I think I left off last time I wrote talking about possibly taking some classes at Spokane Falls Community College this quarter. Well, I'm doing that! I'm taking Communications 101 in the evening on Monday and Wednesday and Business 101 online. I've got to say, I really wish I would have taken these classes the first time around when I was getting my AA instead of random fillers. But oh well, better late than never, eh? I probably have better life experiences by now to do better in these classes now anyways.
I forgot how busy life was when I was working full time as well as going to school! Although, not unlike my class choices, I feel I am much better prepared to handle the challenge this time around.
Today I hit the peak of my frustration. Nothing at work is going smoothly this week, from having way too many time-off requests to deal with while writing my schedule, to training a new management crew, I have had my hands FULL. Week 3 of school is apparently the official week to start loading on the homework...greeeeeaaaaaat. My favorite thing ever. On top of all that, I am fighting a head cold, and can't seem to get my sleeping schedule on track, leaving me feeling groggy and cranky far more often than I would like to admit.
Luckily for me, I was an extremely moody teenager. Anyone who knew me in high school can back me up on this: from depression to heights of joy in a matter of minutes. It was not fun for me (or the guys I dated). Since I have always been a problem solver, I decided to fix this very unpleasant quality in myself. It took a long time, but eventually I became an expert at diagnosing what was really bothering me and how to fix it, if possible, or sometimes all I could do was put a positive attitude on it. So today, I figured out what was really bothering me.
Thoughts: I am feeling overwhelmed, I can't do this work/school thing again. I'm going to fail out of classes again. I'm going to have a melt-down.
Reality: I have plenty of time to do both work and school. All summer long I was bored out of my mind just working, which is why I decided to take on the challenge of two classes in the first place.
So why am I freaking out? I miss my friends. I feel like I am missing out on having so much fun with you guys! I spent the entire summer hanging out with all of you either disc golfing or playing pool and it was a blast! Granted, I was spending way too much time at the bar having a ridiculously good time (not saying that's a bad thing, just realized it was not the most productive use of my time).
Solution: Friday is my friend day. I hereby pledge to do no homework or spend extra time at work on this day. Ta-daaaaaaah! I feel better already.
So to any of you reading this, please don't feel left out or ignored if I forget to text you back, or can't go out on a week night. I will sincerely TRY to hang out with you whenever I can, but some days that will simply be impossible. Please be patient with me as I try to find a healthy balance of my time between work, school, homework, and social time. Miss you all. :)
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Work Shoes
Tonight started out harmless enough. I was browsing my favorite site Amazon.com for a new pair of work shoes since my nike airs are acquiring holes after 2 years of great service. No big deal.
When suddenly!
...those are NOT work shoes. But to be fair, my favorite pair of ankle boots do have a hole in them...
no, no, no, focus! Work shoes.
you said rain boots, right?
When suddenly!
...those are NOT work shoes. But to be fair, my favorite pair of ankle boots do have a hole in them...
no, no, no, focus! Work shoes.
you said rain boots, right?
not even these? Come ON.
Accidentally moving to the boot section is proving to be a big mistake right about now.
Fortunately for my wallet, my budget for this month and next is already used up do to the Daniel Tosh stand up show Kourtney and I are going to in a couple weeks in Seattle, and the $300 I'm gonna have to shell out for text books this quarter. Ick. But a girl can dream of beautiful boots, right? And just in case I happen to stumble into some more cash, I saved these in my wish list ;)
After literally hours of searching (I am VERY picky about my work shoes) I found a pair of Nike airs identical to the very ones that are going out on me right now, but in blue instead of pink. Perfect.
I'll just jump over to the check out now...what are THOSE????
Crappity crap crap crap. Avengers Vans. OF COURSE I WANT THOSE. Just look at how perfect they are! And I adore Vans. And the Avengers.
So now I have this problem of whether I would like to look like an adult or not.
My first instinct is no, but my managerial side is telling me to go for the tennis shoes. I don't know what to do.
And yes, I did just write a blog about my shoe problems, you are just going to have to deal with it.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
hello august
I was supposed to be asleep 2 hours ago...HA HA. Good one Beth, good one. I'm going to blame it on the heat? Or maybe that rockstar I had too late. But I had to have some caffeine to stay awake during Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters...duh.
Well, no matter the reason, here I am; still awake. It's really not that big of a deal, I'm trying to reset my sleeping schedule to fit my upcoming work schedule here in a couple of weeks when school orders start at work. For those of you that don't know, the next 9 months will consist of me waking up an extra hour and a half early (noooo say it's not so!) to go into work and make 50ish pizzas for the high school lunches. It's so much fun. (not really) But it could be worse. I could still be at my old store where I had to make pizzas, subs, pasta, AND chicken on a daily basis. Don't miss those school orders at all! Buuut I do have another 2ish weeks to get my sleeping figured out, so tonight doesn't matter that much.
My plan was to right about my workout/diet so far, but this summer I've been SO bad at keeping a regular schedule, so now you get to hear all about my failures and justifications instead.To be fair, I do swim or disc golf on a daily basis so I'm keeping active, but I have only ran a handful of times in the last 2 months. :/
I bought a bike! The original plan was to sell my car and bike to work the rest of summer/fall, but after one 6 mile ride home, I was sure I was going to die. I was literally crying riding my bike up that last hill to my apartments. Now that I think about it, I haven't even been on a bike since I was at least 15. I got my license 8 days after I turned 16 so I know I never got on a bike after that. I just figured it was, you know, like riding a bike. (It's not.) At least not where those mysterious bike riding muscles are concerned. So the new plan is, keep my car, and gradually work up to the 6 mile mark. Maybe by next summer I'll be in decent enough shape to ride to work, or at least the much closer Spokane Falls Community College...
Wait, what? Oh yeah, I registered for classes today! Well, one class. It's in the evening and fits around my work schedule which is a freaking miracle. I figured I can try one class from all areas I'm interested in this year and (fingers crossed) I'll find one I just LOVE and be able to go back to school as a full time student next fall. This class is just intro to communications, but turns out a communications degree can get you places. Especially coupled with a business degree. I'm still super iffy about the option of being in business management later in life, but I figure with the couple years of experience I already have under my belt, I might as well take a couple of classes and see...I'm excited.
Oh right, we were talking about what terrible shape I'm still in.
So I'm super happy that I haven't gained any weight back this summer, but I definitely haven't lost any more either. I'm gonna go ahead and credit that to my diet, which isn't all that special but involves a lot of "not drinking your calories". That was really tough for me in the beginning because I hate water! I grew up on pure well water so this bottled water/tap water stuff just tastes super gross to me. I started out small...I always had those low calorie add flavor packets on me in the beginning. And then little by little I was putting less in, and now I pretty much only drink straight water. Except for my 10 calorie rockstars. I can't give those up, I am way too much of a NOT morning person to give those up.
Another thing that helped was I developed a severe lactose intolerance lately. I want to blame 5 years of eating pizza every day? Or maybe the 16 years of living in milk-loving family. We went through a gallon (or more) a day. There were 8 of us, but still. And don't even get me started on tubs the ice-cream we'd go through! Well, all that finally caught up to me and now I can't eat ANY milk product, at all. I have these lactose pills that worked for a while, and now kind of work, but it's just not worth the stomache ache later :( So, no more pizza for me! I know it's great news for my waist line, but just so sad for my taste buds!
Other then the water and lack of cheese, I mostly just try to avoid fast food and eat at least 1 salad per day. I tend eat a lot a lean cuisine meals because I just don't have the time to cook much, and it makes me feel better about myself to see the low calorie count on the box. Hey, someday I'll have the time to be a susie home-maker, but not right now (have you seen the pile of laundry I need to do?).
Well, now it's almost 3 hours since I was supposed to be in bed, so I'd better try to do that sleeping thing.
Till next time!
Well, no matter the reason, here I am; still awake. It's really not that big of a deal, I'm trying to reset my sleeping schedule to fit my upcoming work schedule here in a couple of weeks when school orders start at work. For those of you that don't know, the next 9 months will consist of me waking up an extra hour and a half early (noooo say it's not so!) to go into work and make 50ish pizzas for the high school lunches. It's so much fun. (not really) But it could be worse. I could still be at my old store where I had to make pizzas, subs, pasta, AND chicken on a daily basis. Don't miss those school orders at all! Buuut I do have another 2ish weeks to get my sleeping figured out, so tonight doesn't matter that much.
My plan was to right about my workout/diet so far, but this summer I've been SO bad at keeping a regular schedule, so now you get to hear all about my failures and justifications instead.To be fair, I do swim or disc golf on a daily basis so I'm keeping active, but I have only ran a handful of times in the last 2 months. :/
I bought a bike! The original plan was to sell my car and bike to work the rest of summer/fall, but after one 6 mile ride home, I was sure I was going to die. I was literally crying riding my bike up that last hill to my apartments. Now that I think about it, I haven't even been on a bike since I was at least 15. I got my license 8 days after I turned 16 so I know I never got on a bike after that. I just figured it was, you know, like riding a bike. (It's not.) At least not where those mysterious bike riding muscles are concerned. So the new plan is, keep my car, and gradually work up to the 6 mile mark. Maybe by next summer I'll be in decent enough shape to ride to work, or at least the much closer Spokane Falls Community College...
Wait, what? Oh yeah, I registered for classes today! Well, one class. It's in the evening and fits around my work schedule which is a freaking miracle. I figured I can try one class from all areas I'm interested in this year and (fingers crossed) I'll find one I just LOVE and be able to go back to school as a full time student next fall. This class is just intro to communications, but turns out a communications degree can get you places. Especially coupled with a business degree. I'm still super iffy about the option of being in business management later in life, but I figure with the couple years of experience I already have under my belt, I might as well take a couple of classes and see...I'm excited.
Oh right, we were talking about what terrible shape I'm still in.
So I'm super happy that I haven't gained any weight back this summer, but I definitely haven't lost any more either. I'm gonna go ahead and credit that to my diet, which isn't all that special but involves a lot of "not drinking your calories". That was really tough for me in the beginning because I hate water! I grew up on pure well water so this bottled water/tap water stuff just tastes super gross to me. I started out small...I always had those low calorie add flavor packets on me in the beginning. And then little by little I was putting less in, and now I pretty much only drink straight water. Except for my 10 calorie rockstars. I can't give those up, I am way too much of a NOT morning person to give those up.
Another thing that helped was I developed a severe lactose intolerance lately. I want to blame 5 years of eating pizza every day? Or maybe the 16 years of living in milk-loving family. We went through a gallon (or more) a day. There were 8 of us, but still. And don't even get me started on tubs the ice-cream we'd go through! Well, all that finally caught up to me and now I can't eat ANY milk product, at all. I have these lactose pills that worked for a while, and now kind of work, but it's just not worth the stomache ache later :( So, no more pizza for me! I know it's great news for my waist line, but just so sad for my taste buds!
Other then the water and lack of cheese, I mostly just try to avoid fast food and eat at least 1 salad per day. I tend eat a lot a lean cuisine meals because I just don't have the time to cook much, and it makes me feel better about myself to see the low calorie count on the box. Hey, someday I'll have the time to be a susie home-maker, but not right now (have you seen the pile of laundry I need to do?).
Well, now it's almost 3 hours since I was supposed to be in bed, so I'd better try to do that sleeping thing.
Till next time!
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
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Hello my wonderful friends, family, or random strangers!
I am starting this blog mainly under the influence of two of my dear friends Shilah and Emily who no longer live close to me. They are off leading exciting lives and writing about them, and I LOVE reading all about their adventures. I'm not that exciting. I make a lot of pizza. A lot a lot a lot of pizza. It takes up pretty much all my time. But every now and then you might find me doing something interesting? Lets hope. Stop me if I start writing too much about work. Trust me, I can find quite a bit to rant about on that topic.
Where to start...
This summer has been epic! I know it sounds silly, but I was honestly afraid to turn 23. According to Barney on How I Met Your Mother (I'm quite a fan of that show), 23 is the last sexy age for a woman. No pressure! But really, my birthdays are beginning to intimidate me a little. I'm afraid of growing up and being old. Life is just too awesome right now for anything to change.
Oh right! The epic summer.
I have become obsessed with disc golfing this year. Lets blame Buddha, Kelly, and Max for that one (I'll introduce them later). But now I disc golf like, 3 days a week. More if I get off work early enough that there's still some decent light left. This is what I do now. For those of you who don't quite understand what disc golfing is (if you care at all) here's a cool page to explain it. http://www.pdga.com/introduction And a pretty picture.
Annnnd that's about it! So, moral of the story is, life = awesome. I can't wait for more.
I am starting this blog mainly under the influence of two of my dear friends Shilah and Emily who no longer live close to me. They are off leading exciting lives and writing about them, and I LOVE reading all about their adventures. I'm not that exciting. I make a lot of pizza. A lot a lot a lot of pizza. It takes up pretty much all my time. But every now and then you might find me doing something interesting? Lets hope. Stop me if I start writing too much about work. Trust me, I can find quite a bit to rant about on that topic.
Where to start...
This summer has been epic! I know it sounds silly, but I was honestly afraid to turn 23. According to Barney on How I Met Your Mother (I'm quite a fan of that show), 23 is the last sexy age for a woman. No pressure! But really, my birthdays are beginning to intimidate me a little. I'm afraid of growing up and being old. Life is just too awesome right now for anything to change.
Oh right! The epic summer.
I have become obsessed with disc golfing this year. Lets blame Buddha, Kelly, and Max for that one (I'll introduce them later). But now I disc golf like, 3 days a week. More if I get off work early enough that there's still some decent light left. This is what I do now. For those of you who don't quite understand what disc golfing is (if you care at all) here's a cool page to explain it. http://www.pdga.com/introduction And a pretty picture.
The other parts of my summer days have been filled with a lot of swimming. I am SO happy our apartment has a pool. I'd probably be dead if it didn't. Other then the pool, I've also gotten to go to a few rivers and lakes in the area for boating, cliff jumping, river floating and other random water shenanigans! I can't remember the last time I've gotten to spend this much time in the water and I'm looooving every second of it. Can you believe I never did a river float before this year? Me neither! Definitely going again soon. You probably all saw the pictures already on facebook, but look again. Yeah I used my flip flops as paddles, don't worry 'bout it!
I finally moved in with my bestie Kourtney a few months ago. It has been a blast. I've had some pretty terrible roommates in the past, so I was super nervous about taking the step to having a roommate again, but duh, it's Kourtney!
oh yeah, and that's Mindy too. We're working on her moving in and completing the party :)
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