I am having a bit of a problem with the new health care laws.
Honestly, when I first heard about ObamaCare I though it was a great idea. Affordable health care for everyone! Yeah!
...I think I and the government have a little bit of a different of opinion on the word "affordable".
For starters, what the heck is up with the website? It sucks! I would expect more from a site like that. Secondly, apparently the website couldn't figure out my stuff because it told me I need to call this 1-800 number to get my quote. Who has time for 1-800 numbers? Also, if the website is so crappy, I'm gonna be even more apprehensive about calling because I can only imagine the lengthy wait times. Thirdly, my account has now been blocked "due to multiple access attempts" um, I'm sorry that I have SO many username/password combinations that I can't possibly remember them all. 3 attempts and then your account is locked "forever" is pretty extreme if you ask me. Because I have tried to log on several times since I was given the message to call a 1-800 number to see if maybe the website had fixed its issues and maybe I didn't have to call anymore. But nooooo, instead of the problem being fixed, I'm blocked. Thanks Obama! (That last was a reference to Jenna Marbles 'thanks obama' youtube video. here's the link, because she's hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkQxHlr2fXM ENJOY! But for reals, I think this one is actually Obama's problem.
Since I can't access the ObamaCare-sanctioned website, I decided to look into private health insurance sites. Now I'm really upset. You're telling me you want me to pay $165 a month for "just in case" insurance? Oh yeah, and then there's a $500+ deductible. Uhhh...no. I was more looking for like a $50 a month plan. You know, since I haven't been to the doctor in over 6 years, have no preexisting health conditions, am a young (23 year old) non-smoker, who is actively NOT trying to get pregnant. (I threw in that last one because I feel like if someone is on birth control they should get an extra discount since there is almost no chance of becoming pregnant and incurring the related doctor visit costs.) I also exercise regularly, eat healthy, (healthily? healthfully? sp?) and am not obese.
To further rant, the "crappy insurance" (because $165 is so cheap it covers almost nothing) wouldn't cover dental, doctor visits, or prescription meds. Basically everything is coming out of my pocket, unless something totally catastrophic happened like an extended hospital stay or major surgery, only then would I really NEED insurance so I wouldn't be left with crippling debt. I don't see anything like that happening anytime soon. I would like just in case insurance, but I feel like it shouldn't cost that much money.
In my opinion, I have a much higher chance of getting in a car wreck than needing to seek medical attention for some reason. My full-coverage car insurance is only $77 a month, and that's with 2 speeding tickets on my record. But you want me to pay $165 a month for something I haven't had to use in 6 years. NO THANKS! I know there are slightly better rates on the ObamaCare website wahealthplanfinder.org If I remember correctly the least expensive plan was $120 with a $5,000 deductible. Don't quote me on that, I am going off of memory here from a few months ago when I first checked. I am not paying that! Especially not the first year when the penalty fee is less than $100. I will just pay that for now. When it goes up? We'll see then. Hopefully whoever our new president is next term can iron out some of these kinks in the system.
By the way, I feel extremely under-informed on this topic, and I hate spouting out random, wrong, facts. So I welcome feedback on this topic (all topics I post about, but I am particularly interested in learning more about this one). So please let me know if I am missing something, or if you just want to discuss this subject further.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Low Carb Diet
Oh hey,
I'm back again, so soon!
Today I am going to go into detail about the diet I've been on, the pros and cons, my overall feelings about it...and so on and so forth. Just a disclaimer, if you don't want to hear about it, stop reading now!
For those of you still reading, yesterday officially marked 4 weeks of being on my low carb diet.
I have lost a total of 5 pounds, 2 inches off my waist, and 2 from my band size. Whoo-hoo!!
On the first week, I lost about 3 pounds. Everything I read warned about this: if you don't stay very hydrated during this diet you are going to lose water weight. So that happened. Then the next week I lost another 2 pounds. Going great! The third week I....gained 3 pounds? Not really sure what happened there, but I am pretty sure it had something to do with the 3 days of binge drinking I went on. (Week three was my last week before I started school aka my last week of freedom.) To punish myself, I did not go wild on cheat day. I had a sandwich, that was all the cheating I was allowed. Cuz let's be honest, 3 days of being drunk is pretty cheating, even if I was drinking whiskey diets the whole time that have no carbs, alcohol is not a part of this diet! Anyways, week four I lost those 3 pounds again. Bringing my total to 5 pounds.
It was REALLY hard to weigh myself only once a week. I know your weight fluctuates through the day and you should weigh yourself at the same time of day for an accurate account of weight loss which I did for my weekly weigh-ins! Especially the first week (after the initial carb cravings died down) I didn't feel like I was on a diet at ALL. I mean, who eats steak and eggs when they're on a diet?
Speaking of those cravings. Those cravings sucked. The first day was kind of whatever...I'm sure I've gone one day in my life before with just a few carbs, so no big deal. Day two my body was like, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TO ME? I ate until my stomache hurt because I felt so hungry. That's when it dawned on me that maybe part of my over-eating problem before the diet was due to the fact that I ate when I was hungry. And half the time it probably wasn't hunger, just carb cravings. The third day I was fantasizing about eating an entire loaf of bread. Just the bread. All of it. The fourth day was actually not so bad, but all I wanted to eat all day was a goddamn sammich. And then that was about it! Getting through those first 3 days was the worst part of the whole diet. Now, I rarely have carb cravings (except for the day before cheat day when I start compiling a massive cheat menu)!
I wanted to talk about the effects this diet had on me as far as hunger though. I've always HATED girls who are all like "I forgot to eat today...and yesterday..." seriously? go eff yourself. I've eaten 5 times today and I'm still hungry! So, not to be that girl, but I sometimes forget to eat on this diet. My meals are very filling. I don't even have the urge to snack most of the time! Now I know that sounds great and all, but it turns out when you forget to eat and then go out drinking there can be rather disastrous results. I am not going to go into detail because honestly I'm embarrassed I was such an idiot not to think about eating before drinking, but I ended up blacking out on day three of my binge drinking (remember, I mentioned it, during week three of the diet, the week I gained 3 pounds back). Just to be clear, I do NOT enjoy drinking to the point of not remembering the night. I have a lot of friends who do, but I can't stand it at all. If I'm out with my friends having a good time, why would I want to not remember the night? I love my memories! So, definitely didn't mean to do that. I'm guessing the black out was a result of A. not eating a lot that day. (it was my day off, I wasn't on my work schedule to remind me, plus I didn't do ANYTHING all day prior to drinking so my body hadn't needed anything to give itself energy. and B. the fact that I am a beer drinker! Love my beer (blue moon is soooooo good). But, since beer is basically all carbs, for this diet I have switched to hard alcohol only. And I also forgot that would get me drunker than beer. So I was drinking normal beer amounts and BAM! Suddenly my night was gone. (I got home safe and sound, no worries, one of my roomies came and picked me up. I remembered who to call at least!)
So I guess my point is, you really shouldn't drink on this diet. I already knew that, but when I'm already giving up SO many guilty pleasures right now between working full time, and taking a full load of classes, AND being on a breadless diet, I didn't want to give up one more thing. So I decided drinking could stay. Although that has now been revised to "drinking can stay, but only one night a week, and if I am in a safe place and have a ride home and do not drink heavily!" That should cover it, right? It has to.
So I'm thinking I will stay on this diet a while longer, but with a few changes to what I am eating. Currently I am eating just a ton of meat. (I have one salad a day, don't freak out like my sister Hannah did when she came to visit.) Yes, I just ate steak and eggs for breakfast. But I'm going to have salad for lunch! Salad with pepperoni in it...or ground beef...and then I'll have bacon-wrapped meatloaf for dinner.
Yeah, that completely stays within the confines of a low carb, high protein diet, but I'm not too sure how healthy it is for someone like me who has massive health issues running in the family. So I am going to commit to this diet for another 4 weeks, but trying to get most of my protein from vegetables and chicken, turkey, and lean beef. No more bacon. (Or at least not as much)
I don't know what to call this diet. I called the last one "the opposite of vegan" diet. This one can be the healthy protein diet? I dunno, we'll work on the name later.
That's about all I've got for tonight. Homework time!
I'm back again, so soon!
Today I am going to go into detail about the diet I've been on, the pros and cons, my overall feelings about it...and so on and so forth. Just a disclaimer, if you don't want to hear about it, stop reading now!
For those of you still reading, yesterday officially marked 4 weeks of being on my low carb diet.
I have lost a total of 5 pounds, 2 inches off my waist, and 2 from my band size. Whoo-hoo!!
On the first week, I lost about 3 pounds. Everything I read warned about this: if you don't stay very hydrated during this diet you are going to lose water weight. So that happened. Then the next week I lost another 2 pounds. Going great! The third week I....gained 3 pounds? Not really sure what happened there, but I am pretty sure it had something to do with the 3 days of binge drinking I went on. (Week three was my last week before I started school aka my last week of freedom.) To punish myself, I did not go wild on cheat day. I had a sandwich, that was all the cheating I was allowed. Cuz let's be honest, 3 days of being drunk is pretty cheating, even if I was drinking whiskey diets the whole time that have no carbs, alcohol is not a part of this diet! Anyways, week four I lost those 3 pounds again. Bringing my total to 5 pounds.
It was REALLY hard to weigh myself only once a week. I know your weight fluctuates through the day and you should weigh yourself at the same time of day for an accurate account of weight loss which I did for my weekly weigh-ins! Especially the first week (after the initial carb cravings died down) I didn't feel like I was on a diet at ALL. I mean, who eats steak and eggs when they're on a diet?
Speaking of those cravings. Those cravings sucked. The first day was kind of whatever...I'm sure I've gone one day in my life before with just a few carbs, so no big deal. Day two my body was like, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TO ME? I ate until my stomache hurt because I felt so hungry. That's when it dawned on me that maybe part of my over-eating problem before the diet was due to the fact that I ate when I was hungry. And half the time it probably wasn't hunger, just carb cravings. The third day I was fantasizing about eating an entire loaf of bread. Just the bread. All of it. The fourth day was actually not so bad, but all I wanted to eat all day was a goddamn sammich. And then that was about it! Getting through those first 3 days was the worst part of the whole diet. Now, I rarely have carb cravings (except for the day before cheat day when I start compiling a massive cheat menu)!
I wanted to talk about the effects this diet had on me as far as hunger though. I've always HATED girls who are all like "I forgot to eat today...and yesterday..." seriously? go eff yourself. I've eaten 5 times today and I'm still hungry! So, not to be that girl, but I sometimes forget to eat on this diet. My meals are very filling. I don't even have the urge to snack most of the time! Now I know that sounds great and all, but it turns out when you forget to eat and then go out drinking there can be rather disastrous results. I am not going to go into detail because honestly I'm embarrassed I was such an idiot not to think about eating before drinking, but I ended up blacking out on day three of my binge drinking (remember, I mentioned it, during week three of the diet, the week I gained 3 pounds back). Just to be clear, I do NOT enjoy drinking to the point of not remembering the night. I have a lot of friends who do, but I can't stand it at all. If I'm out with my friends having a good time, why would I want to not remember the night? I love my memories! So, definitely didn't mean to do that. I'm guessing the black out was a result of A. not eating a lot that day. (it was my day off, I wasn't on my work schedule to remind me, plus I didn't do ANYTHING all day prior to drinking so my body hadn't needed anything to give itself energy. and B. the fact that I am a beer drinker! Love my beer (blue moon is soooooo good). But, since beer is basically all carbs, for this diet I have switched to hard alcohol only. And I also forgot that would get me drunker than beer. So I was drinking normal beer amounts and BAM! Suddenly my night was gone. (I got home safe and sound, no worries, one of my roomies came and picked me up. I remembered who to call at least!)
So I guess my point is, you really shouldn't drink on this diet. I already knew that, but when I'm already giving up SO many guilty pleasures right now between working full time, and taking a full load of classes, AND being on a breadless diet, I didn't want to give up one more thing. So I decided drinking could stay. Although that has now been revised to "drinking can stay, but only one night a week, and if I am in a safe place and have a ride home and do not drink heavily!" That should cover it, right? It has to.
So I'm thinking I will stay on this diet a while longer, but with a few changes to what I am eating. Currently I am eating just a ton of meat. (I have one salad a day, don't freak out like my sister Hannah did when she came to visit.) Yes, I just ate steak and eggs for breakfast. But I'm going to have salad for lunch! Salad with pepperoni in it...or ground beef...and then I'll have bacon-wrapped meatloaf for dinner.
Yeah, that completely stays within the confines of a low carb, high protein diet, but I'm not too sure how healthy it is for someone like me who has massive health issues running in the family. So I am going to commit to this diet for another 4 weeks, but trying to get most of my protein from vegetables and chicken, turkey, and lean beef. No more bacon. (Or at least not as much)
I don't know what to call this diet. I called the last one "the opposite of vegan" diet. This one can be the healthy protein diet? I dunno, we'll work on the name later.
That's about all I've got for tonight. Homework time!
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Happy New Year!!
To my dearest blogger friends whom I have so severely neglected...my bad!
I would use the excuse "I've been busy" but I have come to absolutely HATE that statement, and I will tell you exactly why right. now.
Have you ever had a friend say they were too busy to hang out...and then they check themselves in later at a movie with their boyfriend? Annoying, right? But we can hardly blame them, their love life is their priority.
Ah...see what I just did there? No?
I obnoxiously pointed out that we as humans are rarely "too busy" to to do something. "I'm too busy" should probably be re-phrased as "I have more important things to do". Not like that is a bad thing, I just don't like blame being put on busyness. Call it how it is!
I am one of the biggest hypocrites for writing this rant right now. I have used the busy excuse for all of my adult life (cuz, let's face it, I was never busy...more like bored to tears...as a home-schooled child). Maybe that's why I always choose to live a hectic life. I hate feeling lonely and ignored probably just as much as the next person, but since its selfish me, I feel like I hate the feeling more than anyone else in the ENTIRE UNIVERSE. How do you avoid being lonely? By being to busy to hang out anyways! Ha! Now what?!
Problem is, I grew out of that lonely stage. I now have a great life and am surrounded by awesome friends. But I still have this urge to make myself as inaccessible as possible...why? That is something I have decided to work on this year. (Not for the next 6 months or so though of course, the next 6 months are dedicated to getting some schooling/bill paying out of the way!)
Sigh. Someday...someday I will be more of a normal human being. (Is anyone exactly sure what being normal is anymore? Let me know...)
I was going to write about school, or my diet, or work, but I feel like that's all I ever write/talk about and quite frankly, even I am sick of hearing myself go on about these things.
I want at least 1 more week on my diet before I can make an informed blog post about it. 1 more week will be my 1 month mark, which is the length of diet I committed too, at which point I will decide what I think about it/if I would like to continue it. Btw...I actually stuck with something for a month! Well, 4 weeks. My life revolves around weeks (thank you Pizza Pipeline) so it's hard for me to think in any other format now. Anyways, the point is, I can do it!
OH YEAH! That's really the point I wanted to make here...(I forgot, I got carried away with my rant).
I got so used to using the "busy" excuse with my relationships that without even realizing it, I started using it on myself. I don't make home-cooked meals because I don't have time. I don't go to sleep on time because I'm too busy doing anything else. I turned myself into a lazy undisciplined ass! And now I'm dealing with it.
The biggest thing this diet has taught me is that I have control over my own body. I know you guys are saying "well duh" right now, but let me continue. Low carb dieting means I can eat basically nothing, anywhere. Definitely not any fast food or pizza at work. So without even thinking about it, I bought a weeks worth of meat and prepared it when I started dieting. It wasn't until I was shopping for the second week that it hit me...wait a minute...I DON'T HAVE TIME TO COOK! Silly me, what was I thinking? Apparently all this time I could have simply made cooking a priority and therefore had time to cook. Mind = blown. And then all the other things I could have made a priority came rushing to me over the last couple weeks...You mean I could make sleep a priority? Stop watching my shows and just go to sleep? You mean to tell me I could make my relationships a priority over work? (Now that is a hard one...I am a very dedicated worker.) But seriously, it makes my head hurt to recall how many times I chose furthering my management career over a relationship (romantic or friend). Not that all the guys deserved me to be giving 100% (I used to date a lot of douche bags) but there were one or two guys along the way that I actually really cared about, and I know cared about me, and I did not give them the priority in my life that they deserved.
I have no regrets, life would be pretty boring if we were born with all the wisdom in the world. I get it, we have to live life and learn. But man, I wish I wasn't such a slow learner!
The good news is, I'm way smarter now. Exponentially so. So...there.
P.S. I just spent 3 hours on homework, and now another 20 minutes on this post so I am now commanding my body to go to sleep! Because it's my body and I do what I want with it even when it doesn't want to.
Finally figuring out how to be in charge feels good :)
I would use the excuse "I've been busy" but I have come to absolutely HATE that statement, and I will tell you exactly why right. now.
Have you ever had a friend say they were too busy to hang out...and then they check themselves in later at a movie with their boyfriend? Annoying, right? But we can hardly blame them, their love life is their priority.
Ah...see what I just did there? No?
I obnoxiously pointed out that we as humans are rarely "too busy" to to do something. "I'm too busy" should probably be re-phrased as "I have more important things to do". Not like that is a bad thing, I just don't like blame being put on busyness. Call it how it is!
I am one of the biggest hypocrites for writing this rant right now. I have used the busy excuse for all of my adult life (cuz, let's face it, I was never busy...more like bored to tears...as a home-schooled child). Maybe that's why I always choose to live a hectic life. I hate feeling lonely and ignored probably just as much as the next person, but since its selfish me, I feel like I hate the feeling more than anyone else in the ENTIRE UNIVERSE. How do you avoid being lonely? By being to busy to hang out anyways! Ha! Now what?!
Problem is, I grew out of that lonely stage. I now have a great life and am surrounded by awesome friends. But I still have this urge to make myself as inaccessible as possible...why? That is something I have decided to work on this year. (Not for the next 6 months or so though of course, the next 6 months are dedicated to getting some schooling/bill paying out of the way!)
Sigh. Someday...someday I will be more of a normal human being. (Is anyone exactly sure what being normal is anymore? Let me know...)
I was going to write about school, or my diet, or work, but I feel like that's all I ever write/talk about and quite frankly, even I am sick of hearing myself go on about these things.
I want at least 1 more week on my diet before I can make an informed blog post about it. 1 more week will be my 1 month mark, which is the length of diet I committed too, at which point I will decide what I think about it/if I would like to continue it. Btw...I actually stuck with something for a month! Well, 4 weeks. My life revolves around weeks (thank you Pizza Pipeline) so it's hard for me to think in any other format now. Anyways, the point is, I can do it!
OH YEAH! That's really the point I wanted to make here...(I forgot, I got carried away with my rant).
I got so used to using the "busy" excuse with my relationships that without even realizing it, I started using it on myself. I don't make home-cooked meals because I don't have time. I don't go to sleep on time because I'm too busy doing anything else. I turned myself into a lazy undisciplined ass! And now I'm dealing with it.
The biggest thing this diet has taught me is that I have control over my own body. I know you guys are saying "well duh" right now, but let me continue. Low carb dieting means I can eat basically nothing, anywhere. Definitely not any fast food or pizza at work. So without even thinking about it, I bought a weeks worth of meat and prepared it when I started dieting. It wasn't until I was shopping for the second week that it hit me...wait a minute...I DON'T HAVE TIME TO COOK! Silly me, what was I thinking? Apparently all this time I could have simply made cooking a priority and therefore had time to cook. Mind = blown. And then all the other things I could have made a priority came rushing to me over the last couple weeks...You mean I could make sleep a priority? Stop watching my shows and just go to sleep? You mean to tell me I could make my relationships a priority over work? (Now that is a hard one...I am a very dedicated worker.) But seriously, it makes my head hurt to recall how many times I chose furthering my management career over a relationship (romantic or friend). Not that all the guys deserved me to be giving 100% (I used to date a lot of douche bags) but there were one or two guys along the way that I actually really cared about, and I know cared about me, and I did not give them the priority in my life that they deserved.
I have no regrets, life would be pretty boring if we were born with all the wisdom in the world. I get it, we have to live life and learn. But man, I wish I wasn't such a slow learner!
The good news is, I'm way smarter now. Exponentially so. So...there.
P.S. I just spent 3 hours on homework, and now another 20 minutes on this post so I am now commanding my body to go to sleep! Because it's my body and I do what I want with it even when it doesn't want to.
Finally figuring out how to be in charge feels good :)
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Busy times!
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. :)
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, 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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