May in Review

May has been a pretty good month for me.  I nailed all of my fitness goals, and, while I wasn't quite as successful in terms of my writing goals for the month, I have made some progress in that area as well.

My Fitness/Health Goals were to:

- Journal everything I eat, every day for the whole month.  I kept track of everything I ate all month.  In order to give myself a visual reminder I went old elementary school style and put a sticker on the calendar for every day that I kept track.  

- Run 100+ miles.  Even though I was in taper mode for the last couple of weeks of May, I ran 121.2 miles this month.  My longest run was 19 miles, I also ran my longest treadmill run to date of 16 miles and a half-marathon. 

- Practice yoga at least twice a week.  Sometimes it's just been a couple of sun salutations and a handful of seated postures, but I have practiced 2-3 times a week in May.  It could be all in my head, but I do think the yoga and lifting weights once or twice a week are starting go make my arms look a bit more toned.  

My Writing/Professional Goals were to:

- Revise and resubmit an article.  I'm not done with this, as there was more to do than I remembered in order to get this manuscript revised.  However, I have made decent progress.  I've been doing a lot of reading and a lot of thinking about how to address the criticisms in the reviewer reports and adding comments on a draft.  Now I just need to get to actually doing the revisions.  I'm planning on getting this kicked back out the door in June.  

- Outline and get a start on my book proposal.  Sadly I haven't really made any progress on this task this month.  Between the end of the semester and article revisions, I just haven't had the time to devote to myself to my book proposal yet.  

- Work out a schedule for sharing the desk. M. and I have been doing pretty well with this.  I posted about creating a makeshift standing work station a week or so ago as well.  I've put in some good hours of work this month at that desk, at my writing desk, and in coffee shops.  

- Spend 3 hours each week during the second half of May doing some new research.  I've done a bit of reading here and there, but it's probably only been about 3 hours total instead of 3 hours a week.  

So not a perfect month, but it has been an eventful one.  I ended another academic year and graded a mountain of final exams and papers.  I took a few days off to relax and reset.  I organized my work spaces and started using a balance ball and standing more while reading and writing.  I tried some new recipes and wines.  I took a little road trip to Madison and ran a half-marathon with a friend.

Most exciting of all: I found out that my sister is going to have a baby and I'm going to be an auntie again!

How was your May?  Did you travel, race, accomplish a professional goal?  I'd love to hear from you!