Holiday Season

Well, I hope you all are having a happy holiday season. Have you put any thought towards your New Year's Resolutions yet? How many will last beyond the six week mark?

Frequent Updates are for suckersssss

How's it going? Long time, no post. Again.

Been really busy with traveling and being sick and now I'm in exam prep mode! Two weeks til my exam is the danger zone. As in, dangerous for anyone who wants to distract me from my task at hand. And if I slack off, I'll feel guilty and take it out on the nearest person!

P90X - Day 32

Well, it's day 32 of my first round of P90X. Half way through my workout, my dvd player officially became dead to me. It won't stop skipping!! arg... Now, I can play the dvds on my laptop but the screen is relatively small and when you're not looking dead-on, you can't see what's on the screen (privacy feature?). I thought I could put off anymore electronics shopping, but it doesn't appear so. Either I buy a new TV that I can hookup my laptop to or a new dvd player. Player is cheaper but will be redundant sooner than a new TV. What to do, what to do.

So anyways, I haven't noticed much of a change weight-wise since I started this program but my massage therapist says that I am doing better than I was. I do feel a bit stronger, but the extra muscle (?) remains hidden under my extra insulation. My plan is to get stronger and more flexible before starting up my running and triathlon training again. Sometimes I wonder if I will do another triathlon. It's different when you're not in a group that obsesses over training for a race... makes one less focused on the training, I guess. Not that I wish to ever be part of a group like that again.

Jet set

Back from Kelowna only 18 hours and my next trip is booked already. Going back to the East Coast for work again in two weeks. After that, back to Vancouver before the end of the month for a concert. Hopefully, November will entail no traveling as it's really disruptive to my part-time job aka the CGA program. December looks quiet too but that's still few months away.

How many trips does it take before the security people at the airport start to know you on a first name basis?

And who messed up my condo while I was gone? I swear I'm going to fire the maid one of these days...

Between work and school and working out, I barely have the time to keep this place clean. My co-workers are lucky I take the time to shower some days! ha! And to think, I was considering getting a part-time job at some point, but I think that will have to be after I figure out how to squeeze in an extra 12 hours into the day.

So many time zones, so little time.

Working out again

I just completed day 13 of P90x. 13 of 90 for the first round. I'm also following the nutrition plan as a guideline. I'm feeling a bit better already: less bloated, more energy... oh wait... my legs hurt and I'm tired, but from what I've read about others' experiences with this program, is that it goes away after a while. I also plan on running 3x a week for 20-30 minutes on my treadmill. Everything is at my fingertips, so no excuses!

Do your best and forget the rest!


PS. If you're really nice, I may put up pictures of my progress.

Success! or Cheese Part III

Third or fourth time is the charm. I was finally able to bring home the cheese from Kelowna... Now, to eat it before it expires... Stay tuned for more cheese adventures.

Everything's better with cheese

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Fun Quote of the Day

"Sometimes cheese tastes like barf." - N. Platte

Do you plan your day?

Do you plan out what you want to accomplish each day or do you drift along, seeing what shows up? I've started a new morning routine which includes setting out the three most important tasks for the day. I think this is going to help me with my procrastination issues.

I'm feeling better now

Things are getting more settled, my back feels better and I'm finally able to workout again! I'm looking forward to a work trip to Boston next month, going to Kelowna/Okanagan to cheer on my friend who's doing Ironman, starting school again, and working out again. I would really like to get into a regular routine, but seem to be unable to so far. I'm going to enjoy the next few weeks before school starts again and start sliding in to a more regular routine for sleep, workingout, groceries, cleaning, etc. I think this will help me make better use of my time and help me to get more things done that I would like to do and have some 'guilt-free' play time.

D-motivated

Feeling like a demotivated lump lately. I hurt my back when I was moving from the house to the condo. It's been 3 weeks and it still hurts almost all the time. This causes me to not work out which makes me more miserable. I need to go to yoga and do something before I achieve rigor mortis while I'm still alive. The problem though, is that I can't get my ass off the couch after I get home from work and I can't get up in the morning. I'm late for work every day. I'm getting fat. I'm feeling sorry for myself.

Am I still experiencing emotional fall-out from the events of 2008?

I feel like I'm in the worst shape that I've been in for years and it's embarassing. People keep asking me about training and that adds to my misery. I feel like a quitter even though it's because of my back. I can't sit on my road or tri bikes, only on my mountain bike and only for a short while. I biked to work today (25 minutes) and my back was just killing me by the time I got to work.

I also can't seem to finish getting my place together. Every day I think about hanging pictures, unpacking boxes and I've unpacked most of my stuff but I'm still not done. Maybe after the fence is replaced, I'll be able to organize the yard.

I just feel so apathetic right now.

Awkward Family Photos

Take a look at these and you will never be ashamed of your own family's photos again. Unless you are on this website.



eta: I obviously don't know how to insert a url at this point, so see the list on the right.

YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Y4keqTV6w

Overwhelmed but only for a few more weeks

So much to do, so little time to do it in. I'm busy trying to train for Ironman, paint my new condo, pack up my old house. Work is really getting in the way, especially since I have to go spend next week in southwest Minnesota for work. The to-do list is a mile long but I'm starting to make some headway.

I think I will be happier in the condo than I have been in the house. I still think I may need some counselling help. That, or just start drinking a lot. ;)

hello? Is this thing on?

More testing

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manana is another day

I get the keys to my new condo in 6 days. I can't wait! I also can't wait to get out of this house and have the move over with. I know now that I should have sold the house last year and I would have saved myself a lot of money. But, that wasn't the right thing for me at that time. I would have felt that I was forced into losing my home and that I would have been miserable if that had happened. So, I need to make peace with the fact that I'm out about $10,000 compared to if I had sold last year and split the cost of the real estate agent.

Cake Wreck

This blog has made me laugh so hard that tears were rolling down my face. This is a hard thing to do when you don't want the whole office to hear you cackle at something hilarious.

More exciting times!

A lot has been going on lately. Not much time for updating but I will try to stay more current with my postings.

Welcome to the new blog

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