The Beginning

The Beginning [of this blog]

Hello everybody! If you are reading this, chances are you are randomly looking up blogs OR you are a really nice friend who saw my links on twitter and Facebook. Either way, I want to take the time to thank you for reading my first post ever. As the title states, I am a nerd, I am a runner, and I am an animal lover. I live in Pennsylvania, so be prepared to hear about my life amongst the hills and the Amish.

Background Information

For those of you who do not know me, My name is Danielle. I am currently a college student majoring in Mathematics. Strange, I know, but I'm a wizard with numbers and it is my passion. Besides math, I also love my family, my friends, my pets, and doing everything I can for other people. I am currently an active member of the service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega which allows me to act upon my love for helping others in as many ways as possible. In the past I was involved in National Honor Society, 4-H, ski club (college and high school), pre-vet society, physics club (I'm a nerd, I know), and my church's youth group. If you read all of that and thought "wow, she is such a nerd" then you are 100% correct. I have been a nerd my entire life and I fully embrace the fact that I am far from normal.

Running

As far as running is concerned, I began running my sophomore year in high school in order to stay "in shape" for softball, and again for volleyball. Eventually my love for running won me over and I quit volleyball to join my high school cross country team. My CC team was my family. As if I didn't love running enough to begin with, running with them made me love it even more. My senior year I got a sever case of Senioritis. This led me to stop all physical activities after my CC season. I also ate food like it was my job. Needless to say I gained a few pounds. At graduation I was actually 200lbs. I think this is the first time I've ever admitted that. I knew I was overweight and began running again. I am proud to say that I have lost 45lbs since then. Being a college student I do go through phases where I stop exercising/running for a while, but I always go back to it. I'm glad I began running, it has become a little piece of my soul that I will never fully give up. 

Animal Loving

In the early years of my life, I told my parents I wanted to grow up and be a veterinarian. For years they waited for me to change my mind. It wasn't until this past semester, 20 years into my life, that I decided I didn't want to be a veterinarian. However, that doesn't mean I don't have a passion for animals. Currently I have a dog, a cat, rabbits and chickens at home that I love and adore. I also go out of my way to involve them in my life and to pet every furry creature I ever cross paths with. Even though I don't plan on going into a profession involving animals, I plan on making them a part of my life for the rest of my life. Also, keep in mind that I was in 4-H for seven years and a biology major for a year and a half, so I am fairly knowledgeable about animals if you have any questions that need answered.

The Future Blogs

Finally, a few things about this blog. If you plan on following me and reading my blog I want you to know exactly what you are getting yourself into. Seeing as I am a nerd and a runner, I will mostly be giving advice about things such as study habits, time management, exercise, running, and nutrition. You're probably wondering why I haven't mentioned being an animal lover in relation to my posts. Seeing as I do not know how to relate animals to everyone's lives, I will instead only talk about animals in the case of a request by my readers. That and I will probably throw a few little pictures of animals into my posts or on the sideboards every once in a while.

If the above appeals to you, and you wish to know more, bookmark this page and tell your friends all about it! You can read my blogs at nerdsrunnersandanimallovers.blogspot.com. I will do my best to post new blogs at least once a week. If I get really into it there may be a new blog once every other day. I hope you are interested and plan on visiting again. I hope you have a wonderful time browsing the web!

Stay Sweet,
Danielle Renee