Hope its a funk

The past few days I've been in this funk. I feel like crap and no one cares. It probably doesn't help that the weather has been cloudy and rainy the past few days either. I also thought I was done running around campus trying to make sure everything for my graduation is taken care of, but I'm not. I'm meeting with the dean again today, because he was supposed to substitute some of my transfer classes in as other classes so I wouldnt have to take them. Knowing that apparently nothing has been done yet terrifies me. I've already paid my graduation application fee for the summer so I better be able to get all this taken care of. I also needed my advisor to sign my application but he hasn't been in his office during office hours. I wait as long as I can before I have to go to work or my next class, he never shows. Shouldn't he be in his office during office hours? SO I sent him an email earlier this week and asked him when he'd really be around. Then he basically blamed me for not picking the right time to tell him. Really? REALLY? I've been waiting and searching and you're never there thats why I waited so long. And now he's not going to be around until he randomly shows up for finals. So I don't know who is going to sign it. Then I've been having an issue trying to find the person who is responsible for cancelling one of my summer classes. I've been in email contact with him and late last week he asked me when I was free this week. So I sent him multiple emails of when I was free and no word. WTF? Now we are in exam week so I'm not sure if he will be around during summer. If I can't get this taken care of, I might have to hang around for just one class in fall and I'm not going to do that. I'm just so fed up with all of this. They want us to take responsiblity for making sure this all gets done, but then no one is ever around when you need them. This is probably why I feel in a funk. Also because I'm still not sure how I will pay for summer classes. My dad thinks that I have no loan money left, but i'm not sure how I would find that out. I think I will feel 10 times better after my meeting if we get everything taken care of. The only issue is I still need to find the guy about my cancelled class. I've told all of these people that I am graduating in August no if's ands or buts about it, except its not official until I get the sheet signed and turned in. Urgh! Maybe later today I will tell you how it went!

Life

Life is not a race but indeed a journey. Be honest. Work hard. Be choosy. Say thank you, I love you and great job to someone each day. Go to church, take time for prayer. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh. Let your handshake mean more than pen and paper. Love your life and what you've been given, it is not accidental-search for your purpose and do it as best you can. Dreaming does matter. It allows you to become that which you aspire to be. Laugh often. Appreciate the little things in life and enjoy them. Some of the best things really are free. Do not worry, less wrinkles are more becoming. Forgive, it frees the soul. Take time for yourself, plan for longevity. Recognize the special people you have been blessed to know. Live for today, enjoy the moment. ~Bonnie Mohr

Cute Old Couples

You know what I love? I love seeing cute old couples. Especially when they are walking holding hands, or sitting next to each other on a bench with the wife's head resting on her husbands shoulder. Even when they share a warm embrace or a sweet kiss. It makes me feel that there still is that old school undying love left. It makes me believe there will be a day when husband and wife love each other no matter what happens. Without a doubt I want to have that lasting love and relationship I see old people have. Their love gives me hope that others want the same thing. It gives me hope that there is love left in this world. Awww cute old couple walking!

This is totally my favorite. So funny!

This is what I want someday...to be laying in a hammock with my husband.

(Pictures are not mine)

Insanity Part Deux

I'm approaching the end of week 2 and I'm definately feeling it. I missed 2 days one because I babysat all day and the other was I was doing Relay for Life all night and figured I should rest before attending. But even though I missed 2 I still feel the burn. I notice more definition in my arms and definately my calves. Of course my trouble area is my belly and even though I feel it in my abs I don't see anything because I've got enough fat in the way. So hopefully along with the cardio I'm doing eventually I will start losing some weight around there. I've still got 6 weeks left and thats still a lot of time to do some damage. I also have noticed that I make sure I work out before I get too tired to do it. I don't usually workout first thing in the morning. I attend class and then have most of the afternoon to do it. I actually get irritated when I don't get a workout in. I've noticed that I've been sleeping a lot better too. Not that I never did before. I've always been a sound sleeper and the deepest sleeper, but there were many times I'd wake up in the middle of the night and now I don't do that much anymore. Not sure if that is from Insanity or a combination of Insanity, school and work!

Insanity Baby

So last summer I purchased the dvd workout system called Insanity. Usually I find those things to be ridiculous. Lose 10 lbs in the first week blah blah. Insanity never made that claim, but they did say at the end of the 60 days, if you worked your heart out you would see results. I bought it because I wanted something new to do instead of the walking, running, elliptical and strength training I typically did. However, I made it through like 2 days last year. I'm not sure why I stopped probably because I was weak. Insanity also indicates you should be an intermediate/advanced exerciser. Last time I barely workedout prior. I decided to whip out the ol' Insanity dvds and give it a second try. I had been doing a variety of workouts before hand: walking, kettleball, taebo, zumba and another dvd called Ripped, which is taught by a Canadian woman. Its basically strength training intervals with shots of cardio mixed in. I love doing that and hope to get some more of her dvd's. So I've been getting a variety of cardio and muscular work done prior to restarting Insanity. As indicated above I only made it 2 days the last time I tried. I currently jsut finished the day 5 workout. Tomorrow I do day 6 and then Saturday is my day of rest. I can honestly say, I have never pushed my body harder than I do with this. I try not to take that many breaks, because I know your body won't change if you don't push it. I still need a few breaks here and there to catch my breath, even the dude who runs the show, Shaun T, has to stop. I haven't noticed a ton of difference with weight, but i do feel stronger and each day that passes I take less and less breaks which I find to be a good thing! :) There is a mix of cardio and plyometrics and some strength training. So even though, I'm still the same weight I was when I started 5 days ago, I think I'm just gaining muscle. (Let's hope so, cuz I've been eating exactly what I should.) Also the workouts are about 35-40 mins in length and I feels like I only work out for 10 mins by the time its done. It's crazy, but I'm hoping it shows results. I will try to update once at the end of every week to see where I'm at.