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post by numbers

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I am a slacker. I haven’t posted a decent post since last week. UGH. This probably bums me out more than it bums you out. Today is a post by numbers:

1 – Number of days I have spent at my new job. Went well. Just overwhelming.

2 – Number of times I have been to the gym since my arrival in Syracuse at 4:00PM yesterday.

3 – Number of wine slushies I had last night.

4 – Number of times I had to get up to pee in the middle of the night because of the wine slushies.

5 – Number of Yuengling bottles I have left in the fridge (which means I only drank one tonight).

600 – Number of times I have texted/called BF since I left yesterday. But seriously, he and I have been texting and calling and we had our first GMail Video chat earlier this evening. It was fantastic to see him. This is going to sound silly, but he yawned really loud at one point and it was so loud that I could feel it on my computer. I told him it was like I was laying next to him while he yawned (yeah yeah, I know… cheesy).

Hope everyone had a good great Monday! Last chance to enter my giveaway is now! It ends at midnight. And I promise to post for real tomorrow.

i made it.

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Don’t forget to enter my Starbucks giveaway! Last day is tomorrow!

I’m here! I made it! I’m in Syracuse! PHEW!

It took me about 5.5 hours to get here, which is awesome considering I stopped twice to pee, once to eat, and got stuck in a monsoon! When I got here I went directly to the gym. I did not pass go. I did not collect $200. I went straight to the gym!

I got a gym membership for $19.99 a month for 12 months with no other strings attached! I love Planet Fitness.

So before I saw anyone or did anything in Syracuse, I worked out at Planet Fitness (oh how I’ve missed you, PF!). Then I hit up a Panera for some soup and headed over to CGirls apartment where she has so graciously offered to put me up until I find an apartment. So here we sit, sipping wine slushies, missing BF.

I’ll have more info for y’all later, inluding pictures! How was everyone’s weekend?

thoughts, lists, and awards

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There is so much on my mind on this crazy Monday morning. But it’s been a successful morning thus far! This is my (mostly) lame attempt at coming to grips with life on this beautiful Monday morning.
I woke up really early this morning to go for a run. Got a nice 2 and a half mile run in. It was a great feeling of accomplishment before the rest of the world woke up.

I must get my 101 in 1001 list done today. I’m giving myself a deadline. And it ends tonight!

I’ve been really thinking about all that I have to get done within the next few weeks. So here’s a sort of mini-list:
-find a new/used car.
-look at my 401k.
-visit the bank and make a deposit.
-book a hotel for S&S wedding.
-figure out what I can do for a going away party.

Last but not least! I received an award late last week and have not had a chance to acknowledge it yet! The Fabulous Brunette at Ramblings of a Fab Brunette gave me the MeMe Award! The award is all about the fabulous me! So here are the rules:

1. Share seven tidbits about myself.

2. Share the award with seven blog friends!

About me:

1. I love baking. Cookies, cakes, cupcakes, etc. Love it. But I rarely eat the desserts that I make. I would rather give them away and share them with people.

2. I don’t really eat chocolate. Once in a while (like last night) I’ll eat a little truffle from Godiva, but not very often.

3. I have an obsession with going to the movies. There is something very magical about movie theaters. I love everything! The opening credits, previews, the smell of the most unhealthy buttery popcorn in the world! It’s all amazing. Which is why if you read often you know that I go to the movies about once a week.

4. I am slightly OCD about organizing and organizational products. So I have to planners and I’m always browsing Real Simple magazine for more organization ideas.

5. I’m a huge advocate of power yoga. If you aren’t sure of what power yoga is, visit a previous post here.

6. I’m hosting my first blog giveaway. I’m giving away a monogrammed wine glass from the Preppy Polka Dot. If you haven’t entered yet, you really should.

7. I’m training for my first half marathon. 🙂

Seven fabulous bloggers are now tagged:
1. K13 at Someday I’ll Get There.
2. City Girl at City Girl Lifestyle.
3. Alexa at Cleveland’s a Plum.
4. Dawn at Thoughts From Along the Broken Road.
5. Domestic Goddess.
6. Carolyn at Hang On Little Tomato.
7. Lil Woman at Little Woman, Little Home.

Happy Monday, y’all!

manic monday doesn’t even begin to cover it.

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Ridiculous day.

So yesterday I worked what I thought was OT to cover for some of the supervisors that couldn’t be there. No prob, right? I mean, a girl can use the extra dough! It was a fairly easy day. BF, who got to sleep in yesterday (I was very jealous) surprised me by offering to meet me for lunch. So we grabbed some soup and sandwiches (delish!) from Panera Bread. It was so nice of him and really made working on a Sunday bearable for me.

Since I worked yesterday I assumed this would be a less-harsh Monday than usual. I also knew that I absolutely HAD to call my doctor to follow up on my heart situation and test results. When I finally got ahold of the doctor I explained that the palpitations have increased in intensity and frequency. The doctor told me to go straight to the ER.
UGH.
I was in the middle of training a new hire at work and had to bail on him. Not to mention, I’m at a point where I really cannot afford to appear to be “slacking off” in any way.
I called BF, he almost panicked, but I explained it was just a precaution. He wanted to come with me, which I thought was sweet and I was completely appreciative, considering I was terrified! I also called my dad just to let him know that I was OK, but going to the ER. I think he has been sensitive to the fact that things do happen to peoples children, so he felt inclined to leave work and drive 45 minutes to meet us at the ER. It was sweet of him, too!
I’m not going to vent my frustrations here about the emergency room doctors and nurses and their lack of professionalism, but needless to say, some needles, blood samples, tests, poking and proding, and waiting… and they said I “seemed fine.”
Let me tell you. I. Am. Not. Fine. Having severe palpitations where you almost lose consciousness because of lack of oxygen?? Not healthy. I know my body and my health. This just recently began happening out of no where. This is not normal.
So BF and I went out for a very late lunch (we were starving while we waited) and then did some window shopping. Decided to take a nap (SO nice) and watch a movie. He was really focused on helping me to stop worrying about what was going to happen to me, health-wise.
He did a great job. 🙂
So even though the doctor said I have to temporarily suspend my workouts (and therefore my 1/2 Marathon training–BUMMER!) BF and I took a leisurely 2 and a half mile walk after dinner (Veggie Lo Mein – my fave!).
Have I mentioned that he is wonderful and caring?? Anywho, the drama that was today has exhausted me completely. I’m getting some Z’s!
PS. Love, love, love, LOVE my new layout from Krystyn! What do ya think?? 🙂

Baseball Games: The New Birth Control

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Last night I went to an Akron Aeros (local team, obv.) baseball game and his (Big Brothers-Big Sisters) little bro. It was fun. I expected to have no common ground with this kid, but quickly realized that he is very similar to my 16 year old cousin. It was fun, minus the hundreds of screaming children surrounding us.
Looking on the brightside though, lately I’ve been warming up to the idea of (possibly way in the future) having a child (again, someday way in the future). But being around that many children was perfect birth control.
We went out to Luigi’s afterwards for some grub. I haven’t had Luigi’s pizza (or any pizza really) for about a year. It was delicious. But a belly ache quickly followed.
During the whole outting event I had palpitations about three or four times…. a couple were almost enough to make me pass out. I haven’t passed out from them yet, but it’s making me so dizzy and starving me from oxygen long enough that it’s making me have to cough for air. I’ll be following up with the doctor on Monday.
I attempted to call the doctor today while I was working at the yoga studio, but, of course, they were closed. I was worried that if I actually got ahold of the doctor she might send me to the ER. No thanks.
BF and I hit up a Mexican restaurant for dinner tonight and stopped by Dick’s Sporting Goods to look for some roller blade wheels and bearings, but they appearantly don’t carry them anymore. I told BF that a bike shop will probably have them (and there are about a million bike shops in this area, not sure why) and he’s pretty positive they won’t. We’ll see. I think I’ll win this challenge though.


The other plus of today is that I finally got an iPod Nano 4th Generation so I can start my Nike + workout tomorrow. I can’t decide whether I want to train for a 10k or a 1/2 Marathon. I’m pretty sure I could easily run a 10k now, so I may be bold and go for the 1/2 marathon training. Eek! That’s pressure though!
Ok, off to watch a scary movie (Quarantine). Have a great night everyone!

domestic bliss.

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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!