Life without TV...
April Update
I really shouldn't be writing right now. I have papers all over my coffee table of work I need to do. And it's almost 11 o'clock at night. I want to be in bed by midnight. I don't have anywhere to be tomorrow until 11, so I get to sleep in a little. However, I woke up early today (thanks, Amanda!) to go hiking and I had a training session. I'm spent.
The hiking has been going really well. We're trying out new trails. We did this one this morning. If you asked me a year ago if I would ever consider hiking, I'd probably say no and roll my eyes. Not anymore! It's actually very enjoyable. The scenary is nice, and once I learn a trail, I can go back and hike it either by myself or with my sister. You know I'm serious about something when I buy clothes or shoes for it. :) Amanda, Stephanie, and I are planning a hike in Payson. After that, I think Amanda and I are going to tackle Camelback.
The training sessions are totally killer. I better have a rockin' body by the end of this! I feel like I have no upper body strength or abs. My legs are great though. :P My plan for the rest of the week is to rest on Monday, either an afternoon hike (if I get out of work early) or cardio on Tuesday, training session on Wednesday, work-out on Thursday, rest on Friday, and then work-out on Saturday. Probably boring for all of you to read, but if I write it down, I am more likely to do it.
Lately I've been pretty busy - working for my clients, working for myself (lots of little projects), taking care of the house, getting into shape, family time, and the guy that I'm dating - I find myself making mental To-Do lists all the time. Before I go to sleep, I would lie in bed and think about everything I have to do for the next day. When I wake up, hopefully I remember everything and I recite it again. Then, during the day, I mark off my tasks and set up the rest of the day. It's almost pathetic, but it really keeps me focused. So for tomorrow:
1. Wake up around 8. That's considered sleeping in for me. :)
2. Coffee Table work for an hour.
3. Get ready for work. 9AM
4. Drop BJ off at "day care". 10AM
5. Arrive at Hammerhead's - 11AM
6. Leave Hammerhead's - 3PM
7. Get Home - 4PM
8. GO TANNING! :) YAY!
9. Take the family to dinner for my dad's birthday - 6:30P?
10. Coffee Table work until bedtime
11. Bedtime - 10PM
So what's all this Coffee Table work? Well, my office is still a mess and I haven't had the time or motivation to start cleaning it. Plus, I can't understand how to get my wireless internet to start working, so I have to use an extremely long ethernet cable to access the internet from my laptop. The most convenient place to hook up my laptop is in the living room on top of my coffee table (though, it is also convenient on my bed, but that causes me to be even lazier). Right now, on my coffee table and all around, I have tons of paperwork from my various projects. Anything near the fireplace is completed, but there's only two piles of papers for my business bank accounts. I need to buy some folders to have a way to organize everything. It doesn't take me that long to complete the work on my coffee table, but at times it is overwhelming. Plus, I like to keep the living room neat in case I have visitors. I guess no one will be coming over for a few days. :P
I'm going to Vegas during the first week in June. My cousin is graduating on that first Friday. I'll probably be heading up there on Thursday and staying through Sunday. Hopefully some friends will be able to join me that weekend. I haven't been to Vegas to actually enjoy it yet. Looking forward to that weekend! :) Dora is going to be in San Diego for the summer so if the girls are up to it, we may take a trip to the beach. I mean, to visit her. :) I haven't been to California in what seems like FOREVER. I need to go! So that are my summer plans. Two weekend trips. Fun, fun, fun.
I've been dating this guy for about three months. Things are good. I just have to keep telling myself to take it easy and enjoy it - things that my friends tell me I should do, and that I really should do, but it's so hard for me to do that I try to ignore it all together. I mean, I can be slightly neurotic at times. Just check out my daily procedures of making mental to do lists, for example. I have this whole timeline for my life planned out and I can't help but want to fast forward to ... June or December to see what happens in this relationship. And it's not just relationships.. I would love to see what I'm doing professionally in December or even what my house will look like by then (which paint color will I choose for my bedroom!?!?). I need keep telling myself to enjoy the time I have and that every action I take is building on something good. If I fast forward through life (which, technically, I can't) to see the major events, I'll miss the little good things in life.
Wow, it's taken me a whole hour to write this entry! But it has been very therapeutic. I guess no Coffee Table work for tonight. I need a break anyway.
Goals for April
1. Lose 6 lbs.
2. Paint 1 room in the house.
3. Clean the office!
So yeah, basically I didn't do any of the goals I set for March, but I did buy a new purse. :P
I really shouldn't be writing right now. I have papers all over my coffee table of work I need to do. And it's almost 11 o'clock at night. I want to be in bed by midnight. I don't have anywhere to be tomorrow until 11, so I get to sleep in a little. However, I woke up early today (thanks, Amanda!) to go hiking and I had a training session. I'm spent.
The hiking has been going really well. We're trying out new trails. We did this one this morning. If you asked me a year ago if I would ever consider hiking, I'd probably say no and roll my eyes. Not anymore! It's actually very enjoyable. The scenary is nice, and once I learn a trail, I can go back and hike it either by myself or with my sister. You know I'm serious about something when I buy clothes or shoes for it. :) Amanda, Stephanie, and I are planning a hike in Payson. After that, I think Amanda and I are going to tackle Camelback.
The training sessions are totally killer. I better have a rockin' body by the end of this! I feel like I have no upper body strength or abs. My legs are great though. :P My plan for the rest of the week is to rest on Monday, either an afternoon hike (if I get out of work early) or cardio on Tuesday, training session on Wednesday, work-out on Thursday, rest on Friday, and then work-out on Saturday. Probably boring for all of you to read, but if I write it down, I am more likely to do it.
Lately I've been pretty busy - working for my clients, working for myself (lots of little projects), taking care of the house, getting into shape, family time, and the guy that I'm dating - I find myself making mental To-Do lists all the time. Before I go to sleep, I would lie in bed and think about everything I have to do for the next day. When I wake up, hopefully I remember everything and I recite it again. Then, during the day, I mark off my tasks and set up the rest of the day. It's almost pathetic, but it really keeps me focused. So for tomorrow:
1. Wake up around 8. That's considered sleeping in for me. :)
2. Coffee Table work for an hour.
3. Get ready for work. 9AM
4. Drop BJ off at "day care". 10AM
5. Arrive at Hammerhead's - 11AM
6. Leave Hammerhead's - 3PM
7. Get Home - 4PM
8. GO TANNING! :) YAY!
9. Take the family to dinner for my dad's birthday - 6:30P?
10. Coffee Table work until bedtime
11. Bedtime - 10PM
So what's all this Coffee Table work? Well, my office is still a mess and I haven't had the time or motivation to start cleaning it. Plus, I can't understand how to get my wireless internet to start working, so I have to use an extremely long ethernet cable to access the internet from my laptop. The most convenient place to hook up my laptop is in the living room on top of my coffee table (though, it is also convenient on my bed, but that causes me to be even lazier). Right now, on my coffee table and all around, I have tons of paperwork from my various projects. Anything near the fireplace is completed, but there's only two piles of papers for my business bank accounts. I need to buy some folders to have a way to organize everything. It doesn't take me that long to complete the work on my coffee table, but at times it is overwhelming. Plus, I like to keep the living room neat in case I have visitors. I guess no one will be coming over for a few days. :P
I'm going to Vegas during the first week in June. My cousin is graduating on that first Friday. I'll probably be heading up there on Thursday and staying through Sunday. Hopefully some friends will be able to join me that weekend. I haven't been to Vegas to actually enjoy it yet. Looking forward to that weekend! :) Dora is going to be in San Diego for the summer so if the girls are up to it, we may take a trip to the beach. I mean, to visit her. :) I haven't been to California in what seems like FOREVER. I need to go! So that are my summer plans. Two weekend trips. Fun, fun, fun.
I've been dating this guy for about three months. Things are good. I just have to keep telling myself to take it easy and enjoy it - things that my friends tell me I should do, and that I really should do, but it's so hard for me to do that I try to ignore it all together. I mean, I can be slightly neurotic at times. Just check out my daily procedures of making mental to do lists, for example. I have this whole timeline for my life planned out and I can't help but want to fast forward to ... June or December to see what happens in this relationship. And it's not just relationships.. I would love to see what I'm doing professionally in December or even what my house will look like by then (which paint color will I choose for my bedroom!?!?). I need keep telling myself to enjoy the time I have and that every action I take is building on something good. If I fast forward through life (which, technically, I can't) to see the major events, I'll miss the little good things in life.
Wow, it's taken me a whole hour to write this entry! But it has been very therapeutic. I guess no Coffee Table work for tonight. I need a break anyway.
Goals for April
1. Lose 6 lbs.
2. Paint 1 room in the house.
3. Clean the office!
So yeah, basically I didn't do any of the goals I set for March, but I did buy a new purse. :P