For the longest time, I felt younger than my age...despite teasing jokes from close friends (since I started law school a few years after being in the working world, I was always the "old" one in the group. It's probably a good thing that my friend Marquis isn't a follower of mine on here since he LOOOOVES to reuse his jokes about my age whenever he can). I always laughed it off though because I was feeling good - and looking younger than the majority of them anyway!
Unfortunately, in the last week or so, I haven't been feeling so great. My knees were hurting a bit before my kickball game last Thursday but by the time I woke up on Friday morning it was all I could do to move my legs and get out of bed. Honestly, each step is still painful. Walking up or down stairs is like having someone jam a screwdriver beneath my kneecap and twist it around with each step I take. Yesterday at work, I let a student go past me on the stairwell so he wouldn't have to wait for me to get up the stairs at the snail speed I can manage. All in all...no bueno!
Considering the fact that this happened a few months ago when I started playing tennis again I decided not to mess around this time. So on Thursday morning I'll be heading to an orthopedic doctor (the one that re-broke my toe for me last Fall) and hopefully he'll be able to tell me what's going on and what exercises I can do to strengthen the muscles around my knee to hopefully avoid this in the future. I know I'm getting older, but this is ridiculous!
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Quite possibly the longest blog title ever...and a quote from one of my favorite movies of all time! But seriously, the time has been flying by. Things have been a little crazy in my dating life, but I won't bore you with details of that. Suffice it to say that it's easier than you'd think to acquire a semi-stalker, while intellect is important it cannot make up for zero personality, and most notably, it's nice to be the girl envied by other girls instead of being the one turning green with said envy. Yes, that means that I "got the guy" this time around. Yay!
Things really are busy. While I feel like everything is flying by, I'm having a great time and haven't been this happy in a really long time. And that's still true after finding out I have to replace my A/C entirely - goodbye, $6,300.00. My weeks seem to fly by since I have so much going on. Mondays and/or Tuesdays are nights to meet up with friends for dinner. Wednesdays are trivia night (1st place victory tonight!!!). Thursdays are kickball and the post-kickball party (my team may be the bad news bears kickball team but we truly DOMINATE at flip cup!). And then it's the weekend - filled with more time with friends and hopefully some weekend trips coming up.
All in all, there's nothing to complain about socially. Work has been a bit tough lately (and more stressful than I'd like) but at the end of the day there are more positives than negatives so I just go with it. How are you doing? Are you excited about the summer? Any fun plans???
Things really are busy. While I feel like everything is flying by, I'm having a great time and haven't been this happy in a really long time. And that's still true after finding out I have to replace my A/C entirely - goodbye, $6,300.00. My weeks seem to fly by since I have so much going on. Mondays and/or Tuesdays are nights to meet up with friends for dinner. Wednesdays are trivia night (1st place victory tonight!!!). Thursdays are kickball and the post-kickball party (my team may be the bad news bears kickball team but we truly DOMINATE at flip cup!). And then it's the weekend - filled with more time with friends and hopefully some weekend trips coming up.
All in all, there's nothing to complain about socially. Work has been a bit tough lately (and more stressful than I'd like) but at the end of the day there are more positives than negatives so I just go with it. How are you doing? Are you excited about the summer? Any fun plans???
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Random Confessions
Sometimes it's nice to get silly things off your chest. Feel free to add a comment about your random confessions. These are mine today:
1. On both my car radio and my television I only listen with the volume on intervals of 5 (i.e, 5, 10, 15, etc.). If it's not on an interval of 5, I get very annoyed.
2. There is only one proper way for the toilet paper roll to hang...and if you hang yours incorrectly I WILL change it when I visit your guest bathroom. For the record, the roll should be pulled from the top only!
3. I judge people that can't properly differentiate between "you're" and "your" or "they're," "there," and "their." Is it really that difficult?
4. I prefer to have my picture taken with the left side of my face towards the camera - my hair falls nicely on that side and I consider it my "good side."
5. I'm obsessed with the MPG on my car. If it dips below 26 MPG for the tank I have to drive economically until it's back above 26.
So what about you? Any interesting obsessions, silly confessions you'd like to share?
1. On both my car radio and my television I only listen with the volume on intervals of 5 (i.e, 5, 10, 15, etc.). If it's not on an interval of 5, I get very annoyed.
2. There is only one proper way for the toilet paper roll to hang...and if you hang yours incorrectly I WILL change it when I visit your guest bathroom. For the record, the roll should be pulled from the top only!
3. I judge people that can't properly differentiate between "you're" and "your" or "they're," "there," and "their." Is it really that difficult?
4. I prefer to have my picture taken with the left side of my face towards the camera - my hair falls nicely on that side and I consider it my "good side."
5. I'm obsessed with the MPG on my car. If it dips below 26 MPG for the tank I have to drive economically until it's back above 26.
So what about you? Any interesting obsessions, silly confessions you'd like to share?
Thursday, May 19, 2011
A Dating Frenzy
I guess that when it rains it really does pour. After tonight, I will have gone on 3 dates with 3 different guys in the past week (with a potential date with a 4th guy next week too). Considering the dry spell that plagued me for so long, this has been a welcome change. The up side? All 4 guys are pretty great so far...though each one brings something a little different to the table.
I've never been one to date multiple people at the same time but this fell in my lap pretty unexpectedly. My biggest concern is that I'm going to mix up who told me what or, God forbid, call one of them by the wrong name. Does anyone out there have experience with this? Any advice???
I've never been one to date multiple people at the same time but this fell in my lap pretty unexpectedly. My biggest concern is that I'm going to mix up who told me what or, God forbid, call one of them by the wrong name. Does anyone out there have experience with this? Any advice???
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Why work when you can blog?
This morning I got called an "SLB" by a co-worker. I'd never heard that before, but was pleasantly surprised that it stood for "Skinny Little Bitch." I'm pretty sure the "Skinny" part is still a stretch, but I liked it. Sure, the reason she called me that in the first place is because my pants are literally falling down today, but I'll take it nonetheless. I really do need to do some shopping though. I only really have a couple pairs of pants that fit like they should. I was trying to hold off until I got down to the weight I wanted, but clearly some interim clothing is a must. Yesterday also gave me some positive reinforcement from a couple other people on my weight-loss. Those little things are what keep me going when I find myself getting a little slack with my eating habits.
On to other topics...my new favorite TV show is 'The Voice' on NBC. Partly because I love the concept of choosing the singers based on their talent alone...
and partly because I'd forgotten how cute Adam is...
I prefer him clean shaven, but a little shadow looks pretty dreamy as well. Personally, I think that he's compiled the best "team" so far, but I may be a little biased. The battle rounds start tonight so I'm hoping that some of my favorites make it through (I'm rooting for you, Javier Colon and Jeff Jenkins!!!)
Next Monday is my Dad's 60th birthday! I can't believe he's hitting 60, but I'm so thankful to have him in my life. He's healthy and active for his age, and I get to see him every weekend at the very least - I couldn't ask for more. On Sunday, my brothers and I will be taking him golfing in the morning and then out for some grub in the afternoon/evening. I haven't swung a club in months, but since The Players Championship is this weekend it seems like as good a time as any to hit the links.
Okay, since I am at work, maybe I should actually go do some.
On to other topics...my new favorite TV show is 'The Voice' on NBC. Partly because I love the concept of choosing the singers based on their talent alone...
and partly because I'd forgotten how cute Adam is...
I prefer him clean shaven, but a little shadow looks pretty dreamy as well. Personally, I think that he's compiled the best "team" so far, but I may be a little biased. The battle rounds start tonight so I'm hoping that some of my favorites make it through (I'm rooting for you, Javier Colon and Jeff Jenkins!!!)
Next Monday is my Dad's 60th birthday! I can't believe he's hitting 60, but I'm so thankful to have him in my life. He's healthy and active for his age, and I get to see him every weekend at the very least - I couldn't ask for more. On Sunday, my brothers and I will be taking him golfing in the morning and then out for some grub in the afternoon/evening. I haven't swung a club in months, but since The Players Championship is this weekend it seems like as good a time as any to hit the links.
Okay, since I am at work, maybe I should actually go do some.
Monday, May 9, 2011
I'm a Blogging Slacker - Trip Photos!!!
No, "blogging" is not a substitute for an alternative bad word like Cee Lo Green does in 'Forget You':
Rather, I've simply been MIA from here for a while now. Fortunately, I have a good excuse - I've been on vacation!!! Yes, that does nothing to account for the other few weeks without writing but cut me some slack, please. With the semester winding down, this past month has been crazy busy at work. Bar prep is just around the corner so these next few weeks are my chance to catch up on everything that's been neglected for the past few months.
On to more interesting things...my vacation! Every 2 years or so my family tries to do a big vacation together. Our last one was to Aruba two years ago. This time it was off to St. Kitts with my parents, brothers, and older brother's wife. There aren't a ton of resorts on the little island (just 68 sq. miles), so we stayed at the Marriott Beach Club:
That was a stock photo pulled from the internet...the rest will be photos I took myself on our trip. We stayed in one of the little condos/villas instead of the hotel part. The hotel was very nice while the condos themselves were a bit outdated, but not too bad. With plenty of places to eat on site, you wouldn't even have to leave the property if you didn't want to...but we definitely got out to see a bunch of the island. They had a replica of the Nina, one of Columbus's ships, that was 50% of its actual size. Let me tell you, that 50% was small! If I had to cross the Atlantic on such a tiny ship, I would probably die from puking my guts out! Here's a pic of the ship:
Prior to our visit, I didn't know much about the island. It didn't take long to realize that there are basically two classes: the very, very wealthy and the very poor...the latter of which was in the majority. St. Kitts was the home of the first French and British colonies in the Caribbean. Sugar cane used to be the main industry on the island, but when St. Kitts (and its sister island, Nevis) gained independence in 1983, the industry suffered greatly. Without the British government to subsidize the sugar cane production/exportation, it began to fail. In 2005, the state-owned sugar industry was shut down and the population had to seek new means for survival. The solution was tourism...and in just two years (from 2007-2009) the number of visitors increased by about 40%. I'd be willing to bet that in a decade or so, the island will look completely different than it did on our visit. So here's how my trip went...
When we arrived on the island on Sunday afternoon it was a good thing our plane was able to stop because the end of the runway wasn't very far from the ocean's edge. Unfortunately, my luggage never boarded the plane in Miami so while the rest of my family was able to get cleaned up and change into something different, I wouldn't be able to do that until Monday evening. (Yes, I know I should learn to put a change of clothes and clean underwear in my carry-on...esp. since this isn't the first time I've lost my luggage) Here's a pic of me with my sister-in-law on the beach the day we arrived:
That's not a brown bagged adult beverage in my hand...it's bug spray in there! The resort had a casino on site so usually we spent a little time there every evening. I escaped the week only down about $80 - not bad for a week of roulette and free drinks!
On Monday morning, we decided to take an ATV (4-wheel) tour of the island. Before we left, we specifically asked the resort's activities director if we would get very dirty. He assured us we wouldn't. That bird was a liar! None of us have ever done the whole ATV thing before so we were pretty excited (and blissfully unaware of the filth to come).
See? All clean in that picture. The tour itself was a lot of fun - great scenery all around and it was really fun to fall back from the group a bit and then floor it to catch up!
The first picture above shows some of the dirt kicking up on the trail. The second is one of the many abandoned sugar mills on the island. This next picture is embarrassing, but it perfectly shows just how dirty we got on the ATV's:
How gross is that??? I literally have a dirt unibrow going on! That evening, I bought a pair of shorts and borrowed my Dad's t-shirt just to have something clean to wear...
On Tuesday, we took a "scenic railroad" tour of the island. It was a rather long trip and not incredibly exciting. I did enjoy the (sort of) free pina coladas they served on board. And it was a good opportunity to snap some nice pictures of the island:
The second shot above is one of my favorites from the trip. After the train tour, we took a cab up to Ottley Plantation for lunch. Though it was a bit hazy over the water, the views from the terrace where we had lunch were stunning. Then again, finding a beautiful view on that island wasn't very difficult.
The next day, Wednesday, four of us decided to go on the horseback riding tour through the rainforest. If you know me at all then you know that I love horses. I grew up with them and every time I go on vacation I try to do a horseback riding trip. In Aruba a couple years ago that was easily my favorite activity. It was a little different this time around. First of all, the horses were not in the best shape and were very small. I mean VERY small. How do you know your horse is small? If you stand next to it and your legs are longer than the horse's legs, it's prbaby a small horse:
Before we started our ride, the guide asked if we wanted a group shot. Of course we did! The picture we got back was a little less than complete...yet absolutely hilarious. Here it is:
Thursday was a day for zip-lining. I've never been, but my brothers and father have gone a couple times. Previously I was self conscious about my weight, but now that I've lost quite a bit I was comfortable taking on the zips. It was easily my favorite activity of the entire trip. Our guides were both really fun and personable and went by the names String Bean and Budweiser. What a great pair of guys:
The set-up was great and the harnesses kept you feeling very safe and secure (definitely a plus when you're about to be zipping 250 ft. above the ground!).
The feeling you get when you're soaring above the treetops was like nothing I've ever felt before. Beyond fun is what it really was. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a fun way to see a new place. The longest line was 1/4 of a mile long...so amazing! The only downside was be that it was too short. I would have loved to do some more zips!
That evening we took a walk along "the Strip" to take in the Caribbean side of the island for a change. None of the group photos were really great, but here is my favorite one from that evening:
On Friday, we took a cab to the southern peninsula of the island to grab some lunch and search for some monkeys. Along the way, we captured this shot that shows both the Atlantic and Caribbean sides at the same time:
The island is said to have thousands and thousands of green vervet monkeys everywhere. Until our second to last day there, all we kept hearing was, "This is usually a great place to see the monkeys but they don't seem to be out today." That was very frustrating! After lunch we went to Shipwreck Beach - a place that usually has wild monkeys since they feed them sugar cane. Happily, we FINALLY got to see some monkeys there!
As you can see, based on the number of pictures posted, I was really excited to finally see those little monkeys!
On our final full day on St. Kitts we just did a little shopping in the town where cruise ships come in. At the end of it all, this was another great trip filled with fantastic memories!
Rather, I've simply been MIA from here for a while now. Fortunately, I have a good excuse - I've been on vacation!!! Yes, that does nothing to account for the other few weeks without writing but cut me some slack, please. With the semester winding down, this past month has been crazy busy at work. Bar prep is just around the corner so these next few weeks are my chance to catch up on everything that's been neglected for the past few months.
On to more interesting things...my vacation! Every 2 years or so my family tries to do a big vacation together. Our last one was to Aruba two years ago. This time it was off to St. Kitts with my parents, brothers, and older brother's wife. There aren't a ton of resorts on the little island (just 68 sq. miles), so we stayed at the Marriott Beach Club:
That was a stock photo pulled from the internet...the rest will be photos I took myself on our trip. We stayed in one of the little condos/villas instead of the hotel part. The hotel was very nice while the condos themselves were a bit outdated, but not too bad. With plenty of places to eat on site, you wouldn't even have to leave the property if you didn't want to...but we definitely got out to see a bunch of the island. They had a replica of the Nina, one of Columbus's ships, that was 50% of its actual size. Let me tell you, that 50% was small! If I had to cross the Atlantic on such a tiny ship, I would probably die from puking my guts out! Here's a pic of the ship:
Prior to our visit, I didn't know much about the island. It didn't take long to realize that there are basically two classes: the very, very wealthy and the very poor...the latter of which was in the majority. St. Kitts was the home of the first French and British colonies in the Caribbean. Sugar cane used to be the main industry on the island, but when St. Kitts (and its sister island, Nevis) gained independence in 1983, the industry suffered greatly. Without the British government to subsidize the sugar cane production/exportation, it began to fail. In 2005, the state-owned sugar industry was shut down and the population had to seek new means for survival. The solution was tourism...and in just two years (from 2007-2009) the number of visitors increased by about 40%. I'd be willing to bet that in a decade or so, the island will look completely different than it did on our visit. So here's how my trip went...
When we arrived on the island on Sunday afternoon it was a good thing our plane was able to stop because the end of the runway wasn't very far from the ocean's edge. Unfortunately, my luggage never boarded the plane in Miami so while the rest of my family was able to get cleaned up and change into something different, I wouldn't be able to do that until Monday evening. (Yes, I know I should learn to put a change of clothes and clean underwear in my carry-on...esp. since this isn't the first time I've lost my luggage) Here's a pic of me with my sister-in-law on the beach the day we arrived:
That's not a brown bagged adult beverage in my hand...it's bug spray in there! The resort had a casino on site so usually we spent a little time there every evening. I escaped the week only down about $80 - not bad for a week of roulette and free drinks!
On Monday morning, we decided to take an ATV (4-wheel) tour of the island. Before we left, we specifically asked the resort's activities director if we would get very dirty. He assured us we wouldn't. That bird was a liar! None of us have ever done the whole ATV thing before so we were pretty excited (and blissfully unaware of the filth to come).
See? All clean in that picture. The tour itself was a lot of fun - great scenery all around and it was really fun to fall back from the group a bit and then floor it to catch up!
The first picture above shows some of the dirt kicking up on the trail. The second is one of the many abandoned sugar mills on the island. This next picture is embarrassing, but it perfectly shows just how dirty we got on the ATV's:
How gross is that??? I literally have a dirt unibrow going on! That evening, I bought a pair of shorts and borrowed my Dad's t-shirt just to have something clean to wear...
On Tuesday, we took a "scenic railroad" tour of the island. It was a rather long trip and not incredibly exciting. I did enjoy the (sort of) free pina coladas they served on board. And it was a good opportunity to snap some nice pictures of the island:
The second shot above is one of my favorites from the trip. After the train tour, we took a cab up to Ottley Plantation for lunch. Though it was a bit hazy over the water, the views from the terrace where we had lunch were stunning. Then again, finding a beautiful view on that island wasn't very difficult.
The next day, Wednesday, four of us decided to go on the horseback riding tour through the rainforest. If you know me at all then you know that I love horses. I grew up with them and every time I go on vacation I try to do a horseback riding trip. In Aruba a couple years ago that was easily my favorite activity. It was a little different this time around. First of all, the horses were not in the best shape and were very small. I mean VERY small. How do you know your horse is small? If you stand next to it and your legs are longer than the horse's legs, it's prbaby a small horse:
Before we started our ride, the guide asked if we wanted a group shot. Of course we did! The picture we got back was a little less than complete...yet absolutely hilarious. Here it is:
Thursday was a day for zip-lining. I've never been, but my brothers and father have gone a couple times. Previously I was self conscious about my weight, but now that I've lost quite a bit I was comfortable taking on the zips. It was easily my favorite activity of the entire trip. Our guides were both really fun and personable and went by the names String Bean and Budweiser. What a great pair of guys:
The set-up was great and the harnesses kept you feeling very safe and secure (definitely a plus when you're about to be zipping 250 ft. above the ground!).
The feeling you get when you're soaring above the treetops was like nothing I've ever felt before. Beyond fun is what it really was. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a fun way to see a new place. The longest line was 1/4 of a mile long...so amazing! The only downside was be that it was too short. I would have loved to do some more zips!
That evening we took a walk along "the Strip" to take in the Caribbean side of the island for a change. None of the group photos were really great, but here is my favorite one from that evening:
On Friday, we took a cab to the southern peninsula of the island to grab some lunch and search for some monkeys. Along the way, we captured this shot that shows both the Atlantic and Caribbean sides at the same time:
The island is said to have thousands and thousands of green vervet monkeys everywhere. Until our second to last day there, all we kept hearing was, "This is usually a great place to see the monkeys but they don't seem to be out today." That was very frustrating! After lunch we went to Shipwreck Beach - a place that usually has wild monkeys since they feed them sugar cane. Happily, we FINALLY got to see some monkeys there!
As you can see, based on the number of pictures posted, I was really excited to finally see those little monkeys!
On our final full day on St. Kitts we just did a little shopping in the town where cruise ships come in. At the end of it all, this was another great trip filled with fantastic memories!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Quick Update
Admittedly I've been a bit lax in posting here...and considering the fact that I fell asleep on the couch at 8:45 tonight, my guess is that part of the reason is because I've been super busy and pretty tired. So here's a quick recap of my life of late:
1. I'm now 13 weeks into my weight loss journey and after a -4.2 lb week I'm down a total of 31 pounds! I really can't even believe it and I'm pretty stoked. It all comes just in time for...
2. My family vacation...which officially begins on April 24th (Easter Sunday). We're heading to St. Kitts and I couldn't be more excited about it. I love to travel, especially to new places, so this should be an amazing getaway.
3. Bar prep for the summer is (sort of) underway already. I've met most of my new peeps. There's just one lone person that I have neither met nor heard from to schedule a meeting...slacker anyone??? The rest of my peeps are awesome though and I'm looking forward to a summer spent helping them out!
4. After some issues with one of the extras I purchased with my new car, my baby is FINALLY home with me and looks beautiful. She's been away from home so much though that I don't even have quite 300 miles on her in the 15 days she's been mine. I'm looking forward to spending plenty of quality time with Vixen.
5. Ten days ago, I celebrated another birthday. I was happy to be able to spend the evening before my birthday with some great friends - I'm thankful for all of them in my life. All in all, of late I've been able to reach a "satisfied" mental state that had seemed to elude me for a while. Here's to hoping my happy outlook will be a gateway to more great things in my life.
And that about sums it up. I hope that everyone out there is healthy, happy, and well-loved. Have a great rest of the week! xoxo
1. I'm now 13 weeks into my weight loss journey and after a -4.2 lb week I'm down a total of 31 pounds! I really can't even believe it and I'm pretty stoked. It all comes just in time for...
2. My family vacation...which officially begins on April 24th (Easter Sunday). We're heading to St. Kitts and I couldn't be more excited about it. I love to travel, especially to new places, so this should be an amazing getaway.
3. Bar prep for the summer is (sort of) underway already. I've met most of my new peeps. There's just one lone person that I have neither met nor heard from to schedule a meeting...slacker anyone??? The rest of my peeps are awesome though and I'm looking forward to a summer spent helping them out!
4. After some issues with one of the extras I purchased with my new car, my baby is FINALLY home with me and looks beautiful. She's been away from home so much though that I don't even have quite 300 miles on her in the 15 days she's been mine. I'm looking forward to spending plenty of quality time with Vixen.
5. Ten days ago, I celebrated another birthday. I was happy to be able to spend the evening before my birthday with some great friends - I'm thankful for all of them in my life. All in all, of late I've been able to reach a "satisfied" mental state that had seemed to elude me for a while. Here's to hoping my happy outlook will be a gateway to more great things in my life.
And that about sums it up. I hope that everyone out there is healthy, happy, and well-loved. Have a great rest of the week! xoxo
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