You should sign up too.

While at my favorite tacqueria, I drank a Mexican Coke. Guilt Free. I loved it. Cold and tasty and with real sugar, not high frutose corn syrup.

And I’m down a few more pounds.

Except for the fact that my life is a complete mess right now, things are going pretty well for my 101 Goals in 1001 Days.

In the next two weeks, I’m going to be getting a lot of that volunteer time committment checked off.

First, it is Primary Election Day here in Minnesota next Tuesday. I’m an election judge! That’s two hours of training I’ve completed plus a 14 hour day.  That’s over 10% of the total volunteer hours done in one day.

Second, it is Fringe Fest time here in Minneapolis!!!  This year I’m strapped for cash, so I decided to go the route of volunteering to get free tickets to shows.  I’m scheduled for 16 shifts. I think that will add up to about 16 hours, maybe more.

Together, that’s 30 hours of volunteering.  Hooray me!

In a personal note, I’m sure everyone who follows this knows that my husband is divorcing me.  It is unknown at this time what exactly that means for some of the goals, especially ones centered around the house. I may not be living in the house this time next year, so I may not be doing all the awesome stuff I’d hoped to do.  Also, I know the credit cards won’t be paid off unless I win the lottery or something.

On Sunday, I biked to work. While I didn’t actually go into to work, since it was Sunday, I did bike from my house to the building I work at and back. We took a little detour through downtown St. Paul and ended up riding 24 miles.

I got a new bike a week ago today and I put over 60 miles on it in the first week. That’s pretty awesome.

Lots of updates! I’ve lost a total of 20 pounds. And it has only taken me a year and a half. Slow and steady, right?

Finished the documentaries.

Totally forgot to mention that we went to New Orleans and visited two different friends. That was sweet.

I have no idea how far I’ve biked/swim/run since I last updated. I have about 55 miles on my current bike and I don’t think I even had it the last time I updated. So I added a 60 miles, but I think I’ve gone a lot further than that. Hoping for six on Thursday and 25 on Sunday.

Music: saw Devo the other day. That was cool. Thinking I’m going to settle on Prokofiev as my composer to learn all about.

Clearly not going to make a lot of my goals, but I’m going to keep trying. My life just has changed so much in the last year and a half. I still love camping and backpacking, but this triathlon has taken over my life. It is what I do almost every day.

Check out my tri blog, I actually update it from time to time: www.fatswimbikerun.blogspot.com

Miles are adding up fast now that I’m running, biking and swimming.  I ran two miles today. On Monday I ran 1.5 miles and biked 5.3 miles. Tomorrow I plan to bike to work and back home and swim too.

This triathlon training starts for real on Saturday.  Six days a week of exercise. Intense. But I’m hoping by the end of the summer I will be much closer to that 1000 mile mark. Follow my other blog if you want to see my progress.

I have now seen 49 documentaries toward my goal of 50. Only one more to go.  I’ve watched four in the last week.

Today I watched Pageant which followed five men as they competed in the Miss Gay America pageant. And Miss Gay America is more hardcore and just as ridiculous as Miss America.  They have an interview, an evening gown, two different talent competitions, and a question on stage categories.  It was a really cool look at the men who compete and the pageant itself.

Thursday I watched Crossing the Line a documentary about James Dresnok who crossed the DMZ into North Korea in the 1960s and became a defector.  Basically the guy had nothing going for him on the American side, so he crossed over and was made a star.  I am totally fascinated with North Korea and the bizarre hold the military has on its people. It was a good documentary.

Art & Copy is a cool look into advertising. It looks at some of the huge, big campaigns that we all know and love (or hate) and the people behind them. Apple, Nike, and Got Milk? are just some of the campaigns the documentary looks at. It is a very slick film itself and fun to watch.

I’d recommend each of these films, for different reasons. I also saw Romantico, but it wasn’t that great. It has gotten positive reviews, and it is on a subject I care a lot about (immigration), but I found it pretty boring.

CJ and I went to see a choral concert put on by the Bemidji Alumni Choir tonight.

It was really good. Well, except for the teenagers who wouldn’t shut up behind us. And the woman who’s cell phone went off. The singers were great and the music choices were very good.

Also, you will notice to your right, I’m up over 200 miles finally for self-propelling myself and have finished both my beer and wine goals.  I’m really behind on some of my goals though, like making gifts for my friends’ babies and getting something into the State Fair. I need to get crackin’.

Due to blogger being a jerk, I had to move this blog into WordPress. So far, so good. I got the content moved over, but I clearly have a lot of work left to do. So, expect to see changes over the next week or so as I try and get it all worked out.

Today I wrote my City Council Member regarding allowing street food in Minneapolis.

Currently, St. Paul and most other US cities allow vendors to sell food on the street if they are properly licensed.   Actually, most cities in the world allow this. Minneapolis does not. It is barbaric and wrong.

Today there was a special meeting to allow street food in Minneapolis and I am really, really for it. Currently we can get some awesome food from trucks at Farmers’ Markets, but I want to see them downtown on the Mall, in Uptown at bar close, and at the lakes on sunny weekend days.

Mobile vending is a great way for immigrants and low income people to get their foot into the business owning door.  With low upfront costs, women and other people who have a hard time getting credit have an opportunity to start their own business.

Plus, street food is tasty. A win for all.

I’m finally getting miles in.  Right now I’m swimming at least twice a week, almost a mile each time.  I’m also running three times a week, which is about 1.5 miles each time. And next week the mileage increases.  I think it is almost time to get the bike out too, so expect those miles to just stack up.