Sunday, February 28, 2010

The K-O

Went to the doctor today, he prescribed me with some Promethazine-Codeine syrup to suppress my cough for the next few days. Hoping that works cause this is just getting ridiculous. Also, since I have not gotten a decent night's sleep since last week, I am so God damn exhausted. I've been chugging along pretty good all week, but today I am just soooo tired. So tired that I'm having fleeting "a waste of a life" thoughts... which is a complete and total shame considering how good things have been going and how nice a day it is. Aw well. Just took some of the meds, hoping it'll just knock me right out and after a good nap I'll hit the ground running.

Saturday, February 27, 2010

*cough*cough*

Holy. F*cking. Shit. This effing cough will not go away!! And not only is it not going away, but it doesn't seem to be getting any better! It's horrible, I'm so sick of it! It wouldn't be that bad if I was in bed, sick, and wiped out... but I'm not sick! I just have this stupid cough that's utterly repulsive AND suuuuch a pain in my ass. The past few nights I've gotten hardly any sleep cause I've just been up for hours and hours coughing. And then, in the wee morning hours, I re-wake up to cough for more hours. It's exhausting. My throat hurts, my face hurts, my abs are sore, my ears hurt. Uuuuughh. Seriously?! This has got to stop.

Ran 6 whole miles today! Woot woot :D Right back in the swing of things! My legs are already pissed at me though, so I can't even imagine how bad they are going to hurt when I get up tomorrow, but it's whatev. Cause I did it! Not only was today a gorgeous weather day (upper 40s, partly cloudy), but I ran a new course that was great. Ran from home to Liberty Park - 2 miles, took 2 laps around the park - 3 miles, and then ran to the 4th and 9th Trax stop - 1 mile - to ride the train up the hill and then took a nice little few block cooldown walk home. It was really fantastic, I'm definitely going to have to do that again sometime soon. :) Oh! Then I made a delicious dinner... spaghetti and sauted asparagus. Mm. It was so good. Having that again for sure tomorrow!

Aight well. I'm out. Just got a bad case of the sleepies, but I'm headed out on the town with one of my buddies.... Laters!
As it turns out, I believe I have an unusual, unhealthy obsession with Inglourious Basterds... haha I just really really LOVE that movie! It's too good!

Friday, February 26, 2010

50 Degrees

Bought some new music last night... Jon Foreman's Limbs and Branches album AND pre-ordered my Lifehouse's Smoke and Mirrors that comes out on Tuesday!! Can't hardly wait! I bought Jon Foreman on a whim too, I had never heard of him before or anything, but holy shit - he's good. Loooove it.

Can't seem to get rid of my cough. It's driving me nuts!

Saw the weather report for the next 5 days - - high of FIFTY DEGREES. :D That alone made my weekend. TGIF!

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Baaack

I decided that I needed a break from Facebook so I had my friend block it for me for the week (I've got 2 midterms this week as well) and apparently, writing in this blog slipping my mind too! So that's totally my bad... but I'm back :)

Been kinda sick this week. Also have been slacking on my water drinking AND have gotten very very little good sleep. It's been pretty horrible actually, I really hate it. My body was not liking me so much on Tuesday and Wednesday.... Because of all the turmoil, I skipped running on Tuesday afternoon (mainly cause I get zero hours of sleep the night before and literally just crashed on my couch the second I got home - I was like Dead Woman Walking all day long) AND skipped spin class on Wednesday morning (cause when my alarm went off that morning, there was no f*cking way in hell I was getting out of bed - my mind was like, "yeah" but every single other body part unanimously screamed, "f*ck no." So that was that) so by the time today came along, I had to get my running in to stay on track but it was a slow start. Only ran 2 miles instead of the 4 that I should be running... My shin splints started acting up early and I was having a difficult time breathing because of my congestion, so I decided to just cut it short instead of push it and be in incredible pain tomorrow. Ought to just slow back up to speed the rest of this week instead of forcing it and then ending up with an injury or something. Since I rested Tues and Wed though means I've got to run and spin tomorrow and Sat and then save my long run for Sun. Hope that goes well, and hope the weather is good!

Getting excited for spring break! Told my dad that since I hadn't been to any of the southern Utah NPs that I'd really like to take a few days off work to go down there and do all that hiking/biking stuff with him and maybe my bros, but my dad said, "forget your brothers, let's leave them at home and just take your mother!" I said, "even better!" so the three of us are going down there for a few days!! Sooo super excited! My dad sent me the hotel reservation confirmation so I could check the place out and it's going to be B.A. Two major projects for my classes are coming up in these next couple of weeks so I'm going to be working my ass off to get them completed, but once they are done, it's SB and then smooth sailing til the end of the semester! Which actually works out really well cause spring fever comes really fast after SB for me.

In preparation for SB I decided that I needed to try on the swim suit I got last summer aaaaand though I fit into it better, this swim suit is ugly and unflattering as hell. haha I dunno why I ever bought it!! Sooooo I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to do about that, but I do have to say that in it's "unflattering-ness," it's a whole brand new motivation to get back - and stay back - on track to lose way more weight. That's a plus I guess.

Midterm tomorrow in forensic anthropology... guess I should get back to studying, though I have zero motivation to do so and have managed to find anything and everything to do instead of study! haha But now it's time. :(

Until tomorrow! :) Hasta la vista.

Monday, February 22, 2010

"Diamond Stud"

I totally meant to write yesterday and just completely forgot! My bad. This weekend was the absolute BEST weekend I have had in a loooong time! Friday night was amazing, I had such a great time with S and even impressed myself with my mad bowling skills... haha And then Saturday morning breakfast at Roundhouse with A was delicious! Too bad A accidentally forgot about us, but chatting with the owner was pretty sweet. Then work was, well - work. Happened to not get any homework done in the 6 hours I was there... whoops. And then there's Saturday night. Somehow, every single little thing was hilarious and we had the beeest time ever. Went to Red Rock for the first time (while RR wasn't bad, I'm still a much bigger fan of Squatters) with C, D, L, and E and laughed about "doesn't-know-he's-gay-guy" and the "date" that he didn't know he's on. After that, we headed to Bountiful to visit K for the first time in pretty much forever at his friend's party. While it was great to see him - can you say "Douchebag Beach?" Good hell, the guys there were all tools beyond belief. Needless to say, we had a grand ol' time giving everyone nicknames to keep them all straight, such as "Big Red," "Diamond Stud," "Crotch Watch," "Steriods," "CFM#1," "CFM#2," "Skinny Horned Twins," etc. haha It was an epic weekend.

As far as this week is concerned, I've got to get back on track. My eating has been shitty, my training has been going just fine, but the motivation is seriously lacking. I also have been a little over school this last week, so I've got to keep hitting that hard. Need to *actually* make that appointment with my advisor. Aaand I should probably get my ass to confession for the first time in awhile.... That being said, I've got to go study for an exam I have tonight!

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Inspiration

Looooove Pearls Before Swine! Thought this one was pretty good:


Cashew Conundrum

I am kind of a total klutz. I am not usually so klutzy, but maybe because I am a tad too smitten for the first time in long time I am just losing my mind a little. haha Thursday afternoon I spilled a good wave of water into my keyboard at work. When S came to look at it and get me another one, he just stood at my desk, looked at me, and was like, "Really, Amanda?!" He was totally kidding, but I really felt so horrible. Then, Friday afternoon, I was getting ready to go to work and was in some sort of shitty mood for no apparent reason and was snacking on some freshly opened cashews and spilled the entire effing 10 oz container on my carpeted bedroom floor.... After yelling, "F*CK!" I totally just left it there and went to work. And I have to admit, it was a hellova lot funnier to come home to last night. And it's been about 24 hours since that incident aaaand I still haven't cleaned it up. haha I'll get to it!

All I have to say about last night is: :D
It was a greaaaat night. And my mouth still aches from grinning.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Ran 4 miles yesterday in the gym and my legs are noooot happy with me. Shinsplints in both legs fired way back up and are killing me this morning. :( Not a good situation.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Dilemma

Cut my hair? Or grow it out? Everyone I have asked has unanimously voted that I grow it out. It's unbelievable actually! It's also interesting to me because usually I know what I want to do before I make an appointment... but this time, I scheduled the appointment simply because my bangs have been pissing me off and my hair looks stupid. I still don't know what I'm going to do, so I guess tomorrow afternoon we'll have to see!

For the past two nights I have stayed up waaay too late AND slept in til late! WTF. Seriously. It pisses me off just thinking about it and I always regret it. I dunno why I can't just get up at a decent hour, despite the time I went to bed, and stick to that routine. Ugh. Aw well... better luck tomorrow I guess.

An interesting opportunity has presented itself that - though I dreamed about it - I didn't think it would actually be standing right in front of me... aaannd truth be told, I dunno what to do now. haha

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Ash Wednesday. And though it should be a considerably solemn day, I can't seem to wipe this stupid, silly, smitten grin off my chubby face...

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Mardi Gras

So today was Fat Tuesday and I already can't believe it's Ash Wednesday tomorrow. Crazy! But hey, I celebrated with gusto! Though I'm already regretting it cause I'm feeling so sick to my stomach right now... I'm giving up all sweets again this year for Lent so that should hopefully help with my weight loss goals and keep me in shape with the half marathon training.

Went shopping today for a single long-sleeved undershirt that I have been needing, and ended up with two more shirts and a pair of jeans... But hey, both shirts have been deemed "sexy as hell" by the roommate, so I'm golden. And maybe a tad showy... haha But whatev!

Man, I am so distracted. I started this semester so strong, school-wise, and all of a sudden, I guess I've got spring fever. It's NO BUENO! I have a midterm in one of my classes tomorrow and I already have the six test questions and of the six she's going to pick four of us to write short essays on and I've only gotten two of them done! F*ck. It's 10 o'clock the night before and I have absolutely no motivation to continue... I just wanna go to bed cause I'm exhausted. And I dunno why, but that just reminded me that I've got to make an appointment to get my hair cut later this week - or at least my bangs trimmed - cause at this point I just look stupid.

Aight. Guess I'm out. Gonna quit my daydreaming and get this shit taken care of!! Peace.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Right on track..

Ran 5 miles today! Woo hoo. Half-marathong training is - literally - right on track. My knees are feeling a little loose so I gotta go back to icing them pretty regularly once I'm back in SLC, but other than that my shins aren't feeling too bad!

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Valentine's Day Eve

'Twas the night before Valentine's Day and all through the house, the only creature that was stirring was - - MY BROTHER'S BRAND NEW PET LIZARD. So my brother got a new lizard today and it's a BAMF for sure! I proposed he name it Geronimo, but he has yet to decide. haha

So as you can probably tell I came home to visit this Valentine's/President's Day weekend for a little bit. It was a much needed and actually well desevered break to come home for awhile. Not only have I been feeling a tad homesick since it's been 6 or 7 weeks since I've last been home, but I've also been working my ass off this semester to keep on top of things and it's paying off! This weekend came at a great time and I luckily happened to have today off work so I thought I'd come up for a visit. And it's been great! I'm really happy to be here! :)

Today I tried yoga for the first time... my dad does the P90X workouts pretty religiously and today was yoga so I did it with him. It's actually kind of funny because earlier this week I was talking to "that guy" about how I had never tried yoga before but I wasn't in any hurry to either, so it was pretty ironic that 2 days later, my dad asks if I want to join him! As it turns out, I suck at yoga. I did not find an inner peace, my balance is horrible, it really hurt my knees and hip flexors, and I did not find it fun at all. Don't get me wrong, yoga is not as easy as it looks and for anyone who does yoga and loves yoga - kudos to you, man. Caaaause it was simply not my cup of tea.

Watching Inglourious Basterds for the first time tonight too! And it was AMAZING. Nothing like what I had expected, a hell of a lot more entertaining and sooooo incredibly well done! The acting, the score, the cinematography, the story line, the editing.... all stellar. I can see why it was nominated as Best Picture for an Oscar!! And honestly, I kinda hope it wins! Definitely going to have to see that one again... maybe I just ought to buy it... hmm. But anyways, yep, I'd recommend it to anyone!

One last thing - - I'm still smitten as hell this weekend... and it's a great feeling. :D Laters!

Thursday, February 11, 2010

HAPPY

Today has been a freakin' GREAT day. GREAT!! I'm trying to think of something else to say... but no, that really covers it. haha I really can't even remember the last time I was in this GREAT a mood! It's so awesome! :)

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

"I just felt like runnin'..."

Aight. So I went running and talked to *that* guy and now feel a hell of a lot better and less stressed AND smitten. haha Also, with the gorgeous 40 degree weather outside, how can you not be in a great mood?! That is all. :D

Und-ah Pressh-ah

Pressure, pushing down on me, pressing down on you no man ask for...

Yeah. I realized today that I have a ton of shit that I'm behind on this week and not a whole lot of time to take care of it. Later this evening I've got to really crack down and not get distracted and use my time wisely. Aahh I hate being stressed out....

Monday, February 8, 2010

Off right

Aahh - couldn't have started this Monday off better. 7:30 am spin class to work off all the junk I ate yesterday, delicious cup of coffee, and nice steamy shower - all before 9 am. Looks like it's going to be a gorgeous day!! Sun is shining, supposed to be mid-40s today and I'd say it's already there and it's not even noon yet! Sweet. Wish I didn't have to spend 7 of the next 9 hours cooped up inside... Aw well. Tomorrow! I still haven't gotten the new Facebook yet, which is kinda awesome. But at the same time I'm feeling kind of left out! haha

Leg feeling way better today. No pain when I woke up this morning, which is the first time in awhile so I'm glad that little blip is about over. At least, it better be about over.

Aight. Well I gotta get some chow. My blood sugar must be pretty low cause my hands are shaking like crazy.. I also need to wash my dishes and clean my bedroom but I don't know if I'll get around to that today cause my Mondays are go-go-go. Hate that. And also kinda love it... :) Laters.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Oh the fury.

So incredibly f*cking pissed off right now. But you know what, besides the stupid Saints winning, it was a pretty fantastic day today. Man, I'd love to just take someone out right now.

Christmas Day

IT'S [practically] CHRISTMAS DAY TODAY!!!!! I am so so glad today has finally come! I've been counting down the hours til kickoff since yesterday morning and am just sooo excited!! Also, got this day off to a good start; I got a new pound of fresh coffee at RoCo last night - the Peru - and it's pretty damn splendid. :) GO COLTS!!!!

Unfortunately yesterday I didn't have time to strength train. After work I headed straight over to mass (since today is for solely praising the football gods and all their glory haha), then to the grocery store to pick up the Super Bowl goods (BBQ pork sandwiches anyone?), then over to S's for a beer and chat, then RoCo to study til midnight, and fiiiinally home where I chatted with the roommates til ~2am. So it was go go go, I should have just gotten up earlier that morning to get 'er done, but it's whatev. I AM going running for sure today. The sun was just out a minute ago, so I'm hoping it comes back out or is not too chilly so I don't have to make 30 laps in the gym.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Saaaaaturday

At work today, got all my homework here to work on, but it's not really going that well. I'm finding other things to do that are just much more interesting! Which is fine cause I've got all weekend and am going to study with a good buddy at RoCo tonight... but I'd be awesome if I was a little more on top of it. Oh well.

So I've taken the past 2 days off to rest my shin splint/stress fracture and it has been awesome cause it doesn't hurt near as bad as it had been first thing in the morning. But I've got to get going again, I don't like not working out cause then I'm just a cranky-pants and don't feel nearly as good as when I get those endorphins going! Back at it today - just weight training - but we'll see how it
goes.

Last night had a great discussion with the roommates about some shit that has gone down. Actually "great" might be a long shot... it was a much needed discussion that ended well.... but I guess I wouldn't say it was "great." Anyways, there's a lot of changes that we've all got to commit to and actually make happen, and to be completely honest, I have got to stop being such a bitch. Not that I'm even a bitch, but I've just got to cut it out and actually try. As of right now - 11 hours later - I can't entertain the idea cause I'm still pretty damn bitter, so I've got to work on changing my mindset this weekend.

I must have slept funny last night cause today my neck is so sore. I can't think of anything else I did yeste
rday that was weird to cause just the one side to hurt.... but it is actually the side of my neck that I usually hold my phone to my shoulder with. Maybe the fact that I do hold my work phone there in the crook of my neck is finally having an impact - like my PT told me it would - 1.5 years later. Damn it.

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!! Tooooootally cannot waiiiiiiiit!!! Gonna be an awesome game, my Colts are gonna rock the house. Can't wait. Favorite day ever. :D

Friday, February 5, 2010

Effin' Friday

Oh my God, this day... Got off to a horrible start - which is my fault - which in turn has put me in a shitty, pissed off mood. And it's only ten freaking thirty. I hope it turns around... cause I already just want today to be over. Also last night, I had a ton of dreams that were all relevant to today that I hope do not turn out to be true. It was so weird.... Anyways. I hope the day gets better!


Thursday, February 4, 2010

Smitten

So I think I'm kind of twitterpated....

Size of Russia

I still have the headache from last night. The size of freakin' Russia. Uuugh and the thing is, I don't know why! I'm not dehydrated, I'm not malnourished, I've gotten a pretty sufficient amount of sleep this week... I dunno what the hell is up.

Also, after some research I can't decide if I've got a shin splint or a stress fracture... but it is one of the two. I just need to schedule an appt already. Gosh. I keep telling myself that this can't be happening... cause it seriously can't be happening!

I just want to go to bed.

Looong Night

I'm still wide awake, I've got a headache the size of Russia, my leg (where I think I've got that stress fracture) is throbbing, my stomach is upset, I'm restless, my lips are chapped, and my alarm goes off in less than 6 hours... It's gonna be a long night.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

WEDNESDAY

Is it seriously only Wednesday? Geez these last few weeks have been going by so incredibly slow... I guess it's kinda nice, but on days like today it's like, "seriously?!"

Good news! Met with my favorite professor about getting some research experience under my belt and getting mentored by her for - *fingers crossed* - grad school and she agreed!! So now that I'm realizing that graduation is actually coming sooner than I expected it, I need to start being more proactive and competetive about my college career and kick it into gear. Lots of work and research to come, but hopefully it will all pay off in due time. Which reminds me, I need to meet with my advisor about taking the GRE... hmm... No more f*cking around!

Bad news! I think I have a stress fracture in my right tibia. Yeah. It does suck, I know. It's been bugging me for the past 2 weeks and has not gotten better. BUT since it was just yesterday that it dawned me to do some research about it, I read how I can help it so I think I'm going to try that for a little bit before making a doctor's appt. Which maybe actually isn't a good idea, but I suppose I don't want to admit to myself that my leg is screwed and this half-marathon training is going to have to wait for awhile.... caaaause honestly, it can't wait for awhile. Damn. So pretty much, I'm hoping that gets fixed magically.

Yesterday I had to do some light grocery shopping and decided to get a rotisserie chicken to have for dinner last night and pretty much for meals the rest of week. Best decision ever. Not only is it delicious, but it's cheap and will go a long ways AND I'll get a suffient amount of protein! It's all good. Definitely going to have to plan that into my meals, cause it was pretty brilliant, if I do say so myself :)

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Cha-ching.

I just remembered how to send posts from my phone! So I had to try it out to make sure I've got it down. More random thoughts to come! :)

Downfall

So I have figured out that my greatest weight loss weakness is pizza. Not donuts or chips or pre-packaged products, but PIZZA. Ah man, I love pizza, crave it 24/7. Damn it!

Monday, February 1, 2010

TGIFebruary

Okay, so "TGIFebruary" wasn't my idea - - I saw it on someone's facebook status today and thought to myself, "Amen" and figured it was a good title for today's blog.

I decided I ought to write on here more often. Mainly because it makes me feel better when I do, getting my thoughts/frustrations out in, I guess you could say, a postive way. Today was pretty sweet. Loooong as hell, but really can't complain. Oh, except for that I can't believe I'm not in bed yet... haha

Dunno what's up with me these past few days, been in kind of an emotional slump - but making sure I come off as "okay" or even "good," which I've been good at portraying the past few years. It just comes easily anymore. What the f*ck am I doing with my life? Nothing. Once, yet again, it's all a f*cking waste... A failure.

Thank God it's February. Mainly cause I'm over winter and glad that time is flying. But at the same time... Oh my God, it's February. Again. F*ck.

"I just got lost, and slept right through the dawn, and the world spins madly on..." ~The Weepies