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Well, I will start off with my incredibly exciting news: I will have a NEPHEW in late May! When I was visiting home this fall my sister told me she was pregnant, and I was shocked and so happy. Since she has two stepdaughters, I knew her and her husband wanted a boy. Today they learned they were having one, and I’m so happy and excited for them! I just want to start buying tons of stuff!<\/p>\n

Where has the time gone? I can’t believe we’re already a few weeks into the New Year!<\/p>\n

Dan and I have been keeping busy sticking to our new year’s resolutions. And we’ve been doing a great job! We’ve successfully cut out dairy from our diets and don’t miss it TOO much. The other night we had chicken soft tacos for dinner and I really missed cheese!<\/p>\n

Dan and I signed up for 2 races to keep our running on track. The first one is the Run for Hops race in Kona Hawaii. Yes, we are running a race on vacation! I signed up to do the 5k, and Dan is doing the 10k. The other race we signed up for is the Disneyland half marathon in California in September. I’m so excited and nervous about this! We did a half marathon in Seattle for my 25th birthday, and it was hard and exhausting and I ended up with a stress fracture in my foot. I chalk all that up to not training well. <\/p>\n

This is Dan and I after the Rock n Roll Seattle half marathon. We were exhausted and my foot was killing me! Thank you to Dan’s mom who took this picture!
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So anyway, those 2 races are my goals right now. In addition to running, I’m still going to ballet twice a week and getting in some time on the elliptical at our local gym. So far I’m down 7lbs for the new year and Dan has lost some weight as well! I have about 39 more pounds to lose to get back to my weight in college, which is my goal for the next year or so. At the rate we’re dieting and exercising I think I can do it! Also, this weekend Dan and I came across a sale at a sporting good store and got some nice running gear. American brands are so expensive here, so it was nice to find a good deal! One of my new running tops is long sleeved and blue, so I will wear that on my run today in honor of my new nephew to be! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

But enough about healthy stuff! Dan and I have also been spending time with friends which is always fun. We tried a new ramen shop in Harajuku with our friend Ai, and saw Mission Impossible 4 and had some sushi with our friend Ryan.<\/p>\n

Trying on silly hats in Kichijoji!
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Our friend Ryan. He’s the coolest
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Dan and I at Kappa Sushi with Ryan in Mitaka
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I also have a job interview tomorrow! It’s for a teaching position at an English school. I had my hopes set on getting a job in public relations or advertising, like my education and work experience, but it’s just too tough when I don’t know enough Japanese! So hopefully that goes well tomorrow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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