#OutInTheSunday and #SundayRunDay

Happy Sunday!

Today I'm getting out in the sun double (or more) my usual amount.

I started off the morning early, by waking up at 1:47 to use the toilet, then deciding to stay up to watch the clock go from 1:59 to 1:00 (something that I've always kind of wanted to do, but never wanted to stay up to do, so this was a super convenient coincidence--I can mark that one off my bucket list!)

But I didn't get up after that; I went back to sleep and slept until like 7:30 (which is the new 8:30) because I was behind on my sleep and this was the perfect opportunity to catch up a little bit.

Then I got up and went for a short run, because it was cold outside and the cold air always hurts my throat and lungs when I'm running (and thus breathing more) so I was only out for 20 minutes, but better 20 minutes than no minutes, right?

AND today I'm going apple picking! So that's gonna be a lot of fun and a great way to spend some quality time outside in the sun and with my mom and sister. I'm excited about it. I've been really digging apples lately, so this will be a nice way to get lots of exciting kinds of apples. But I'm definitely going to need to find some fun ways to use them other than just eating them because one can only eat but so many apples plain.

Anyway, those are my plans for the day! I hope everyone is looking forward to a great fall Sunday!

xx,

Sienna
The Fierce Feminist

#OutInTheSunDay AND/OR #SundayRunDay

Happy Sunday!

If you couldn't tell from the title, I did a #SundayRunDay for my #OutintheSunday

Also, today was the Marine Corps Marathon in DC/Alexandria, VA so to anyone and everyone who went and did that: Rock. On. You're a star!

I, personally, did not run the Marine Corps Marathon, because my body is not ready for a marathon at this point. Maybe next time. Or maybe not. I'm still not sure marathons are something I'm interested enough in to dedicate the amount of time and effort it takes to train for one.

But I know one of my former professors did the MCM and she inspires me with her motivation and commitment to running, as well as her superior intellect in her field and just being a generally great person.

Instead of the marathon, today I ran 5.36 miles in an hour and 10 minutes (okay, I walked a little bit, but that's still on the high end for me for both distance and time when actually running in the real world--my indoor machine runs are generally much more mileage, though every machine I've been on makes me stop running and cool down at an hour). It was a beautiful day and I'm glad I got to spend some time outside in it instead of inside doing work and stuff the whole day.

That being said, since my run, I have done half of a puzzle (the puzzle is a van Gogh self portrait and very difficult because, you know, it's like half blue with blue speckles) and I've been reading some of Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. I'm trying to get caught up on my reading goal because I did not keep up this weekend. I'm only like a day behind now though (with yesterday's and today's pages to read).

So I'm gonna get back to that. Enjoy this image of the van Gogh self-portrait that I am trying to piece together from 400 little bits of speckly color.

xx,

Sienna
The Fierce Feminist