Slept in this morning

Last night was my last Tuesday night class for 8 weeks. We had a lot of fun and it took a lot out of me. When I got home last night I was hungry so I ate a small dinner. The problem with that is I can not go to bed right after I've eaten. Normally I don't eat when I come home from class but last night I was really hungry. The result is that I stayed up later then I should have and slept in later then I should have this morning. So no morning workout. When I come home tonight I will have to do something so as not to blow my 30 days 3 days in.

I'm already enjoying this new found free time. School took up a lot of my time, attending classes, doing assignments, etc. So I don't want to waste this new free time doing nothing. I have some knitting I've been working on, maybe I'll take that back up again. I did notice that all my scrapbooking stuff is out in the studio. Maybe my pictures will be my project during the break. Oh, I like that idea. I've made great progress starting to get the pictures organized, I should continue that and get the scrapbooks done that I want to. Between that and working on my photography I think I can amuse myself for 8 weeks.

Day 2 of 30

I'm a Biggest Loser fan. When it first come on 6 years ago (I think) I thought it was absolutely the stupidest idea ever. I did not watch the first couple of seasons. Then I think I caught part of the 3rd season and thought it was pretty good. I watched the 4th season and really enjoyed it. By the 5th season I was hooked. I was so happy when Alli won. Yea!! A woman!!! Then they did the first families and it was pretty good. Now the newest season is couples, I think that's what it's called. Anyway, the thing I love about the Biggest Loser is not that the people lose an incredible amount of weight and change their lives and do it all through eating and exercise. No. Those great reasons are not the reason I watch again and again. The real reason I watch is Jillian. I would kill to have her as my trainer. I love the way she pushes the contestants and won't take excuses. I love that because most people are capable of much more then they do but they don't push themselves. It takes someone like Jillian to force you to step outside your comfort zone and push your limits. So Jillian is the reason I turn back to the Biggest Loser over and over and over.......

Well, a couple of weeks ago it hit me that I just work out better with DVDs. During strength training I do not push myself as hard as I could. In fact, if I'm following a routine that is written on paper, no matter how hard this workout may be I will not break a sweat. That's how easy I take it. But if I'm following a DVD I will do exactly what they are doing if it kills me. I realized this and then thought, why fight it?? If it works for me go with it. So I started looking around for some new DVDs. Wait for it....You know it's coming..... I found Jillian's DVDs. I bought a 5 box set and then a separate one. I actually thing I purchased a duplicate of this set. It should be here in a couple of days so I'll see. I did the first workout today, Cardio Kick boxing, and it kicked my butt. That's what I want. I'm very pleased and can't wait to try the rest of them.

I'm excited and I'm tired. I think I'm heading off to bed.

It really is all about me

School is basically over. I have 2 more classes to attend and 2 more presentations to make, which are done. So now it's back to me. I'm going to focus on eating and workouts for the next 8 weeks. I'm very excited. For the last 12 weeks I felt like I've been pulled in a hundred different directions. I'm glad it's easing up a little. Of course, it's only an 8 week break. Then it's another semester. It's tough. But it's not going to last forever and if I plan better next semester things should go better.

Okay, nuff said. I'm going to finish watching Desperate Housewives and head off to bed to get started focusing on me :)

It looks like a beautiful day

Yesterday afternoon and last night were rainy and cold, it was terrible. When I got up this morning it was a little rainy, but now it's cleared up and it looks gorgeous. I have a run on the schedule but the rain made me change my mind, now I'm thinking about it again. Of course, since it rained and now the sun is shining brightly it will be very humid. I had running in humidity. Hmmmm....what to do, what to do........Not much else on the agenda today. I got all my work finished so today is cleaning house and relaxing. Yea!!!!

On a totally different subject, I've been looking around for a small business opportunity for hubby for when we move. I'm looking for something he can do from home basically. I'll be teaching, which is incredibly portable and needed everywhere, but he's more a handyman type. I don't know that where we'll be living will have a call for that type of stuff. Oh well, I've been searching the web trying to find something that isn't a rip off.

Okay, I have to decide what I'm going to do and go do it. Tempus fugit.

Yet more changes...

So what do you think about the background?? I kind of like it. It seems to load pretty quick and doesn't slow things down. I really rather like it a lot. I like having a clean template but it was getting boring quickly. I really didn't want to change templates because I like these colors and it does load quickly and work well. I think the background is a great compromise. Let me know what you think.

I'm almost finished with all my school work and I'm so excited I can hardly stand it. I have one more presentation to put together. I was just taking a little break from school work to cruise the blogs. One of the blogs was talking about the importance of life insurance. I don't have any and I know I should and it's one of those grown-up things that I have to take care of, I just never seem to get around to it. Besides, it seems like life insurance quotes are always changing. I don't know what to do. It's one of those things I'll think about later. How did I get on the this subject???

Okay, I'm off to finish my presentation so that tomorrow I can lie around reading all day. I can't wait :)

The weekend is going exactly as planned

I've been planning this weekend for about 2 weeks now. Not that I had any great, amazing plans but I had things I wanted to get done and I'm doing it. Thursday I got half a ton of school work done. Yesterday I got out to the Bodies exhibit and a quarter ton of school work done. Today I have the final quarter to complete and then I can completely relax tomorrow. Woo Hoo!!!!

I've also learned some very important things recently. First, for some reason I've been having trouble getting up in the morning. The last couple of days I've realized what's going on. I still wake up at my regular time, 4:30ish, but roll over and go back to sleep. That second sleep, so to speak, is the sleep that makes me feel drugged out and yucky. If I got up when I naturally woke up I would feel a lot better. So I definitely need to start doing that.

Second, if I have a solid plan I stick to it. I knew that but this weekend has proved it in spades. I literally had my days mapped out by the hours and it worked. Yesterday when I went to Bodies - The Exhibition I had set a time limit of 2 hours. I had no idea how big this exhibit was and I knew I wasn't going to rush through it, but I figured 2 hours was more then enough time. As I went through the exhibit, reading every card, studying every system of the body, I never looked at my watch once. When I walked out it was almost 2 hours to the minute from when I entered. I then came home and although I wanted to take a little nap, the plan was to work on school work and that's exactly what I did. What this tells me is that when I set something in my mind it will happen.

What does this all mean?? It means that starting right now I will plan the next day the night before and review it in my head. I will have the schedule set and it will happen. Then, I will get up when I wake up in the mornings. I will not roll over and go back to sleep. Of course, if I have it set in my head that I will get up, I will.

Once I finish the school work I have left today, and the assignments are the same for both classes so I only have to do it once :), I will be done with school except for actually going on Tuesday and Thursday night. A mere formality. So it will be time to shift my focus from school work to some fun stuff, running, photography, etc. I am looking forward to the physical and mental break from attending classes and studying. I have almost 2 months off and I'm looking forward to that.

Okay, now I have to go do my strength training. That's what's on the schedule :)

Happy Thanksgiving

Well, it turned out to be a pretty darn good day. I got up this morning and did my strength training followed by 30 minutes of intervals on the elliptical. That was followed by a 3 1/2 hour session of schoolwork. I had 10 assignments that need to get done in these 4 days. Today I got 5 of them done. Yes!!! I was so pleased with myself I decided I earned a nap. 45 minutes later I was getting our part of Thanksgiving dinner ready. Once that was all done we got ready and headed over to our friends. It was fun. That group is always a little different and always a good time. After dinner though I was ready for another nap. We left there around 8 and I'm now vegging in front of the TV. I'm heading off to bed soon.

Overall a very good day. Hope yours was good too.

Things are so-so

I really think I'm just burned out from school and all. I have a hard time getting up in the morning. Once I'm up I'm fine but the actual getting out of bed is the toughest part. Also, at work I've been scrubbing the floors by hand. The lab is pretty good sized and the floors are really, really bad. I've been on my hands and knees scrubbing them. I think the physical labor is getting to me. Scrubbing floors is hard work. Anyway, I'm glad it's Wednesday. I'm glad I have a 4 day weekend. Oh, the other thing that's really dragging me down is the school work. I'm behind in my one class, a lot behind, and that weighing on my mind is wearing me down. When I have something like that it feels like a giant weight on my shoulders. Until I start doing something about it, it's going to just weigh on me and create an inertia that's not good. But this weekend I shake all that. Starting tonight I'm going to get all my work done so that I am finished. There is only one more meeting of each class left and by Sunday night all the work for both will be done. I'm definitely looking forward to that. I'm also going to get a lot of working out in. And I'm going to see the Bodies exhibit. That I can't wait for. I'm going on Friday morning cause I'm hoping everyone else will be shopping :) Okay, I think I've rambled enough. Time to get moving.

A good day....

Got up early this morning and did my strength training. I've ordered some DVD's and I'm hoping they come in before the long weekend. I would like to use the 4 days off to mix things up a little bit and try some new stuff. Keep your fingers crossed for the next 2 days.

My thief druggie neighbor is working on a car right outside my computer room window. That just pisses me off. I hope they don't plan on working too late. I only have bamboo blinds on the window that faces his house and my cockatoo doesn't like shadows at night. Hopefully they will tire of the car soon as they do with most things. Oh!! The sprinklers just went on and it seems to have driven them away. Yea!!!

I'm sleepy. I'll probably head off to bed early since I want to get up and run in the morning. Actually, I want to do about 30 minutes on the elliptical and then go for a run. I have to go now. Dinner is ready :)