Well it's Hallowe'en and so far we've had about 15 trick or treaters. We only really planned for less than 10 so note to self: next year, eat less chocolate. Luckily Lenny had a giant box of sesame snacks I was able to beef up our candy dish with. Lenny was not so happy about this, but I'm happy we had enough for everyone. Another note for next year is to buy pumpkins before the holiday. Today I probably visited 10 different stores in search for some pumpkins but everyone was all sold out. Luckily the Real Canadian Superstore had about 15 left of which we took two. After some moments of panicked carving, we were able to get the pumpkins out by 7:30...
Next up in sob stories is avoiding work. I'm becoming very very good at this. Sometimes I wish April could come faster but it's looking like if anything, it's just going to get further away... In the mean time I've been enjoying spending money and watching tv. Yay.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
And then there was stress
A weekend filled with fun things = a week of feeling totally unprepared. There are some days I just struggle to find the time for getting just about any unfun things done. This week I have about half a dozen meetings for one thing or another and I've prepared for zero. I have a class I'm teaching, for which I have a guest lecturer coming, which I feel unprepared for. I also have a lesson coming up on Thursday which I've only practiced once for and things aren't looking good that I'll be able to put in much time for that either (when life gets crazy, practicing and exercising are the first things I choose to drop). I've got a midterm on Saturday I've read 2/8 chapters for. I've also got an online posting on one of those chapters that was due Oct. 12 that I haven't got to yet but have an extension on (well at least I hope I do... the teacher only answers e-mails on Sundays so it's a little tricky). I feel behind on doing website updates and I'm also majorly short on cash and should be picking up as many shifts as possible this month but can't. I'm attending an info session for an employer I'd like to work for tomorrow night and haven't checked out their website or reviewed my resume. I will not be home to cook dinner until Friday of this week and have no groceries and no plan for any food eating this week. On the plus side I've recently lost about 6 pounds (within the last few weeks) and it'd be nice not to ruin that with lots of eating out this week.
You may have guessed by the rambling of this post that I'm so stressed I cannot sleep. It's been quite a while since I've been this high-strung. It's more unpleasant than I remember. Boo. You'd think with answering something like 40+ e-mails yesterday that had been looming overhead that I'd be feeling better today. Well don't you know it's the two e-mails I didn't get to that are causing me stress and mad typing tonight. I've finished both but can't help feel guilty I didn't get to things when I said I'd get to them. A combination of sleeping in too late today (until 10! a near record! guess I still actually am recovering from my illness) and working 6 hours at the store today. Again need money but neeeeeeed time to actually get things done. I feel like I'm ignoring so many things right now. Ugh.
On the plus side, if you've never tried this bread, you should. It is one of the most awesomest products I've seen come out in a while. YUM.
You may have guessed by the rambling of this post that I'm so stressed I cannot sleep. It's been quite a while since I've been this high-strung. It's more unpleasant than I remember. Boo. You'd think with answering something like 40+ e-mails yesterday that had been looming overhead that I'd be feeling better today. Well don't you know it's the two e-mails I didn't get to that are causing me stress and mad typing tonight. I've finished both but can't help feel guilty I didn't get to things when I said I'd get to them. A combination of sleeping in too late today (until 10! a near record! guess I still actually am recovering from my illness) and working 6 hours at the store today. Again need money but neeeeeeed time to actually get things done. I feel like I'm ignoring so many things right now. Ugh.
On the plus side, if you've never tried this bread, you should. It is one of the most awesomest products I've seen come out in a while. YUM.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Sleeeeepy Heather
Lenny did a 25km trail race yesterday morning at 9. While I am EXTREMELY proud of him for completing such a long race, I am so incredibly tired from getting up to support him, writing a midterm in the afternoon, and then travelling to Waterloo for Oktoberfest until 2:30am. I am so tired today! As such, practising was not so hot (incredible how tired my face was getting!) but I did get a lot of things done off of my to-do list. An amazing amount of things actually. I managed to reduce my 50 e-mails to only 2. A record for the longest time in standing memory.
I'm excited to watch the Amazing Race tonight. It gets me excited for our trip to Italy in the summer. I hope it will be a lot of fun and we don't get too bored or frustrated with the language barrier or each other. I have faith it will be fun though. Viva Italia!
Lenny and I went shopping today. I bought a new dark blue cardigan and a pink shirt. I haven't bought new clothes in a reallllly long time but it was needed. I definitely haven't invested much in updating my wardrobe for fall and now I feel a lot better.
Eating less sugar and more fruit and veggies has been going better lately. I think I'm on a good streak right now. Here's for hoping I can keep it up.
Along the same line, I've been visiting an old classmate's blog a little more regularly lately. It's great for inspiration to exercise and eat well. You should check it out sometime: http://eatrunknit.blogspot.com/
Well that's probably enough journalling for now. TV time!
I'm excited to watch the Amazing Race tonight. It gets me excited for our trip to Italy in the summer. I hope it will be a lot of fun and we don't get too bored or frustrated with the language barrier or each other. I have faith it will be fun though. Viva Italia!
Lenny and I went shopping today. I bought a new dark blue cardigan and a pink shirt. I haven't bought new clothes in a reallllly long time but it was needed. I definitely haven't invested much in updating my wardrobe for fall and now I feel a lot better.
Eating less sugar and more fruit and veggies has been going better lately. I think I'm on a good streak right now. Here's for hoping I can keep it up.
Along the same line, I've been visiting an old classmate's blog a little more regularly lately. It's great for inspiration to exercise and eat well. You should check it out sometime: http://eatrunknit.blogspot.com/
Well that's probably enough journalling for now. TV time!
Sunday, October 3, 2010
The calm after the storm
For the past few days I've been working for Homecoming weekend and MY GOODNESS was it busy. I don't remember ever seeing that many people wanting purple things but throw an extra 15,000 people onto a purple campus and strange things happen.
I'm enjoying some chillaxing time with the help of the beloved tvpc.com, a warm pumpkin pie with whipped cream (Len is THE best sometimes), all while sitting by a nice warm, and now working, gas fire (again, Len is THE best sometimes!). It's certainly nice to be off my feet again, especially with my favourite guy by myside.
This week should be fairly busy. I've got a lot of reading to catch up on for both of my business courses and haven't practised in over a week... I'm trying to find some more pep to put into practising but so far none has been found. Suggestions are welcome. We haven't really done much grocery shopping this weekend but do have a few things to eat through. Hopefully that doesn't add to the stress. My to-do list for the faculty is getting a little ridonculously long; 26 things to be specific. I'm also supposed to get to the pool for some swimming this week -- gottsa cheer myself up by exercising. I'm participating in this exercise/weight loss coaching study that I also have to contact someone for tomorrow. Ugh. So many things. It's really hard to get back into the swing of things after having such a lazy August.
I've decided that I'm going to start setting money aside from every pay check for a trip to Italy this summer. I'm hoping that Len will finish his degree in April with me so that we can spend some time off before jobs start. It'll be nice to meet his dad's parents and also to see the area I hear of so much. I'm looking forward to some delicious food, music, and family times. Hopefully the monies and school and a future job work out well!
Well I think that's about enough for now. I'm going to pay some more attention to the tvpc.com instead of reading for my courses or making a more cohesive to do list for tomorrow. Wish me luck.
I'm enjoying some chillaxing time with the help of the beloved tvpc.com, a warm pumpkin pie with whipped cream (Len is THE best sometimes), all while sitting by a nice warm, and now working, gas fire (again, Len is THE best sometimes!). It's certainly nice to be off my feet again, especially with my favourite guy by myside.
This week should be fairly busy. I've got a lot of reading to catch up on for both of my business courses and haven't practised in over a week... I'm trying to find some more pep to put into practising but so far none has been found. Suggestions are welcome. We haven't really done much grocery shopping this weekend but do have a few things to eat through. Hopefully that doesn't add to the stress. My to-do list for the faculty is getting a little ridonculously long; 26 things to be specific. I'm also supposed to get to the pool for some swimming this week -- gottsa cheer myself up by exercising. I'm participating in this exercise/weight loss coaching study that I also have to contact someone for tomorrow. Ugh. So many things. It's really hard to get back into the swing of things after having such a lazy August.
I've decided that I'm going to start setting money aside from every pay check for a trip to Italy this summer. I'm hoping that Len will finish his degree in April with me so that we can spend some time off before jobs start. It'll be nice to meet his dad's parents and also to see the area I hear of so much. I'm looking forward to some delicious food, music, and family times. Hopefully the monies and school and a future job work out well!
Well I think that's about enough for now. I'm going to pay some more attention to the tvpc.com instead of reading for my courses or making a more cohesive to do list for tomorrow. Wish me luck.
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