red-rum

So another week has begun and I'm right at that point where I have an anger management issue with the temperature in Boston. I really must have skipped a lot of class because I'm getting paid to get out of bed these days and it's nearly impossible to build up the mental, let alone physical, capacity to get out of bed.

I think I've figured out why there are no children to be found in Boston - it's because it's illegal to expose children to Siberian temperatures and winds from the great tundra. Their poor little bodies would freeze immediately. As for us adults, I think this deep freeze alters our brain. At least I know it almost turns me into the crazy guy from The Shining. 

On another note, here are my new favorite things that are getting me through:

• Lady GaGa's album -The Fame (Gail we must get tickets)
  
• The exercise ball for ab workouts (may be a torture device but holy sh*t that thing does wonders)
  
• Vegetarian cooking (thanks kayyyte)
  
• HGTV (probably addiction more than anything)
  
• Unsweetened Iced Green Tea (maybe I really am losing it if I complain about the cold and then order iced beverages)

Well on to work now - hope I'm thawed by the time anyone turns up...otherwise someone will likely get a dose of crazy from me.

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a great day in history

It's official, we have a new president (thank god)!!!  I just watched the inauguration ceremony on cnn.com/live - worked pretty well.  I thought the speech was thoroughly impressive and really don't care who's fault it was that Obama fumbled the oath a little (apparently the judges fault).  Just shows that we're all human.

I know it sounds corny but I'm honestly SO happy right now.  I just feel like the sun is a little brighter and the road ahead is a little less long.  Not sure why the Dow Jones "tumbled" 200 points after the speech.  First of all, tumbled is such an awful word - it seeks to instill fear and I just think that's unpatriotic of the media.  

Christian also has promising news about reception sites for the wedding so things are starting to become a little more clear and I'm really happy about that!  Now if only I could somehow get out of work early today... So not going to happen!

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i committed haneous weight watchers crimes yesterday

It's true, I shamed the weight loss institute yesterday by consuming vast amounts of alcohol and bar food. I am writing this on the T right now in an attempt to stay awake and not succumb to my hangover that seems imminent.

I woke up trying to configure some kind of believable story to take the morning off as pto. Last minute cancellation at my dentist's office so they wanted to get me in? ...that was the best I could come up with and even in a groggy state I knew it was bs so I got up and took a luke warm shower. I hate hot showers when I'm hungover, does anyone else?

The worst part of this morning's antics was the fact that I had to put together my gym bag. We have a competition at work whereby I have to workout 5x a week starting yesterday. While I felt my activities yesterday were a feat in their own, unfortunately it didn't qualify as a workout.

Anyway, here I am at work now with a DD Iced Coffee.  I am convinced we're the only company that has to work today.  Even the plowmen had off today - I graciously trudged through 4 or 5 inches this morning secretly hoping a car would spin out and hit me so I wouldn't have to go to work.  No such luck.  

For what it's worth, I feel pretty proud of myself for 24... still managed to have a bit of fun and make it to work the next day just like when I was 21. :)

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p.s. The Eagles did NOT give me the birthday present I was hoping for!

i wish i was in LA already...

I was so excited to go to LA I booked the tickets for a whole month by accident. HAHA – literally.  Oh well - Virgin Atlantic was pretty nice to me and really it wasn’t too big of a deal or costly to change the ticket. Though, I wouldn’t mind staying out there that long! ;)

Today it is 83 degrees in LA and here in Boston it is a whopping 15 degrees with a windchill at 2 degrees. Awesome.  Needless to say – counting down the days.  Libby asked me what I want to do in LA… In 4 days I would like to do the following with Libs:

• Go for a hike
  
• Go to the beach
  
• Take loads of pictures
  
• Go for a walk on Rodeo Drive
  
• Sip on a health shake while watching surfers
  
• Shoot hoops with Kirk
  
• Spot a celeb
  

I think that’s achievable.  What are your suggestions?

Weight watchers day number 3 is going well.  I spent like hmm 3 hours last night weighing food, packaging single serving sizes of everything, and slicing and dicing.  A lot of work but I think it was well worth it.  I wouldn’t do well with the program if I didn’t OBSESS over it.

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my own worst enemy

So I just booked my valentine’s/president’s day present to myself this morning.  VirginAtlantic was running some absurd sale on tickets to L.A. so I kept my promise to Libby to come and see her over President’s Day weekend.  I am so excited.  In fact… (I’m a big dork – you all know this) I started to think that this is my first time on the West Coast – first time to CA.  This is kind of monumental for me; and I’m kind of monumentally excited.

My goal is to pick up two shifts at Cactus this weekend that will pay off the ticket - $250 round trip Boston to LA is really reasonable, though.  I couldn’t pass it up.  Then a couple shifts before I go to pay for food/going out.  No Rodeo Drive shopping for me – but it’s not my thing anyway.  I’m sitting here in a sweater from Express I bought 2 years ago and it most definitely has a rip in it.  HAHA.

Okay so I apparently put a few people into panic with my last post.  Don’t worry I’m not totally ADHD and going off the deepend – was just in a dark mood I suppose.

You know what I don’t recommend?  A four week (sounds worse or better than a whole month?) sabbatical from the gym/running.  Last night was torture.  Ughhh no one but myself to blame but jaysus I couldn’t run more than 20 minutes last night.  Then I was convinced people were watching me run and I was embarrassed of my cellulite (running tights hide NOTHING) that I swear is the Christmas gift that keeps on giving… So I left anxiety-stricken, really mad at myself, and only 250 calories burned.

I got to thinking during my short, pathetic run… I’m not good at this.  I’m not good at being healthy.  I go through stints where I’m doing really well but it’s all flipped upside down at some point.  I mean, I’m good at important things like school (thinking of going back for MBA) and work – really good at those things.  But I’m god-awful at keeping a healthy routine.  I look at all the in-shape people and just wonder … “how?”

But in today’s society doing well at your job and being strong academically really means squat.  I hate to say it, but we’re all judgmental.  Family, please don’t take offense but I literally dread coming home to my family if I’ve gained weight.  It’s the first thing anyone notices and someone almost always has something to say about it.

I get that it’s a health risk factor – I get that.  But I’m not morbidly obese and my cholesterol is more than fine.  The thing is that I’m the most judgmental of anyone when it comes to myself. I’m my own worst critic, always have been.  I don’t like it either – I just struggggle.

That being said – I’m going to a weight watchers meeting this afternoon.  I’m going to be driving you all nuts telling you how many points everything is.  I think I’ve earned a point with all the typing in this post – hahaha. 

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xanax and adderall

If you ever come to Boston – spare yourself a trip to Downtown Crossing and especially WINTER STREET.  Downtown Crossing is full of pigeons, homeless people, pawn shops (and the company they draw) and baby mama’s shopping with their welfare checks.  Unfortunately, I get to experience this nightmare twice a day commuting to and from work.

So, Winter Street is the armpit of Boston because, well… it’s the one street that is NEVER cleaned.  Instead you walk down the street smelling an aroma of decaying garbage, human piss (from the homeless), pigeon poop and just rotting earth. UGH.  The “bricks” are literally black and if you touch them I think you will die of an infectious disease.

You can, however, avoid walking down some of Winter Street through an underground passage that goes from Park St T Station and Downtown Crossing T station.  Thanks to this I have been able to lower my dose of Xanax in the mornings, haha.

Oh a funnier (?) note – I have moderate ADHD, do you?  I am debating speaking to my doctor… always felt this “disorder” was over-diagnosed and just an excuse.  But I guess the disorder is multi-faceted.  But seriously – one question in the quiz asks if you have trouble reading something you’re not interested in.  Uhm, wouldn’t this be a reality for any human? 

Anyway, I did unfortunately answer some questions truthfully that I never thought had anything to do with ADHD.  Anddddd… with two parents already diagnosed with Adult ADHD I’m not exactly a far fetched victim.  Let’s face it – I’m blogging on a lunch break I cut short with Christian to get work done and well… here I am.  

Better go self medicate… my iPod helps me stay semi focused on tasks at work.  Either that or add Adderall in addition to my Xanax diet.

Disclaimer... I don't actually take Xanax or Adderall and don't plan on it - just hoping most of my faithful readers understand my sarcasm. :)

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nine things in two-thousand-nine

Well, it's the New Year.  With only two official blog posts in the month of December it's safe to say that I was really busy this holiday season.  Christmas at home was truly wonderful.  My fiance is the perfect man.  He made me a dvd about us getting married - if I find a way to post it, I will!

We stayed with my aunt & uncle and I was cuddled and snuggled every day by my favorite little children in the whole wide world.  They got me the coolest present - my very own Black Lab Webkin!!  Now, for those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about - in essence Webkinz is an online pet community.  Thor, the black lab, is very spoiled.  I'm addicted to a couple of the games on the site so I'm building up revenue for him to build him an empire.  

Now - we all know that this is the time of year where we make New Year's Resolutions.  I asked Christian what his resolutions are and he said "to get married." Pfff, what a little sarcastic brat (whom I love dearly!).  The following are what I consider to be my 9 resolutions for 2009 in no particular order:

1. blog more - do you like that?
2. have better posture - slouching makes for hunchbacks 
3. stop cursing like a sailor - it's seriously an issue sometimes
4. run more - this would help achieve the whole (now half) marathon thing 
5. stay on top of my health - this means calling the dentist on Monday
6. do something incredible at my job - get them to move me to London
7. keep my nails strong and healthy (that one's for you babe)
8. manage finances better - aka pay off my stupid credit cards... this unfortunately includes me picking up shifts at Cactus pfff
9. stay in better touch with friends and relatives - can you all remind me of your birthdays? 

Well that's a lot to get going on, whaddya reckon?  I think maybe one additional one would be to stay organized so I can actually attempt to achieve numbers 1 through 9 above.  What is also not mentioned here is that I'm planning a wedding hahaha.  Let's all laugh at me as I attempt to get through 2009 sanely.

I just asked my roommate what his new years resolution is and he  said, "to save some f**king money."  Okay, this was him swearing - not me already breaking resolution number 3!  Oh man, I'm slouching.  This is going to be a pretty impressive year if I'm able to pull off all 9.

Does anyone else ever get the feeling that there are not enough hours in the day?  Or do you think we're all too quick to make excuses?  I won't even try to make excuses for not running for the past 2+ weeks.  I will just likely want to kill myself when I get to the gym on Monday, out of shape and fighting some stupid other new year ressie for the good treadmills at BSC.

There is still tomorrow to look forward to.  Tomorrow is EAGLES playoff game number one.  I still am so happy about last week's whoopin on the Cowboys and when the stars aligned to get the birds into the playoffs.  Let's do this, Philadelphia.

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