Long Time No See

Wow, I haven't written on here in awhile! I have had some wild dreams that I've wanted to share. I would remember them when I woke up, but I'd forget them by the time I got in front of my computer. Oh well, I'm sure you're disappointed. What else has been going on...work is work. I did play tennis on Friday night. Wow, I am pathetic! My body is still so tired. My right forearm is sore! I was able to run around a lot more than I thought I would. Sometimes I really do amaze myself. My best friend Jackie came up yesterday and stayed the night with me. That was awesome! It's been quite some time since she's been here. I was telling her I didn't care what we did when she came up, even if we just sat on opposite ends of the couch and stared at each other all evening, I was just so happy that she would be in town. But we did more than just sit around the apartment. We had dinner Ben's Place, stopped by Woody's in City Market, and then headed over to Alibi. I've only been to that bar twice. First time it was pretty empty. Last night was way different. Apparently that was the ending point for the Raleigh Typhoon (which I think is a big scavenger hunt). Some folks wearing Appalachian State University t-shirts won. Go Mountaineers!! And there was a lot of break dancing going on. Yep, I stayed seated. No one was going to see my lack of rhythm. What else has been going on...not much. Watching some tv, walking through the neighborhood in the evening...that's about it! Ooo! I did have lunch with BagelDave one day. Man, that was so awesome! It's the first time we've done something like that since I left Old Job. I certainly hope we do that again!

Whoops!

Last night I went to the home of some friends to have a going away party for some other mutual friends. The hosts bought a bunch of pizzas and and wings, and they had all the food on the table in the kitchen. I was feeling a little hungry so I thought I'd grab a slice of pizza. I opened the box and was grabbing my piece of the pie when I noticed there was smoke rising up. And I do mean smoke, not steam from a piping hot pizza. Quickly I shut the box and then immediately saw the source of smoke - the flyer attached to the top of the box and fallen onto a candle. And not only was it smoking, yep, there were flames too. I snatched the flyer off the box and blew out the flames. Only a few people saw it and everyone laughed, but man, I was so freaking embarrassed. I mean, what does that tell you? Invite Kim over and she'll attempt to burn your house down!

Not Easy

Recently at work there was a new initiative to get people up and moving. If you signed up you'd get a free pedometer and you track your steps for the next two months; the goal is 10,000 steps per day, which is approximately 5 miles. For those of us with desk jobs, it's not all that easy. I have been able to do it a few days and come very close most others. Today I'm at 11,164. I got there by walking and also playing Dance Dance Revolution on the PS2. It's kind of fun. I'd probably like it more if I didn't suck at it, but I'll get better. Or at least that's what I'll keep telling myself!! It's fun to see everyone getting motivated and thinking of ways to get more steps in. A lot of the malls around here even open early for people to come and walk in a safe (and air conditioned) environment. I want to start doing that, but I'm going to need to sit down and figure out my schedule and how exactly I want to do things.

I emphasize the way I want to do things because I have a coworker who has also started walking at the mall and has asked me to join. I have no opposition to walking with this coworker, but there are some things frustrating me. I do not want to start as early. While I think it would be awesome to get up and go, I don't want my entire night ruined because I'm freaking exhausted. If all I want to do is come home and crash, I'm never going to stick with it. I can just see myself feeling frustrated, like I have no social life, and quitting on the walking.

Actually, I feel so frustrated at the moment I can't even get everything out of my head. Since this walking initiative has started, more people are also focusing on what they're eating. I'm certainly one of those people. I don't want to bust my ass and walk all those steps only to ruin with tons of bad foods. But lately, I feel like there's too much focus on exercise and food. I feel like I'm being analyzed. And it doesn't help that people know I'm on Weight Watchers. I don't religiously count my points, but I do keep a rough estimate in my mind. But that's for me to worry about, not you. AUGH!!!! I'm so jfasddjkkjlasdgjklkla right now. I think I'll go watch Boston *hopefully* whoop up on the Lakers.

Watch It

The other day at work BagelDave sent me this link to a video on ESPN's website. Quite often he's sent me links that I almost immediately regret clicking on as soon as the content pops up. This time was different - he asked me if I had heard the story about the Summerville, SC men's high school basketball team. He suggested that I watch the video, it's a touching story. Dave sending a touching video? This must be good. I received the link in an email that he sent me at work, so I forwarded the email so I could watch it later. It was kind of busy at work, and Dave had already warned it was a long video. I didn't actually get to check out the link until tonight, and I am so happy I watched it at home. I didn't even make it two minutes before the tears started running. I totally recommend taking a little break and watching the video. It's an amazing and touching story that'll make you smile even with the tragedy.

Good Weekend

Man, I'm sad to see this weekend come to an end, it's been such a good one! Friday night I hung out with some coworkers after work. Saturday I hung out during the day and watched some stuff I DVRed. Man I love DVR! I had a lot of episodes of The Ultimate Fighter saved. It's a guilty pleasure, what can I say! At times I do wonder, aren't those guys worried that they might be doing damage to their brains? Forrest Griffin, my favorite fighter, is one of the coaches this season. He'll be fighting the other coach on July 5th out in Vegas. I imagine it would probably be pretty freaking sweet to be out there watching one of those fights. Now all I need to do is win the lottery so I can afford the hotel, fight ticket, plane ticket, etc. Unless someone feels like splurging on me - anyone? Anyone? Ah well...but it's still been an awesome weekend. It's been a lazy day today, watching more stuff I've recorded, but I am not complaining one bit! Maybe the goodness will run over into tomorrow...that'd be the nice way to start a 5-day work week!

Watch Your Step

There have been a few stories in the news lately about pedestrians getting killed. Now, I'm not saying those people in any way deserved what happened, but some people out there are going to get killed, and I don't know if I'll have any sympathy. I work in the downtown area, and I try and spend my lunchbreak taking walks. I just need the break to get the office and get some fresh air. Sometimes the route I pick will depend on the stoplights. Sure, I could stand here and wait for the "walk" signal to pop up, or I could just go this way and not have to wait! I admit, I do cross the street against the lights, but I look both ways first. If a car's coming, I don't go. If that car would have to slow down because of me, I just wait. Some of the streets are lined with parked cars, or you can't really see down the road because of construction fencing, so at those intersections I just wait until the sign says "walk". It just drives me nuts the people that just stomp their way out in front of a car that has a green light. Either they don't even look or apparently they just don't give a shit. I do often think of Vegas when I see something like that happen. If you've ever been to Vegas, you know what I'm talking about - those drivers will lay on the horn at you if you even so much as think about crossing the street against the light. I'm all about pedestrians having the right of way...if I've got a "walk" sign and you're making a right-hand turn, you'd damn well better wait for me to cross. But these morons just walking out, not even paying attention, your ass deserves to get hit. I'll save my sympathy for the driver!

Grr

Twice now I've tried to publish a post directly with a picture directly from Picasa & things aren't working out well for me. I could have swore I saw the picture from yesterday's post there, but I'm not seeing now. So here it is: