I swear I counted wrong. There’s no way I did a mile in 7:15. Not a chance. Never.

In middle school, I ran a 10 minute mile. I was pretty out of shape back then. I still remember almost DYING as I crossed the finish line. I still remember those poker chips we used to mark how many laps we did. Man, that sucked.

After doing the math (right as I am typing this entry), 50 second lap (which is what I know I can do) comes out to 7.30 minutes. Oh. Wow. I’m quite happy. And this is after running 1.5 miles on the Nautilus… thank goodness I’m getting to healthiness. At least, cardio-wise. I hope I don’t have some scary cholesterol numbers like some rabbit Emily I know, though. (Update on left bicep: after almost a week, it’s still in pain. I can’t fully extend my arm without pain. But alas, must continue this up to keep beating Colin.)

Regardless, I’m happy to see at least something’s working out. So onto the actual entry.

After 3.5 hours of constant work (yes, I work…), I was looking forward to a lonely but restful lunch. Instead, I met up with Mike Cho at the Union for some Rice Garden. Then the almost obligatory Espresso followed… Almond Winston’s Breakfast (no Earl Grey… sad) with honey. More and more, I’m finding out that there is not a single tea I don’t enjoy. No more Caramel Mochas for me.

This second job is going to be interesting. I feel like I will be able to write an entire paper on using open source technologies in educational institutions. The Banner/Enterprise system was always a piece of crap in my mind, as well many of the other students… and to think at least some percentage of the 60K I owe in student loans went into paying for that pisses me off. A group of underpaid CS undergrads could have came up with something at least equal to this.

Moodle. I will be diving into the depths tomorrow.