I'm totally feeling the Christmas Spirit this year. Maybe it's the goddamn 'East Wind' everyone is always referring to in my new neighborhood. Thank god this place has better insulation, and allegedly, storm windows ( Read more... )

Got up early and going to do a NIA workout class at the gym by my house today. So proud of myself for getting up this early on a Saturday and going to a structured exercise class of dance and aerobics to boot. There is another me who COULD have just stayed in bed moping, and wishing the coffee fairies would rouse me with homemade espresso as I ( Read more... )

10 min on the Elliptical and 15 min on the treadmill= 1 mile+ of walking and a ray of hope in this silly overweight body of mine. Maybe I will actually lose the 35 pounds I hope to in six months, which would be around May of 2010. Oh, gradual weight loss, how you fly in the face of my Instant Gratification americangirl mindset. Elusive, but not

Finally, a good night's sleep. Went to bed around 12am. Moved to the couch from 1-6am, tv and slept, then back to bed from 6-8:30. Still--l I feel relatively rested. I do have a cold and a sore throat, so I had chicken soup and Lemon green tea for breakfast ( Read more... )

Shit, where did TWO WEEKS ago go? That, my friends, was the last time I seriously excerised. Oh SURRRE, I rode my bike the 5 min home from the bike shop a couple days ago, and last night I took a "token" walk home from the antique Mall/ coffeeshop near my house because I didn't want to drive 5blocks in traffic on 2 one way streets, but that doesn't ( Read more... )

MONKEY NUTS: (Yoinked from Urban Dictionary ( Read more... )

Ahahaha! I slept for a delicious 8 hours in a cozy warm bed whilst the Portland Rainstorm 2009, began. It is nice and cozy in my new place. Still, my co-worker, J and I are planning to do a 5 mile walk uphill aftr work today. I guess we will just bring rain jackets ( Read more... )

Ooh, I have a new crush. Hooray! I rarely get this excited about guys, and I still don't know much about this one, but I have seen him around a bunch-- and tonight we had our first real conversation. Teehee ( Read more... )

Happiness is petting your cat's head with your foot while yer sleeping and having her push her little paws against the bottom of your foot.

Returning to work at the Speech Job has been fun, but it's all administrative until the kids get scheduled. While other teachers are making nametags and welcoming kids, we in the speech offices are purging files and putting up photos. Fun, but anticlimactic. Also I have learned that without exercise, I get depressed, especially when getting up ( Read more... )