‘Ello, guv’nor!
I’m having a pretty good day today, and I’ve been strangely motivated both professionally and personally. On the professional front, I’ve decided that maybe instead of leading my career towards Client Service, perhaps I will opt for Business Analysis/Marketing. Currently I’m on the Operations (or IT-ish) side of things and everything just seems really easy. Business Analysis and Marketing just sound really appealing to me and it seems like they might actually be a challenge. So for the next year, I plan on educating myself about the Business Analysis and Marketing departments here at work and attend all the functions they put on. My first stop is (hopefully, unless someone schedules a meeting during this time) a presentation on Friday during lunch about Modeling (not fashion magazine modeling, but more like projecting). I’m going to get some books out of our work library and I’ve already started reading industry-specific reports about BA. I think it’s a good start.
On the personal side of things, I want to get back into sand volleyball shape. I mean, I’m in better shape right now than I was while playing sand volleyball last summer, but I want to be even better this year. Besides, it’ll give me a goal for my gym workouts. I think I’m going to start working more on the dreaded lunges and squats, and Keri Walsh suggested pilates. I’ve never taken a pilates class in my life and for some irrational reason, people who practice pilates freak me out, but Keri Walsh has won 2 Olympic gold metals in sand volleyball, so I guess she knows what she’s talking about. Anyways, the sand season doesn’t start until probably June, so I have a few months to prepare. That seems perfect!
I finally made it to the gym last night, but it wasn’t my most productive visit. About 20 minutes into running, I felt like I was either going to collapse or have a very embarrassing accident, so I let up on myself and walked for 30 more minutes at 7% incline. I ended up burning 406 calories, but I felt like I should’ve done a lot more. I was whooped, though, so I went home around 8:15...
…which would have been great, but I realized I had left my BlackBerry at work and I work with a bunch of thieves, so I had to go allllll the way back to work and then finally home. I didn’t get home until about 9:00. Sometimes I’m so dumb. :(
I have a little beauty product review! Lately I’ve noticed really big dark circles under my eyes. Maybe it’s because I’ve been so tired lately, or maybe it’s because I’m (gasp!) getting old(er). Anyways, on my way home Sunday night, I stopped at TrashMart and splurged on the Garnier Nutritioniste Skin Renew Anti-Puff Eye Roller pen. For all things beauty-related, anything over $10 is considered a splurge in my book. Yes, I’m cheap. I’m also pretty poor and the only reason I caved in was because I had a $3 coupon for it. ANYWAYS, moving on, I’ve been using this pen every morning and night and WOW! I can totally tell a huge difference! Yeah, ok, I still have some bags under my eyes, but they’re not anywhere near as puffy and dark as they were a mere 3-4 days ago. Seriously, I totally look more awake and healthier. In fact, several people have commented that I look “healthy”… I’m not sure if that’s because of the eyes or the Caribbean tan, or if maybe I looked really sickly before, but hey, I’ll take whatever I can get.
Ooh, and I finally called the eye doctor and made an appointment for new glasses and contacts on Saturday. I had tried to make an appointment online TWICE (6 different appointment options), but no one ever got back to me. My self-imposed “blacklist-of-all-organizations-that-tick-me-off-by-making-me-actually-CALL-them-because-either-their-software-or-their-personnel-is-defective” was side-swiped by the impending deadline to use all my flex-spending money from last year by March, so I sucked up my pride and called them to make an appointment. I should really learn that it’s much faster and easier to just call people instead of relying on their internet appointment setups.
Also, 2 things I want to do this weekend if anyone else is interested: Saturday – the annual Southside Soup Contest, starting at noon. $5 to get in gets you all the different soups you can handle. Perfect for a chilly February Saturday. I wanted to do this last year, but I think my mom came to visit that day and I didn’t have time to go.
Sunday – there’s a Venture Outdoors Water Safety course on the North Side. It’s 9 am – 5 pm and it’s free for anyone who wants to attend. Since I’m a bit of a kayaking freak and this is free, I figured it might be a good idea to take it. You can also get certification (there’s a test) by filling out an application and sending in $10 after the course is done. It’d be neat to be certified, but I’ll wait and see how the course goes first.
That’s it for now. Tonight I plan on trying my hand at the gym again (hopefully tonight is better than last night) and downloading some Learning Tree podcasts. I’m such an exciting 26-year-old!
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Showing posts with label work. Show all posts
2.18.2009
2.05.2009
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i just heard the most absurd, rudest, most unprofessional thing ever from someone who works on one of my projects at work (names left out): "wow, i didn't think you were as big as "C" said you were, but dang! i guess you are!" the person wasn't talking about me, but the convo was going on in the cube beside me and it was loud and the person the comment was directed towards is a "bigger" woman. hot dang. i'm just stunned.
anyways, my post. i haven't posted in a little while because i've been trying to rest. i had originally thought my knee was the hurt body part after my fall in the denny's parking lot, but towards the end of the day on tuesday, it was clear that my knee was masking a bigger injury - my back/shoulder/rib area. the pain didn't let up at all through last night, so i went to medexpress in monroeville to get it checked out, just to be sure i didn't do something really bad. it hurt to inhale deeply and the pain was a jagging pain, not a "sore" pain. so i had some xrays done and luckily, nothings broken. it seems i sprained/pulled (?) my left rhomboid, so basically my upper left back. this is somehow attached to the lungs, i guess, so my deep inhales were putting pressure on it or something. to be honest, i have no idea. i just know that i have anti-inflammatories and muscle relaxers and that makes me a very happy person. and it feels a ton better today. i'm not sure if that's due to all the meds or not, but whatever, i'll take it. we have a vb game tonight and i don't want to suck.
i have been RAVENOUS the past few days! i seriously cannot stop eating - i'm constantly starving! i've been trying to pick healthy snack options, but nutella knows my name and knows where i live, so it stalks me until i give in to it. i do have a new obsession, though - i believe it's called stretch island fruit company fruit leather. omg, it's SOOO good! they're like fruit roll-ups, but with less sugar and a tougher texture. actually, they might not have any added sugar. they're just so yummy and they taste like fresh fruit! at about 50 cents each, they're a good snack option. :)
as stated earlier, tonight's a volleyball night! we're actually playing a team that's undefeated so far, so we might be challenged. on the other hand, they've only played and won against the easy teams that we crushed, so there's no telling how good they actually are. i think i've seen them play before, though, and while they're decent, if they're the team i'm thinking of, they shouldn't be too hard to beat.
i'm off to a late meeting... peace out.
anyways, my post. i haven't posted in a little while because i've been trying to rest. i had originally thought my knee was the hurt body part after my fall in the denny's parking lot, but towards the end of the day on tuesday, it was clear that my knee was masking a bigger injury - my back/shoulder/rib area. the pain didn't let up at all through last night, so i went to medexpress in monroeville to get it checked out, just to be sure i didn't do something really bad. it hurt to inhale deeply and the pain was a jagging pain, not a "sore" pain. so i had some xrays done and luckily, nothings broken. it seems i sprained/pulled (?) my left rhomboid, so basically my upper left back. this is somehow attached to the lungs, i guess, so my deep inhales were putting pressure on it or something. to be honest, i have no idea. i just know that i have anti-inflammatories and muscle relaxers and that makes me a very happy person. and it feels a ton better today. i'm not sure if that's due to all the meds or not, but whatever, i'll take it. we have a vb game tonight and i don't want to suck.
i have been RAVENOUS the past few days! i seriously cannot stop eating - i'm constantly starving! i've been trying to pick healthy snack options, but nutella knows my name and knows where i live, so it stalks me until i give in to it. i do have a new obsession, though - i believe it's called stretch island fruit company fruit leather. omg, it's SOOO good! they're like fruit roll-ups, but with less sugar and a tougher texture. actually, they might not have any added sugar. they're just so yummy and they taste like fresh fruit! at about 50 cents each, they're a good snack option. :)
as stated earlier, tonight's a volleyball night! we're actually playing a team that's undefeated so far, so we might be challenged. on the other hand, they've only played and won against the easy teams that we crushed, so there's no telling how good they actually are. i think i've seen them play before, though, and while they're decent, if they're the team i'm thinking of, they shouldn't be too hard to beat.
i'm off to a late meeting... peace out.
1.28.2009
cold as ice
bored out of my skull today at work. i really don't know how much clearer i can be - i've told both of my bosses on several occasions that i need more work. the work they give me to do is never enough to satiate my apparent thirst for busy work. i'm such a dweeb. who asks for more work? sigh.
i have the feeling that my area of the building is completely empty. i can't hear anyone around me typing or talking and it's only 4:30. people just tend to scram when there's snow... but at least they showed up, i guess. i considered calling off today, but let's face it, it's WAY cooler to call off when it's sunny and warm. especially when you call off because of bad weather when it's 90 degrees outside. :)
my group just took a little field trip to a conference room with windows to look outside (for those of you who don't work with me, a good part of our building is window-less). me, justin and olga all trooped upstairs and sat on the steps outside the mezz. it was a good group bonding experience. we decided that we should all take off the entire week next week as a superbowl celebration/get out of work vacation. it was agreed that we'll be heading down to tampa for the week instead of staying in snowy, slushy pittsburgh. ahh, if only...
desperately seeking avocados is the name of today's game. i want just 1 avocado, not 4. tj's only sells avocados in bags of 4 so i didn't get any last night. and tonight all the roads are supposedly a thick sheet of ice, so grocery shopping probably isn't in my best interest. but oh! how i yearn for avocado sushi! i've been craving avocado sushi for a few weeks now and i never remember it when it's time to make dinner. besides that, i rarely buy avocados, so i never have all the necessary ingredients. but i was going to get some tonight... i'm still up in the air about it. if i get really desperate, maybe i'll trek down to kuhn's on foot. i think it's about a mile away from my house... it could be a good gym alternative. we'll see.
i had a bunch of things planned for tonight, including wii fit, making sushi, downloading some songs, requesting some library books online, grocery shopping, possibly baking bread or bagels, paying bills, cleaning the kitchen and getting a bath. however, given the crappy state of the weather, it seems like a good night to stay at home and do nothing. i think my revised plan may be to make some sort of dinner (sushi if i'm ambitious enough to walk 2 miles in the snow, rain, sleet, hail and ice), take a bath and read some more twilight. i don't plan on doing much more than that, and i think maybe that's a good plan for tonight.
have a warm evening, folks!
i have the feeling that my area of the building is completely empty. i can't hear anyone around me typing or talking and it's only 4:30. people just tend to scram when there's snow... but at least they showed up, i guess. i considered calling off today, but let's face it, it's WAY cooler to call off when it's sunny and warm. especially when you call off because of bad weather when it's 90 degrees outside. :)
my group just took a little field trip to a conference room with windows to look outside (for those of you who don't work with me, a good part of our building is window-less). me, justin and olga all trooped upstairs and sat on the steps outside the mezz. it was a good group bonding experience. we decided that we should all take off the entire week next week as a superbowl celebration/get out of work vacation. it was agreed that we'll be heading down to tampa for the week instead of staying in snowy, slushy pittsburgh. ahh, if only...
desperately seeking avocados is the name of today's game. i want just 1 avocado, not 4. tj's only sells avocados in bags of 4 so i didn't get any last night. and tonight all the roads are supposedly a thick sheet of ice, so grocery shopping probably isn't in my best interest. but oh! how i yearn for avocado sushi! i've been craving avocado sushi for a few weeks now and i never remember it when it's time to make dinner. besides that, i rarely buy avocados, so i never have all the necessary ingredients. but i was going to get some tonight... i'm still up in the air about it. if i get really desperate, maybe i'll trek down to kuhn's on foot. i think it's about a mile away from my house... it could be a good gym alternative. we'll see.
i had a bunch of things planned for tonight, including wii fit, making sushi, downloading some songs, requesting some library books online, grocery shopping, possibly baking bread or bagels, paying bills, cleaning the kitchen and getting a bath. however, given the crappy state of the weather, it seems like a good night to stay at home and do nothing. i think my revised plan may be to make some sort of dinner (sushi if i'm ambitious enough to walk 2 miles in the snow, rain, sleet, hail and ice), take a bath and read some more twilight. i don't plan on doing much more than that, and i think maybe that's a good plan for tonight.
have a warm evening, folks!
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