H. to the E. to the L. L.

tonight i took my trainer's kickboxing class. it was fun, it was tough, it was exhilarating, it was the death of me. a word of warning to you all: if you ever tell your trainer to push you, believe that he or she will. and be prepared for pain!!!

so to Zac, my trainer, i'm thankful and i'm really mad at you all at the same time. :)

dreaming big

i'm dreaming some big, no i take that back, i'm dreaming colossal dreams right now. and i'm figuring out a plan to make them happen. it's going to take faith, discipline, and lots of Jesus.
but, hey....i've decided to believe that it can and will happen.

i'm letting it all unfold naturally. it may change a few times before its all said and done.

more to come, my friends. more to come.....

it's raining, it's pouring...

and monday morning it is

• got up late
• arrived at work with 3 very hateful phone calls awaiting me
• sliced a huge chunk of the top part of my pinkie finger off when closing the fitness door because for some reason they always forget to close it and turn up the volume on their music and mic to decimals that are not right and will make anyone go deaf. which means, i can't hear anyone on my phone. for the record, it does not make parents happy when i have to keep saying, "could you please repeat that?"
• 4 emails from various Y workers (2 being supervisors) needing numbers/etc first thing this morning. and of course, they all feel theirs is the most important. so i must find a way to prioritize EVERYONE
• have to create another spreadsheet for the School Age program as it is time to start focusing on the upcoming school semester, while continuing all of my day camp duties.
• meet with Zac, my trainer who killed me last week, in about an hour.

Oh the joys of the beginning of the week.

oh for cryin' in the beer cheese soup

today...i feel like HELL. not kidding. every freakin' muscle, ligament, joint and bone hurts today. heck even my eye lashes hurt today. okay that may be extreme. but damn it i feel the need to be dramatic at this moment! seriously that work out killed me yesterday. and somehow i need to manage to pull it together to do it all again tomorrow. what the F? i can barely even get in and out of my chair. i'm happy to know that there are others out there in pain with me. that's right. i hurt, so you should hurt. i'm all about equal opportunity. and it gives me just a wee bit of satisfaction that Carrie--who was sent by Zac to guilt me into this pain--is feeling a bit of pain today.

oh yeah, i went with Tasia to the late night showing of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince last night. we sat in the very back row, you know at the very top of the stairs. did she not see me walking--and i use the word "walking" lightly here--like an invalid? Hello!! Thank you for being a friend Tasia...sheesh!! When I made it to the top I quickly decided she was not in my Golden Girl Posse. She is no Rose to my Blanche, Dorothy or Sophia.
but i digress, and when it was time to head down. i didn't think i would make it. i sat for the 2.5 hour movie (that ended up being more like 3hrs due to mechanical failure--i thought all hell was going to break loose when the HP fans started grumbling and gettin' crazy) and my muscles rebelled at the thought of walking down the stairs. i thought about curling up into a ball and rolling down the stairs. but alas, i made it.

speaking of Harry Potter...when we were at the movie, 2 times the projector broke down. i thought those HPF's were going to come unglued and start a riot. i was sure someone was going to get cut. i had my shoes off and when the screen went out, and they sent some poor scrub at the low end of the totem pole at the movie theater to come out and tell them that they were trying to fix it, i quickly put my shoes back on. you know, in case i needed to run for my life. now i'll tell you honestly, that i wasn't sure how i was going to make it down the stairs should riot ensue because my body would not allow me to move. i think i finally decided on pretending to be knocked out already so maybe everyone would just pass me by. thankfully, the movie got put back on the screen and we all got free movie passes. nice.

now i must get back to work and become a slave to the man. but first, i'm going to attempt to get my aching bones out of this chair and walk into the lounge area and get my lunch. however, i'm starting to think, it's really not worth it.

SHITake!!!!

After weeks of avoiding Zac, one of the trainer's at the Y, he sent Carrie (the head of financial development & former temp supervisor over health and wellness) into my office last night to guilt me into my training session with him. I've been meaning to go, but we all know how well "meaning" we are to do a lot of things. So, with my head hung low I walked to the fitness room where I found Zac and we made a plan to meet today during lunch to customize a workout plan.

Holy Smokes Batman, I about died today. I may, or may not, have used a few expletives during certain parts of the workout. I couldn't help it. Obviously not very Y appropriate, but whatever. Right now every inch of my body feels like jello. When I showered afterwards I could barely raise my arms to put shampoo in my hair. It's been about an hour now and I feel good. Sore, but good. I have to do this customized plan 2 times a week with cardio on the other days. In 2 weeks, apparently will change up the plan. I'm sure it only gets harder.

Right now, I am going to go upstairs to the Spirit, Mind and Body room and lay on the vibrating floor, (I'm sure it has a specific name....but I don't know what it is!!), and allow my body to relax and rest. More than likely, I'll fall asleep, so I'll make sure to send someone in to check on me in about 10min.

Peace out, Girl Scout!!

NEW mission-o-fun!!

I've been mulling something over in my head for awhile. And I have finally come to the conclusion that I want to be....the Cupcake Master!!!

I've been wanting to bake more and I thought it would be fun to try all sorts of cupcake baking recipes. Watch out Tee & Cakes, you have nothing on me. I've got mad skills. I feel it.

Let the art of mastering the cupcake begin.

i need a vacation in the worst way!!

lazy friday

it's Friday.

i don't have to work. 

there's no where i have to be. 

what to do? what to do?

today sounds like a fabulous day to stay in bed and read my book. 

right now i'm reading "Julie and Julia" i want to read it before the movie comes out!! 

so i believe that's what i'll do today.

it's official.
my day has sucked.

yep.

pblhhh!!

hmm...
i woke up late. i never wake up late, i always wake up freakishly early.
got to work late. which i was supposed to be here early today. more than likely, that is why i overslept. oopsies.
had 4 parents waiting for me when I got here. they all wanted to be big fat complainers. sorry boulder parents that i have personally made your life imperfect. next time...follow the rules. you are not entitled to do whatever you please. besides, it's not my rules, it's the Y's rules and the State of Colorado, for a matter of fact.

::deep breath in, deep breath out::

but i digress,
i have a feeling today isn't going to be full of ooey gooey goodness.

morning do over/begin again/pretend this morning hasn't happened??

YES, PLEASE!!