What do I want to be when I grow up!?!

I never thought at 30 years old that I would just now decide what to do with my life!  Now don't get me wrong, I've been doing exactly what I have wanted to do for the last 10 years.  I've been a mom.  I don't say that lightly.  I think it is one of the most important jobs and it's one I'll continue to have for the rest of my life.  I have been blessed to have a stay at home job so I could also be a stay at home mom.  I have had ZERO desire over the years to pursue anything else. 

So here I am... Just 30 years old.  My kids will all be in school in August (can I get a holla!!!!!) and I have a good 30+ years left of working left to do.  I'm not sure I'd be content working for Homeaway.com for the next 30 years.  It's a great company to work and I feel completely blessed to have had this job now for 8 years, but 30 more years????

So this weekend I was given the most amazing opportunity to attend the Shape Magazine, Oakley Progression Session and then run in the Diva Dash the next day.  What the Progression Session included was:

* Mass Boot Camp
* Yoga Class
* Nutrition Seminar with Recipe Demo
* Access to a pop-up Oakley Store to see the latest products
* Product giveaways, photo opps, delicious lunch and more!  

PLUS, the opportunity to interview to become an Oakley Ambassador.  

So I brought my friend Gretchen with me Friday and she snapped this picture of me interviewing.  You can tell I'm pretty into it!  :)  Come on, I was trying to sell my charm!

Don't they look completely engaged!?!  hahaaha!  :)

 

Great group of women!

So I didn't win as Oakley Ambassador.  But I did walk away with some awesome Oakley stuff!

How's that for advertisement Oakley!?!  Should have picked me for Ambassador!  I would have been awesome!  :)  (note: the towel is dirty from the bootcamp we did in the mud!  Yep, hard core!)

We also learned some awesome yoga moves as well!

Gretchen and I were pretty beat after Friday with all of the fun in the sun!  But we were up and at em early Saturday morning to race it up!

Oh yay, we are always ready!

Before I go on, I must tell you that Gretchen has never ran a 5k...... Let me rephrase that.  Gretchen has never ran 3 miles in her life ever.  Yes, that's how hard core she is!  Never ran ever, and she's out here running with this crazy!  That's why I love this lady!

The day could not have been more perfect!  The obstacles were a blast and I felt nice and strong for each one.  The run however.... My legs wanted to give out halfway through.  Probably because I haven't been running a whole lot lately and probably because of the crazy day we had on Friday.  But either way, every race is a fun race!

I shared this on facebook.  This was on the Diva Dash facebook page!  Pretty cool huh!?!  :) 

Then Gretchen's husband Matt took these other photos.  Yep, that's totally my butt in the first one!  hahah!

 

Awesome weekend in deed... But it's left me really wondering what I want to do with my life.  I mean what I really wanted was to win as Oakley Ambassador.   But as Lysa Terkurst said "I can rest in the assurance that if something is meant to be, it isn’t up to me. It’s up to God. I give what I can give. And then wait for Him to give what only He can give."  So I'm at the stage of giving what I can give, and waiting for what only He can give!

I stumbled upon this quote this morning.  All day long I think about encouraging others to continue on their fitness journey's.  That all it really takes is a choice... A choice to be what you want and go for it.  And that does not mean it is without pain and it isn't always fun.  But it's always worth it.  I decided I needed to start taking my own advice for once in the area of my life and my future!

I don't know yet what the future has in store for me.  But I do know that I can sit on my butt and wait for something to happen, or I can go for it.  I decide.....