Beginnings
It's spring. Hurray! Ignoring the arbitrary "First day of Spring" set out by the religious establishment of many centuries ago (or was it a more recent government thing? I might need to look that up), it's been spring here in Colorado for weeks and weeks. Three, I think. Started somewhere around Valentine's Day. If there are songbirds returned, bugs flying every which way, and greenery outside the home, it's spring. Regardless of weather. Nature knows so much better than we do, and spring and fall are transition seasons anyway. They change year to year, latitude to latitude. (If you can't tell, this is a pet peeve of mine. It seriously irks me when I see or hear people declaring, "The flowers are blooming! Spring is almost here!" Because if there are flowers blooming, it IS spring already. Grrr!)
Anyway, point being, yay for sunlight! Yay for warmth! Yay...ish...for spring fever!
I tend to start new projects in the fall. I don't know why. Maybe because my unconscious brain associates it with going back to school, even when I'm not in school. I tend to be more productive then, too. Because of personal issues, December through February are usually really bad months for me. So when we hit March, I'm so relieved to be over that gross stretch of the year that I don't want to do anything but sit back, relax, and soak all the renewed energy up.
This year, for whatever reason, that hasn't been the case. I started new things in January. Picked up a new career track/passion. Made a commitment to my future. Strange, beautiful things, especially for yucky months.
So here I am. Instead of being relieved the dark months are over, I'm filled with Spring Fever. I want to be out there with all those excitable people, walking, biking, hiking, enjoying the biggest perk of living in Colorado (the outdoors and associated activities). I want to be building, creating, producing, improving. I want to make new beginnings!
In that vein, I've started a new blog (I KNOW. ANOTHER one!) so I can easily track my fitness path. I'm sick of being the size I am, sick of being weak and physically inept. Even more, I'm sick of being judged as lazy, fat, and less respectable based on my size. All of my friends of today pretty much have only known me since I started dating my now-hubby, which happened to be post-lifestyle-change. Shortly thereafter, my thyroid wonked out without letting me know, and I started gaining weight. I started accruing health problems. Until now, I frequently get funny looks when I express positive opinions about physical activities. I say, "Yes, I would LOVE to go skating! I've been wanting to do that for two years now, but have never had anyone to go with." And they go... O_o "...Really? I...that's...okay..." Psh. It irritates me even more than the way my clothes (don't) fit, and that's a lot. (This post appears to be very ranty. Apologies.)
Where was I? New blog. Yes. I'm training for a 5k taking place in May. I've got 11 weeks to go from pained, dancing-but-otherwise-unfit blob to fit-enough-to-jog-a-5k. I'm keeping it secret from my RL friends and family because, well, I just don't want the negativity. Plus, it'll be that much sweeter after the fact. :)
I'm also competing in ScriptFrenzy for the first time. 100 pages in April. Whooo! I've written a script once, for the hubby's production class. I liked it. It wasn't what I wanted it to be - it was supposed to be short, and it...er...wasn't. Quite. 'Cause I can't do short. But this time, I'm going to try to write two tv scripts. I think it'll be good to break out of my usual pattern. (Did I talk about this already? I don't remember...) I know the basics of what I'm going to work on, I just need to find a good template for Word and research a little more about the specific show jargon/style.
And I'm starting a new mod for Never Winter Nights, dialogue only. I might use that for my last 40 pages of Script Frenzy, because the show I'm using is 60 pages. But maybe not. Maybe I'll get it done this month! I want to script a location for FallOut: New Vegas, as well. AND write up a couple reviews of other games and films, which means ANOTHER blog. Maybe that'll be my Tumblr project.
Of course, all of that depends on getting schoolwork done. I have four classes (having dropped one yesterday because it was WAY.Too.Much.Work for one class and my current schedule) that I have to catch up on. Some of them I'm good, some of them are just discussions. One of them is all reading. Blegh. Still, getting rid of that one class has left me feeling my schedule is wide open!
Woooooooooooosh!
Anyway, point being, yay for sunlight! Yay for warmth! Yay...ish...for spring fever!
I tend to start new projects in the fall. I don't know why. Maybe because my unconscious brain associates it with going back to school, even when I'm not in school. I tend to be more productive then, too. Because of personal issues, December through February are usually really bad months for me. So when we hit March, I'm so relieved to be over that gross stretch of the year that I don't want to do anything but sit back, relax, and soak all the renewed energy up.
This year, for whatever reason, that hasn't been the case. I started new things in January. Picked up a new career track/passion. Made a commitment to my future. Strange, beautiful things, especially for yucky months.
So here I am. Instead of being relieved the dark months are over, I'm filled with Spring Fever. I want to be out there with all those excitable people, walking, biking, hiking, enjoying the biggest perk of living in Colorado (the outdoors and associated activities). I want to be building, creating, producing, improving. I want to make new beginnings!
In that vein, I've started a new blog (I KNOW. ANOTHER one!) so I can easily track my fitness path. I'm sick of being the size I am, sick of being weak and physically inept. Even more, I'm sick of being judged as lazy, fat, and less respectable based on my size. All of my friends of today pretty much have only known me since I started dating my now-hubby, which happened to be post-lifestyle-change. Shortly thereafter, my thyroid wonked out without letting me know, and I started gaining weight. I started accruing health problems. Until now, I frequently get funny looks when I express positive opinions about physical activities. I say, "Yes, I would LOVE to go skating! I've been wanting to do that for two years now, but have never had anyone to go with." And they go... O_o "...Really? I...that's...okay..." Psh. It irritates me even more than the way my clothes (don't) fit, and that's a lot. (This post appears to be very ranty. Apologies.)
Where was I? New blog. Yes. I'm training for a 5k taking place in May. I've got 11 weeks to go from pained, dancing-but-otherwise-unfit blob to fit-enough-to-jog-a-5k. I'm keeping it secret from my RL friends and family because, well, I just don't want the negativity. Plus, it'll be that much sweeter after the fact. :)
I'm also competing in ScriptFrenzy for the first time. 100 pages in April. Whooo! I've written a script once, for the hubby's production class. I liked it. It wasn't what I wanted it to be - it was supposed to be short, and it...er...wasn't. Quite. 'Cause I can't do short. But this time, I'm going to try to write two tv scripts. I think it'll be good to break out of my usual pattern. (Did I talk about this already? I don't remember...) I know the basics of what I'm going to work on, I just need to find a good template for Word and research a little more about the specific show jargon/style.
And I'm starting a new mod for Never Winter Nights, dialogue only. I might use that for my last 40 pages of Script Frenzy, because the show I'm using is 60 pages. But maybe not. Maybe I'll get it done this month! I want to script a location for FallOut: New Vegas, as well. AND write up a couple reviews of other games and films, which means ANOTHER blog. Maybe that'll be my Tumblr project.
Of course, all of that depends on getting schoolwork done. I have four classes (having dropped one yesterday because it was WAY.Too.Much.Work for one class and my current schedule) that I have to catch up on. Some of them I'm good, some of them are just discussions. One of them is all reading. Blegh. Still, getting rid of that one class has left me feeling my schedule is wide open!
Woooooooooooosh!