oh, yeah it is that time of year isn't it?
so i made my much anticipated return to the gym today! it had been almost three full weeks since i had shown my face there. but i haven't been a completely lazy bum, i went on a fair amount of long walks and bike rides. but my total miles was about twenty less than that of march, so that was disappointing. and i was very aware of this all month but i had way too much on my plate at the time. i simply had to make a choice between school and exercise ... i think i chose wisely. however, i can certainly tell that i have been absent from intense workouts. i can feel it and i feel like i look like i have already put back on a few pounds (but i'm hoping that's just in my head). plus, it was my first time going 3.5 miles on the elliptical, which is no easy feat after not having really gotten adjusted to the three miles last month.
it was tough but i'm glad to be back at the gym! i'm so worried that over the summer i'm going to lose all my interest in the gym. i don't want to get lazy this summer and not work out. i don't want all the hard work that i have invested in working out to go to waste and me gain back all that weight. that would be absolutely devastating. and i have been spoiled with the cary street gym and the ymca. both were great gyms and far superior than the rec center, who has outdated [i mean REALLY outdated] machines, and has time limits on their machines, and is small, and crowded and not what i have become used to. sadly, though, it's probably the only gym that i can work into my budget. ::sigh:: we'll see how this goes...
but that is actually not why i wanted to post. i am documenting a monumental moment in the McHenry family: one of us graduated ... from college! except it wasn't me :( my brother, after nine years of higher education finally graduated with his is bachelors in business. i'm very proud of and happy for him and i extend my highest level of congratulations.
now, i'm going to be real with you...
this is total garbage. yes, it's awesome he graduated. yes, it's even more awesome because he barely graduated high school. but on the real IT TOOK HIM NINE YEARS! most people are known as scholars after nine years of school. and he's not even done yet. he still has to take a fair amount of summer classes. and look at that picture, he doesn't even care! he seems so not interested in what is going on at all. he didn't even pick up his cap and gown until the day before graduation! what the hell?!
yes i am bitter that he beat me but i'm more pissed that he chose now, of all times, to finally finish school. now. the year i'm supposed to graduate. yes, i'm still going to have to take summer classes and i won't be able to walk until decemeber, but this is still my year. he should've have graduated years ago, and he has to pick the same year i'm set to graduate? seriously? so now everyone is all stoked on jon [even though he's not finished yet] and no one is even noticing that i'll also be finished this summer.
but i think the worst, the absolute worst part about it is my mom. my mom likes jonathan the most, and i'm not even pissed about that, he's the only boy and he really does do a lot for her ... plus, i'm totally my dad's favorite so it evens out. but what does piss me off is how all day my mom is talking about how he really worked hard for this - really?? because i think working really hard would be graduating in a timely fashion. or even if you are not good at school, nine years just seems a little too excessive to me ... but that just may be me.
after stating how hard he worked she then says "he was never good at school like casey was. grades didn't come as easily for him" - ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?! okay, i'll bite, he worked hard. but you're trying to say he worked harder than me?! weird, because i'm going to graduate in exactly half the time he did, so i think that's working really hard. weird, because i actually had a rough year in the beginning of my college career and i seemed to recover with out going for an additional five years, so i think that's working really hard. weird, because i actually make good grades and maintain them, so i think that's working really hard. i actually think it is more difficult to make and maintain good grades than it is to just scrape by. but again, that may just me be. but seriously, if i had known that i'd get more praise for just getting by than i would for doing well, i would have spent a lot less nights being stressed out over the past four years.
anyway, congratualtions jonathan, i can't believe you finally did it.
it was tough but i'm glad to be back at the gym! i'm so worried that over the summer i'm going to lose all my interest in the gym. i don't want to get lazy this summer and not work out. i don't want all the hard work that i have invested in working out to go to waste and me gain back all that weight. that would be absolutely devastating. and i have been spoiled with the cary street gym and the ymca. both were great gyms and far superior than the rec center, who has outdated [i mean REALLY outdated] machines, and has time limits on their machines, and is small, and crowded and not what i have become used to. sadly, though, it's probably the only gym that i can work into my budget. ::sigh:: we'll see how this goes...
but that is actually not why i wanted to post. i am documenting a monumental moment in the McHenry family: one of us graduated ... from college! except it wasn't me :( my brother, after nine years of higher education finally graduated with his is bachelors in business. i'm very proud of and happy for him and i extend my highest level of congratulations.
now, i'm going to be real with you...
this is total garbage. yes, it's awesome he graduated. yes, it's even more awesome because he barely graduated high school. but on the real IT TOOK HIM NINE YEARS! most people are known as scholars after nine years of school. and he's not even done yet. he still has to take a fair amount of summer classes. and look at that picture, he doesn't even care! he seems so not interested in what is going on at all. he didn't even pick up his cap and gown until the day before graduation! what the hell?!
yes i am bitter that he beat me but i'm more pissed that he chose now, of all times, to finally finish school. now. the year i'm supposed to graduate. yes, i'm still going to have to take summer classes and i won't be able to walk until decemeber, but this is still my year. he should've have graduated years ago, and he has to pick the same year i'm set to graduate? seriously? so now everyone is all stoked on jon [even though he's not finished yet] and no one is even noticing that i'll also be finished this summer.
but i think the worst, the absolute worst part about it is my mom. my mom likes jonathan the most, and i'm not even pissed about that, he's the only boy and he really does do a lot for her ... plus, i'm totally my dad's favorite so it evens out. but what does piss me off is how all day my mom is talking about how he really worked hard for this - really?? because i think working really hard would be graduating in a timely fashion. or even if you are not good at school, nine years just seems a little too excessive to me ... but that just may be me.
after stating how hard he worked she then says "he was never good at school like casey was. grades didn't come as easily for him" - ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?! okay, i'll bite, he worked hard. but you're trying to say he worked harder than me?! weird, because i'm going to graduate in exactly half the time he did, so i think that's working really hard. weird, because i actually had a rough year in the beginning of my college career and i seemed to recover with out going for an additional five years, so i think that's working really hard. weird, because i actually make good grades and maintain them, so i think that's working really hard. i actually think it is more difficult to make and maintain good grades than it is to just scrape by. but again, that may just me be. but seriously, if i had known that i'd get more praise for just getting by than i would for doing well, i would have spent a lot less nights being stressed out over the past four years.
anyway, congratualtions jonathan, i can't believe you finally did it.