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Archive for October, 2008
Friday, October 31st, 2008
So the mirrors got hung in our gym yesterday and they look FABULOUS!!! Now we can continue with the other stuff. I’m hoping by the end of the weekend, we’ll have a functioning gym! I look forward to being able to work out in the comfort of our home at the hours I feel like it!
We continued to hang the wallpaper…. only to run out! Crap! We’ll have to order more, so that sucks, but not much we can do about it! I think the biggest thing at this point is finishing the floor. Trim and such can be finished after the fact.
But it’s even more important now to get everything up and running asap as I had my annual performance review and I was more or less threatened if I didn’t improve. If I didn’t NEED this job, I wouldn’t care so much. I guess I was just naive thinking no one noticed my disinterest and wouldn’t say anything. Yeah, I struggle. I’ve had difficulties in a couple areas… but I don’t HATE my job. I dont necessarily enjoy it, but I don’t hate it.
But I guess I wasn’t the only one threatened. The other gal in my position, when I told her, she was like "join the club"…. and she does do her job!!! She’s probably one of the best people in this position! So I don’t know what they have up their ass… I think it’s just typical big corporation mentaility. All they care about are numbers and not the employees. They just don’t give a shit.
Oh, well… I’m rambling…. and I have to get back to my job…
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
So I’ve pretty much been sick the last week and I think I’ve discovered why. I’m finally back to work today and when I went to fill up my water bottle, I saw a dark ring on the inside. Though I can’t get my hand in the bottle, I did manage to get a cloth in and with the aid of a knife, I cleaned off the inside. When I pulled out the cloth, it was blackened!
Mold….
So I continued to clean it off and found all sorts of other black under the lip rim which was not visable. I guess this is another arguement NOT to use the "singles" flavour crystals as, though I rinse my water bottles, obviously enough of the sugar and residue sticks to the surfaces and promotes mold growth!!!!
YUK!!! I wonder how long I’d been sucking that back! No wonder I was sick!!!
And I think I also discovered my other problem- my elbow- as I haven’t been doing anything for over a week and yet it still hurts. This morning I woke up and my left arm was hanging over the side of the bed and hyper-extending my elbow. Will have to try and avoid that as much as possible… as much as I can as I’m asleep!
I don’t know if those are the reasons for either of those problems, but it’s something. And something *somewhat* in my control. I’ll just have to see over the next couple days…
Posted in Training
Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Why is it when things start going so well, something has to come along and take a few notches out from under you? In my case, I feel like the whole ladder has been knocked out from under me.
Ever since February, when I started this, everything has been working up to this moment. We have spent a LOT of money to allow this to happen, and we were SO close. And now I’m farther away then ever.
We were SO close to getting our gym finished. To the point of putting paper on the windows and not allowing anyone in the room until it was finished. Mirrored wall is going up this week some time and all the equipment and flooring is sitting in boxes in our foyer. Today we finished putting the walls up, primed and started painting.
To discover a leak in the wall from pipes.
Mac was edging and discovered wet wood. I climbed the ladder and had a look. Yup. Wet. Soaked. ****! How much is this going to set us back? Are we going to have to wait for family to get this done? (No offense to family, but it takes FOREVER to get anything done around our house as everyone is so busy- hence why we’ve done EVERYTHING from demo to drywalling!!!)
Mac’s tried to get ahold of his uncle. To ask for his drywall saw and soldering torch and maybe (just maybe) he’d be there to help then and there….
WHY does this have to happen when we’re SO close to getting everything done????? It’s hard to believe we were so elated earlier today to become so upset, frustrated, and pissed off!
Posted in Training
Saturday, October 25th, 2008
I think I now understand that term more then ever now. Our home gym is SO close to being done I can taste it!!! (though that could be the drywall dust!) It’s Saturday morning and I’m now waiting for my husband to wake up (or get up as I’m sure he’s awake) and the stores to open (though I’m certain Home Depot is open…) so we can start downstairs.
We’re so close it really is frustrating! Yesterday it was raining, so we couldn’t cut the wood. This morning has dawned nice and clear! We can continue and finish with that. Which means we can paint the last 2 walls. And clean off the floor. And lay down the rubber flooring… the list goes on and on with what we can continue with!!! It’s SO exciting!
But there’s so much more that needs to be done….
Plus, the mirror guy is coming sometime next week…. so we’ll have a mirrored wall…
I think I’m going to go down and clean….
Posted in Training
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
I HATE this! Whenever I get in a good groove, SOMETHING happens!!! In 2005 when I decided I wanted to compete, I got into a car accident a month later. Usually some sort of injury or illness. SOMETHING always happens!
So last week I decided to take a break from lifting to try and heal my elbow… which was a good opportunity to give my shoulders a break as well as I always have had shoulder issues. So break from lifting and do cardio in the mornings. Stay in the habit of going and I had been feeling guilty not doing more cardio, so good compromise.
And now I’m sick.
Lovely. Fabulous. So NOW all I need to do is make sure I don’t let my diet fall apart. If I’m on, I’m on, but if I’m off, I’m VERY off! I can’t allow myself to slip and back slide too bad!
This sucks!
Posted in Training
Monday, October 20th, 2008
Yeah, so somehow, for some reason, my profile picture has been deleted. Yeah, it showed off my ass, but at least it wasn’t a close up of my ass. It was artistic and tastful, so WHAT THE HELL??? Wasn’t "fitness oriented"? Like 1/2 the pics on here arent!
I think I remembered why I cancelled my profile last time a couple years ago!
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
You know, I already commented on someone elses post as to the photos some people have on here… and it satisfied my need to comment… but I can’t hold my tongue!
What is it with the photos on here? It’s bodybuilding.com…. a group of like minded people interested in fitness, healthy living, inspiration, and motivation. It’s not (as far as I knew) a pick-up singles lounge! I don’t want to see your melon tits smack dab front-and-centre. I don’t want to see your package! Some photos I have to wonder "does that hurt?" as I don’t remember men’s ‘members’ being attached so low!!! I don’t need to see your snatch- and I shouldn’t be able to tell if you shave or not!!!
Now before you all jump on me about the whole "if you don’t like it, don’t look"… because maybe my name is a little more true to my personality than I like to admit. I like porn. I enjoy strippers. I love burlesque. I enjoy seeing nude women… and men are okay- but you have to admit, the female body is far more attractive then mens. I have no problem with nakedness to any degree…
HOWEVER, is this the place for it? If it’s tastefully done (and I’ve seen BEAUTIFUL photos on here!) then, yeah, but to show your "assets" for the sake of showing them? There’s PLENTY of other places on the net to flaunt yourself in that manor. I want to see physiques that inspire me! Not disgust me!
Okay… rant done.
Posted in Training
Sunday, October 19th, 2008
So this weekend I FINALLY (after 4 months waiting for the other evaluator) got ICE’d! I did both the evaluations for the strength and the personal training and aced them! I’m still a little frustrated about the WT ICE package as I believe a couple areas were marked wrong (marked by the OTHER evaluator) and I would have challenged it, but figured why bother? I passed. That’s the important part, right?
But I passed! YEAH!!! So in celebration, we went and spent $3700 on gym equipment! I probably have about another $1500 to spend, but it’s enough to get our home gym up and running!!!
(now all I need is a finished room to put it in!!!)
However, I’m currently listening to the sound of hammering as the gyprock is going up! The last wall is in the process of being drywalled and taped and puttied tonight! Let it dry a couple days and then paint Tuesday or Wednesday evening!!! Clean up the floor to remove as much dust and crap…. lay the flooring and we’re almost there!!! Month end! That’s our goal!
Then we’re off to the races!
Posted in Training
Saturday, October 18th, 2008
I don’t know what it is…. as soon as I walk into my parents place, I b-line to their cupboards! I haven’t lived here for 14 years!!! And I know better- there’s never anything there! And yet, as soon as I get here, say my hellos, maybe sit for a bit, but as soon as I have to walk through the kitchen, I open the fridge or cupboards to see what I can munch on!!!
I know I did it when I was living here and through elementary and high school~ and at that time, there was always something yummy (and bad) in the cookie jar! …. but I’ve been out of the house for (almost) longer than I’ve been in the house! And the cookie jar has been gone for YEARS!
Strange…..
Posted in Training
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
GAWD, my elbow is absolutely KILLING me! I don’t know what I’ve done to it, but I really have to stop…. something… to let it heal! It would be easier if I can pin-point it to one particular activity or exercise! But everything hurts! Doesn’t matter what part I’m training (except legs) it all hurts!!! Even when I’m training people- handing them 8 lb weights causes it to hurt!!!
This sucks!
Posted in Training
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