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another weekend passed...
okay just a very quick sidenote, i started writing but then one of our sales reps came in so i stopped (i'm at reception by the way) writing and said a cheery good morning to him. he looked right past me and kept walking to his office. the man never ever ever speaks to me. even when we were sitting virtually across the table from one another at social drinks and he had just returned from NZ and the big boss told him i'm "from" NZ and he didn't even look at me or anything. grrrr get off your friggin high horse and just say hello for crying out loud. aaaaaargh.
anyway. so, another weekend has passed, so this means for an LJ update i suppose. there actually isn't a heck of a lot to update on. i've been having issues with my sciatica for the past week and a bit. i'm not sure exactly what triggered it, but in my google research i learned that something as simple as walking in not very supportive shoes can trigger the pain. it doesn't cause the pain, because sciatica issues are something that build up over time. so it must have been building up and a long walk in worn out runners triggered it for me. didn't i say awhile ago that the moment i decide to focus on a more active lifestyle suddenly my body decides to give in on me in some way or another? it has remained true with this. *sigh* last week i skipped out on the gym workouts and just did dragon boating on the wednesday. that was my only form of activity. pretty bad. so yesterday i went back to the gym in an attempt to get back on track. my back and legs flared up pretty badly afterwards, but they seem to have subsided for now. i really, really, really want to run/walk the Sun Run in May but i'm not even sure it's a possibility. financially and physically. i think megan and jason are planning to run it, which is going to kill me inside....but i have to try to think of my health first i guess. *sigh*
last night made me really start to look forward to finally moving out of the house. i was watching the hockey game on my own and i was actually quite content eating my dinner and yelling at the TV. then jodie came home and straight away i went "uuuuggghh" and lost enthusiasm for my evening. she came into the living room with her bag of carrots and a bottle of mustard. she proceeded to sit on the couch and squirt mustard onto the carrots and eat them so incredibly, annoyingly loud. it was actually disgusting. i continued to yell at the tv and make comments at the calls by the ref and everything. and then she pipes up and goes "well the canucks lose." i turned to her and blurted in her face that there was still the third period to go and they are a strong third period team and proceeded to shove a whole bunch of canucks knowledge in her face. she clearly was not impressed with the way i talked to her so she just got up and left. you seriously don't tell a canucks fan that their team has lost when there is still an entire period to go!!! anyway, that situation just made me appreciate the fact that come next month, for a few nights a week i am virtually going to be living alone!! megan goes out to ben's place frequently enough that i'll get to appreciate having my own space. just me and charlie! woot! this could get old very quickly and you may get some depressing posts on here mind you. :) the "why doesn't anyone love meeeeeeeeee?" posts!
i went on a coffee date with someone from craigslist. we have been trying to organize a meet up for a few weeks now but because of his weird work schedule it was only feasible this past saturday. i thought it went quite well and i walked away feeling pretty good about it. he was the most normal person i have met so far and didn't seem to be pretending to be someone he isn't. when we said bye he said we should do it again some time. so i thought that was a good sign. i sent him a text on sunday. but now it's tuesday and i haven't heard anything back from him so i'm taking it that he wasn't feeling it like i was. i have had my ignoring ways turned back on me. often if i'm not feeling the date i'll still stay friendly and chat, and if they say we should do it again i'll nod my head and say "yeah"...but if they text or call later on...i'll just choose to ignore them. it's mean and cruel to do...but i'd rather do that than tell someone i'm not interested. it's the easy way out. so...yeah...i think the tables have turned and it's finally happened to me. ohhh well. i'm working hard not to take it personally. another guy from POF has shown interest and messaged a couple times until i handed over my phone number. then on sunday night he text me and we went back and forth a bit until he asked to call. i was just about to go to sleep and i had a pounding bad headache, so i told him i wasn't feeling well and my social skills were lacking a little. so we agreed to try talking another time. and i think we re-arranged a phone chat for tonight. we'll see if he follows through with it.
if nothing happens with this guy then i think i am going to join minna in giving the online dating world a little rest. in the past month i have sent out 8 messages to guys, and haven't received a single response from any of them. so it's a little crushing having that happen. i've managed to stay strong through it, but i know that if i keep trying and keep getting that rejection then i am going to end up down in the dumps. SO i'll wean myself off the site for awhile and take a breather. minna and i agreed to trying to do some of the meetup.com group things that take place every now and then. and i'm going to try my best to take social opportunities as they come. hence why i signed up for the dragon boat steersman course. the initial meeting wasn't really a social opportunity. but the training that comes afterwards could be. so i'll be taking full advantage of that since dragon boating is something i love.
and that's that! my past week!
okay just a very quick sidenote, i started writing but then one of our sales reps came in so i stopped (i'm at reception by the way) writing and said a cheery good morning to him. he looked right past me and kept walking to his office. the man never ever ever speaks to me. even when we were sitting virtually across the table from one another at social drinks and he had just returned from NZ and the big boss told him i'm "from" NZ and he didn't even look at me or anything. grrrr get off your friggin high horse and just say hello for crying out loud. aaaaaargh.
anyway. so, another weekend has passed, so this means for an LJ update i suppose. there actually isn't a heck of a lot to update on. i've been having issues with my sciatica for the past week and a bit. i'm not sure exactly what triggered it, but in my google research i learned that something as simple as walking in not very supportive shoes can trigger the pain. it doesn't cause the pain, because sciatica issues are something that build up over time. so it must have been building up and a long walk in worn out runners triggered it for me. didn't i say awhile ago that the moment i decide to focus on a more active lifestyle suddenly my body decides to give in on me in some way or another? it has remained true with this. *sigh* last week i skipped out on the gym workouts and just did dragon boating on the wednesday. that was my only form of activity. pretty bad. so yesterday i went back to the gym in an attempt to get back on track. my back and legs flared up pretty badly afterwards, but they seem to have subsided for now. i really, really, really want to run/walk the Sun Run in May but i'm not even sure it's a possibility. financially and physically. i think megan and jason are planning to run it, which is going to kill me inside....but i have to try to think of my health first i guess. *sigh*
last night made me really start to look forward to finally moving out of the house. i was watching the hockey game on my own and i was actually quite content eating my dinner and yelling at the TV. then jodie came home and straight away i went "uuuuggghh" and lost enthusiasm for my evening. she came into the living room with her bag of carrots and a bottle of mustard. she proceeded to sit on the couch and squirt mustard onto the carrots and eat them so incredibly, annoyingly loud. it was actually disgusting. i continued to yell at the tv and make comments at the calls by the ref and everything. and then she pipes up and goes "well the canucks lose." i turned to her and blurted in her face that there was still the third period to go and they are a strong third period team and proceeded to shove a whole bunch of canucks knowledge in her face. she clearly was not impressed with the way i talked to her so she just got up and left. you seriously don't tell a canucks fan that their team has lost when there is still an entire period to go!!! anyway, that situation just made me appreciate the fact that come next month, for a few nights a week i am virtually going to be living alone!! megan goes out to ben's place frequently enough that i'll get to appreciate having my own space. just me and charlie! woot! this could get old very quickly and you may get some depressing posts on here mind you. :) the "why doesn't anyone love meeeeeeeeee?" posts!
i went on a coffee date with someone from craigslist. we have been trying to organize a meet up for a few weeks now but because of his weird work schedule it was only feasible this past saturday. i thought it went quite well and i walked away feeling pretty good about it. he was the most normal person i have met so far and didn't seem to be pretending to be someone he isn't. when we said bye he said we should do it again some time. so i thought that was a good sign. i sent him a text on sunday. but now it's tuesday and i haven't heard anything back from him so i'm taking it that he wasn't feeling it like i was. i have had my ignoring ways turned back on me. often if i'm not feeling the date i'll still stay friendly and chat, and if they say we should do it again i'll nod my head and say "yeah"...but if they text or call later on...i'll just choose to ignore them. it's mean and cruel to do...but i'd rather do that than tell someone i'm not interested. it's the easy way out. so...yeah...i think the tables have turned and it's finally happened to me. ohhh well. i'm working hard not to take it personally. another guy from POF has shown interest and messaged a couple times until i handed over my phone number. then on sunday night he text me and we went back and forth a bit until he asked to call. i was just about to go to sleep and i had a pounding bad headache, so i told him i wasn't feeling well and my social skills were lacking a little. so we agreed to try talking another time. and i think we re-arranged a phone chat for tonight. we'll see if he follows through with it.
if nothing happens with this guy then i think i am going to join minna in giving the online dating world a little rest. in the past month i have sent out 8 messages to guys, and haven't received a single response from any of them. so it's a little crushing having that happen. i've managed to stay strong through it, but i know that if i keep trying and keep getting that rejection then i am going to end up down in the dumps. SO i'll wean myself off the site for awhile and take a breather. minna and i agreed to trying to do some of the meetup.com group things that take place every now and then. and i'm going to try my best to take social opportunities as they come. hence why i signed up for the dragon boat steersman course. the initial meeting wasn't really a social opportunity. but the training that comes afterwards could be. so i'll be taking full advantage of that since dragon boating is something i love.
and that's that! my past week!