Another week down...

I ended up sticking to my training plan this week, and just making up any miles I couldn't for-real run on the elliptical (going straight onto the elliptical from the track so I was still "going" the whole time without a break)--3 and 3 for 6 on Thursday, and 3 and 5 for 8 yesterday. I think 8 miles is my threshold for needing something more than water or the essentially calorie-free Powerade electrolyte mix-ins I found. I still haven't found a non-disgusting flavor of Gatorade, so maybe I'll stop by the running store out here (I found one in Southgate--ten or so minutes away--but I haven't been yet.) and see if they have any suggestions.

Here's what this week looks like...

Monday--off!
Tuesday--3 miles (outside!), weights or core (probably core to save myself a trip to the gym)
Wednesday--swim
Thursday--3 miles running, 4 miles elliptical
Friday--bike, weights
Saturday--swim
Sunday--3 miles running, 6 miles elliptical

This week's cooking adventure consisted of hosting a barbecue for my family. The menu looked like this:

• grilled pork tenderloin with a store-bought cinnamon chipotle dry rub (Thanks to my dad, I also learned how to regulate the temperature of my grill. Mine's charcoal, not gas, so I thought the only settings were "lit" and "not lit." It turns out that you can make it less hot by closing the vents partway. Good to know.)
• buffalo-style green beans
• southwestern baked beans
• chocolate cheesecake (I used chocolate graham cracker crumbs because I couldn't find the pre-crushed Oreos and I was not about to scrape the filling out and crush my own. I also subbed Hershey's Special Dark cocoa for the regular cocoa.)

I was really pleased with how everything turned out, and everyone else seemed to like it too.

In totally unrelated news, I'm getting settled in here and and I'm slowly but surely learning my way around. (Heh, I no longer have to Mapquest or GPS my way to Meijer.) The Henry Ford called out of the blue the week I moved and said they had another part-time stack assistant position (which is what I interviewed for earlier in the summer) open up and they wanted to offer it to me! I, of course, accepted and I go to orientation on Thursday. I guess we get to tour the whole museum and Greenfield Village, which will be fun since I haven't been to either in years. I'm still looking for another part-time gig to supplement this one, though, which brings me to the next bit of unrelated news...

I went on an interview at the DIA (for a position in their research library) on Friday! I think it went well and I'm feeling pretty optimistic about it, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. :)