Physical: Turbo Kick

Ohmygosh, I have feel sooo pumped after that workout! WHOOOOO

reflection: Week 14

So I know I missed a few weeks. I decided to do my chart last week over two weeks, the week before break and the week of break. I didn't bring my laptop down to florida and I was super busy the week before break.

This week was full of ups and downs but this is the first time in a long time that I had a great Sunday! Sunday is usually my bad day, and if today was a good one, maybe I'm turning a corner!

I had a lot of things come together for me today! I'm also trying to really attack the major problem that is stressing me out at school, while letting other problems go completely. I'm also trying to bring my balance to a whole new level, especially the dress up one, trying to make myself look great everyday, and reading more regularly instead of just sitting at the computer or watching TV. I'm trying to sprinkle it in, instead of do everything hardcore!

Also, in my relationships I'm trying to take a huge step back and calm down and stop taking everything so seriously. I'm realizing that I have so much going for me and I need to keep remembering that.

SO a good end of week overall!!

Nature: nothing

So as I've mentioned I have massive OCD issues, I believe, and I hated that my numbers in the upper right hand corner were off. So I've been putting so much pressure on myself to get done all the things on the list so the numbers will stay even!

But, I couldn't do nature! Its cold and dark by 5, and it rained nearly the whole weekend, so how am I supposed to? I have a feeling December in general will be hard to do nature.

SO I have decided, that if I don't do one, I will explain why, so my numbers stay even!

Creative: Making cards

I wrote out 7 holiday cards today, and 11 last week! Whooo hoooo!!!

Cultural: Santa-Con

So our intention was to do several cultural things, starting with santa-con, which is a afternoon bar crawl where everyone dresses up as santa. Then, we were going to head to a BrewFest, a speakeasy bar that needs a password, and then a party at Todd's friends house.

After starting to pregame at Miquila's house(photo above), next thing we know its 6pm, and Santa-Con was over at 7. So we decided to grab something to eat at a Pizza place nearby(two pictures below. There was no picture out of like 8 where all three of us looked normal) and before we know it, ONE OF US is asleep on the bar. So we had all these grand expectations and didn't make it more then a block from Miquila's house. In this case, I am going to count intention, especially because it involved dressing up!!

Dress up: Santa-Con

So I spent a while in my head putting this together, and I was very proud of myself. It consisted of mary jane shoes(starting from the ground up), black leggings, white tank top and red lingerie, a black scarf and my red jacket. I also put makeup on including my red red lipstick! Santa approved!!

Movie: Swingers

"You are so fucking money."

This movie was very eye opening. I am obviously the Mike character, but a girl. It was interesting to see how destructive he was. Berger(never caught his name in the movie, but from sex and the city) said that the difference between Mike and other guys, is that Mike focused on what he didn't have instead of what he did. I know I can fall apart, when I think I should be getting something(a guy, an honor, high averages, etc) and I don't. I think the whole world is judging me, as I am judging me. Yet, its not true! Was a good one to see!

Reading: The Nightingales of Troy

One nice thing about visiting mom is getting new books! She's part of a book club, with her New York friends, and they video chat once a month with mom. It's actually really nice. While mom is not much of a reader, the rest of the ladies are and pick out some good books. Over the break i finished Devil in the White City and read the girl with the dragon tattoo. BOth of which of course ended with serial killers, which has been coloring my opinion of suave men as of late.

I'm now reading this book, called Nightingales of Troy, which is intriguing, although not a real page turner.

It focuses on the lives of women in this family, in Troy, New York(15 minutes from my hometown) over a century and does a bunch of vignettes, I guess. It's beautifully written, and the history of both the area, and the women's arena in the early 20th century I have found quite interesting so far.

Physical: Kickboxing

So I had a rough time with it, with physical this week. I can't figure out exactly why it happened but I went to kickboxing with Marissa on Monday. My head was really hurting, and my feet were hurting because of wearing heels earlier in the day. Then, this guy I don't like walked in, and went in the corner where I couldn't even see him, but just his presence irritated me. Finally, this guy next to me sucked. And when someone sucks when you are kickboxing, you get kicked, or hit. NOT FUN! So I moved, but at this point the only open space was behiind a column, so I couldn't see the guy at all. After five more minutes of lack luster following along others, I nearly broke into tears out of irritation and left.

So I knew I had to go back and I went to kickboxing again tonight, but the instructor is lack luster and I am not a fan! At least I got my heart pumping! Oh and I rode my bike to work today too!

Cooking: Quinoa

While not a major cooking expedition, I did cook a brand new thing Quinoa! It's supposedly super healthy for you and something you would only find in Berkeley or on space stations apparently, as its a complete protein!

I might have ate 4 servings of it, but it was super good!! I ate it with a stirfry of beef and vegetables, with a spinach and tomato salad proceeding it!