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Where has this week gone!?! Last night I literally had to ask myself, “What the heck did I even DO this week?” It seems as though the week flew by! I have been overseeing two trainings at work all week, and keeping pretty busy when I leave work.

OH! I almost got ran off the road by a crazy person with some serious road rage and anger issues. That was… terrifying! It turns out the police cannot actually do anything unless they witness the incident. WTF, police. Then what can you do?

BF and I were supposed to go to a yoga class Wednesday night, but that didn’t happen. He got called out for work after hours. It was a bummer. So instead, I went for a nice run outside. Running has been great lately. The only problem is, I cannot run on a treadmill. I hate it. It hates my body. It makes me ache in ways I never imagined possible. I’m not sure why this occurs when I run on a treadmill but not when I am running outside.

So Wednesday night when he got out of work, we went to grab a bite to eat from this local place I had never been to before. During our meal, I found out that he will be leaving to visit Denver with his mother on his birthday. I don’t know if it was the PMS or the stress (or both?), but I started to cry. It seems that birthdays mean more to me than they do to him. I suppose this could be his age, but I was temporarily broken-hearted. So bummed. I love planning birthday celebrations. And I’m aware that we are taking a trip shortly after he returns from Denver, but I was still so bummed. It made me uncomfortable to even be that bummed. Which then I realized that this was probably PMS-induced craziness. Sigh. The joys of being a chick.

Yesterday I ended up getting out of work an hour and a half early. I decided that since I hadn’t been to a yoga class in two weeks (the longest it’s been in a REALLY long time), I would go to an early afternoon yoga class in Hudson. It felt great! There were only a few people in the class, but I definitely kicked butt (are you allowed to say that about yoga? I dunno, but I did!). I had an awesome practice and my form was amazing.

After yoga I went over to BF’s and I cleaned myself and the house up! I decided to be very domestic and bake some cranberry-oatmeal-chip cookies! (BTW-Lately I have found the joy in domesticity). I also “cooked” (which really means picked up Chinese takeout). By the time I got home with dinner, BF had just arrived and was munching on a (still warm) cookie! So I dished out the meal and we sat down to enjoy it in front of the most recent episode of Real Time with Bill Maher. We love Bill Maher!

BF had previously agreed to come with me to see a friend that was bartending at a local establishment. So we made the journey. They just so happened to have karaoke going on last night. BF has never really heard me sing before, so I knew I wasn’t making it out of there without singing. And I rocked it! 😉

And now it’s finally Friday. Thank goodness! Tonight is the big girls-margarita-pottery nite! We’re going to grab some dinner and spend the night with Mr. Jose Cuervo! Should be a good time! I will keep you updated!

Live out loud.

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“I am here to live out loud.”
-Emile Zola



This week is going to be a crazy one at work. I’m training 2 classes 8-5 through Friday, which leaves me practically no time to do other work that is required of me. In past training classes, I’ve really let this bring me down. But with new hopes on the horizon, I’m really trying to let all of the work nonsense roll off my back. We shall see…


So no, I still have not heard about the job. Which leaves me in a constant state of anxiety. Please continue to cross your fingers for me. But I have heard from other people that there is a hold up with the hiring process.


On a better note, I am really looking forward to the rest of this week (outside of work). BF has agreed to come to a beginners yoga class with me tomorrow at Cleveland Yoga. I’m SO excited. I’ve been trying to convince him to come with me for a while, so his agreeing to come is thrilling. Friday night I have my Margarita Girls Pottery Nite. I’m pretty pumped. Especially since BF has offered his place up to my girlfriends for our post-margarita hang fest. We are going to grab some dinner and drinks prior to our pottery girls nite. I’m not sure where yet, and it really depends on how much time we have. Ideally, I would like to go to the Barley House, if not, somewhere like Rockne’s or Aladdin’s perhaps. The girls and I have been pretty busy with work and other priorities, so I’m pretty pumped to get to spend some time with them.


Saturday BF and I have a packed day! We are walking in the Relay For Life Cancer Walk in remembrance of his grandmother that just passed away. We are walking with some other members of his family. It should be nice, if for nothing else than to spend some time with some great people and be outdoors. Later that afternoon we plan on going to an outdoor festival in a neighboring town. Our area is known for their maple syrup production so every year there is a festival… celebrating nothing… but… maple. Ha. Funny, I know. We are going to get some food and walk around. Nothing too exciting, but nonetheless, I’m looking forward to it.


With so much to look forward to, I’m starting to stress more and more about the future. It doesn’t help that I have family members breathing down my neck about my life and over things that will do nothing but stress me more in the meantime.


Oh dear, I need to hear something about the job. ASAP.

So much going on

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There is so much going on within the next few weeks, it’s ridiculous.


-tomorrow BF and I are going to the Indians versus the Twins game. I love going to live sporting events… the energy, the outdoors, the hotdogs, the beer! All make for a wonderful experience! Plus it’s “fireworks” night. BF seemed very excited about this part. And, in theory, I’m excited about this part. There is something cute and slightly romantic about fireworks, I suppose. The only problem is that I am slightly frightened of fireworks. Oh well. I’ll deal with it and just make him ‘keep me safe.’ 😉

-I’m also supposed to hear about the job tomorrow… EEEK. Could make or break me.

-Saturday I am volunteering at the Akron Zoo for their Party For The Planet in celebration of Earth Day. I am handing out information on Earthwatch Ohio, which is a non-profit group focused on sustainable living. I’ve (somehow?) convinced BF to join me. We are supposed to have BEAUTIFUL weather this weekend, so, if nothing else, I will get some sun. 🙂

-Next Friday May 1st, I have Girls Nite with two of my favorites. It’s Margarita Nite at All Fired Up! in Akron. It’s BYOT (Bring Your Own Tequila)! They provide the snacks. We are going to spend the evening drinking margaritas, painting pottery, snacking, and chatting. Sounds pretty fantastic to me! 🙂 I’m very excited.

-Shortly there after (the 13th) is BF’s birthday. I’m not quite sure what I”ll be doing that day, mostly because it’s a weekday and both of our schedules may be pretty hectic.

-Then I will be dropping him and his mother off at the airport. They are going to Denver to visit family. I don’t really want to talk about this. I’m not really happy about it, for many reasons.

-When he gets back, we will (or at least should be, if all goes as planned) going on our big camping/whitewater trip! I’m pretty pumped.

But most of this depends on the “big news” I will hear tomorrow. Sooo doing my fair share of praying for this.


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-Half-way through the week! Woo hoo!

-Today is supposed to be the day that I get the call about the job (usually never happens on the day they say it will tho).

-Picked up our pottery last night. It looks beautiful! 🙂 Mine is the Blue/Green Plate; Chad’s is the Red Sushi Platter!

-Mailed my taxes this morning…. goodbye money. 🙁

-I love eating dessert and watching The Biggest Loser. It seems like we (BF & I) are always eating some junk food when it’s on. It’s a little funny… 🙂

-Anxiety over: my current job; future job possibilities; future living arrangements; future in general; the rest of this week; planning BFs birthday trip; and other weird things…

-Excited for Friday, May 1st! Carli, Angela & I are going to
Girls Nite/Margarita Nite/Paint Your Own Pottery Nite at All Fired Up! Should be a good time! It’s BYOT (Bring Your Own Tequila)! They supply the food. All you pay for is the pottery! So I’ll bring a bottle of tequila and my creativity and be ready to go!

-I’ve had a serious sweet tooth lately. I don’t usually eat chocolate, but the BF picked up some crazy Tiger Stripe fudge (It’s vanilla fudge with peanut butter) when we were at White House Chocolates. I don’t like peanut butter really, but this was AMAZING! I also got two pretzel rods, covered in caramel, then covered in milk chocolate! DELICIOUS! WOW.

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Happy Monday

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Monday, Monday, Monday.

The Weekend:
-the weekend was great. spent some serious time with BF and his family, but we had fun.

-i’m starting to get really comfortable around his extended family, so i can be myself and be silly.

-spent a little time with my family yesterday. it was boring (i’m so mean).

-TV/snuggle marathon with the BF last night. it was a great way to slow down the end of the weekend. couldn’t have asked for anything better.

This Week:
-have a busy week ahead of me at work, but I’m not going to stress about unreasonable deadlines. oh well 🙂

-get to pick up pottery tomorrow from All Fired Up! and see our beautiful sushi plate creations.

-planning the BFs birthday. he already knows we are going to west virginia for a whitewater rafting trip. still ironing out the details. 🙂

-smiling a LOT for a monday morning. 😀

“To be happy, it first takes being comfortable in your own shoes. The rest can work up from there.” -Sophia Bush

So sick :(

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So I had a really good weekend. Made sure I spent time focusing on me, but also was able to bring the BF along for a couple things. I really wanted to go paint pottery, and even though yesterday was a beautiful day that should have been spent outside, I asked BF to join me at All Fired Up in Akron to paint! He agreed and away we went! He painted a sushi platter and I painted a sushi plate. This is something that I have never really brought anyone along to do with me, so it was kinda nice that he wanted to go with me. 🙂


About halfway through painting pottery I started having these horrible stomach pains. I did a LOT of yoga this weekend, so I had a feeling it was from strenuous abdominal exercises. It got worse and worse. We made smoked salmon again for dinner, and I could barely eat because I was in so much pain.

In the middle of the night I ended up waking up screaming… like, literally, screaming out in pain. BF tried and tried to make it go away. He used pressure points that are supposed to help with stomach pains, and it helped… temporarily. The pain was so intense that I started to feel like I was going to be sick. I spent most of the night near the bathroom, just in case I was going to throw up. It was awful. I knew I had to be up for work at 6:30, and I couldn’t sleep because the pain and nausea. I had to call in sick to work this morning and I really really did not want to do that. I have a ton of pressure on me at work, but I wasn’t convinced that I could hold it in… and I did NOT want to throw up in the work bathrooms.

It’s early afternoon now and I’m feeling semi-better. I forced myself to eat, but I’m going to hold off on yoga for a few days. Was it the stomach flu? Food poisoning? Bad abdominal pains? I’m pretty sure it might have bee a combination…

Now I’ll be worrying about work all day… sigh. I don’t get paid enough to stress about work when I’m not there.