This morning I got up an hour early. I wanted to try working out in the morning instead of the late evenings like I usually do.
My reasons for trying the morning workout are that sometimes I find myself "slacking" on my workouts where they're in the evening. I find excuses such as "it's too late in the evening now to work out" or "Ryan is coming over tonight and I don't want to be on the machine when he gets here". I thought by getting up first thing to exercise, that I can eliminate these excuses. Also if I have time in the evening perhaps I could get in a second workout for the day. I'm determined to lose another 40 pounds by March (I know, an unrealistic goal, but one can dream, right?), before my dress needs to get made for Carrie's wedding.
My alarm went off earlier than usual this morning. I turned it off, reset the time for an hour later and layed my head back down to sleep. I couldn't fall back asleep because I felt guilty with what I had done. I got myself up and out of bed, changed into my work out clothes and worked out. Looking back now I am glad I forced myself out of bed and did this, but I felt like crap being up early and exercising at the time I was doing it!
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
7
Seven years ago we were still getting used to the fact that we were living in the year 2000. Seven years ago today I started work with the company I'm currently employed with. I can't believe that I am still here seven years later, doing the exact same monotonous job, which I hate. Well actually, yes I can believe it. It's so hard to get a decent paying job here without being able to speak french. So today being anniversary day is not a happy day, it's more of a sad day, lol.
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Calling From Korea!
So the storm yesterday wasn't as bad as it was made out to be. I emailed my Dad at lunch time (he goes home for lunch) and asked him how the roads were. He said that the city had them all plowed and as long as it didn't get cold out, they'd be clear when I drove home. He was right, the roads were in A-1 condition. The same could not be said for my street or driveway, lol
I gunned the gas in order to get in my driveway past the hump of snow-crap that the plow had left at the end of it. I had something quick to eat and then suited up to spend a soggy hour outside shovelling. What a chore that was! It was raining outside while I was out there, which added more unpleasant-ness to an already unpleasant task. The snow was so heavy and saturated with water, making it extremely heavy to shovel. I most certainly got my work out last night!
After an hour I came inside, completely drentched and jumped in the shower. When I got dried off and into my jammies, I went downstairs and settled in for some tv watching. The phone rang and it was Angela calling from Korea! The funny thing is, is that I had been thinking about Angela all day yesterday, and how it has been so long since I've talked to her and have seen her. She went to Ottawa to meet her future in-laws over Christmas and then as soon as she got back from Ottawa, had to fly to Korea for work. It was so nice to hear from her and chat for a bit. She'll be back Saturday night. Depending on how she's feeling, I may see her on Sunday night.
I gunned the gas in order to get in my driveway past the hump of snow-crap that the plow had left at the end of it. I had something quick to eat and then suited up to spend a soggy hour outside shovelling. What a chore that was! It was raining outside while I was out there, which added more unpleasant-ness to an already unpleasant task. The snow was so heavy and saturated with water, making it extremely heavy to shovel. I most certainly got my work out last night!
After an hour I came inside, completely drentched and jumped in the shower. When I got dried off and into my jammies, I went downstairs and settled in for some tv watching. The phone rang and it was Angela calling from Korea! The funny thing is, is that I had been thinking about Angela all day yesterday, and how it has been so long since I've talked to her and have seen her. She went to Ottawa to meet her future in-laws over Christmas and then as soon as she got back from Ottawa, had to fly to Korea for work. It was so nice to hear from her and chat for a bit. She'll be back Saturday night. Depending on how she's feeling, I may see her on Sunday night.
Monday, January 8, 2007
SNOW!
Well I guess it was bound to happen at some point. Old Man Winter decided that he really did like Fredericton and came back to us this morning. I really hate it when it storms because I really hate driving in a storm. It's not me and my driving that I'm worried about. Without sounding too cocky, I think I'm a pretty cautious driver, especially in a storm. It's the other drivers out there that I worry about.
Is it just me, or does anyone else feel that Fredericton has an abundance of horrible drivers. In the run of a week I cannot tell you how many morons I see out there on the road. And you know those whole Global TV commercials "SNOW means SLOW" that's been drilled into our heads for years...apparantly I'm one of the select few who have seen that commercial.
It looks like it may be a slow day here at work today. We're not really busy yet, although the morning is young at this point for many of our customers. I'm really nervous about driving home tonight at 6 p.m. as it's supposed to be freezing rain at that point...that's after dumping supposidly 4 inches of snow that's supposed to fall today. So hopefully it will get busy soon to take my mind off of it.
Is it just me, or does anyone else feel that Fredericton has an abundance of horrible drivers. In the run of a week I cannot tell you how many morons I see out there on the road. And you know those whole Global TV commercials "SNOW means SLOW" that's been drilled into our heads for years...apparantly I'm one of the select few who have seen that commercial.
It looks like it may be a slow day here at work today. We're not really busy yet, although the morning is young at this point for many of our customers. I'm really nervous about driving home tonight at 6 p.m. as it's supposed to be freezing rain at that point...that's after dumping supposidly 4 inches of snow that's supposed to fall today. So hopefully it will get busy soon to take my mind off of it.
Friday, January 5, 2007
A day off...and I couldn't even sleep in!!!
Sorry for the lack of a post yesterday. I had a doctor's appointment in the morning and decided to take the whole day off. It was just a routine appointment, don't worry, all is well. All I will say about the appointment is new intern working with my family doctor (although very nice) = inexperience and "OMG, that was very unpleasant"!
On my drive back to the Northside from the medical clinic, I drove past the TD tower building and saw TONS of people out of the sidewalk. It was a little after 10 a.m., so I figured it was break time and they were all out having a smoke. Wrong. They were all outside waiting to get inside the building to process their application for a passport. It was nuts! They were lined up almost to King Street and there were so many people out there, that there was a commissionaire outside with them!
Ok...yes it is a royal pain in the a$$ that the US now requires that we have a passport to fly into their country. Yes it is a royal pain in the a$$ that next year we'll have to have one to even drive into their country. I know the Canadian government's intelligence is questionable, but seriously, come on! You knew there was going to be an abundance of people who were going to apply for a passport in the new year. Surely something can be done to help this situation, rather than having people waiting, for what I've heard is a minimum of three hours, outside in the cold. It's also easy to see why the Canadian government didn't put up a fuss when ole George W decided he wanted us all to have a passport to enter his haven. Our government is making a fortune off of this! At 120 bucks a pop (thanks for raising the price as of January 1st...convenient, eh), think of the quid our government is raking in off of this!
On my drive back to the Northside from the medical clinic, I drove past the TD tower building and saw TONS of people out of the sidewalk. It was a little after 10 a.m., so I figured it was break time and they were all out having a smoke. Wrong. They were all outside waiting to get inside the building to process their application for a passport. It was nuts! They were lined up almost to King Street and there were so many people out there, that there was a commissionaire outside with them!
Ok...yes it is a royal pain in the a$$ that the US now requires that we have a passport to fly into their country. Yes it is a royal pain in the a$$ that next year we'll have to have one to even drive into their country. I know the Canadian government's intelligence is questionable, but seriously, come on! You knew there was going to be an abundance of people who were going to apply for a passport in the new year. Surely something can be done to help this situation, rather than having people waiting, for what I've heard is a minimum of three hours, outside in the cold. It's also easy to see why the Canadian government didn't put up a fuss when ole George W decided he wanted us all to have a passport to enter his haven. Our government is making a fortune off of this! At 120 bucks a pop (thanks for raising the price as of January 1st...convenient, eh), think of the quid our government is raking in off of this!
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Back To The Grindstone
Yesterday was a hard day. It was the official "back to the grindstone" day. I went back to work (which royally sucked), I started back up with my Weight Watchers program (which wasn't a bad transition...only that there's still loads of "junk" leftover from Christmas, that I want to eat) and I started working out again. Although I started out slow with the working out and didn't "giver" like I usually do. My legs were getting tired and I thought that since I had taken two weeks off, maybe it was smarter of me to start off slower. I am planning on stepping it up more though in the new year, as Carrie's wedding is only a few months away and I want to be down to my goal by then. I'm sure if I start off right, right from the start and avoid any "cheat" days, that I can do it.
To add to the blah-ness of yesterday, Ryan locked the keys to his truck, inside the truck last night. He left for Quebec this morning to go skiing with a friend he went to school with (he's coming back on Friday). It's pretty bad that here it is January and he has to travel to another province to find snow...not that I'm complaining about it though...I hate the stuff. Anyway, last night he met this guy that he's travelling with at the Taproom to discuss their travel plans. When he went outside to get in the truck he couldn't find his keys. He looked inside the truck and there they were...in the ignition with the doors locked. He called me from his cell phone to tell me, and I called a towing company to go and unlock him. After only having to wait 10 minutes for the tow guy to get there, 2 minutes and $40 later, he was on his way over to my place.
We had a nice quiet evening at home, just enjoying one another's company. I had taken all of the Christmas decorations down :_( while he was at the Taproom, but I couldn't pull apart my Christmas tree (yes a fake one), so that waited until Ryan got home. My living room looks so bare now without all of the Christmas decorations and the tree. I really hate taking them down, but leaving them up year round and being known as the neighborhood crazy lady is not a good thing, LOL!
To add to the blah-ness of yesterday, Ryan locked the keys to his truck, inside the truck last night. He left for Quebec this morning to go skiing with a friend he went to school with (he's coming back on Friday). It's pretty bad that here it is January and he has to travel to another province to find snow...not that I'm complaining about it though...I hate the stuff. Anyway, last night he met this guy that he's travelling with at the Taproom to discuss their travel plans. When he went outside to get in the truck he couldn't find his keys. He looked inside the truck and there they were...in the ignition with the doors locked. He called me from his cell phone to tell me, and I called a towing company to go and unlock him. After only having to wait 10 minutes for the tow guy to get there, 2 minutes and $40 later, he was on his way over to my place.
We had a nice quiet evening at home, just enjoying one another's company. I had taken all of the Christmas decorations down :_( while he was at the Taproom, but I couldn't pull apart my Christmas tree (yes a fake one), so that waited until Ryan got home. My living room looks so bare now without all of the Christmas decorations and the tree. I really hate taking them down, but leaving them up year round and being known as the neighborhood crazy lady is not a good thing, LOL!
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Welcome 2007
It's hard to believe that the holidays are now officially over. It's always sad for me at this point - having all the joy and excitement of Christmas and New Year's sucked away. I also hate taking down and packing away all of the Christmas decorations for another year - it solidifies that the season is indeed over. I usually take my tree down on New Years Day, but never got around to it yet...it will probably come down tonight. I sat downstairs last night with the tree all lit up and got a little sad, thinking that this was probably going to be the last night to be able to sit back and admire it's glow and the coziness it lent to the room.
New Year's Eve for Ryan and I was great. My parents took us, along with my brother, out to dinner (annual tradition). This year we enjoyed a fabulous meal and drinks at McGinnis Landing. From there Ryan and I went back to my place and packed up the car to head to Kim and Jon's for the evening. They were hosting a New Year's party again this year and seeing that their place is in Oromocto, Ryan and I opted to spend the night there rather than one of us staying sober in order to drive home, or fighting for hours on the phone trying to reach a cab company. I rarely drink, but New Years is one night that I do like to indulge.
We got to Kim's at around 8-8:30 p.m. and lugged everything into the house. We sat and chatted for about an hour or so, and then Jon's brother Nick and his girlfriend Janet arrived, after having dinner at Brewbaker's. From there Jon's sister Whitney and her boyfriend Tom arrived, then Jon's cousin Art and his wife, two kids and his in-laws. The party with the kiddies left just before midnight and the three couples rang in the new year with kisses to our partners and champaigne toasts. It was a wonderful ringing in of 2007. About 45 minutes or so later, Jon's friend Nick Theriault and his girlfriend Ola arrived. It turns out that Ola graduated high school with Ryan and I, and she just arrived home from the Philippines - having to fly out of Hong Kong...where Ryan just flew home from. We thought that perhaps she was on the same flight as Ryan, but we figured out she arrived home a day before him. Still, it was freaky the co-incidence. I do have some great pictures from the night, which I can hopefully post sometime this week. My parent's computer is wacked and I can't upload my pictures to it. My brother has a great computer, which he'll hopefully allow me use to upload them. :)
On a sad note, my friend "Poet"'s father passed away over the holiday weekend. Click the link on the right hand side that says "Poet's Hideaway" to see her tribute to her dad.
New Year's Eve for Ryan and I was great. My parents took us, along with my brother, out to dinner (annual tradition). This year we enjoyed a fabulous meal and drinks at McGinnis Landing. From there Ryan and I went back to my place and packed up the car to head to Kim and Jon's for the evening. They were hosting a New Year's party again this year and seeing that their place is in Oromocto, Ryan and I opted to spend the night there rather than one of us staying sober in order to drive home, or fighting for hours on the phone trying to reach a cab company. I rarely drink, but New Years is one night that I do like to indulge.
We got to Kim's at around 8-8:30 p.m. and lugged everything into the house. We sat and chatted for about an hour or so, and then Jon's brother Nick and his girlfriend Janet arrived, after having dinner at Brewbaker's. From there Jon's sister Whitney and her boyfriend Tom arrived, then Jon's cousin Art and his wife, two kids and his in-laws. The party with the kiddies left just before midnight and the three couples rang in the new year with kisses to our partners and champaigne toasts. It was a wonderful ringing in of 2007. About 45 minutes or so later, Jon's friend Nick Theriault and his girlfriend Ola arrived. It turns out that Ola graduated high school with Ryan and I, and she just arrived home from the Philippines - having to fly out of Hong Kong...where Ryan just flew home from. We thought that perhaps she was on the same flight as Ryan, but we figured out she arrived home a day before him. Still, it was freaky the co-incidence. I do have some great pictures from the night, which I can hopefully post sometime this week. My parent's computer is wacked and I can't upload my pictures to it. My brother has a great computer, which he'll hopefully allow me use to upload them. :)
On a sad note, my friend "Poet"'s father passed away over the holiday weekend. Click the link on the right hand side that says "Poet's Hideaway" to see her tribute to her dad.
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