working that nine to five

As you can probably tell from my title, I worked a nine to five shift at Mama Jean's today. That is my absolute favorite shift. It forces me to get up earlier and still have the day ahead of me. I actually have a chance to catch up on life when I get off work at five. Today after work, I came straight home and talked to my room mate, Kayla. We decided we wanted to go to the YMCA to work out and swim so we changed and got our bathing suits together and such. Before we worked out, we ran by Staples and got her money. Long story short, Staples screwed her over by over charging for a computer repair and not fixing it in the first place. After we got her money, we ran by Rue 21 because I really wanted this yellow shirt that I have been looking at. I never get a chance to shop because I am so busy with work and school. I got the shirt and then we were on the way to the gym. I mostly ran on the track at the gym. After I was tired of running, I started doing ab work outs. We decided after that we would insanely sweat in the steam room and go to the pool. We left the gym at about nine. Now, I'm doing what I do best-procrastinating. I need to get this homework done though because I have to go to sleep early. I'm already exhausted but I also have to wake up at seven in the morning because of Ernie's work out. I haven't woken up that early since high school. I am not looking forward to it because it's with a different work out group. After I work out, I immediately have to get ready for school. I get done with school at about two then I go straight to work a half hour later. I will then have to close at work. I have a busy life this week. Let's just say that I am totally ready for summer. Only a couple more weeks of this craziness.

What are you passionate about?

What am I passionate about? I am not passionate about anything of the sort of music or fashion. I am passionate about happiness and seeing people smile and laugh. I am passionate about making my family happy. I am passionate about making my boyfriend and very close friends happy. Oh, I almost forgot. One concrete term that I am passionate about is food. I am in love with food. It's actually pretty ridiculous how obsessed with food I am. It's kind of sad. It's honestly the first thing I think about when I wake up. What am I going to eat today? I am only going to eat 1500 calories. What should I have for breakfast. I can only eat on break at work and not on the register. For example, I have already realized that I won't have a chance to eat before work because I get out of class at two and have to be at work thirty minutes later. That is good for me though because if I have the chance to go home in between time, I will eat about 300 calories worth. I love all kinds of food. I love fruits, bread, certain vegetables, soups, yogurt, and basically anything you can imagine. Since I started working at Mama Jean's, I have tried so many different types of foods that I would never have tried before. I didn't even know about certain vegetables that I rang up. That was pretty embarrassing. We have an awesome cook at my work so that is the reason for me trying different things. I would probably be pretty skinny if I wasn't so passionate about food. I work out a lot. I also eat a lot. If I didn't work out, I would probably be the woman that is so obese that she can't even roll out of bed. It's ridiculous how difficult it is for me to cut down on calories. It's one of those things that I constantly have to think about. If I had an amazing metabolism I would eat so much and would be so happy. My happiness and food obsession pretty much go hand in hand. Those are the two things that I am passionate about.

What is a place?

We were told to run some ideas through our head about places that had a significant importance in our life. I thought for a good half an hour. Once I started thinking, idea's started popping up but it took a while for the brain to start flowing with ideas. My first idea was to write about my grandma's house. I loved spending time there but the main reason was because of Christmas. We would have our whole family down and the food was just amazing. Good times, good times. I then thought about the river. My parents, brother, and I would always go to the Big Piney River by my house in Devils Elbow. We would basically spend our whole summer down there. We would bring our dog, make lunch, float down the river, lay out, relax, and just have a good time. The next option I thought about was Vacations. The first one that came to my head was last summer when we went to Gulf Shores, Alabama. It was the second time that I have been there and it was my favorite vacation. We stayed at a nice house on the beach. Then I thought about when we went to Tacoma, Washington. It was about twenty minutes from Seattle and we went to a lot of historical places and awesome aquariums. Another vacation that I thought about was Chicago. That was the funnest to look at. There was so much going on. It was fast paced and beautiful at night. I then thought about where most of our family vacations were at, Pomme De Terre. It's a river where my aunt's both have a home there and we spend a lot of our time at during the summer. We have annual float trips every July where about thirty of us in the family float and hang out on the river. It's a major trip in our family. We float for about two day's straight and camp out while the adults drink at night. After thinking about my choices, I decided my favorite place with the most memories was Christmas at my grandparent's house in Waynesville, Missouri. After thinking, I decided the most significant year was probably when I was 15 year's old. That is the place I wanted to write about.

Easter Weekend

My Easter weekend turned out amazing. We didn’t do anything spectacular and that’s how I like it. It was low key and laid back. I didn’t see any of my friends, just my family. I hung out with my best friend, my mom, for the majority of course. I saw my grandparents on both sides of the family. Well, just my grandpa on my mom’s side of the family because my grandma has passed away. I got the grandparents done with on Saturday because I didn’t know how long I would be able to stay on Sunday. I have a lot of homework to do and wanted to get back at least in the daylight. On Saturday, I left straight from my work out in Springfield and headed home. I got home at about 10:45 A.M. so that was perfect. I normally don’t even wake up till that time so it was nice to still have the day ahead to do whatever I wanted. I had planned to see friends but I really didn’t get much of a chance which was fine with me. As soon as I got home, my mom was ready to do things. She didn’t have a schedule for us this time but we decided to see the grandparents and then we went home to rest. After we rested for a while, we then decided to go by Rolla and see the sales at JC Penney. We both got some things and had a lot of fun. We picked up Subway for us and my grandpa so we got supper done with. Next, we decided to go to Walmart and get a few essentials. We ended up getting home at about 8 and layed down. On Easter, my parents and I went to Cracker Barrel and had an awesome dinner. Now, it’s about time for me to think about heading home. It was a good day.

Sore

Man, I was so sore yesterday. This personal trainer thing is kicking my butt. On Saturday morning, I went into my work out already feeling insanely sore. Friday I went to school and work very sore from my Thursday work out. Ernie has an awesome work out but it makes you sore. You can guarantee it. After my first work out, my abs and arms were the body parts that were sore. After my second work out, my legs were the thing sore. My legs have never been that sore, which is weird considering I played soccer all my life and had some tough leg work outs. On Friday, I could barely walk at all so it was very difficult to go up three flights of stairs to my first class. The railing on the side of the stairs became my best friend. I thought my legs would get loosened up by the time that I went to work. They didn’t. When I was at work, it was quite obvious that I was sore. I got asked numerous times why I was walking so awkwardly. I couldn’t even imagine going to Saturday morning’s work out with my legs acting like this. I drank so much water on Friday, hoping that would help resolve the problem. I also took a hot bath and soaked my legs. I didn’t know what I should do to ease the soreness. I eventually decided that I should just lie down and go to bed early and pray by morning they would be ready for another hard work out. I was still extremely sore when I woke up but I was paying for this work out so I was going to go. Ernie could tell I was sore and was easy on me for the most part. We had another tough work out but without the use of legs. I woke up today, on Sunday, and they are still sore but much better. I am thankful for that and ready for my next work out tomorrow morning. I wonder which part of my body is next.

It's like I'm a totally different person

I blame it on the birth control! I have been taking birth control for years now. I take it for my acne. I'm sure everyone is like "suuuuure" but it's true. I had horible acne all through middle school and freshman year. I tried everything. I tried every possible pill out there. I tried every possible face cleaning set, such as proactive. Nothing seemed to help my horrible complextion. I made an appoitment with my doctor and I was surprised when she told me I should try birth conrol because hormones have a lot to do with acne. It worked almost immediatly and I have been taking it since. Well my prescription ended a couple months ago and I needed to make an appoitment to get more. I called Planned Parenthood and asked about getting a papsmire. I was pleased to hear that I didn't need to get one until I was twenty one. I just got to go there and get a prescription for a year. They put me on a different type of birth control and I think it is really playing a game with my emotions. My room mate told me she used to take it and it made here really emotional. I'm not too emotional but I am definately more moody. I never want to go out anymore and I always want to sleep. I yell at my boyfriend about little things then instantly apologize because I realize that he has done nothing wrong. I am a totally different person. I just like to sleep, work out, and relax. I feel bad bailing out on my friends all the time because I just don't feel like going out. It also doesn't help the situation at all that I work full time, go to school full time, and have to wake up early every day for my work out and school. I also am trying to lose weight, which means no alcohol for me. I don't think I'm turning into a bad person, just someone who likes to be alone a lot more. I just hate that I kind of keep myself aways from friends. I miss them. I just am not into the same scene, I guess.

day by day

I wake up every day with a different outlook on life. My mood changes about fifty times a day. I'm pretty much just a roller coaster. I am just so rejuvinated and relaxed that I finally got my life back together yesterday. I did all my chores and homework that I have been needing to get done. I needed that day off more then anything at this point in my life. Today, I woke up a little tired from the busy previous day but I also felt calm and glad that I didn't have to rush and finish any homework. One surprise when I woke up was how SORE I was. My abs hurt so bad. Whenever I cough, they just cramp. My back and arms are also pretty sore. I'm glad they are so though because now I feel like I actually did something at my first work out. Today, I am already done with an easy day of classes. I am also relieved that I didn't have to do my speech today even though I was prepared. Now, I am about to head to work. I work from three to close. I am closing with Allison and she is my favorite cashier so I am excited about that. After that I am rushing straight home to meet Kayla and then we are going to head to the YMCA and do some cardio on the treadmile and then sweat our butt's off in the steam room. It is so relaxing. After the workout, I will probably just do homework and stay home for the night. I am into the whole sleeping at night and relaxing thing lately. I am basically so ready to head home Saturday morning after my work out. I miss my family already and can't wait to come home for Easter. I always have a good time with family and love the country life and miss it. Basically, I am just extremely happy with my life and want to keep it this way.