Josey Gregg CAS Blogs

 As the weather has warmed up, it has begun to be the perfect temperature for swimming. Swimming is a pretty critical part of my triathlon training, so I always happy to do it, but it is much more pleasant in warm weather. After a several month winter hiatus of not being in the pool, or really doing any sort of swimming, it was good to be back this week. The water was the perfect temperature and I was able to train in a way that has less of a physical impact, but is still great excercise. This swimming is particularly important because I have an upcoming Splash and Dash. Next weekend I will be swimming 650 meters, then running two miles. Getting back into swim shape is important, because that is a long distance to go, and I will be much less exhausted for the run if I am somewhat prepared.  Because I am only able to swim two times a week, that is not a huge amount of time for me to get back in swim shape. Regardless of this I am prepared to work hard in my practice. I love swi...

Over the past week I spent a lot of time baking. It is one of my favorite things to do to undwind after a long day of school and to treat myself to something delicious. Most of what I was doing was testing recipes that could go in the upcoming box for my business. Since it is the spring season this included lemon cookies and carrot cake cupcakes. While both of these recipes are not extremely difficult, they both require flavors that if done overboard could result in an icky tasting treat. However, I managed to have them turn out delicious with the help of my friend.  Looking back at all the recipes I have tested, and all of the boxes we have made for our business I am so proud of what I have accomplished. There are times when I have been completely exhausted from the immense amounts of baking I have done, but I am also so happy with the completed product.  This business and all of this baking has taught me so much. It would fall under learning outcome 2, because I have faced n...