Updates and The Boyfriend! :)

Hello Blog Land...





It has been a long while! Well... seems like it at least! I feel like I should update... well... cuz it's necessary. Last week was Spring Break. You know what that means... my trip to Texas! It was sooo much fun! I haven't uploaded all my pics to the computer yet or I would post them now. They will have to come later. In short, the trip was fun, relaxing and a much needed break from most things Tucson!



In other news... because I know some of you are curious. Remember good old number 8 on my list of 10 for 2010? If you don't... it was "go on some dates". Well, I did. No... I lie. I went on one date. That turned into another and another with the same person. We just clicked right away. It is crazy and surreal to think about really, because that first date was less than three weeks ago and it seems SO much longer. So you're asking... who is this mystery man? His name is Chris. We met when I was forced into that whole online thing that I have always been skeptical of... but he wrote to me, caught my attention and a few weeks later we haven't spent much of our free time (haha) apart. Well... minus a small jaunt to Texas I took. Ask the girls I went with though... I was that obnoxious one texting the whole trip. I am not going to sit here and write all of the details because whatever you need to know, you can learn in person. I just wanted to clear things up for those who were confused. I am VERY happy and extremely lucky that someone I click with so well and makes me so happy has come into my life. If you think this is all fast and odd... I get that. Let me quote my mom (because yes, she has met him)... sitting on the couch at her house she looks at us and said "are you sure you have only known each other only a week, it really doesn't seem like it!". There ya go. Okay... that's all I've got for tonight! Peace Blog World! :)

Cat Crack, Anxiety and First Dates

Oh Hello Blog World! It has been a long long time! I am blogging today to try to clear my mind! My head is going a million miles a minute and I seriously feel like I am going to have an anxiety attack. So, I figured... what would cure that? Type it out, and have a glass of wine. We'll see how my plan works. Before I go any further I have to share a fun picture first... Every night when I crawl in bed, Gremlin decides it's crazy time... she grabs on to her catnip cane and gets all crazy... it is hilarious!

Okay... so in other news. I had an amazingly fun and crazy weekend last weekend. But, due to that fact, I didn't get much done as far as work (house, personal, school)... so I started the week way behind the gun. I think that is the root of my problems! My table at work is a mess, I have to be out all day tomorrow for a meeting, I have photos I am still editing that need to get distributed, I am going to Texas in a little over a week and have a lot to do before then... I am just a lil' stressed!

Oh so hey. In even other news... I have a friend who ... can I say forced...? ya, forced me into joining an online dating site with them. I have done this before and I always have looked at it as kind of a joke. Well, tomorrow I am actually going on a date. Yikes! I have been talking to this guy for like the last two weeks and he seems pretty cool. He even put up with my friends and I drunk dialing him at 3am this weekend and giving him the third degree... haha! Guess we will see how tomorrow goes. It's been a long time since I have been on a date and actually taken it seriously. But, I always do hate first dates... they can be SO awkward! Cross your fingers for me that it isn't.

Okay... I think that is all I have in me for tonight... I do feel a little better. Yay for a successful de-stressing plan. Goodnight!

Phototime!

So... after all of these years of taking pictures... I finally have figured out how to do something that has been holding me back creatively. Aperture... (ie... where the subject of the photo is clear and the rest of the photo is blurry to create a strong contrast). I am so excited. By no means am I near an expert at this now, but to figure it out all on my own and get a start makes me happy. I have my hands on Geo's camera and was able to take some cool shots... check them out... some are much better than others...

And... there ya have it! :)

Wow, it's been almost a week since I last blogged! Time is just flying by... I think with all the crazy wind and weather this last week, the days flew away with the wind!

This week the most significant thing that has happened is that I have absolutely fallen 100% back in love with working out. I am in that "addicted" kind of place. It is wonderful. The scale isn't moving much... but I think that may be muscle toning up first... hopefully... because I am doing everything right. Lots of water, healthier food choices, and of course lots of working out. I got 5 days straight in last week... took Friday off. I went to the gym this morning. Then, cleaned ALL day... which was much like an all day work out. Next week I am going to cut the calories way back in hopes of getting the scale moving. I am feeling wonderful. Better than I have in a long time. I am more revitalized every morning when I wake up, I have more and more energy every day too. Today is obviously a testimony to that fact...

At work this week I had a student who struggles daily to read, focus or anything of the sorts, have an AMAZING week. It made me feel awesome at the end of this week when this student read me their entire reading test, and, ACE it! I hope they keep it up through this next week... I know they felt good about their week and I was so proud of this student.

Okay, I do have more to say... but I am so going to fall asleep sitting here... I am exhausted! Off to bed!

Motivation, Progress and Roomies...

So... though my resolution was a good one... I think writing every day is just excessive. I have more, and more interesting things to say if I write less often.

Today I went to the track and walked (with a few bursts of running...) a couple miles with a friend. That was fun. I almost talked myself out of going because I was in the middle of something when she let me know she was going. But, I made myself go, and I feel so good that I did. It was a perfect motivator to start my week on the right foot. I am already looking forward to going to the gym tomorrow afternoon.

As far as eating healthy goes? I have definitely not been perfect... gone out with friends a couple times. But, I have NOT had any fast food since I resolved not to have fast food (in my mind Subway does not count, and that was only once). I was just telling a friend yesterday, when I used to get mad, or depressed or whatever ill emotion I was feeling I would get a "whatever, I am going to do what I want" attitude. I was in a really bad mood one night this week and had that exact attitude. I literally was about to pull into a drive through (also because I didn't feel like cooking) and drove away and went home and made dinner. That just shows how in tune with how my emotions affect me I am now... Yay me! So... since I have drank WAAAAY less soda in the last couple weeks, eaten much better and healthier foods and done some, not enough, but some working out... I am going to make myself get on the scale at the gym tomorrow. Hopefully it is good enough news to motivate me further. I have the Spring Break trip as a motivator out there right now too.

What else has been up this week? A slight tiff in the house. What I do love about being my age is that I know how to pick my battles and which to let be. This week was one I chose not to let be. But, I also know how to best express myself, stand my ground and not get overly feisty now. This morning the roomies and I had a lil' chat and resolved the issues hopefully. My roommates are awesome... but conflict is going to arise no matter what when you have three different personalities living under the same roof. We also concluded that it looks like we will most likely be heading in separate directions come May when the lease is up. So... while the search for new roommates is always a battle and doesn't always prove fun, I am fine with this. Over the last year I have lived with four different people, three of whom I had never met before. These three people are all wonderful people and I have had fun living with and getting to know each of them. If it weren't for the roommate situation I would have never met them. I know that in my new search I will meet more new and interesting people. And, maybe over the course of this next year I will get to a point where I won't have to play the revolving roommate game. Maybe... hopefully...

And, with that, my dinner is done. The last bits of my Sunday evening await me. And then in the morning another week. A week that I hope brings more energy, more motivation and just more fun to my wonderful little life!

Puppy Love

Getting back into the swing of things is hard enough on a Monday... but a Tuesday? After a three day weekend? Too tough! Couldn't find the motivation for the gym tonight... :( But, I did eat healthy all day. Yay me. And, I took Kiwi to the dog park... for almost 2 hours... she and her favorite Great Dane, Rocky, played and played. His owner and I are pretty sure they are in love. Haha... true puppy love. I have a picture of them on my phone... which is in the other room... I will post it later. Needless to say, she came home and zonked for the rest of the night. Now... if I could just get in a good few days at the gym I would be hooked again... maybe if I go tomorrow it will jump start me and I have nothing pending on my calendar to side track me from the next few. Okay... I am off to bed. Goodnight.

Something new...

Watch out world... I am on a mission. I am going to teach myself to play the guitar... and I super excited about it. If I could do it with other instruments, I can do this. That is all for today! :)