Sore

Oh my goodness my abs are soooo sore! I worked out the other night with a trainer at the gym and then did an hour and a half workout yesterday with Adrienne, followed by taking a yoga class this morning. I am definitely feeling all of my workouts today! Everytime I laugh or cough I can feel it in my abs but I love it!

Joining a gym has probably been the best move that I've made in a long time. I'm taking a dance class called Zumba on Saturday morning and then a combo pilates/yoga class called Groupcentergy on Sunday after church. I am so so so excited that I'm actually enjoying working out. It's been a long time since I've been this motivated or felt this good. This was definitely a good decision.

What's everyones plans for New Year's Eve? I'm starting mine off by helping with a youth lock in at church, then going to my aunt and uncle's party for a bit, maybe swinging by Britt's house, and then ending my night with a sleepover at Megan's. It should be a good time.

Happy New Year everyone!

I need a new car

My car is in the shop....again. This is like the millionth time in two years. This time, my transmission line busted, my outer tie rod was about to pop off, and apparently I'm leaking oil from several places, the worst of which is my oil pan and it was causing my car to smoke. My mechanic fixed the transmission and the tie rod and I gave him the okay to fix at least the oil pan so I'm looking at roughly $650 right now.

I wish I could afford a new car. All of this is going on my credit card because I can't afford to fix it. By the time it's done, I'm only going to have about $300 left on my credit card. I really wish I could find a new newer car and be done with this one. *sigh*

What a way to end 2008. :-/

Sold

I'm officially sold on Fitworks. Megan and I have worked out twice now and I'm already feeling tonight's workout. My leg muscles are sore, but it's a good sore. I'm looking forward to this whole working out on a regular basis thing.

We're going tomorrow evening to complete all of our paperwork and talk to Melissa about the goals we have for ourselves and all that fun stuff. I told Megan that going to Fitworks is nothing like going to the gym on campus at school and I don't feel the least bit intimidated working out at Fitworks because everyone is doing their own thing and no one is staring at you. I like that.

Tomorrow's goal is to officially finish my UC application, send in my GRE score and request transcripts, and have everything in place before NYE. Oh and find out about my car, which is in the shop...again. :-/

I can't believe 2008 is almost over. This is crazy!

Getting healthy

Megan and I went to Fitworks tonight to get some information since Britt had told us they were running a membership special. Vince used to work at the one in Mentor and told me that he liked it and once we walked in and met with Melissa to get information, I was sold. I've always been intimidated by gyms but I actually felt comfortable at Fitworks. I was impressed with the programs and the equipment and it just felt like a good fit.

Melissa gave us a month long guest pass to use so Megan and I are headed there tomorrow to work out and see how we like it. I have a feeling we'll end up joining before the week is over. :-)

I need to get serious about being healthy. I went shopping today and while my shirt size keeps dropping, I've hit a plateau with my pant size. Don't get me wrong-I'm pleased I've dropped two pant sizes in the last year, but I would love to lose even more. At this point, I'm still overweight so I think joining a gym and having accountability will be good for me. We'll see how it works out.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! I've already been up since 6:15 when my nephew came in and jumped on me and told me Santa had been to our house. The kids were too cute opening their gifts and it makes me appreciate Christmas so much more just watching them.

We opened our gifts last night so the kids could have today to themselves and I'm pleased with what I got. I actually fell asleep watching Rent last night since my parents got it for me for Christmas. I also got gift cards to two of my favorite stores to go shopping so I'm excited about that. :-)

I missed Christmas Eve services at church because once again I don't really feel good. My ear has been bothering me again and now so is my throat so I skipped church, helped my sister and brother in law put music on their new ipods, and then went to bed.

I actually think I might be headed back to bed here shortly for a "nap" until we leave to go to Oxford for Christmas dinner. I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!

Internet dating

This blog is going to be completely random and out of nowhere, but it's something that comes to mind a lot, especially with all of the ads on facebook and my other blogging sites.

Does anyone besides me pay attention to the fact that there are a lot of internet dating site ads on facebook? On my particular facebook, I seem to get Christian related ones and (I can't believe I'm about to admit this) tonight out of curiosity I clicked on one. My mom and stepdad met on the internet, but through a divorce support chat room so I've always been curious about internet dating and am vocal about supporting it even as others shoot it down.

So anyway, I was purusing this one particular website tonight and stumbled across the profile of a very attractive (in my opinion) man who just recently graduated from a local college and is going back to school in Jaunary for a masters in counseling. Since he listed his first name and where he had attended college at, it wasn't hard to track him down on facebook and his facebook profile just happened to be public so out of curiosity (I swear I'm not a stalker!) I was looking at it and couldn't help but be intrigued by his interests and his professional goals. We also happened to have a couple of friends in common as well.

That's where I stopped. I contemplated sending him a facebook message because though I created a free profile on this particular site, I didn't want to have to pay to communicate through there. However, I didn't want it to seem creepy that I was contacting him through facebook after seeing his profile on this dating website.

I'm not opposed to meeting my future spouse through the internet and I'm not saying that this guy is even remotely "the one" but I was curious about others opinions on internet dating and these dating websites and what not. I won't lie and say I'm not intrigued by this guy because I am, but really, how weird is it to connect through dating sites and facebook?

(Now that I've written all this, I'll probably come back later and delete it just because I can't believe I'm even baring my heart like this!)

Connections

Have you ever had a connection with somebody, one you know will last forever? I'm not talking in a romantic sense, just in a sense that there's one person in the world who will always know you better than you know yourself. It's that feeling of looking into their eyes and seeing your whole history and knowing they'll always love you, regardless of the stupid choices and mistakes you make along the way.

I have someone like that in my life, someone who has come and gone over the years, but no matter how long it's been, when I look into their eyes, I feel safe. It's this whole feeling of knowing that no matter what happens, somehow, with them, things will always be okay.

I had forgotten until tonight what that feels like but somehow, after tonight, my whole world feels as if it's right again. I like that.