Seriously. I didn’t know guys were usually thoughtful/nice like that. My friends rock!
Also…I fully intend to leave work after the presentation and go DIRECTLY TO THE BAR and start my happy hour a little early. It will be me, whatever friends I can drag with me, and all the neighborhood drunks. Can’t wait.
I planned to run this morning in the hopes of calming myself down a little, but I woke up with horrible allergies (seriously I could barely breathe and my throat was killing me). So I decided that sleeping would be better and I could just take my time getting ready in the morning. I will most likely attempt a run either later this evening (depends on how the bar run goes) or tomorrow.
Anyways, I need to go practice some more. So have a lovely weekend. And I hope you all have plans to get drunk with me this weekend in a form of celebration 
I didn’t really know a whole lot of their songs (I think I knew 3 or 4) but apparently, I become a groupie when I see famous people. Even if these famous people are super lame! I waved to the one guitarist (the one who is always in the back and isn’t important enough to come up front with Bret Michaels) and he actually waved back (it was a drum solo at the time) and I decided I was the coolest person there. Obviously. Then I realized I was probably the lamest person there if that made me excited. Sigh.
So yeah, I had a surprisingly good time (although I fail to see Bret Michael’s appeal. He’s ugly. So to all my friends that kept saying how hot he is…you need to lay off the crack pipe).
I also attempted to run yesterday afternoon which probably wasn’t the smartest idea. However, I’m ridiculously impatient and just really wanted to run. I did a really easy two mile run and my knee was sort of ok. It started hurting towards the end of the second mile so I stopped sooner than I wanted (I had planned to do 3 or 4 miles) but at least I did something.
I also realized I have not done my push-ups at all this week. Holy crap I suck. So I guess I’ll just forget them this week and try to do week 3 again the following week. I swear to God I will be stuck on week 3 for the REST OF MY LIFE!!!!
I also have a huge presentation/interview to give tomorrow. It’s for an advancement that I really want. Unfortunately, I’m competing against two other people so I’m pretty nervous about it. However, my boss is awesome. After having my horrible mistake the other day and me being SO upset about it, he pulled me aside yesterday and had a “talk” with me.
It was probably the most awesome talk ever. He said he just wanted me to know how proud he is of me and how impressed he is with my work and that no matter what happens, I’m still a great engineer. So even if he was lying his ass off…it made me feel a little more relaxed. Seriously…my boss is the best.
But I’m off to practice my presentation again. I CANNOT wait for tomorrow to be over!
I FUCKED UP big time yesterday. And yes…the mistake was CAPITAL SPELLING worthy. It was big. Real big.
I was in a horrible, upset mood all day yesterday. And my friends are freaking amazing. Thanks you guys. You rock.
Anyways, my knee is still crazy swollen so I still haven’t been able to go running on it. But I plan to do some upper body workout today so at least it’s not a total loss.
Then, I’m going to be the BIGGEST DORK EVER and we’re on our way to see Poison tonight. (Yes…I am the queen of 80’s bands concerts). Again, I’m too young to actually remember Poison, and they always remind me of my grandma. Yes…one of the biggest hair bands reminds me of my grandma.
My sister had a life size poster of Poison in her bedroom, and when my grandma came to visit she always slept in her room. She was horrified to see how hairy these people were. She felt the need to complain to L and tell her, “with as much money as those women make, you’d think they could afford to buy some razors to shave their armpits.” She was disbelieving when L told her they were men. My grandma was a funny lady.
Anyways, I’m much happier today and I’m just going to forget about yesterday and have a good day today.
Good luck with the presentation L, and good luck with the new member of the family! I can’t wait to see her!!! (It’s a dog…not a kid…)
Seriously. Awesome.
I’m not sure if he made it up himself or if he got it from somewhere or what, but it made me feel better for the first time today.
So, even though I’m sure a random stranger was nowhere in his thoughts as he wrote this…thanks.
I’m very stressed about an important “opportunity” at work on Friday. I was fine until someone else just had his chance today and totally ROCKED it. That doesn’t leave me much room for error which is just causing me all sorts of nerves. Argh. Whatever. I’m trying to not think about it.
I wasn’t really in the mood to go running yesterday, so I did some resistance training and just did a quick 2-miler instead. Ugh. Big mistake.
Anyone who knows me also knows what a klutz I am. For example, I broke my foot WALKING last year. Not even running or skipping or jumping. No just walking.
So, last night I was running and not paying that close attention to the path, and managed to step in a “ditch” and wrenched my knee real bad. It was awful. I didn’t really notice at the time but when I finished I noticed my knee felt like a sausage (you know…over stuffed and tight). I looked down and it was HUGE. Like 3 times it’s normal size and it hurt like a bitch.
I went home and iced it last night but it still feels (and looks) like crap today. So I will apparently be resting for the next few days. Ugh.
I need some cheering up. Anyone? Anything?
Let’s talk about the awesome Olympics. I mean, how can all this success NOT boost me up. Michael Phelps - freaking AMAZING. He just makes it look SO EASY. He won the 200m free last night. By more than a body length. He beat the world record by something like a second. And he was barely breathing hard when he finished. I think he’s a cyborg. He’s that phenominal.
And Natalie Coughlin defended her title in the 100m backstroke. Awesome.
The men’s gymnastics team took a surprising third place finish earning them a bronze team. Against all expectations. Thanks to the amazing pommel horse of Alexander Artemev. (I still feel that the pommel horse is just a great way to accidentally “neuter” yourself but moving on). If you didn’t see his performance…you should watch it (the link will be on the nbc olympics page).
The women’s soccer team advanced into the quarterfinals (and I actually used to know one of the girls on the team in high school).
All the beach volleyball teams are completely kicking ass (after that one surprise loss for the men’s team…but they’re redeeming themselves).
Seriously. We rock.
I tried not to get too excited about the Olympics this year, due to the craptacular fact they’re taking place in China this year (although, at least I can say positively that they’re not in Russia). I didn’t watch the opening ceremony (and apparently missed an amazing spectacle). But, I love the Summer Olympics. I love just about everything to do with them. I couldn’t NOT watch the actual games (even with shitty NBC having commercials every two minutes…ugh). And I actually feel like they’re doing a relatively good job of covering ALL the sports (unlike the one year where I swear to God the only sport I ever saw was Rowing).
I especially love swimming (probably due to the fact that I myself am so terrible at it). I stay up late each night to watch all the races (yes…watching the races is LATE for me) and, if you missed the men’s 4×100 free relay finals last night. You missed one of the most amazing US races of probably the entire games. Seriously. I was yelling at the TV for almost the whole thing (I swear they heard me). I couldn’t find a link to the entire race, but seriously, look at (and read about) the amazing finish. Incredible.
Not much went on this weekend other than watching the Olympics. I pretty much watched it all through out the day. I took a few breaks to go out and I even attempted to go run my missed 10-miler. That was a joke. I went to the park where there were fire trucks with light flashing and sirens blaring and I could see some smoke rising up (although it looked like it was in the middle of the soccer field oddly enough). I decided that that was probably not the best place to be running that day. So I drove to another park that I don’t like as much and tried to run there. I still don’t have the whole “eating” thing down. It was close to 4:30 by the time I got to the park and the only thing I had eaten all day was a waffle with some peanut butter when I first woke up.
Needless to say I was hungry.
I managed to run about 5 miles and started feeling light headed and decided 5 miles was good enough. I totally suck. I’m pretty sure I will be dying when the half marathon actually comes around. Go me! I’m just really not motivated for it anymore. I’m sick of it already and it’s not even here yet! Awesome!
I’m feeling kind of blah today. Not really feeling like making any effort.
I woke up at 4:45 to run my 10 miles…and turned off the alarm and slept until 7. There was no way I was waking up and running. That means I will need to run today after work. Luckily it’s only about 88 degrees and 40% humidity (which is downright COOL) so I may actually be able to do it. We’ll see.
I also managed to pull a muscle in my lower back. I’m not sure if it was from running or if it happened while sleeping (I sleep in the most awkward positions ever and constantly wake up with sore necks/backs/etc). Either way…it’s insanely painful. And it appears to be somehow tied into my left leg. If I take too large a step with my left leg my lower back gets this weird spasm and “locks” up (the right leg is fine). It’s really hard to describe. It’s just very painful.
However, Advil appears to make it stop. So…do I run with it hurting like this (knowing that Advil helps) or do I take a break from running?
I also forgot to do my push-ups last night which means I need to do them today. Blah.
I’m just not in the mood to do anything today. I really just want to go home and curl up on my couch and go to sleep. I am quite the exciting socialite tonight. Geez.
I think I need a vacation. Badly. I’m taking one at the end of this month, but it’s not coming soon enough. It needs to be here now.
And on that happy note. Have a good weekend.
I decided to go run in park near me and get a “hill” workout.
I am kind of weird and actually enjoy running hills. I always get a feeling of accomplishment when I make it to the top of a big hill. In high school when I ran winter track (HORRIBLE SPORT!) my favorite practices were always hill days b/c I could actually keep up with everyone else and I was actually one of the better runners on the hills (don’t even get me started on how slow I was at the distance runs).
Anyway, it was actually really hard yesterday. I’ve been having bad allergies lately and I sound like a smoker hacking up a lung while running. Then add in the humidity and my breathing is extra wheezy. Also…who would have thought that running DOWN a hill was actually harder than running UP the hill?
So…the part where I’m an idiot. I would get to the top of the hill and would then proceed to start gasping for air trying not to pass out. It took me a good 2-3 hills to realize…I hold my breath when running up a hill. The hell?!?!?! What am I thinking? No wonder I’m so short of breath when I get to the top. I’m a moron!!!
After that I tried to concentrate on breathing while running up a hill (I mostly just sounded like I was in lamaze class or something). SUPER LAME! It sort of worked most of the time but there were a few really big hills where I noticed I was still holding my breath. Apparently I need to work on that.
Unfortunately, I had also eaten a peanut butter sandwich about an hour before running…it kept attempting to make repeat performances at the top of most of the hills. I don’t understand it. A waffle with peanut butter…not a problem. A sandwich with peanut butter…spend the whole time trying to swallow it back down. So not a fan.
I also tried some of the sport beans at the end of the workout since I had sweat so much. They taste like salty jelly beans. Which is basically what they are. I haven’t actually needed tot ry any while running…but they seem like they’d be ok and not cause too much stomach upset issues. I’ll probably bring them with me tomorrow on my run just to see what they’re like while running (I want to use them a few times before the half just so I know if they cause me any issues).
But yeah, that’s about all I got. Tonight should be fun. It’s our night for dinner/knitting in public. Always fun. I finally managed to get more than halfway through a sock before having to rip it out. Hopefully I can actually finish this one (after 4 tries…that would be awesome). So yay happy hour knitting!
I also finished out the day by repeating Week 3 Day 1 again. Week 3 is REALLY pissing me off. I can do Days 1 and 2 easy peezy (where did this come from? why do I feel the need to keep saying it?). Freaking Day 3 SHOULD be easy as well…but no. I can’t seem to get enough for my max set. ARGH. Drives me insane. So yes, as I mentioned before, I am repeating Week 3 for the third time. The only thing I’m giving myself credit for is actually doing this with real push-ups. I started with only being able to do 1 real push up…and I can now do about 25. I rock :-P (Also…it’s so much easier to do a push-up when wearing sneakers instead of barefoot. So much less slipping haha)
I then got tricked into trying Wild Blue. I have nothing against fruit beers. They can be fun if they’re done right. However, this is definitely NOT done right. The ONLY thing it has going for it is it’s 8% ABV (and I also kind of like the label haha). First of all…the color. It looks like grape juice. It’s this weird pinkish-bluish color. BAD! Then the taste. It tastes like a mix of cough syrup and grape soda. There is no taste of beer at all. Blech! Terrible, horrible, very bad. Don’t try! Well…if you like grape soda and hate beer…this is probably a good beer for you so you may want to try it. (R- I’m looking at you!).
I haven’t decided what to do today for my run. The park I usually run at has been swarmed with people lately (and I hate running when there’s lots of people around). I can’t decide if I should go to the park near me and run the hills. Or if I should try a different park around here and see if I can find a better path.
Blah decisions decisions!
