Lots of Rambling, or, Why People Should Come to the Gym More

Wow, am I actually posting a second blog in July? /there must be something wrong with me! No, really, there may be. But there probably isn't, I'm just tired and cold - but that's because I just finished a workout with the A/C on. So there!

Hmm, what's been going on lately? Well, I could tell you that I've finished another book, but that'd be a lie. Basically since I wrote last I've done a lot of the same sort of stuff I've been doing for months: reading (a little; if there were more sun I may read more and be out enjoying it-today was nice though!), working (both at the grocer and the gym), sleeping (my bed may be my current best friend.. Sorry Ray-Ray, but sleep is heaven), working out (which I should start doing less maybe.. I think my body's hitting exhaustion), attending Zumba (which is not only super fun, but one heck of a workout), and basically subsisting.

Thursday (like, a week from today!) Bug leaves for Honduras for her missions trip, and a few days later my parents head off on their duo vacation in the Mountains and plains of AB for 3 weeks. Am I jealous of everyone going away? Heck yes. However, they're leaving the dog home with me this time, which is like, a super upgrade. The only down side of this is that he's on prednosoln (sp?), and has to be given his pills everyday, which will become my responsibility. That and brushing his teeth, but that's not such a bad deal; I get big scary looking pet to stay with me (well, SOMEONE must think he's scary looking, right?), I give him what he needs. Seems fair. So there's that.

I'm considering maybe going to Seattle for like, a few days at the end of the summer, maybe just like, "2 nights" on the Clipper, so yeah.. Maybe give myself a vacation with that? But I'll have to see. I don't want to go on my own, but I know Ray-Ray is hoping to go to Europe in the fall and Bug can't go with me, she'll be just getting back into life in Canada. I dunno, it just seems like summer's going by super fast and I'm, well, working. Which isn't a bad thing, I'm rather enjoying my jobs (and one's giving me ample opportunity to do stuff like this AND get fit), but wow. This time next year I'll (hopefully) be a University grad. And at this rate I'll be back doing the same things I've always done for the summer - back to the grocer.

That sounds bitter, doesn't it? Well, I'm not trying to be bitter, just realistic. With the job market the way it currently is and the rate at which my luck seems to go, I'll be working in grocery stores well into my career teaching. So if anyone knows of a super great summer job I can get with a BA, English Major next summer, let me know? I'd love to expand my horizons! Hmm, what else have I got to say today?

I don't think that there's really anything more that I can add. I'm hoping maybe to have a day off coming up, and I might head into town this weekend after work to hang out, but until then there's not mu-

OH! I'm going to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 with a friend Sunday! I know, I know, super nerd. However, it has been such a huge part of my childhood! I can still remember picking up PS in the Fourth Grade, reading it avidly, and asking Mrs Allen if she had any more (which she didn't yet). I can remember receiving copies of the books for my birthdays because they were released around that time, or going out to camp and having to pick up the latest book in Costco halfway through a camping trip. Being jealous of my little sister's going to a release party without me because I had to be up early. Daddy spoiling the book for Grandma because we were passing it through the family on a camping trip and he forgot she hadn't read it yet (yeah.. 6 people, 1 copy of HBP... Bad mix). I can remember seeing the movies with my family, and sometimes going again with my friends. Although the films aren't my personal, perfect rendition of the Potter series, they really are great films in their own right, and so this last film, the eighth installment, is the close of something huge. It's not just the end of a chapter of my life, but a whole part.

That being said, it's not something that I'm leaving behind. It simply means that there are no new films and books to come out (that we know of.. Jo better not be holding out on us!), so I have a "complete" frame of reference. However, there is still Pottemore (though I've not signed up for early entry or whatever - no free time for that lol), there's still a huge following, and I've still got my copies of the books. That being said, it may be time to get a new copy of PS. It has not only been read by multiple people, but chewed by my dog, cried over, and read amongst colds/flues, etc. It's falling apart, but it's the book that started it all. My little soft-cover, battered version. It's the only book I have in paperback, actually. The rest I got either the day they came out (my grandparents actually pre-ordered me  a few for my birthday!) or shortly thereafter, and though they're destroyed the hardcovers have saved them. So yeah, NOW I think that's about it...

I'm off to finish a bit more workout now that my stomach's settled and then wash floors and remember to turn off the A/C at the end of the night.. Have a wonderful evening, and remember "Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home." - JKR <3

Once a month?

Hey, internet! Guess what? I've decided I should probably update my blog. It's been a little while, hasn't it? Oops. I thought maybe with school over I'd be more able to blog or something, but I honestly haven't really felt like it. Sue me, eh?

So, what's happened since we last had a moment? hmmm... *scrolls back and looks at blog post from last month* Well, when I posted my last blog, it was actually the day before my birthday, so that happened. It was a good day, went and had some family time on the actual night of my birthday (because I worked during the day), and the next night after work I went up to the pub with some friends for drinks and appies... What else has happened since that? Hmm..

I finished the Hunger Games Trilogy last night, and Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen before that - all were so extremely good! And they're making a Hunger Games movie, I've heard. Tres excited, but it'll be hard to portray perfectly, I think. There's so much that is left for interpretation with regards to the horrors that the citizens of Panem face. I'm now reading John Green's Looking For Alaska, which is good thus far, though I'm not truly that far in.

July First was not only Canada Day (so a happy belated birthday, country of my birth!), but Ray-Ray's birthday too. We went up and did a high-trees adventure/obstacle course, rode ziplines across a canyon, and she bungee jumped, so that was an excellent day as well. Since then, basically what I've been doing is reading and working. I'm hopelessly addicted to the Zumba classes that the daytime manager at my Curves location teaches, so I've been going to those, and I'm considering (in my free time, and if it ever gets near me!) taking my certification if the opportunity ever presents itself. Ooooh, and I've updated some of my technology in the past month!

I bought a car. Not a brand spanking new car, but a newer car than the one I had, and a car that is new to me. I'm now the proud owner of a 2005 Honda Civic in standard. This is a little bit freaky for me as now I not only have car payments to make once a month for the next 3 or 4 years, but I am also driving a standard. I've driven standard before, but I was never very good at it. Well, now I have to be, don't I? So that's going pretty well - the only reason I've stalled in the last few days was due to distraction, so I'm pretty thrilled. Not so thrilled that Bug was along for it, but since she's got no insurance and needs a taxi service (or loaner car) and I had to go to work this evening, she had to be there. My other upgrade isn't quite so extreme, but I'm pretty thrilled about it.

I got a new laptop! Nothing super fancy, it's a Sony VAIO (in bright green!), but I'm thrilled. It's faster than my old HP was, and it's sleek and gorgeous. It also has a working webcam built into it (though I also have an HD webcam that I go for my birthday), so I can chat with friends that are away from me. I'm excited! Lol, I think that almost sums up my month to now...

Oh hey, so I was sick for like, 7 weeks. Then I took Cold FX and I'm no longer feeling like a leaky faucet, but I'm still not 100%. I don't have whatever it is I had before; now I've just got allergies. However, I've got a weird breathy cough and I'm losing my voice and all that stuff. Is it possible to just like, develop asthma? I'm having a hard time breathing during my workouts >.< If this keeps up too much longer I'm going to have to see my Doctor, and though he's a very nice man and everything, I'd prefer not to have to go to his place of employment - it's never a good thing for me. Aw well, I'mma eat my cherries and try to get through the rest of the evening here at work.

Sidenote: Yes, I AM writing this on a computer at work. I've finished my workout (mostly, but I've still got like 3 hours), I've tidied, and I've finished my paperwork and desk stuff. I could be reading, but I decided that I've been absent a little too long. Also, ABBA is stupidly catchy, and speeding it up to 140 bpm does not make their music any less catchy... "gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight..."

Energetic (short and sweet today!)

That's how I feel right now, and I think it's because I finished at the gym about half an hour ago. Does this ever happen to anyone else, or is it just me? I'll go to the gym or a dance class (or the gym coupled with Zumba, a current favourite!) or have a really intense skating session, wear myself out, and half an hour later I'm totally wired and ready to go again. Don't get me wrong, it's kind of great, but it's a little mystifying for me. I mean, I just worked my a$$ off for 45 minutes (because I extended my Curves workout that little bit longer:P), got petrol, and now I'm ready to go out and dance. But I can't, because I have to eat dinner in a little, so stretching and dancing around my room it is lol.

But yeah, this whole energetic thing, it's amazing. It also always makes me think of this song. Possibly because it has such a dance-able beat. Or because I'm that odd. I could go on to talk about more things to do with 'E' that are unrelated to anything, but to be honest I had a hard time thinking of what I was going to write about today. I considered a lengthy post about Evelina, the book that I've recently finished reading (which was alright for an Eighteenth Century social novel), and I also considered writing about eclecticism, electricity, or Europe. But I decided against all of those when I sat down at my computer today with all of this energy - none of those seemed to be things that I could wrap my head around at the moment. Especially since I've been studying Canadian History and Archaeology all day >.<

And so, today's is going to be a short blog because I just can't bring myself to say much more about being energetic without doing something somewhat productive or interesting; I'm off to do some stretching and dancing and such. However, I'll leave you with this clip to do with 'E', if you'd like...

Because this song always seems to make me smile. And the dancing is pretty neat. (also, it seems to be a BoA day around here)

 ;)

Bathrooms, Blog, Brownies, Bio, Bathe

That was the outline of my day. I didn't have to go to work, so I made a list of things to do, which grew as the day went on, and since it's 'B' day here in the April Alphabet blog challenge thing I decided I'd share the general gist of my day with you, seeing as it was so 'B' centric.

Bathrooms: they have to be cleaned every once-in-a-while, no? Well, I clean ours here every week, so that was my chore of the day. I was not looking forward to it because the sink in one of the bathrooms has been clogged for a few weeks and I just haven't wanted to deal with it. But today it was dealt with - my daddy came up and took the pipe apart, the drain stop out, and unclogged my sink for me, handing me all the pieces and saying 'clean these out'. Ick. I mean, it's fairly normal to have to clean hair out of your drains, right? Well, apparently my sister's friend had put cottage cheese down our drains as well, so that was all plugged up and rotting. That's why my drains were clogged - there was FREAKIN' COTTAGE CHEESE STUCK IN MY DRAINS. How disgusting is that?? But that's all gone and the sink's all cleaned and everything which is good. I also got to use these awesome new cloths to clean the counters. I know, I know, it sounds totally lame to be excited about new cloths. However, with THESE I don't have to use any chemicals or anything. They're these Norwex cloths that have like, silver in them or something and they're antibacterial and they're pretty much amazing. So that was awesome and signified a good ending to my bathroom adventures (nothing grabbed me and tried to pull me down the drain-that means it was successful, right?)

Blog: which is what I'm doing now. I know it sounds lame to like, plan on writing this but I'm not going to have time to do it tonight (which is sorta when I normally blog? I normally do this Sunday nights, but with this... Nighttime might become the norm) because Ray-Ray is coming over and we're going to start on our movie list - the list we're making of movies we need to watch. So tonight it's Chicago, because neither of us has seen it and we figured we should. If there's anyone out there reading this with a suggestion of what else we should see, let me know!!

Brownies. What more do I need to say? I watched this video earlier today and it made me want chocolate brownies so I think I'm going to make some. We've got a box of that like, pre-made brownie mix in the cupboard that we've not used and I think I'm going to use it. I realize that these brownies won't be nearly as awesome as brownies made from scratch, but it's like 6 pm and I want brownies, so this is my answer. *shrugs*

I'm helping my little sister with Bio 12 because I was previously a Bio major (until I decided I REALLY disliked Biology) and she's taking the course.

Bathing is something we should all do, and since I'm too lazy to do it when I get up early in the morning, unless I know it's going to wake me up, I normally shower in the evening. And because I also went to Zumba today (which is freakin' awesome, by the way. Except that where I'm taking it the instructor doesn't have the best sense of timing so she counts off beat which bugs me to no end), I figure it's probably common courtesy to bathe.

Yeah... That's my day of 'B's, and I suppose it hasn't been all that interesting. I was considering writing about bruises because I always seem to have a ton of them, but they're nearly all gone now (YAY!) for the time being and I didn't feel like it. Then I was going to talk about books, but I have enough of them to go on for years and figured no one would really care (unless I were to talk about  how much I love Harry Potter or how much time Lit students end up in situations where they're bashing Twilight). Plus, I can talk about books some other time, like when I'm not reading Belinda and hating 18th Century conduct novels (just because I've now read about 4 in 2 months). As for tea, well, that starts with a 'T' obviously. But I did buy some more blackcurrant tea today because I was down to one bag left ;)

Bonsoir!!