Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Small things amuse small minds

So for the past week or so I've been so excited because I got asked for ID twice in two days. When your 26 that feels pretty damn good. I find that I have the ability to confuse people about my age. Some think I'm closer to 30, which after they say this I almost throttle them, where as most think I'm in my early 20's. Usually I end up being closer to the guessers age, in their eyes, which works to my benefit because I can fit in well with all different age groups. Which means I still feel comfortable hanging out with 20 year olds, mind you not to often! This also allows me to believe I never have to grow up!!

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

The bastard ate all my crackers.

So the long weekend has now come and gone. It's always nice to have an extra day off and being in the retail industry, it's not very often you get 2 days in a row off since you work evenings and weekends. So I was super excited when I got 3 days in a row off with out even asking. Typically I spend the May 24 weekend outside, having camp fires and drinking with friends but this one was extra cold in comparison to other years. This year was also weird because I spent the whole weekend hanging out with one person and that was this guy that I have just started seeing. We did go into the weekend with good intentions, hang out Friday night, do some shopping Saturday, meet up with some friends for dinner in the evening. I expected to kinda part ways on Sunday and do more of our own thing as I had other people to hang out with including some birthdays to celebrate. I was shocked to find that we ended up spending, literally, the entire weekend together and not really hanging out with anyone else. The dinner plans bailed on Saturday and the plans with my friends for Sunday ended up shifting to Monday which was the only time we were really with other people but they gave me their "approval" of him, so it's was good in the end.
We are both people who enjoy and are used to having our own space so we were both really shocked that we also didn't kill each other. But since we didn't make it a hetic weekend with all kinds of things to do and people to see, I think that really helped and really helped us to get to know each other better which was very cool!
Needless to say it was a very relaxing and enjoyable weekend. We ended up watching a British television show that he has downloaded called "Coupling" and I am now hooked on as well as watching Mission Impossible 3 which isn't as exciting at the previous 2 in my opinion and listening to the Chris Rock HBO special, damn that guy is funny!! We even managed to do a little shopping and eat some good food, including tacos that he made...Very cool. Unfortunately, when I went to make my lunch for work, I realized the little weasel at all my crackers. All in all thought, a very good weekend.

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

So I've kinda been at a writers block for the last few days and haven't had anything good to write. I've also been busy at work, and tired so sleeping has been taking up a lot of my time. So I decided I would copy something from Christelli and Sandee to make an interesting blog entry. Here it goes

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I AM stronger on the outside then on the inside
I WANT a new computer, cus mine is way to slow
I WISH I had more self confidence
I HATE closed mindedness
I HEAR silence..It's nice
I WONDER if I will have any regrets when I'm older
I REGRET not being more impulsive
I AM NOT patient enough
I DANCE to the weirdest songs ont he speakers at work.
I SING when ever I'm alone
I CRY when I watch Jack... It gets me every time!!
I AM NOT ALWAYS full of energy
I MAKE WITH MY HANDS messes :)
I WRITE really, only blogs and grocery lists
I CONFUSE myself
I NEED more time!!
I SHOULD be kinder to others, especially my siblings.
I START drawings that I never finish
I FINISH eating everything on my plate, cus that's what my gramma told me to do

so now i need to get my plans strightened out for the long weekend. Yeehaaa!

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Hanging out with the toilet bowl

So I never get sick, and when I do, I fell a little rough for about 3 hours or so and then I'm good to go for the rest of the day. I took advantage of this quite frequently as a kid and would take days off of school when I was just a little queasy. Unfortunately this caught up with me yesterday. I woke up with a bit of a tummy ache at 5 am, a half hour before I actually had to get up for work, I hate it when that happens! So I got up, drank a little water and then slept again until my alarm went off. I got up, had my shower and started thinking about what I should bring for my lunch for work... Which I really didn't want to think about. This should have been my first clue that I should have just stayed home. I am a very good eater, probably too good, and when I can't even think about eating, it's not going to be a good day! So I started driving to work... Debating on weather I would actually go because I was susposed to be helping out at the Etobicoke store, and meeting my ride in Guelph. So that would suck to be sick and stuck in Etobicoke with no car. Well at one point, very close to Guelph, I got the feeling I should really pull over. I'll spare you the details but needless to say I didn't make it to the side of the road. At that point I called my ride, told her I wouldn't be going and turned around to drive back home. By the time I got home, all I wanted to do was sleep, but I had a mess to clean up in my car first. So I spent the rest of a beautiful sunny day sleeping and hanging with my toilet bowl. Luckily I feel much better today but it wasn't looking so good at 10 o'clock at night. Hopefully I'll make it throughout today!!
Wish me Luck

Friday, May 05, 2006

The Joys of Runninng..

So I've been trying to think about what to write in my second post all week. Don't want to let me friends down and only write one post! As I was running today I was thinking about how much I enjoy this new found activity of mine and thought it would make a pretty good topic.
For most of my life I always wanted to be in shape and able to run miles and be the best at all types of sports. As a kid I was fairly lazy so that managed to keep me away from doing activities, but as I got older I stared to rely on physical activity. For the last 3 years or so I've been fairly consistent at running at least 3 times a week, weather it's in the gym during the winter or outside in the warmer months. All this time I thought that it was just me who found running outside to be incredible difficult. When at the gym I could run for 20 min straight on the treadmill with out much problem but when it came to running out side, I was lucky to be able to run for 4 minutes with 2 minute cheater intervals in between. Eventually by the end of the summer I would get much better, something like 10 minutes running and 2 minutes walking, but of course every spring I would have to start over at my weenie little pace. This year I've been working with a personal trainer so not only has she helped me to improve my physically appearance, body composition and strength, she has also helped me to improve my cardiovascular levels. I can get my heart rate from 170 down to 120 in something like 2 min which is pretty much ridiculous!! So about a week or two ago I started running outside again, since it's finally getting nice and warm out, and I mentioned to her how much I struggle with the switch. I was relieved to find out that she has the same problem and in fact, doesn't like to run outside because she just can't perform as well. That was enough to encourage me to keep trying and I've now been able to increase my run time from 3 to 4 minutes in only one week. I know it sounds wimp but I'm proud so there. I am planning on running in a 5km marathon in June, so I still have quite a ways to go...
Wish me luck!

Monday, May 01, 2006

Bowing to Pressure

So I've finaly caved to the pressure and joined the bloging Community. My friends have been bloging for quite some time and I enjoy reading there posts so I thought I should just start up my own too. Hopefully I'll be half as interesting as they are.
I'll give you a little background on my. I grew up in small town Ontario, just outside of Stratford. I have 2 younger brothers and a younger sister whom I get along with very well, now that we don't live together. I live in a house in Waterloo, with my friend (who just moved in today) but have been living by myself for the last 2 years so this could be an interesting change. I've recently gone though some interesting life changes (4 jobs In the last year) but fell like I've finally come back to my calling as a junior manager for a big box retail store, where I hope to someday run my own store. I enjoy sports and outdoor activities like rollerblading, definitely my fav thing to do in the Spring and Summer!!
Well I think that's enough of an intro, till next time.