I was going to try to post a lot on my blog, but turns out this is a once-a-week er or every other week type of a blog. I'll try harder next time. 


So, we went to Mary Anne's for a game night a week or two ago, and played twister and fun Wii games, and ate awesome ice cream. We had a lot of fun, here are some pics from the night.

The game went down like this. Everyone started off great, Walker being the referee slash the position maker. Then TJ lost, then the girls lost, then...

Jo-Jo won!

Yay for him. His prize from Mary Anne for winning was a foam sword, that got used on everyone that night. We had fun. These kind of nights make me really thankful for having friends here in Nebraska. It's super hard to be somewhere really far away from home and from your family, but friends like these make it a lot easier.

Other than that, the past couple weeks have been a little emotionally draining. Nothing specific, but I got offered a job at the SAC credit union, and turned it down because it didn't feel right, i wouldn't be getting paid enough and because I don't have the heart to start a job and then quit when a new, better one comes along. Maybe I just need to be meaner, but I told the guy that offered me the job, "I basically don't want to screw you guys over when a new and better job comes along. I don't want to start your job and then keep looking for another job and take it a month into this job." He responded nicely and said that that quality in me was the reason why he wanted me to work with him to begin with. But he understood and wished me good luck. That was probably the easiest part of deciding about the job. It was really emotional because I felt as though I deserved more and that I wasn't going to be happy, but TJ was really pushing me to get it and so was everyone else. But now that that's done, one of the local banks around here has called me for a part time position. I know this may be contradicting myself and my own beliefs from above, but would it be so bad if when I find an awesome-er job and work there, if I quit? We really need the money and I just don't want to go through this emotional hoopla again. I think they are hiring a PT person and if I find a better job in a couple months, and leave them for it, it wouldn't be AS big of a deal to leave them for it than it would have been a FT, real, lifetime job at the credit union...I don't know... My interview is tomorrow...I'll try to post how it goes.

So TJ and I have started watching LOST. It's good but if there ends up being a monster in the forest, it will ruin the whole thing for me. Up until now, everything has been totally do-able. But if a monster comes out, that makes it unrealistic and then I get turned off to it. I have no imagination apparently.

Well, other than that, not much has happened since my last post, except busting my butt bone falling down a stair or two. SUCKS! and still hurts a week and two days later. It's gonna take forever for this thing to heal.

K bye.

Boring

Not much going on right now.


Running is still going okay, although my legs are really hurting. I thought the amount of running I was doing was allowing my body to rest but apparently not. I think I might take a couple weeks off of this 5k or half marathon running plan and build up my leg muscles. Not sure. This past week sucked for running. I ran 3 laps once then the other times I went, my legs hurt so bad I could only do one lap then other stuff. It's really depressing. I started off so good. But, I will keep this going no matter what, even if I'm take a couple weeks to gain muscles. I especially want to do this when TJ deploys, and that is actually why I started. So we'll see.


One of the places I applied for a job called me Wednesday, my birthday!! and asked me if I could come in to "talk about the job," which urks me because why can't you just say "come in for an interview." But anyway, it went good until he asked me specific questions about the job. I didn't really know the answers so I kinda BS-ed some of them. The job seems interesting enough and would look good on my resume, but as far as pay and coolness goes, this job is at the bottom of the scale. Boo. But if he offers the job to me, I'll probably take it just because we need the money. Since then, I started applying for teller positions. I have been a teller before, so that's not the big deal. The big deal is that I feel as though I'm letting myself down because I got this big bad degree and I can't even get or find a job that will pay me real money or be considered in my eyes a  "big girl job." I feel like I'm selling myself short, but as everyone, including my bubby says, "your first job out of college doesn't have to be a permanent job, just get your foot in the door somewhere and keep looking for 'real jobs.'" So I took their advice and applied for teller positions.


Last night, TJ and I went to cinedine again and saw Sherlock Holmes. I love that whole experience. This time we went to the lounge slash bar area first and had a cocktail, then went into the theatre and ordered our food and watched the movie. For anyone looking for a great date idea around here, this is awesome! The waiters come to you, during the movie, whenever they see that you turned your little light on. It's so cool! We had fun and it's about the same price as going out to dinner and seeing a regular movie. 


Tonight, we are going over to Mary Anne's house (yes, the meanie) and having a game night slash ice cream night! I'm so excited, I haven't had ice cream in forever :) TJ and I may bring a couple games and TJ is bringing some caramel weirdo ice cream, so I'll probably be the one eating the normal vanilla ice cream, so boring!

Run like your gonna get beat up.

So...I need a job.

Anyone want to employ me? I've been looking/applying/sending in resumes for like a good couple weeks now, and NO phone calls back. Sucks. Not even a chance to go in and mess up in an interview. Give me a chance!! Boo :(

So, the running has been going good. I've made it three laps, then taken one walking, then run one more. So I feel pretty accomplished. I'm nowhere near done, but this is a good start, and it gives me something to be proud of myself for (you know, since I'm not contributing to our very fastly diminishing household income). I think instead of trying to do my program of walking and running, I'm going to run but increase the distance. For example, all last week starting with meanie Mary Anne's run, I have been running three laps each time. So I'm thinking if I can just increase the amount of laps every week, then I'll be good. It'll take just about as long as with the program I was going to do, but I might have to repeat some weeks. I'm excited to do it this way because I will have something to try to accomplish each week. I'm nervous though, because I have never even ran this far in my life, soooo it's gonna be hard. So this week, I will try to run 4 laps without stopping. And I'm planning on doing that 4 times a week. The other days can be whatever days or maybe run less days...not sure yet. So, starting today, only 30 more laps to add! Woo HOO! just kidding, wow that's a lot.

So, this weekend, TJ and I went over to our friends house, the Woods'. We had fun, played games and tried to see how long we could each balance on the balance ball with no hands or feet touching the floor. It was very hard. TJ held the world record until Justin broke out a 5 minute record!

The first picture is of TJ balancing, yes with beer in tow. It is always important to keep from spilling your beer and to include it in every activity you are doing. The second picture is of Justin attaining his world record of 5 minutes and TJ saying "In the face, IN THE FACE!" (The Hangover) So yeah, we had fun doing that. 

 So, back to complaining, if anyone has any ideas what a recent college graduate in mathematics can do with her life, please leave a comment. I need help thinking and deciding what I might do for the rest of my life, or at least what to look for on careerlink and monster. Teacher doesn't count.

MA is a meanie!

Let me start by saying how bad of a friend I am. I have no idea how to spell MaryAnne's name. That is bad. I've known her over a year now and we have become good friends, and I still don't know how to spell her name. OTHERWISE, I'd write it in the title of this blog. But instead, I will use MA. 


Now on to the main topic of today's discussion, MaryAnne (sp? and since I warned you MA, you can't hate me for spelling it wrong). MaryAnne is a mix between a HOTTIE McHotterson and a complete and udder meanie. I love her to death in every way, except for the fact that she made me run yesterday. She MADE me stick to my plan of trying to run a long time. I'm just kidding, I don't hate her. She is brilliant. Although I am super duper sore right now, I am so happy with myself STILL that yesterday I ran three laps. Yeah that's right people, three laps is a big deal in my world, so shut up! Only 32 more laps to add on! Haha. wow. Glad I didn't really set a strict time limit, or I'd die. I hurt pretty bad and need to stretch 30 billion times a day, but other than that I'm proud of myself, and so thankful to MaryAnne that she was there to push me through it. Today, I went to the gym again, and ran the same amount on the treadmill. Maybe not the same thing, but it's still awesome because I was just going to take the day off. But I actually went, and so that's something. I love you MaryAnne (sp?)!


This post was retarded, but I just wanted to document my 3 laps.


WOO HOO!


Now, comment and tell me how to spell your name, so I don't have to call you and ask like a retard. :)

Half Marathon

Today, I started a half marathon training program. I found one online for a 5K, and I'm going to do that in a month or two, then use it to make a 10K and so on until I get there. Half marathon...big deal! I can't even run 2 miles without stopping yet. Anyway, so encouragement is much needed. This is going to give me something huge to concentrate on while TJ is away for what will seem like forever and since I'm done with school. Everyone thinks I can't do it, but I want to prove them wrong. I think I can do it within a year. I hope. My goal is to run most of the way through a half marathon, running the whole thing would be awesome. Mom and TJ are supposed to be training too.

Today is also the day that I've now seen the Hangover about 8 times. Wow.

No one has ever left me a comment, so if anyone reads this, will you just comment and say hi so I know what it looks like when someone does? I've seen and written comments, but I have no idea if it sends me a notification or not. So yeah.

Anyone know where you can find where marathons/half marathons will be or when they will be around Nebraska???

Spring Cleaning in January

Today, TJ and I are doing a little bit of spring cleaning. We cleaned out our extra room full of random stuff, the downstairs closet and both of our closets. We have 7 bags going to Goodwill! Woo Hoo! By the way this is an item on my DayZero project, but I'm gonna wait to check it off until TJ is deployed, that way I can get rid of more things when he doesn't know about it. Half of the stuff we put in those bags today, TJ said, "wait," to. A couple examples of things TJ wanted to save are: a 5-pack of the Three Stooges VHS's, a Halloween Mr. Potato Head, a (first version, with cords and everything) Guitar Hero BOX (no, not the game or the guitar, the BOX, people!), and 14 pairs of long underwear that the Air Force gave him. Wow. So, looks like I'll be "spring" cleaning again when he deploys.

On another note, when I started my blog on New Years Day, I didn't even write about what I did on New Years. We went over to another couples house and just played games and watched the Hangover. We had fun, and here are some fun pictures of the night.

I won't embarrass our friends and put their pictures up, but I should!! Muah ha ha.

Guess what's really bad...I STILL haven't finished my 101 list. This is horrible. I really wanted to start on New Years Day, but I guess January 2 will have to do. Any suggestions??? (I need 20 more.)

k bye.

A fresh start

Okay, I'm giving in. I am starting a blog. I've been wanting to for quite some time now. I have seen a couple of my friends' blogs here in Nebraska, and thought they were awesome, so now I'm making one! This past week I started my 101 in 1001 list (101 things I want to do in the next 1001 days). My friend Courtney showed me this website,  Day Zero, where you set goals for yourself in the next couple years. When I saw her blog and her list, I decided to create a list also, and guess what's on my list??? Creating a blog! Yay, one down, 100 to go!

Anyways...

I really want to use this blog to document things that happen in my daily life and one of my other goals on Day Zero was to take a picture a day for a year. Even if there is nothing to take a picture of, or if the day is boring. Think of something awesome and take a picture of it, or at least tell of an event everyday. So I found dipity.com where you can make a time line and add pictures and comments. And so, this being on my 101 list too, I created an account and started adding pictures and events. Two down, 99 to go! Yay! So I added all of the things that happened in this past couple of weeks, including but not limited to, my graduation from college (the crowd goes wild),

my husband and my 2 year anniversary (woo hoo),

Christmas, my first blizzard,

and soon, my birthday. This past month has been so busy, I wanted to have a place to document everything, and even if that's not what dipity.com is for, that's what I'm doing with it.

So, there you have it. I'm a blogger now. Enjoy.

P.S. Go Ohio State!