here it goes...
i knew fall semester was coming, yet i didn't prepare. and now i'm throwing things together, running out of doors on to my next appointment and leaving my roommate kt looking at me in shock as i switch bags, shirts, and do a quick mirror check before i book it out the door.
but at the same time, if i wasn't doing something (as i am doing right now...weird) i would feel...well, weird. i need to be doing something at all times. if i'm not on the go, i feel that i might as well be worthless. i am slightly worried that i won't get all of my habitat stuff ready for the big meeting on monday night...but i do need to remember to pick up candy for the habitat booth at the organization fair...and i need to sit down and figure out what all needs to be covered at next weeks meeting...and i want to do another design for gf's first night to submit to the competition, and i need to finish reading my wsi stuff...hmmm... and work.
which speaking of my wsi class, we had our first meeting today and i'm not sure quite what to think about it. the instructor sat and talked about wsi and red cross and herself the whole time. i don't know if it's just me feeling slightly jealous of those who have had this teacher for a swimming class, but she didn't ask anyone about their swimming experience or anything....if she referred to anyone about swimming skills she used those who she taught before and how we could ask them for swimming help.
as if.
i hate to sound cocky, but swimming is my thing. and i plan on blowing them away with my strokes on thursday. and i'm waking up early to go and lap swim before hand and get in a good workout. so there.
sorry about the rant. i think i'm just not used to people knowing about my swimming history. it'll take time, but i think i also didn't enjoy being lectured about things i already knew...but who can help that? the instructor has to lecture and i took the class to get the wsi certification...so i should just grin and bear it (is that how you spell that version of bear? hmmm)
but yeah, i need to get back to my homework...and i have an outing at about 10, 2 (yes, two!) 21st birthdays tonight! craziness! and i have to get ready. i'm such a slacker and falling behind. and i really need to talk to ___, but who knows when i will see him again...he's moved and i'm busy and i'm sure he is too...and it's his turn to call me, i called and left him a message last. i'll just forgot all of that stuff for now. worry about it when it needs to be worried about it. what shall i do...grrr.
over and out...and happy 21st lindsi and laura!
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
valleyfair!
1. 5 am wake up call. 6:30 out of town.
2. "was that the road i wanted?" "i think so..." u-turn!
3. 1 hr. and 3 miles later...we make it past the car crash on 94.
4. changing in the car is no easy task.
5. steel venom....holy crap. hyperventalating through the whole thing...and coughing afterwards.
6. wild thing! 4 times! didn't break mine and heidi's record of 8 times, however...
7. rip tide...yeah, way to freak me out as we sit in the ride, elevated, while they attempt TO FIX IT...and then RUN THE RIDE. i was not happy.
8. fatty, greasy FOOD!
9. 95.5...quite possibly the best station for sing alongs...ever.
10. 1 am...home sweet home.
goal was to make it to every ride in the park...but i chickened out on power tower...i did it once and happened to open my eyes, and i just don't feel safe in it....but we ditched the plan as we wanted to do more of our favorites and some of the rides just weren't worth our time...that and i didn't want to go on more water rides than what was required...and corkscrew was closed! i love that one...oh well, we had fun times anyways!
1. 5 am wake up call. 6:30 out of town.
2. "was that the road i wanted?" "i think so..." u-turn!
3. 1 hr. and 3 miles later...we make it past the car crash on 94.
4. changing in the car is no easy task.
5. steel venom....holy crap. hyperventalating through the whole thing...and coughing afterwards.
6. wild thing! 4 times! didn't break mine and heidi's record of 8 times, however...
7. rip tide...yeah, way to freak me out as we sit in the ride, elevated, while they attempt TO FIX IT...and then RUN THE RIDE. i was not happy.
8. fatty, greasy FOOD!
9. 95.5...quite possibly the best station for sing alongs...ever.
10. 1 am...home sweet home.
goal was to make it to every ride in the park...but i chickened out on power tower...i did it once and happened to open my eyes, and i just don't feel safe in it....but we ditched the plan as we wanted to do more of our favorites and some of the rides just weren't worth our time...that and i didn't want to go on more water rides than what was required...and corkscrew was closed! i love that one...oh well, we had fun times anyways!
country club
i completed my first reception at the country club. it wasn't that big of a deal, really. just lots of people and all the waitresses kept saying, "this one is much worse than the last one..." but i made it. i had a sore arm for a couple of days following and i made a grand total of $3.25 in tips (it's not necessary to tip at a reception). i hauled some big, piled high trays full of dishes though, making me wish i lifted some more weights! but i made it, only dropping some plastic cups at one point.
i started my first day waitressing today. 2 of the girls there trained me in and it wasn't as bad as i thought actually. i'm just so worried that i am going to completely mess something up and someone will have to come and fix it and they'll be completely annoyed by it because they won't have time to fix it. but i did fine. i had two tables and they were really nice. i learned how to punch things into the computer and all that fun stuff. clearing the tables and that sort of thing is no problem at all, since that is what i used to do at grizzly's when i wasn't hostessing.
i decided i'm going to save my tip money for something. it might just be for paying off my credit card bills, i don't know. but it's going into a jar in my room and i'm not going to touch it until i figure out what i want to do with it.
you should leave me an idea...how should i spend my money?
i completed my first reception at the country club. it wasn't that big of a deal, really. just lots of people and all the waitresses kept saying, "this one is much worse than the last one..." but i made it. i had a sore arm for a couple of days following and i made a grand total of $3.25 in tips (it's not necessary to tip at a reception). i hauled some big, piled high trays full of dishes though, making me wish i lifted some more weights! but i made it, only dropping some plastic cups at one point.
i started my first day waitressing today. 2 of the girls there trained me in and it wasn't as bad as i thought actually. i'm just so worried that i am going to completely mess something up and someone will have to come and fix it and they'll be completely annoyed by it because they won't have time to fix it. but i did fine. i had two tables and they were really nice. i learned how to punch things into the computer and all that fun stuff. clearing the tables and that sort of thing is no problem at all, since that is what i used to do at grizzly's when i wasn't hostessing.
i decided i'm going to save my tip money for something. it might just be for paying off my credit card bills, i don't know. but it's going into a jar in my room and i'm not going to touch it until i figure out what i want to do with it.
you should leave me an idea...how should i spend my money?
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
a little late with this....
so its been year........ i have not yet forgetten..... still fresh in my memory like it was yesterday........ him joking around grabbing my shoulder with that big smile on his face saying "i know jamie... your always right" then laughing....... just seconds later glancing in front of us he sees the truckcoming head on in our lane.....and his laughter turned to panic..... screaming "oh my god what is he doing"............then i woke up........ i saw him laying there.....i screamed at him "monte wake up..... wake up.... monte please..... wake up" over and over again..... no response......... i put my head up to his chest for a heart beat....... i was in to much of a panic to even tell.......... i tried with all the strength i had left to pull him out of the car.....i tried so hard..... his legs were stuck under the dash......he wouldnt move......... i screamed at him again... please wake up....... still no response.....the car went up in flames....... there was nothing i could do..... so helpless......... i stood there a bloody mess in a daze......... the same words from my mouth over and over again "montes in the car".......... laying in a hospital bed days later wishing i was dead......praying for god to please take me with him......... thinking about his family......... thoughts running through my head "look what ive done........ look what ive done...... i took thier son away from them......... if they hate me i wouldnt blame them...why couldnt it have been me instead..... why god did you have to take monte....... he had so much more life to live....... he was supposed to have a family of his own one day...... why..... why monte...... he didnt do anything wrong....... he didnt deserve this......."
we'll always remember, monte.
aug. 19, 2004
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so its been year........ i have not yet forgetten..... still fresh in my memory like it was yesterday........ him joking around grabbing my shoulder with that big smile on his face saying "i know jamie... your always right" then laughing....... just seconds later glancing in front of us he sees the truckcoming head on in our lane.....and his laughter turned to panic..... screaming "oh my god what is he doing"............then i woke up........ i saw him laying there.....i screamed at him "monte wake up..... wake up.... monte please..... wake up" over and over again..... no response......... i put my head up to his chest for a heart beat....... i was in to much of a panic to even tell.......... i tried with all the strength i had left to pull him out of the car.....i tried so hard..... his legs were stuck under the dash......he wouldnt move......... i screamed at him again... please wake up....... still no response.....the car went up in flames....... there was nothing i could do..... so helpless......... i stood there a bloody mess in a daze......... the same words from my mouth over and over again "montes in the car".......... laying in a hospital bed days later wishing i was dead......praying for god to please take me with him......... thinking about his family......... thoughts running through my head "look what ive done........ look what ive done...... i took thier son away from them......... if they hate me i wouldnt blame them...why couldnt it have been me instead..... why god did you have to take monte....... he had so much more life to live....... he was supposed to have a family of his own one day...... why..... why monte...... he didnt do anything wrong....... he didnt deserve this......."
we'll always remember, monte.
aug. 19, 2004
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Friday, August 19, 2005
new stuff
changes are coming in my life. as of tomorrow night i will be a waitress/banquet person/halfway house cashier at the bemidji town and country club. which is freakin exciting, and scary at the same time. i have the restaurant experience, but i've never waited on a table...i'm excited to get into waitressing though, but nervous starting a new job just the same. banquet tomorrow night, i think i need to go black pants shopping, we'll have to search the closet...hmmmm....
should also be interesting with school starting up. don't want to streach myself too thin, but i need the money!
tonight: into the woods at paul bunyan theater with old roommie t. should be a blast.
ooo...and did i mention my old roommate is engaged! biggest bacherlorette party of the year will be held in 2007...get ready for it!!
changes are coming in my life. as of tomorrow night i will be a waitress/banquet person/halfway house cashier at the bemidji town and country club. which is freakin exciting, and scary at the same time. i have the restaurant experience, but i've never waited on a table...i'm excited to get into waitressing though, but nervous starting a new job just the same. banquet tomorrow night, i think i need to go black pants shopping, we'll have to search the closet...hmmmm....
should also be interesting with school starting up. don't want to streach myself too thin, but i need the money!
tonight: into the woods at paul bunyan theater with old roommie t. should be a blast.
ooo...and did i mention my old roommate is engaged! biggest bacherlorette party of the year will be held in 2007...get ready for it!!
Thursday, August 18, 2005
HOLY CRAP!
SWEET! WE'RE GETTING SOME GOOD STORES IN BTOWN!!!
Polo Ralph Lauren has agreed to be Pinnacle Village Outlets’ anchor store. It will be the largest tenant with approximately 10,000 square feet of space. Other stores that will accompany it include Tommy Hilfiger, Coach, Liz Claiborne, Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Nike, Reebok, Eddie Bauer, Van Heusen, 9 West, Dress Barn, Calvin Klein, Pacific Sunwear (also known as PacSun), Haggar, Borders Books, Ultra Stores, Samsonite and Anna’s Linens.
YEEEEESSSS! read it all here!
SWEET! WE'RE GETTING SOME GOOD STORES IN BTOWN!!!
Polo Ralph Lauren has agreed to be Pinnacle Village Outlets’ anchor store. It will be the largest tenant with approximately 10,000 square feet of space. Other stores that will accompany it include Tommy Hilfiger, Coach, Liz Claiborne, Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Nike, Reebok, Eddie Bauer, Van Heusen, 9 West, Dress Barn, Calvin Klein, Pacific Sunwear (also known as PacSun), Haggar, Borders Books, Ultra Stores, Samsonite and Anna’s Linens.
YEEEEESSSS! read it all here!
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Opperation Cell Phone: Complete
well, i found it. a quick walk over to chris and jaime's and the cell phone was found. thank goodness. i don't know what i would have had to do if i didn't find it.
other quick updates:
-i'm going to be an fye t.a. again. goooo team me.
-job interview: bemidji town and country club, bartender: double that goooo team me!
that's it for now...i think.
well, i found it. a quick walk over to chris and jaime's and the cell phone was found. thank goodness. i don't know what i would have had to do if i didn't find it.
other quick updates:
-i'm going to be an fye t.a. again. goooo team me.
-job interview: bemidji town and country club, bartender: double that goooo team me!
that's it for now...i think.
YOUR JOB
if you choose to accept it is:
call my cell phone and if by chance, someone answers it, tell them that i miss it, and i want it back and then tell them how to find me.
it's not lost until i've checked all the places that i think that it might be. i have this small feeling that it's in chris's car though...otherwise it's at t'juans.
joy.
if you choose to accept it is:
call my cell phone and if by chance, someone answers it, tell them that i miss it, and i want it back and then tell them how to find me.
it's not lost until i've checked all the places that i think that it might be. i have this small feeling that it's in chris's car though...otherwise it's at t'juans.
joy.
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
good friends, good parties
this last weekend was one of parties. martini party and the ice off banquet = lots of crazy fun. kt and i left for maple lake and d's cabin thursday afternoon and after a trip to the liquor store (martini's in a box?! no way!!!). i had the big ass watermelon in the back seat and all the stuff i needed for an enjoyable weekend, except warm clothes of course. who looks to see that it was going to be 60s this weekend and that i should grab some warm clothes?
we arrived at the cabin to j and billy's greeting of "the martini queen is here! the martini queen is here!" yay! kt and i set to work cutting up the insides of the bomb, it was quite hillarious, since we had no idea what we were doing. the rest of the night concluded with a movie, lots of fun, playing dirty tricks on danielle, consumption of the watermelon bomb and d threatening to whip me with her belt, which i told her she could if i could take it off of her. more laughter.
that morning, d woke up to realize her underwear was scattered everywhere in the tree. kt and i order breakfast in bed, which billy wouldn't get for us, but kept trying to temp us with, but juan eventually did! then we called upstairs to amanda on my cell phone to get drinks, which they brought down screwdrivers instead. ick.
then we stupidly (well, not stupidly...just...i don't know) went tubing. it was cold. but it was fun just the same. we all want the shirt that says "tuber." on the front. hahaa! fun word.
from d's i headed the the g parents to eat and watch the pga tour with g pa. i think they wanted me to stay longer...i felt guilty. but i had to head to bad medicine! got to bad medicine at 8ish and then watched a movie with squeak...i don't like the pianist as much as i thought i would. too much killing and reminded me too much of mathausen.
next morning we woke, showered and headed across the lake for decorating for the banquet. let me say this: i will be hiring us for our next big event. the all over randomness of crepe paper streamers and balloons was wonderful! my aunt, uncle and squeak's brother (the ice off king) all came over eventually and we ate good food, crowned the king and then sent his helmet crown (with sparklers attached) on fire. it was real good fun. then we drank and had lots of laughs, brough the king on a trip around the lake, complete with helmet and pitchfork. we got lots of stares, but would have had more if the weather would have been nice! best line of the night: ice off king to his mom, "kingly procreation!" when he meant, "kingly proclamation!" it was great.
at 11 pm: saunaing and dives into the freezing cold water with the king and friend. the stars were amazing and the sauna felt wonderful!
the next day i came home, to boring btown. but it shouldn't be boring much longer...i'm hitting up tonight with the girls!
i was doing so good with eating well until this weekend. and then i did so well yesterday...and then i ate lunch today. it think i need to go grocery shopping...o well, today will be my one day off i guess. i need better choices in my fridge...i feel gross now! running tonight.
and that's it....back to my laminating....
happy bday to hannah banana and nicole!
this last weekend was one of parties. martini party and the ice off banquet = lots of crazy fun. kt and i left for maple lake and d's cabin thursday afternoon and after a trip to the liquor store (martini's in a box?! no way!!!). i had the big ass watermelon in the back seat and all the stuff i needed for an enjoyable weekend, except warm clothes of course. who looks to see that it was going to be 60s this weekend and that i should grab some warm clothes?
we arrived at the cabin to j and billy's greeting of "the martini queen is here! the martini queen is here!" yay! kt and i set to work cutting up the insides of the bomb, it was quite hillarious, since we had no idea what we were doing. the rest of the night concluded with a movie, lots of fun, playing dirty tricks on danielle, consumption of the watermelon bomb and d threatening to whip me with her belt, which i told her she could if i could take it off of her. more laughter.
that morning, d woke up to realize her underwear was scattered everywhere in the tree. kt and i order breakfast in bed, which billy wouldn't get for us, but kept trying to temp us with, but juan eventually did! then we called upstairs to amanda on my cell phone to get drinks, which they brought down screwdrivers instead. ick.
then we stupidly (well, not stupidly...just...i don't know) went tubing. it was cold. but it was fun just the same. we all want the shirt that says "tuber." on the front. hahaa! fun word.
from d's i headed the the g parents to eat and watch the pga tour with g pa. i think they wanted me to stay longer...i felt guilty. but i had to head to bad medicine! got to bad medicine at 8ish and then watched a movie with squeak...i don't like the pianist as much as i thought i would. too much killing and reminded me too much of mathausen.
next morning we woke, showered and headed across the lake for decorating for the banquet. let me say this: i will be hiring us for our next big event. the all over randomness of crepe paper streamers and balloons was wonderful! my aunt, uncle and squeak's brother (the ice off king) all came over eventually and we ate good food, crowned the king and then sent his helmet crown (with sparklers attached) on fire. it was real good fun. then we drank and had lots of laughs, brough the king on a trip around the lake, complete with helmet and pitchfork. we got lots of stares, but would have had more if the weather would have been nice! best line of the night: ice off king to his mom, "kingly procreation!" when he meant, "kingly proclamation!" it was great.
at 11 pm: saunaing and dives into the freezing cold water with the king and friend. the stars were amazing and the sauna felt wonderful!
the next day i came home, to boring btown. but it shouldn't be boring much longer...i'm hitting up tonight with the girls!
i was doing so good with eating well until this weekend. and then i did so well yesterday...and then i ate lunch today. it think i need to go grocery shopping...o well, today will be my one day off i guess. i need better choices in my fridge...i feel gross now! running tonight.
and that's it....back to my laminating....
happy bday to hannah banana and nicole!
Monday, August 15, 2005
10 things every single girl must own
1. A fabulous photo of yourself
yup, got a couple...i think...at first they look good but after the 43920 time looking at it, you eventually find something to pick out...like the flab in my arms. yeah, we're talking about the pic to your left!
2. A pretty pair of heels
i'm not a heal type of girl. i'm too tall to wear heals. but i do own a pair of black ones that i like, but they're lost at the moment. possibly at the parents house? possibly. but i don't need them because the guy i kinda like right now is my height if not slightly shorter.
3. An Eminem CD
annnnnddd....i don't. but i do own a couple songs by him
4. A great pickup line... and a way to blow 'em off
nope, i'm horrible. can't say no, can't even pick em up. this may be the reason why for being single for so gosh darn long.
5. A six-pack of good bottled beer
ick. beer. gag me. i like my hard liquor!
6. Bathroom reading
ummm...don't have that either. if i need bathroom ready (which i don't) i'll bring my own in there.
7. A business card
maybe in new york where it's stylish to hand it out with your number on it instead of scrawling it onto a napkin...but please, this is northern minnesota.
8. Earplugs
don't own a pair, but trust me, there have been times when i wish i did (sleepovers with friends - "hey, can you sleep on your side and not your back!")
9. A straight male friend on your speed-dial
very few of those here, in the land of manly men (paul bunyans)
10. A condom
well...since i don't see myself getting any anytime soon, we won't worry about that for now.
yeah, so i think this should be retitled: the top 10 things a woman should own if she would like to turn her living environment into her guys crash pad. except for the pick up line and the business card...those you need first and then the rest can follow.
blah.
i've got much to tell about my weekend...and it's coming, it's coming!
1. A fabulous photo of yourself
yup, got a couple...i think...at first they look good but after the 43920 time looking at it, you eventually find something to pick out...like the flab in my arms. yeah, we're talking about the pic to your left!
2. A pretty pair of heels
i'm not a heal type of girl. i'm too tall to wear heals. but i do own a pair of black ones that i like, but they're lost at the moment. possibly at the parents house? possibly. but i don't need them because the guy i kinda like right now is my height if not slightly shorter.
3. An Eminem CD
annnnnddd....i don't. but i do own a couple songs by him
4. A great pickup line... and a way to blow 'em off
nope, i'm horrible. can't say no, can't even pick em up. this may be the reason why for being single for so gosh darn long.
5. A six-pack of good bottled beer
ick. beer. gag me. i like my hard liquor!
6. Bathroom reading
ummm...don't have that either. if i need bathroom ready (which i don't) i'll bring my own in there.
7. A business card
maybe in new york where it's stylish to hand it out with your number on it instead of scrawling it onto a napkin...but please, this is northern minnesota.
8. Earplugs
don't own a pair, but trust me, there have been times when i wish i did (sleepovers with friends - "hey, can you sleep on your side and not your back!")
9. A straight male friend on your speed-dial
very few of those here, in the land of manly men (paul bunyans)
10. A condom
well...since i don't see myself getting any anytime soon, we won't worry about that for now.
yeah, so i think this should be retitled: the top 10 things a woman should own if she would like to turn her living environment into her guys crash pad. except for the pick up line and the business card...those you need first and then the rest can follow.
blah.
i've got much to tell about my weekend...and it's coming, it's coming!
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Wednesday, August 10, 2005
fricken bar
i love going out with the girls. we meet up with guy friends, drink, play darts (i love darts!) and just have a good time. they get drunk, i drive, lots of laughter and all that jazz. it's amazing. especially when the drunk guys start hitting on you.
wait. o yeah, THAT'S NOT SO MUCH FUN.
well....except if they are really drunk, word slurring old guys who you can't understand for the life of you and you are sitting next to leann and andy and leann and i have to fight over which one of us will not go home with him. that was pretty funny.
but let me tell you a story from a couple of weeks ago. about a guy who got to drunk and a girl who can't say no because she feels too bad.
and gave him her number, which this one time long ago was thankfully entered in his phone wrong (thank heavens for that!) .
but then he saw her again, got way too drunk and she couldn't say no again...the number was fixed...and he wants to take her to dinner and a movie...and apparently is really shy unless you get lots o alcohol in him...then he gets way tooooo feely. ick.
i think i need to talk to two other boys about this and see what they think. thank god for good guy friends.
anyway, it was pretty funny. and then he started hitting his head on the table and i started to think, "o god, what did i get myself into?"
yeah.
but hey, free dinner and a movie? i think i could muster up enough courage to do that.
in other news...i got a french manicure and my nails feel so dang pretty right now. except for the two that she cut the cuticles so short that i started to bleed...they still hurt.
and you should go read the 'another andi' blog. she talks about introducing herself as andi and all the strange reply's she gets. i don't really get strange replys back, but i know what she means.
anyways...i'll post more later.
i love going out with the girls. we meet up with guy friends, drink, play darts (i love darts!) and just have a good time. they get drunk, i drive, lots of laughter and all that jazz. it's amazing. especially when the drunk guys start hitting on you.
wait. o yeah, THAT'S NOT SO MUCH FUN.
well....except if they are really drunk, word slurring old guys who you can't understand for the life of you and you are sitting next to leann and andy and leann and i have to fight over which one of us will not go home with him. that was pretty funny.
but let me tell you a story from a couple of weeks ago. about a guy who got to drunk and a girl who can't say no because she feels too bad.
and gave him her number, which this one time long ago was thankfully entered in his phone wrong (thank heavens for that!) .
but then he saw her again, got way too drunk and she couldn't say no again...the number was fixed...and he wants to take her to dinner and a movie...and apparently is really shy unless you get lots o alcohol in him...then he gets way tooooo feely. ick.
i think i need to talk to two other boys about this and see what they think. thank god for good guy friends.
anyway, it was pretty funny. and then he started hitting his head on the table and i started to think, "o god, what did i get myself into?"
yeah.
but hey, free dinner and a movie? i think i could muster up enough courage to do that.
in other news...i got a french manicure and my nails feel so dang pretty right now. except for the two that she cut the cuticles so short that i started to bleed...they still hurt.
and you should go read the 'another andi' blog. she talks about introducing herself as andi and all the strange reply's she gets. i don't really get strange replys back, but i know what she means.
anyways...i'll post more later.
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
the cost of everything
i hate money. i really do. it's one headache after another with money. it just seems like i can't afford anything and everyone else can afford everything. i don't make enough to pay anything off...but somehow, i'm surviving. i thought i was making a dent in paying off my credit card bills, but it turns out no. credit card bills, car payments, utilities bill, rent, groceries, gas, and everything else school related....it's a lot of money, a lot of money that i don't have. how does everyone else do this? but i guess as long as i'm still 'surviving' i guess i'm gonna have to keep spending.
in other news...not much else going on. i started weight watchers again...but not meetings. i have plans so that when i loose another 10 pounds, i'm gonna get a perm, and then when i loose another 10 more i'm gonna get a massage...and then i think i will stop. because then i will be at 140...and we'll have to assess what my body looks like and what it wants to do from there. we'll see if it will even allow me to get to 140...i know most of my body is made up of muscle so i don't know how much that is affecting my weight. but i have been swimming again, everyday for about an hour. i would go longer but that's all that lap swim is open for. and i lift weights and jump rope. i guess if you jump rope for 10 minutes it's the equivilent of running for a half hour. i lost 2.5 pounds last week so i'm pretty pumped so far. but i need more veggies!! haha
party at danielle's cabin this thursday/friday....get pumped!!
i hate money. i really do. it's one headache after another with money. it just seems like i can't afford anything and everyone else can afford everything. i don't make enough to pay anything off...but somehow, i'm surviving. i thought i was making a dent in paying off my credit card bills, but it turns out no. credit card bills, car payments, utilities bill, rent, groceries, gas, and everything else school related....it's a lot of money, a lot of money that i don't have. how does everyone else do this? but i guess as long as i'm still 'surviving' i guess i'm gonna have to keep spending.
in other news...not much else going on. i started weight watchers again...but not meetings. i have plans so that when i loose another 10 pounds, i'm gonna get a perm, and then when i loose another 10 more i'm gonna get a massage...and then i think i will stop. because then i will be at 140...and we'll have to assess what my body looks like and what it wants to do from there. we'll see if it will even allow me to get to 140...i know most of my body is made up of muscle so i don't know how much that is affecting my weight. but i have been swimming again, everyday for about an hour. i would go longer but that's all that lap swim is open for. and i lift weights and jump rope. i guess if you jump rope for 10 minutes it's the equivilent of running for a half hour. i lost 2.5 pounds last week so i'm pretty pumped so far. but i need more veggies!! haha
party at danielle's cabin this thursday/friday....get pumped!!
Monday, August 08, 2005
zones madness!
this weekend was one of excitement, fun, long, water filled days. my old team hosted the central zones swimming championships this last weekend in gf. zones is a big, big meet. it's the next step above state and our zone is so big, that we usually have 2 zone meets going on. so we held one, and ann arbour, mich. held one. indiana, illinois, south dakota, midwestern, arkansaw, wisconsin, oklahoma and north dakota were at our meet. friday through sunday, i was up at 6, at the pool at 7 and stayed there until 9 each night. but i didn't complain (except at night when i was tired and my feet hurt)!
zerek made the team in the 50 and i knew half the team anyways, so it was exciting. at 7, warm ups started, i got my heat sheet ready and my cameras. i was in charge of getting record breakers up on the board (their picture). so i would sit through warm-up, cheering and prelims in the morning, get some free food, go through 12 and under timed finals in the afternoon and then get some more food while the finals warmed up and then for finals, i was in charge of the ready room, where the final heat would come and sit and when the signal was given we would walk them out to some music and they would be announced. it wa s fun because if we had someone from north dakota swimming in the final heat, we would make a tunnel with the team and walk the heat through the tunnel and slap our swimmer on the back. i was pretty proud of myself because i suggested it to zerek and then they did it for every swimmer. we also put together a slide show for the last day of all the pictures i had taken around the deck.
i really love zones though because it brings out the best in swimming. the crazy swimmers who dress up in halloween like costumes on deck, it also brought out cow humor (ok shirts had something about cow tipping which was targeted at wisconsin...who had a big inflatable cow). there was also a big inflatable monkey running around, lots of cheering, cool shirts, swim cap trading between the teams (i liked midwesterns the best...and south dakotas), shirt trading ( i bought an indiana shirt and scored a midwestern one, and i have my meet staff shirt), big swimming store where i bought an autographed janet evans shirt and a couple of discounted caps and people EVERYWHERE. i have to tell you, too, because of this last weekend and seeing everyone is fastskin II, i want to try one on, to see what i would look like in one, to see what it would feel like. but i can't try on zerek's, he's just got the legs, not the full body. o well.
i also enjoyed the cheering. i got to experience the 'you don't brush your teeth' cheer, which goes like this:
(leaders, who point out a team): YOU!
rest of team: YOU!
leaders: YOU DON'T!
team: YOU DON'T!
leaders: YOU DON'T BRUSH!
team: YOU DON'T BRUSH!
leaders, who come jumping back to team, have the team join in, with jumping and clapping: YOU DON'T BRUSH YOUR TEETH, HEY! YOU DON'T BRUSH YOUR TEETH, HEY! YOU DON'T BRUSH YOUR TEETH, HEY!
and that leaves the team the leaders picked out looking baffled and confused as they wonder what the heck just went on and if they just really accuse them of not brushing their teeth.
they also did the who rocks the house cheer, where they cheered, in a big circle:
'who rocks the house? the girls rocked the house and when the girls rock the house they rock it all the way down!' and the girls would gather in the middle and get down and dance. then they would do the boys (where i got a great pic of zerek getting down...it's good) and then the coaches (which was great because it's fun to see the coaches, these 20 something guys, get down and dance) and then they did north dakota rocks the house, and they would all get in.
so yeah, all in all, it was a good tiring weekend. fire drill and all...we had to evacuate the facility for a good half and hour. a couple records were broken, lots of best times for kids and a lot of craziness. i love swimming. i post some pics later.
this weekend was one of excitement, fun, long, water filled days. my old team hosted the central zones swimming championships this last weekend in gf. zones is a big, big meet. it's the next step above state and our zone is so big, that we usually have 2 zone meets going on. so we held one, and ann arbour, mich. held one. indiana, illinois, south dakota, midwestern, arkansaw, wisconsin, oklahoma and north dakota were at our meet. friday through sunday, i was up at 6, at the pool at 7 and stayed there until 9 each night. but i didn't complain (except at night when i was tired and my feet hurt)!
zerek made the team in the 50 and i knew half the team anyways, so it was exciting. at 7, warm ups started, i got my heat sheet ready and my cameras. i was in charge of getting record breakers up on the board (their picture). so i would sit through warm-up, cheering and prelims in the morning, get some free food, go through 12 and under timed finals in the afternoon and then get some more food while the finals warmed up and then for finals, i was in charge of the ready room, where the final heat would come and sit and when the signal was given we would walk them out to some music and they would be announced. it wa s fun because if we had someone from north dakota swimming in the final heat, we would make a tunnel with the team and walk the heat through the tunnel and slap our swimmer on the back. i was pretty proud of myself because i suggested it to zerek and then they did it for every swimmer. we also put together a slide show for the last day of all the pictures i had taken around the deck.
i really love zones though because it brings out the best in swimming. the crazy swimmers who dress up in halloween like costumes on deck, it also brought out cow humor (ok shirts had something about cow tipping which was targeted at wisconsin...who had a big inflatable cow). there was also a big inflatable monkey running around, lots of cheering, cool shirts, swim cap trading between the teams (i liked midwesterns the best...and south dakotas), shirt trading ( i bought an indiana shirt and scored a midwestern one, and i have my meet staff shirt), big swimming store where i bought an autographed janet evans shirt and a couple of discounted caps and people EVERYWHERE. i have to tell you, too, because of this last weekend and seeing everyone is fastskin II, i want to try one on, to see what i would look like in one, to see what it would feel like. but i can't try on zerek's, he's just got the legs, not the full body. o well.
i also enjoyed the cheering. i got to experience the 'you don't brush your teeth' cheer, which goes like this:
(leaders, who point out a team): YOU!
rest of team: YOU!
leaders: YOU DON'T!
team: YOU DON'T!
leaders: YOU DON'T BRUSH!
team: YOU DON'T BRUSH!
leaders, who come jumping back to team, have the team join in, with jumping and clapping: YOU DON'T BRUSH YOUR TEETH, HEY! YOU DON'T BRUSH YOUR TEETH, HEY! YOU DON'T BRUSH YOUR TEETH, HEY!
and that leaves the team the leaders picked out looking baffled and confused as they wonder what the heck just went on and if they just really accuse them of not brushing their teeth.
they also did the who rocks the house cheer, where they cheered, in a big circle:
'who rocks the house? the girls rocked the house and when the girls rock the house they rock it all the way down!' and the girls would gather in the middle and get down and dance. then they would do the boys (where i got a great pic of zerek getting down...it's good) and then the coaches (which was great because it's fun to see the coaches, these 20 something guys, get down and dance) and then they did north dakota rocks the house, and they would all get in.
so yeah, all in all, it was a good tiring weekend. fire drill and all...we had to evacuate the facility for a good half and hour. a couple records were broken, lots of best times for kids and a lot of craziness. i love swimming. i post some pics later.
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
my favorite time of year
that's right: swim season!
we've had state, zones, sectionals, world champs, duel in the pool and every 4 years, throw a little olympics action in there: basically, it's swimmers heaven.
all last week, world champs was on tv. it was sweet, i love watching that stuff.
this weekend: i'm working as photographer to the record breakers at the zones meet in Grand Forks! i'm so proud, my teams hosting! check it here
also this weekend: duel in the pool is being broadcasted on nbc saturday and sunday. it actually happened last night and i know the usa won. i'm excited to see those hot usa swimmers smash the aussies like a guitar!
zerek's swimming zones this weekend. he will kick butt.
alli's starting high school: good luck to her...hopefully she'll find that positive attitude, learn how to not complain and not to argue with bryan: that should equal a successful season. hopefully alli will learn how to be a positive role model for her fellow swimmers, to encourage them when the going gets tough, keep a smile on her face, and to learn that it is always possible to make it through the toughest of sets and it will make you stronger for doing so. bryan will yell, but the secret to getting through the yelling is to just pretend he's not yelling, just trying to get a point across...listen to what he's saying, not yelling.
anyways...good luck!
back to work....or maybe lunch....some teachers got a dog in our office...it's one of those ones that's so ugly...it's cute. yeah. it just growled at me, i think it wants to play.
that's right: swim season!
we've had state, zones, sectionals, world champs, duel in the pool and every 4 years, throw a little olympics action in there: basically, it's swimmers heaven.
all last week, world champs was on tv. it was sweet, i love watching that stuff.
this weekend: i'm working as photographer to the record breakers at the zones meet in Grand Forks! i'm so proud, my teams hosting! check it here
also this weekend: duel in the pool is being broadcasted on nbc saturday and sunday. it actually happened last night and i know the usa won. i'm excited to see those hot usa swimmers smash the aussies like a guitar!
zerek's swimming zones this weekend. he will kick butt.
alli's starting high school: good luck to her...hopefully she'll find that positive attitude, learn how to not complain and not to argue with bryan: that should equal a successful season. hopefully alli will learn how to be a positive role model for her fellow swimmers, to encourage them when the going gets tough, keep a smile on her face, and to learn that it is always possible to make it through the toughest of sets and it will make you stronger for doing so. bryan will yell, but the secret to getting through the yelling is to just pretend he's not yelling, just trying to get a point across...listen to what he's saying, not yelling.
anyways...good luck!
back to work....or maybe lunch....some teachers got a dog in our office...it's one of those ones that's so ugly...it's cute. yeah. it just growled at me, i think it wants to play.
Monday, August 01, 2005
the odd happenings that made my weekend
i can't believe what all went down this weekend. so much happened, it's amazing. i didn't get much sleep because i was up partying non-stop with the eurospring 2005 group! simply amazing.
friday night started out with half price apps at applebees with a good chunk of the eurospringers who were in town. lots of laughs, lots of chicken and a strawberry daiquri later, i was doing well. i then headed over to another friends kegger, where adam and i jumped like mad on the trampoline there! then jaime, adam and i headed to the eurospring party at jennie's and we had a fun time. i drank beer, which was really not good and i know jennie agrees, we played a drinking game and then all passed out at 5 am.
i was out the door of jen's, to my house, showered, packed, to maurice's, spent mad money and out of town by 11:30 am that morning (i left jennie's at 10). kassandra's wedding was good. i got to see some friends and get the latest gossip. unfortunatly my eye decided to malfunction since i slept in my contacts the night before and it looked like i was crying, about to cry or was crying the whole time. i had to wear my glasses, too, which was NOT the highlight of the weekend. after the wedding and reception and much good food, i headed back for btown and my eurospringers and squeak set off for bad medicine. the ride back included a stop at the liquor store in crookston, which is good since otherwise, i would have been drinking beer all night (beer = GAG ME). i arrived at jennie's at 11:30 and was amazed at all who were there! andy, bill, silas, jeremy, laura, crystal w. and boyfriend, jennie of course, jill, sam and steph showed up later and much later jaime came. it was a mad party. there was a group of us who trooped it out until the end, playing truth or dare jenga, which you should only play with a group of friends who you know REALLY well. let's just say that by the end of the night, all this had happened:
-jaime and i had switched skirt for shorts. i think he enjoyed my skirt way too much.
-jaime later switched my skirt for silas's pants.
-silas went to the bathroom, left my skirt in the hall and we stole it. haha!
-jennie and i and steph and i all ended up having to kiss, and jaime had to kiss me.
-i slow danced with a broom, who was bill
-jaime slow danced with a shovel until i told him he had to use bill as a broom as i did too
-jaime rode steph
-steph got dizzy one too many times
-jaime belly danced
-there was an experiment to figure out exactly how much i do drink and to figure out whether i cheat when i'm supposed to be drinking - i do not cheat...i just take smaller swallows. i can't help it!
ooooo...it was good times. and this time we made it to bed at 7 am. i was pretty tired yesterday ;) but it was good times.
nothing too exciting for this week. friday is zones though...and i'm photographer! gooo me! haha. zerek qualified too, so i'm super excited for him! zones is always fun, so get ready!
i'll probably post more life happenings later...
i can't believe what all went down this weekend. so much happened, it's amazing. i didn't get much sleep because i was up partying non-stop with the eurospring 2005 group! simply amazing.
friday night started out with half price apps at applebees with a good chunk of the eurospringers who were in town. lots of laughs, lots of chicken and a strawberry daiquri later, i was doing well. i then headed over to another friends kegger, where adam and i jumped like mad on the trampoline there! then jaime, adam and i headed to the eurospring party at jennie's and we had a fun time. i drank beer, which was really not good and i know jennie agrees, we played a drinking game and then all passed out at 5 am.
i was out the door of jen's, to my house, showered, packed, to maurice's, spent mad money and out of town by 11:30 am that morning (i left jennie's at 10). kassandra's wedding was good. i got to see some friends and get the latest gossip. unfortunatly my eye decided to malfunction since i slept in my contacts the night before and it looked like i was crying, about to cry or was crying the whole time. i had to wear my glasses, too, which was NOT the highlight of the weekend. after the wedding and reception and much good food, i headed back for btown and my eurospringers and squeak set off for bad medicine. the ride back included a stop at the liquor store in crookston, which is good since otherwise, i would have been drinking beer all night (beer = GAG ME). i arrived at jennie's at 11:30 and was amazed at all who were there! andy, bill, silas, jeremy, laura, crystal w. and boyfriend, jennie of course, jill, sam and steph showed up later and much later jaime came. it was a mad party. there was a group of us who trooped it out until the end, playing truth or dare jenga, which you should only play with a group of friends who you know REALLY well. let's just say that by the end of the night, all this had happened:
-jaime and i had switched skirt for shorts. i think he enjoyed my skirt way too much.
-jaime later switched my skirt for silas's pants.
-silas went to the bathroom, left my skirt in the hall and we stole it. haha!
-jennie and i and steph and i all ended up having to kiss, and jaime had to kiss me.
-i slow danced with a broom, who was bill
-jaime slow danced with a shovel until i told him he had to use bill as a broom as i did too
-jaime rode steph
-steph got dizzy one too many times
-jaime belly danced
-there was an experiment to figure out exactly how much i do drink and to figure out whether i cheat when i'm supposed to be drinking - i do not cheat...i just take smaller swallows. i can't help it!
ooooo...it was good times. and this time we made it to bed at 7 am. i was pretty tired yesterday ;) but it was good times.
nothing too exciting for this week. friday is zones though...and i'm photographer! gooo me! haha. zerek qualified too, so i'm super excited for him! zones is always fun, so get ready!
i'll probably post more life happenings later...
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