Saturday, August 13, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
Hope on the Horizon
After submitting an application to Marquette University in the morning yesterday, I got phone call in the evening asking for an interview. So it looks like I will be off to Milwaukee at the end of the month to wow the Physics department there and get myself a job. I'm pretty excited. Now back to my family vacation.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Happy Birthday to Me!
Another year older. I'm not terribly concerned about being older, I'm only 24 after all. I have my whole future ahead of me. It would be nice to feel like I am getting closer to starting that future. But patience, patience, patience.
My birthday was spent primarily by myself as I was dog sitting the pups. I treated myself to a $5 movie (Horrible Bosses). And the day was capped off by Mexican food at El Sombrero with the family. Pretty low key- but thinking doing something more active with friends when I return from Canada. We'll see.
My birthday was spent primarily by myself as I was dog sitting the pups. I treated myself to a $5 movie (Horrible Bosses). And the day was capped off by Mexican food at El Sombrero with the family. Pretty low key- but thinking doing something more active with friends when I return from Canada. We'll see.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Small Steps to a Healthier Me
Okay, here it is. Time to make some serious life decisions to improving my health. It's time to make better food choices and get off my lazy ass.
Here's the plan:
Food: Eat portion sizes and bring in as many fruits and veggies as possible. Also try to supplement the crap food (noodles and the like) with things like Benefiber. Also I will be adding a multivitamin and Vitamin B complex. I intend to try recipes that are healthier in nature- but this will prove to be a bit of a challenge since my brother will probably be sharing meals with me and he is a really picky eater. And like usual, I need to drink more water (and making sure I have at least one cup of tea a day) and cut out caloric soda. I will also try to only eat when hungry and not eat 3 hours before sleeping. Almost forgot- I want to try and eat my meals at the kitchen table. Gonna have to start with one meal at the table and then work up to all three.
Exercise: I got to move it, move it. My first goal is to complete a 10 week training program for a 5k. I don't intend to actually run an official 5k, just figured it was a good way to have a running routine. There is a time length and a final goal. I think right now I will even make a goal for my 5k run: 40 minutes. That will be aiming for a 13 minute mile- which would be an improvement on my high school times. I'd like to throw out that I hate running. But I think it will be okay. It isn't about the running it is about the sweating and moving.
If I ever get a job I also want to join a gym. If I get a job in the next 10 weeks (I frakking hope so!), then I will blend my 5k training with some fitness classes like Zumba or yoga. The way I see it the 5k training gets me exercising 3 times a week to start up to 5 days a week. I eventually want to be doing a legit workout 5 times a week.
And add to this my park adventures. I want to go experience the parks of Washington (specifically ones with trails) have to offer will a goal of hiking up Green Mountain will ease. Which after a quick google search reveals to be an 5 mile hike with an elevation change of 1000 feet.
Accountability: This will all be for not is I don't find a means to make myself accountable. So I have started a fitness/food log on FITDAY.com as well as keeping track on a piece of paper in the form of a calendar. I'm also trying to see if I can rope anyone else into this little adventure.
Goals: Healthier living is the primary goal. I also want to lose about 60 pounds.
So there it is. I hope it works out!!
Here's the plan:
Food: Eat portion sizes and bring in as many fruits and veggies as possible. Also try to supplement the crap food (noodles and the like) with things like Benefiber. Also I will be adding a multivitamin and Vitamin B complex. I intend to try recipes that are healthier in nature- but this will prove to be a bit of a challenge since my brother will probably be sharing meals with me and he is a really picky eater. And like usual, I need to drink more water (and making sure I have at least one cup of tea a day) and cut out caloric soda. I will also try to only eat when hungry and not eat 3 hours before sleeping. Almost forgot- I want to try and eat my meals at the kitchen table. Gonna have to start with one meal at the table and then work up to all three.
Exercise: I got to move it, move it. My first goal is to complete a 10 week training program for a 5k. I don't intend to actually run an official 5k, just figured it was a good way to have a running routine. There is a time length and a final goal. I think right now I will even make a goal for my 5k run: 40 minutes. That will be aiming for a 13 minute mile- which would be an improvement on my high school times. I'd like to throw out that I hate running. But I think it will be okay. It isn't about the running it is about the sweating and moving.
If I ever get a job I also want to join a gym. If I get a job in the next 10 weeks (I frakking hope so!), then I will blend my 5k training with some fitness classes like Zumba or yoga. The way I see it the 5k training gets me exercising 3 times a week to start up to 5 days a week. I eventually want to be doing a legit workout 5 times a week.
And add to this my park adventures. I want to go experience the parks of Washington (specifically ones with trails) have to offer will a goal of hiking up Green Mountain will ease. Which after a quick google search reveals to be an 5 mile hike with an elevation change of 1000 feet.
Accountability: This will all be for not is I don't find a means to make myself accountable. So I have started a fitness/food log on FITDAY.com as well as keeping track on a piece of paper in the form of a calendar. I'm also trying to see if I can rope anyone else into this little adventure.
Goals: Healthier living is the primary goal. I also want to lose about 60 pounds.
So there it is. I hope it works out!!
Saturday, July 9, 2011
The Clouds
I feel like my head is up in the clouds and not in a good way. I can't see anything clearly right now. My motivation has been trampled on and I can't see an end in sight.
I really didn't anticipate this. I was confident that I would get a 'shit' job for the summer before finding a career for the fall. Thanks left field, I appreciate the challenge (well not yet I don't, I'm sure I will in a year or two when it is actually something to be grateful for). I get really nervous looking at my moneys and the lack of employment.
All I have been doing in the last few weeks is look for jobs, apply to jobs and watch several different tv shows. It is really a depressing lifestyle. I try to go out to a park or something a couple times a week to have something to look forward to.
Chin up, just keep swimming, it'll all work out in the end- hopefully.
Well it seems that I'll be heading up to Canada at the end of this week to visit family. I haven't done that for quite some time now. It will be really great to meet a couple first cousins once removed and to see aunt, uncles, cousins and of course my grandmother. It will also be nice to have some quality time with my mom (we are the only ones taking the trip).
It will be nice to take a break from this serious job hunting thing and relax a little. And speaking of....
Also to come will be a few changes I want to make in life.
I really didn't anticipate this. I was confident that I would get a 'shit' job for the summer before finding a career for the fall. Thanks left field, I appreciate the challenge (well not yet I don't, I'm sure I will in a year or two when it is actually something to be grateful for). I get really nervous looking at my moneys and the lack of employment.
All I have been doing in the last few weeks is look for jobs, apply to jobs and watch several different tv shows. It is really a depressing lifestyle. I try to go out to a park or something a couple times a week to have something to look forward to.
Chin up, just keep swimming, it'll all work out in the end- hopefully.
Well it seems that I'll be heading up to Canada at the end of this week to visit family. I haven't done that for quite some time now. It will be really great to meet a couple first cousins once removed and to see aunt, uncles, cousins and of course my grandmother. It will also be nice to have some quality time with my mom (we are the only ones taking the trip).
It will be nice to take a break from this serious job hunting thing and relax a little. And speaking of....
Also to come will be a few changes I want to make in life.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
The Rest of the Trip...
...went well. We ended our third day in Flagstaff, AZ. We took I brief trip in Albuquerque, NM to the Nation Museum of Nuclear Science and History also well as taking a trip to see Meteor Crater. Meteor Crater was awesome!
Day 4 was a morning/early afternoon trip to the Grand Canyon. This was followed by a drive through Utah to Salt Lake City. The Grand Canyon was pretty cool. We met a very fat squirrel who was not afraid to run up to you or rummage through you bag if you left it unattended.
Day 5 we cut through Idaho and Oregon and finally through central Washington.
It was a long, expensive trip, but we finally made it.
Now on to the job hunt.
Day 4 was a morning/early afternoon trip to the Grand Canyon. This was followed by a drive through Utah to Salt Lake City. The Grand Canyon was pretty cool. We met a very fat squirrel who was not afraid to run up to you or rummage through you bag if you left it unattended.
Day 5 we cut through Idaho and Oregon and finally through central Washington.
It was a long, expensive trip, but we finally made it.
Now on to the job hunt.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Day 2: Trouble Trouble Trouble!
What a long unproductive day! Only made it from Longview to Amarillo. We didn't even make it out of Texas. The highlights involved two separate Ford dealerships that cost about $800 to leave and a pretty good Tex-Mex dinner at Dos Chiles.
Day 3 is going much better.
Also I seem to have broken my computer...so not sure when the next real/full update will be. I'm doing this from my dad's phone.
Day 3 is going much better.
Also I seem to have broken my computer...so not sure when the next real/full update will be. I'm doing this from my dad's phone.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Trouble in Texas!
After a few short hours of sleep, my dad and I woke early only to walk out to the car and see the majority of the coolant all over the parking lot.
So here I am chilling in the hotel room waiting for a verdict on the severity and source of the problem. I proceeded to accidentally break the power connection to my computer so I have a limited amount of time to do some updates.
Sunday (day zero of the trip) I packed up the rest of my car to realize I really needed to send another box home is I wanted my dad and his luggage to make it back with me. Conveniently enough there was a box at Dave and Dianne's so it wasn't an issue.
Monday, day 1, started at an early 7am. We picked a southern path that took us up central Florida and cut west through the panhandle. This keeps us from touching Georgia but ultimately let us cut the mileage and time down. We then verge north as we went through Mobile, AL- the only place we encountered any real traffic. Next up was Mississippi- we passed through Jackson and Hattiesburg. We cross the flooded Mississippi and entered Louisiana. And finally we travel a couple miles into Texas. Got some pretty good Texas BBQ before sitting down to try and plan out the next days destination.
So day one was 980 miles in 15 hours. Changed one time zone.
And that brings us more of less to the present with me typing this up in the hotel room while my dad is at the Ford dealership trying to get the car fixed. I'm thinking that once it gets to 9am, I'll head down to the hotels gym and walk on the treadmill and then go soak my feet in the hot tub. Hopefully the car can be repaired sufficiently and quickly enough that we can make some process across Texas, but only time will tell.
Day 2 was suppose to be another 15 hour day ending in Winslow, Arizona. This would have put us at a very good distance from the Grand Canyon. We would have spent a decent amount of time seeing the sites before making it a few hours north. Now I am not sure if this will still be the case.
Well I am running out of juice. Until the next time...which might be done by my phone or my dad's phone!
So here I am chilling in the hotel room waiting for a verdict on the severity and source of the problem. I proceeded to accidentally break the power connection to my computer so I have a limited amount of time to do some updates.
Sunday (day zero of the trip) I packed up the rest of my car to realize I really needed to send another box home is I wanted my dad and his luggage to make it back with me. Conveniently enough there was a box at Dave and Dianne's so it wasn't an issue.
Monday, day 1, started at an early 7am. We picked a southern path that took us up central Florida and cut west through the panhandle. This keeps us from touching Georgia but ultimately let us cut the mileage and time down. We then verge north as we went through Mobile, AL- the only place we encountered any real traffic. Next up was Mississippi- we passed through Jackson and Hattiesburg. We cross the flooded Mississippi and entered Louisiana. And finally we travel a couple miles into Texas. Got some pretty good Texas BBQ before sitting down to try and plan out the next days destination.
So day one was 980 miles in 15 hours. Changed one time zone.
And that brings us more of less to the present with me typing this up in the hotel room while my dad is at the Ford dealership trying to get the car fixed. I'm thinking that once it gets to 9am, I'll head down to the hotels gym and walk on the treadmill and then go soak my feet in the hot tub. Hopefully the car can be repaired sufficiently and quickly enough that we can make some process across Texas, but only time will tell.
Day 2 was suppose to be another 15 hour day ending in Winslow, Arizona. This would have put us at a very good distance from the Grand Canyon. We would have spent a decent amount of time seeing the sites before making it a few hours north. Now I am not sure if this will still be the case.
Well I am running out of juice. Until the next time...which might be done by my phone or my dad's phone!
Sunday, May 29, 2011
So long, 32901, it's been...interesting!
Room is cleaned out- have to jam the rest of my stuff in the car and then I'll be off to Orlando to pick up my dad. By this time tomorrow we should be in Georgia heading towards Alabama.
It's going to be a long week. The only thing I am really excited about is the detour in Colorado and being back to the Northwest. I am not really excited about the journey right now. Maybe that will change by tomorrow.
It's going to be a long week. The only thing I am really excited about is the detour in Colorado and being back to the Northwest. I am not really excited about the journey right now. Maybe that will change by tomorrow.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Legal Obligation Ended
I am no longer legally obligated to anything in the state of Florida. My lease is over (essentially), I've ended all job contracts, all bill contracts have been removed from my name. I'm basically home.
It was a rather long day of errands- returning borrowed items, getting another shipping box, enjoying my favorite sushi for the last time, doing a little shopping (counter productive I know, but it had to be done!) and so on. The last major items on the list are an oil change, stuffing this last box with as much as possible, packing the car up and partying it up for the last time with roommates and friends.
Less than 3 days, oh shiet!
It was a rather long day of errands- returning borrowed items, getting another shipping box, enjoying my favorite sushi for the last time, doing a little shopping (counter productive I know, but it had to be done!) and so on. The last major items on the list are an oil change, stuffing this last box with as much as possible, packing the car up and partying it up for the last time with roommates and friends.
Less than 3 days, oh shiet!
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Xoom, xoom, xoom!
I've got about 3 days to get my shit together before I kick it back to the PNW. That doesn't seem like enough time at all! My to-do lists is still way too long. Sadly it is a bunch of little tiny things that I must do before leaving like returning the public school identification badge or send an email about the bike I need to sell or switching the cable/internet over to someone else's name. Boring things really.
As I was doing one of those boring things today I got a little surprise! I took 3 expired ink cartridges to Staples to recycle them and was delighted to see that they had a Xoom tablet on display and someone willing to unlock it for me. I cannot fully express how much I would like a Xoom. I am considering how I can make it possible to own one will that non-existent job of mine. I have throughly enjoyed borrowing my roommates iPad for the last month or two . I believe would very easily use a tablet everyday and not just for play either. I just gotta find me $600. I suppose I should just put that little wish to the back of my mind for a little longer.
As I was doing one of those boring things today I got a little surprise! I took 3 expired ink cartridges to Staples to recycle them and was delighted to see that they had a Xoom tablet on display and someone willing to unlock it for me. I cannot fully express how much I would like a Xoom. I am considering how I can make it possible to own one will that non-existent job of mine. I have throughly enjoyed borrowing my roommates iPad for the last month or two . I believe would very easily use a tablet everyday and not just for play either. I just gotta find me $600. I suppose I should just put that little wish to the back of my mind for a little longer.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Entertaining the trend.
Everyone seems to be setting up a blog, so why the hell not? The biggest challenge will be to keep updating on a semi-regular basis. Luckily I can start with a big travel adventure. A quick bit of background:
Attended graduate school in Florida and now traveling back to the beautiful Northwest to tentatively live with my brother and hopefully find a job.
Coming up in the next week will be a four day journey across the United States with the help of my dad. My goal is to perhaps document one of the truly first "adult" things I will have to do- completely move myself and all my stuff to my new home. All my stuff has to fit in my car (a tiny Ford Focus). I have a LOT of stuff.
I seem to have found a small hurdle and can't seem to finish packing, maybe I can finish doing that tomorrow...
Attended graduate school in Florida and now traveling back to the beautiful Northwest to tentatively live with my brother and hopefully find a job.
Coming up in the next week will be a four day journey across the United States with the help of my dad. My goal is to perhaps document one of the truly first "adult" things I will have to do- completely move myself and all my stuff to my new home. All my stuff has to fit in my car (a tiny Ford Focus). I have a LOT of stuff.
I seem to have found a small hurdle and can't seem to finish packing, maybe I can finish doing that tomorrow...
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