"Fantastic"

-I've been awake *literally* all night-
-I closed my eyes for maybe 15 minutes a bit before 4 am-
-I was not asleep at all for those 15 minutes-
-I decided to get up and be productive-
-Dingo's stayed with me all night-
-Now it's time for me to get ready for school-

-My mind keeps whirling-
-Perhaps someday I'll tell you why-

Baby Steps

Last year, the day before Valentine's Day, I went to watch a movie alone for the first time in my life. This year, two days before Valentine's Day, I went to watch a movie* alone for the second time in my life.

It's not necessarily that I really enjoy doing things like this alone. It's that I feel that if I don't learn to do them alone now, I'm going to have some long, long, lonely years ahead of me - that will be more boring than they need to be. If I learn to get out there and do things on my own, then my long lonely years will have more 'adventures' than they otherwise would.

Does that make sense?

*not a horrible movie, but there were
some things about it that I wish
weren't there. what's wrong
with making a completely
clean, cute movie?

Does It Make Me Lame...

... if I update my blog on a Friday night?

Well, it's no secret to me that I'm *always* available.

I'm about to do Physique 57 for the second time in my life.
- the half hour workout -
I lied when I told you last week that I was about to do it again.
Oops.
- I'm not lying this time. Promise! -

Wish me luck!

ps - today went really well in terms of sticking to my overhauled diet... except that I just realized it's after 8:00 and I never actually had dinner.

Blast.

The Green Day

My concession to the holiday:

: a ribbon that I've carried in my bag for the last year because I bought it a year ago on St. Patrick's day when I forgot to wear green. It's kind of a trend for me.

I figured I'd most likely forget again, so I carried it around with me.

Good thing too.

I hate being pinched.

I hope you had a chance to kiss some Irish person. (:

Turning Over a New Leaf

(not a leaf... but I like the picture)

My life is in need of drastic changes.
So I'm working on changing.

- I'm in the process of volunteering at a place I've had my eye on for about two years.
(it's about time I actually did something about it)

- I'm working on fixing my sleeping habits with a little help from one* or two things...
(kind of looking into an item like this too)

- I'm doing a {currently} temporary overhaul on my diet.
for a few reasons
1 - my eating habits have been awful lately
2 - I'm planning on walking/running a marathon in a month and need to be in better physical condition than I am now
3 - I told myself that if I went back to my mission reunion this year that I would be thinner than I was last year
(right now, I weigh less than I did a year ago... but there's a lot of room for improvement)
4 - I know that I'll feel better if I weigh less, I've been feeling pretty *blech* lately

- Dietary changes that I told myself I can make for one week**
(just one week...)
1 - no refined sugar
2 - no white flour
3 - all fruits and vegetables
- with some whole grains thrown in
(I'll be making a stop at Great Harvest tomorrow)
4 - no eating after 8
(maybe 7)

Feel free to check up on me during the week.
**This begins tomorrow.

*just fyi - this is a rare "help"
I don't -nor do I want to-
use it every night.

ps - popcorn is okay - no butter of course! (:

?!?!?!

I'm going to try something radical.
Something that's never been tried before.*
It's kind of revolutionary.
It'll put me in a minority group.
It'll be super-amazing if it actually happens.**

Here's a hint:

Tonight, I'm aiming for 8 (consecutive) hours of sleep.

Wish me luck!

And try it yourself. (:

*that's an outright lie.
I apologize for lying.

**except for this line,
it's probably all an
outright lie.
oops.

I Saw...

(can you see who it is? -it's Mitt Romney-)

... and heard him speak last week Saturday in the Salt Palace.

It was pretty neat.

With the ticket came a signed copy of his book.

Woo hoo!