time to exercise

Vacation and Thanksgiving is over now. It was fun while it lasted. I enjoyed the time off. It was so nice and peaceful. I had Branson this past weekend as well. I had a good friend of mine come into town from her home of Los Angeles to visit her parents so a bunch of us got together for dinner Saturday night. It was just a really nice time off.

Now it is off to the gym today after work to start working off all those desserts I ate over the holiday.

Maybe more later…

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am taking off the rest of the week. I doubt I will do any blogging between now and Monday. Hopefully I will have stories to tell when I get back and I look forward to reading other people’s stories. Until then, I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday. And if you have a chance to see “Walk the Line” go see it, it is wonderful, one of the best movies of the year.

Yuppies Suck.

I hate yuppies and what is even worse are the want-to-be-yuppies. I saw two guys that I know Wednesday evening. They both had on suits and all dressed up. After a little conversation I found out they were not going to a play at the rep, or to any other special occasion where dressing is recommended, they were going to Grumpy’s! Ok so why were they so dressed up, because they wanted to blend in with the rest of the want-to-be yuppies. Yes let’s get dressed up in suits and go out to a bar so no one will guess they we were waiters! Why do you want to pretend that you are something that you are not. You are not rich, you do not wear suits to work every day, you are not financial guru’s, you both are waiters. What do you tell people you do when you go to Grumpy’s? That you are stock market analysts? Do you lie? That is ok that you do because probably most of the people in that place are just like you, lying about who they really are and what they do for a living.

Mundane Life

Yesterday I took a half of day off. It was so nice. I did not sleep in even though I could have; instead I got up and got so much stuff done. I came into work at 1. I got more done in the last 4 hours of the day then I normally get done all day. I was not only busy, which I usually am but I was super productive. I was multi tasking with the finest. Last night was pretty typical of how my life has become so agonizingly mundane; dinner, Barnes and Nobel, and home. That is all about to change. I joined a gym yesterday and can not wait to start using it next week. I will go straight from work to the gym. Tonight I work my second job as well as Saturday morning. So at least for the next couple of days my routine will vary and maybe, just maybe bring the much needed excited to my life.

Question...

I was doing some reading (like usual) and I came upon a question. It was the same question the we all answered for several years on the first day of elementary school…”What did you do this summer?” I started thinking about it and WOW I realized I did not do enough. So I expanded the question so here is the new question for you….

What have you accomplished this year?

yesterday and tomorrow

What a wonderful weekend! I have not had 3 days off from both jobs since June. It was so nice. I got to spend Friday all by my lonesome and I loved it. I did sleep a lot of it away unfortunately; I guess my body was worn out from my schedule earlier in the week. I love working both jobs but it just takes so much out of me. It is really going to get tough when I start work on my masters degree this January. The spring semester I will be only taking one night class but next year I plan on taking much more then that, probably going full time again. It will be tough but it is worth it.

This weekend was also made terrific because I had my wonderful son. He made straight A’s again these 9 weeks. I am so proud of him. He also has a little girlfriend he told me this week. I am unsure how that makes me feel. I guess it is a sign he is getting older and I do not really want him to. We did not do as much as we usually do together. We spent much more time at the house this weekend then normal but we did go out to eat some and rented a movie and went to the UALR basketball game. That was a lot of fun. It was a good game.

I am going to check out a gym after work today. I have to join a gym this week. I have to get back into shape. I still bike a lot but I need to run and to start lifting weights again. No more excuses. I have to start training seriously for the Little Rock Marathon. I want to fun the full distance. I AM going to run the full distance. It will be a nice birthday present to myself. My first marathon completed 11 days before my 34th birthday.

All Moved

I am completely moved!!! I am also mostly unpacked. The spare bedroom could not be used until last night because new carpet got installed yesterday. By this weekend the only thing I will have to do is put up pictures! I am so loving it. I really like my new house. It is smaller then my old house but has more useable space and 3 times more closet space. It is going to be nice living there. Branson loved it also. He loves his room because it is bigger then his old one. He has so much room now to play with his toys. Since he is a bmx racer and loves biking I am going to find some BMX posters and Lance Armstrong posters to frame and hang up in his room. I will also hang his two bikes in his room. I will post some pictures when I get finished.

Everything is a go on me going back to school to get my master’s degree. I will most likely just take one class this spring and start in the fall pretty heavy. Life is going pretty good right now. I am just trying to sit back and enjoy it.