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Beautimous

It's snowing outside! Times like this make me appreciate my little window by my cube.

posted by amy @ 9:10 AM 2 comments

crap crap crap

I tried to change up the look of my blog and in the process I have deleted all of my links. Crap.

Co, if you still read this I need you give me your link address, I am pretty sure you have the ones I deleted.

posted by amy @ 8:20 PM 2 comments

OUCH

Last Friday I was having a 'moment'. In that 'moment' I decided that I needed to join a different gym because curves isn't doing it for me. So after a bad day at work, Herbie drives me to LA Fitness, an outer force makes my body go in and by the time I come to my senses I realized that I had just joined another gym and was already working out on the elliptical. I have a little dilema in that I am now paying monthly dues on 2 different workout places.....hmmm.

Well one of the perks of joining the gym is that you get one free workout with a trainer. Great! I am thinking he will show me around the place, I do a few reps on all the machines so that he can make sure I am doing them correctly and I won't pull or strain any muscles due to improper technique. No biggie right!

WRONG, WRONG WRONG. "Tha Killa" (my new name for him) decided we were going to work legs last night. I am still thinking this is just to get me used to the machines. Oh NO, I am SOOOO wrong. After some pilates, wall sits, hamstring curls, calf raises, leg press and bench steps I am sweating profusely, my legs are visibly shaking, I can barely walk and I am a little dizzy. WTF. Then he takes me over to his desk and gives me a lecture including illustrations on how to lose weight, build muscle, burn fat etc. He also tells me that for the past 2 months that I have been working out at Curves I have done nothing good for my muscles I have only been breaking down muscle tissue. Keep in mind that I am shaking, sweating, very thirsty and a little dizzy. He then proceeds to give me a sales pitch on how I can benefit from signing up for personal training sessions. In my mind I am thinking "Yea right you lunatic. Right now I can't breath, can't walk and might pass out right here and you seriously think I want to pay you to do this to me on a regular basis? HA, no chance".
Then he drops the bomb.....pricing! "Tha Killa" has definetly lost his mind. He will give me the option to sign up for 3, 6 or 12 months, during that time I can sign up for once, twice, three or 4 times a week. (I'm still thinking "this guy is nutz") If I choose the 6 month term it will be $59 a session and if I choose 12 month it will be $49 a session. WHAT???? Are you kidding? First of all, I am already paying for the gym, Second of all, WHAT??? Thats just crazy, the least amount that I could train for would cost me $200 a month. "Tha Killa" must have drank too many protien drinks. I basically told him thanks but no thanks and picked up my tired, tired body and went home.

And today............ I am so incredibly sore that I almost fell getting out of bed and now I can barely get up from my desk. It is all I can muster to walk to the restroom. WHY? WHY would anybody pay so much money to feel like this, it is not fun and I can think of many many many other things to spend $200 dollars a month on.

posted by amy @ 12:08 PM 1 comments

Caution: Do Not Enter

In reference to career choices, do you ever feel like you took a wrong turn in your life, like this isn't where you were supposed to be and definetly not supposed to end up. What if the decisions I made that I based on what I thought was 'fate' were really just mirages that I talked myself into believing? One day I might figure out why I am where I am, but right now I think I really screwed up. I guess all I can do is hope that it one day makes sense.

posted by amy @ 8:14 AM 1 comments

Rainbow's and Rain

Wow! I have had a very exciting morning. I woke up early, did a work out tape, made coffee, watched TV, got dressed, and drove to work. The exciting part is that on my way to work, I see out of the corner of my eye the end of a rainbow. As I investigate, this rainbow stretches all the way from McKinney over Plano down to Addison. It was amazing!! I haven't seen a rainbow in YEARS. On top of seeing the rainbow.........its RAINING!!! : ) I haven't seen rain in so long that I forgot what that looked like too. I hope it rains for days. I got wet running into my office building and I don't even care, its just so nice to have some water up here thats not out of a bottle or a faucet.

I hope the rest of today is like my morning. Wish me luck.

posted by amy @ 7:58 AM 1 comments

4 day weekends

I love 4 day weekends. I took off last Friday and this past Monday and Jason and I headed down to the river. It was a lovely, lovely trip. It is so nice to get away and relax. I drank this weekend, I drank ALOT, I never drink but this weekend was "anything goes". I ate, drank and was merry.

I think it was Henry Ford who came up with the assembly line and the 5 day work week. What was he thinking???? We would all be much more productive if we had a 3 day work week and a 4 day weekend. I would actually prefer not to work at all but I was born about 50 years too late.

posted by amy @ 1:23 PM 1 comments

you crack me up girl!!

There are quite a few things that make me giggle (actually laugh out loud) when I remember them.

My most favorite right now is "You smell smoke on my breath? Well, I just ate a red sno cone, that must be what you smell!!!!"..........classic

posted by amy @ 7:53 AM 1 comments