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Good ideas gone bad

In the last 24 hours I've had a few really great ideas in concept, but when they are put into action the results are not as I had hoped they would be.

First I took an allergy pill last night around 11:30, it was one of those great first generation ones that not only cure your symptoms for a few hours but they also put you to sleep. It was night time, so I figured win win! I will not have a runny nose, won't sneeze and sleep like a baby! Well it was correct, allergy symptoms gone, sleep great, few hours not so much. More like all day I was in the zombie state of allergy free heaven. Good thing I didn't have to drive around all day or it could have been dangerous. Funny how just around the time that work is almost done I'm all of a sudden more awake....

My second one has seem to disappeared, as I can't remember it? I know that Canada Post screwed me over and is now holding my shower invitations that I procrastinated so hard on hostage. I am slightly worried that the sparkly star stickers I put all over them will make them a target for first ones to get forgotten or burned.... So plan b is coming into affect, no more cute invitations of the classy matter and going onto the calling of family and friends I don't know to tell them all about my lovely friends Tiki Shower happening in less than 3 weeks.

Then I am planning for a bachelorette party too, in less than 3 weeks for the same girl! I like a little challenge, some research and heart and tears. This party is going to be rocking, with its theme song already picked out, I think 80's sweet assed sweat shirts and tight pants are coming up next and then some dirty looking food.

So what I have learned? Don't sit on your hands with party plans, put them into affect! And don't take first generation allergy pills too late at night, best to take them earlier.

A little of a lot....

Where to begin? Well after my half marathon, I continued running... and then my running buddy got better and then I really got into the running again! Yay! I love running, and having a buddy to do it with makes it so much better. She is training for a half in July, I don't think that I will do that one with her. What I will do is train with her!

Want a little more? City Chase 2011, Edmonton, May 28th. Edge and I = The Blisters (yep by the end we had some new ones that took up residency on our feet and toes) The short of the story is that we started strong and ended weak! The plan we had was not executed as well as we hoped. There was a lot of running, Edge questioned my ability to run as I was super slow with the backpack on, as soon as he took over backpack duty 3 hours later I was like a little deer ready to bound through the streets of Edmonton and Edge turned into the sloth that got loose from the zoo. We had our ups (like the cute puppy that tried to take us down) and our lows (rock climbing blind folded, weak arms and 5 hours of running around = me almost crying). We had lucky times like the car pull mule thing and then we had our unlucky times like the university fiasco (where we did a lot of running back and forth a few times). We had happy times like singing in the car to the beach boys to our extremely rude bus driver that drove away from us and we ran two blocks, caught the bus behind it and then ran a block to catch up with the guy. Blood boils just writing about it. At the end of the 6 hour day we had finished 9 chase points, we needed 10. What we learned? I can't think while Edge talks, we don't read directions well at all and sweat head bands do work! I hope that we will do it again next year! We will kick the Chase Point Sheets ass and finish!

Now on the plate is A's birthday party and planning a bridal shower for my dear friend Fufu. I'm actually really excited about Fufu's wedding, it will be a blast and i get to see J and M!

So tomorrow is a 5k day, with a side of parade and house work, maybe a little lawn mowing. Sunday is a 16k run day and boy that will not be fun but with G it will be great!

Summer... not really here yet, as it snowed up north today, but I know it will show up soon.

Goes....

May, you are here already!

I am currently looking for new goals.

Disappointed with family.

So happy to have great friends.

Finished my 4th half marathon. It went really good and is keeping me wanting to run. I am so much further ahead of last years training.

Still love running.

In love with J.

30

So I have been on this lovely Earth for 30 years now. With so much to learn. Each year I am surprised by how much I don't know and what I get to experience.

29 was a good year, fairly uneventful in my personally little life, but the people around me, there was a lot to be had!

One fun thing I got to do at 29 was sort of DJ my great friends wedding, Mrs D, although she didn't actually let me be totally free and play my crazy, weird music, I still go to be the one saying I want to play this song she picked next.

I also got to experience having a very dear friend in an area in the world hit by a natural disaster, and see how some people would just be like okay, got my stuff, I'm outie. She showed how strong, and willing to adapt and go back. Yeah, we might not think she is all that smart, but she is very brave and a truly strong women. We do not know how we will deal with life until we are faced with it, and she is only going to be stronger and better to deal with my life issues now (sort of funny, come on!). We are all still hoping she comes back but their is a piece of me that wants her to stay, to be a role model, to be a person that I can be like if Whoolie can do it, I probably could too.

Another friend got engaged to her long time boyfriend, and is finishes her teaching degree. She is busy with so much in her life, I wonder how she has time to eat or sleep. I hope that she finds a little bit of me time, and look forward to seeing her in May and then to be apart of her wedding day. Still thinking of a great speech, and toast.

Then there is A, she has a baby girl, a year and a half, working full time and going for another with her wonderful husband. I am so happy that I live so close to her, although I think we need to see each other more often.

And I can't help but think am I someone that people think oh wow, she is doing great things too in her life.?

So what makes me feel like I'm doing shit! Well I'm not finishing my master anytime soon. I have no idea what I truly want to do with my life. I run more than anyone I know, except my running buddy, she is hardcore. I love red wine. I love J. I got new tires. I recently dusted off the sewing machine and got the juices flowing for DIY. Yeah, I'm not exactly where I thought I wanted to be, but I have a degree, I have a good paying job with people I like, I am in a relationship (that I want the next level, I am a girl that has been dreaming of her wedding forever, and I can make a decision to save your life), we have an awesome house, we have great friends, we have two great dogs, that love us as much as we love them (poop scooping the backyard tomorrow....) and well for 30 I hope I have many years left to find new to do's for my list and maybe complete a few that are still on there.

There are a lot of negatives out there, I'm trying to deal with them, but there is more positives and they are what keep me going. So year 30, what will you challenge me with, because I'm a lot stronger than I was last year.

When all the pieces fall....

Not really sure what the end result will be when everything is broken and all over the floor. But that is what I have to wait for. It is strange to just be watching from afar as events keep unfolding, getting uglier and uglier, and more like what once was will never actually be again.

There are reasons why I moved away, so I could be more independent and do things as I wanted to. There are reasons why I was never close with family, and why my friends are some of the most important people in my life. You get to pick them, and if they don't work out like many have in the past, it is just a way of life. The friends that are really important to you, you may fight with, cry with, laugh and have the best of times with them, they are the ones that I need in my life right now.

I personally feel like I'm losing my family, and well I could do something about it, I can't till they figure out what is going on and deal with the issues. I have tried, and now I'm done.

So I'm taking a step back, going to rely on my friends and J for support.

Happy and Sad

So glad/happy/excited/relieved/ so many emotions that Whoolie is back in Canada. I tried a lot of convincing and getting my message of get the F out of there! But I was not successful. With everything that was going on, and not getting better she was still willing to stay and wait. Unfortunately there was a crisis back at home that drew her back to us, and only time will tell if her coming back was the best thing that happened or if we were just being overly cautious. For now I know I am relaxed and happy she is safe. Now hopefully the rest of Japan can overcome this massive tragedy.


And secretly hoping that Whoolie will stay here in North America at least.....

The Other Shoe

Or maybe you can't have your cake and eat it too, or nothing is as it seems and is generally far from perfect, drops.

I will be happy to see a new month, a new month to hopefully start feeling less defeated.

I'm not even sure how to feel at this point, I just feel like a part of my life is not the life it once was? It is now a whole lot more complicated, and I'm not seeing how it will become less complicated. Right now the tunnel is very dark, I don't have a lot information and I'm freaking out.

I've been told to not over think it, but the people that are telling me this know I am doing it as they are saying it. So for now, I will attempt to think of something else, try to eat something and keep my eyes dry.

Running

I jumped into running, with training for a half marathon in the summer of 2009. I didn't run really before, I just thought it would be cheap and easy. I could step outside my house, with my shoes on and go. It would also make me feel like I am a good dog owner, as the dogs would get exercise, I would have a running partner, it is win win! So it is now 2011, I have done three half marathons, and I think I finally have it figured out. I can't do it alone. Well that is not entirely true, I can do it alone but to be my best at it, I need more!
Insert new running buddy.
So I have started running again, after taking two months off to get fat. I have found a girl my age, that also wants to run, train and have someone to do it with them. We have been at it for a week, and I think it might be a match made in the running heavens. I'm so excited to have someone to talk to, that has similar goals as me and wants to train for multiple races this year.
So look out 2011, it is the year of killing my old running times and setting some new ones!

Causes

Do you ever feel bombarded with groups wanting the support of some cause? I feel that way, there just seems to be so many people trying to reinvent the wheel out there. Am I to like every one that wants me to support a disease, help the hungry, help the flood victims, help the animals... Not like there could be come really quick and easy solution to these problems? Isn't that what we are always looking for anyways? I have problem X and want solution Z, and I want it to be the simplest, quickest solution, with no regard to the consequences!

Why don't we all just work together, do we not all have the same goals? Is your mission statement not the same as mine? Do you also want to do good for this cause?

And then there are the causes that take advantage of us that don't take the time to see if they are in fact who they say they are and helping who needs to be helped! They only cause more suffering and another excuse to have a cause to put these people in their place! The cycle then can continue.

I don't feel the need to jump on every bandwagon to support what is going on around the world, as some are not actually doing any good. It is generally someone that feels very passionately about it, but can't see anything beyond what they are fighting for and what the consequences could be in the end. I would rather think for myself and not have a mob of people sway me into their mass.

Is one alone all that bad?

Do a little research, put a little effort into what you believe in, because if it is what you believe in, is it not worth more than clicking a button with a thumbs up!?

Friday, finally.

So my Wednesday was pretty crazy, it only took 4.5 hours for my tow truck to finally arrive! He looked at my Equisux, and thought maybe it was just the battery, so we charged it a bit, then he thought maybe my autothieft thing was locking me out from starting it due to my auto start being after market. Great, thanks Dad! He tried to reset the warnings with my original key fob thingy and when all these things didn't work he said that he would tow it to the doctors! My heart sank a little as I was trying to calculate how much this is going to cost me to get it diagnosed and fixed.... My tow guy then looks around at the vehicle and all the uneven surfaces and is like well I'm going to have to get this pushed into the street to get the Equisux onto the dollies, AWD, all wheels must be off the ground to tow! So my tow guy goes to turn his big truck around and GETS STUCK! Great, just my luck, my tow truck is now stuck. He all embarrassed is like I have a guy coming that will tow him out. I now thinking how I've gotten stuck and J has made fun of me that I no longer feel so bad, as my tow truck driver can too get stuck on our devil of a street!

How many people have gotten stuck on our street lately? I would guess at least 20 cars! Twice I got stuck, our friends J and B got stuck, and I've seen countless other vehicles getting pushed or dug out of their slippery situations!

So within 5 minutes new tow truck guy arrives, I tell my guy I'm off to the store in Grandma like car and leave it to themselves to figure things out. Just as I am finishing fueling car up, I get a call saying that my vehicle is now started! Started! Seriously!! Huge sigh of relief, Equisux is alive and isn't going to cost me a huge pile of money! I quickly go home and talk to original tow guy and he explains to me how they got it going finally, and how my Equisux made an ass of him, damn you battery!

In short, my battery was dead, and I am so thankful for my tow truck getting stuck and having another guy to look at my Equisux! I guess some things can happen for a reason.....

Next is all the snow we are going to have this weekend... great more sticky situations and my Equisux turns into the Equistucks.

Oh Wednesday, you let me down.

Well the day is still not over but here is what happen up till now.

I wake up early! Go me! I get ready and have time to spare while my Equisux warms up, so I cut my grapefruit and look up and realize that the Equinox is not actually running, so I go back to my remote start and press the button again and watch this time, open the front door and give a little listen and hear nothing. Insert swear word here.

So I get some boots on and jacket and head out to the Equisux, and try to manually start it and nothing, it just clicks at me. Great, J is leaving today for his first day of his away job and the Equisux decides that today it is not going to work!

Return to house, slam door, wake J up and have a little disagreement over what the hell to do with the stupid vehicle. He goes out and comes back in with no better solution, except to get my shoveling snow suit on and dig out the crappy car he bought to sell. This lovely grandma sedan has been under a mountain of snow for over a month, and the thing starts up as if it was driving yesterday.

So new task is to dig the car out of the two feet of snow and drive it to work. 20 minutes later we got the beast free and I happily, well sort of happy, to go to work.

Return home for lunch, call GM to get the Equisux in for an appointment, then call roadside assistance to get me a tow truck, they say 40 minutes and my tow truck should be there! Sweet, I will only be slightly late for work.

Three hours later, I am still waiting for my tow truck. Awesome.

What I have done while waiting; vacuumed floor, did dishes, tidied up a bit, and started making my favorite soup, curried squash. Pretty sure the only thing that will make me happy is the soup today.

So I will continue to wait for my tow truck to take away my disappointment of a car to the "doctor" and await the hopefully not too expensive good news.....

Lite

I have been enjoying a little too much food and wine lately, maybe it was the holiday season, maybe it was stress, maybe it was just to enjoy some goodness.... but I was thinking about how they have light/lite options for many foods and drinks, not all are low calorie or low in fat or low in anything except maybe flavor. Then this not so brilliant thought came into my head about Light Wine. Is that even possible, and if it was, would it actually be good! I am sure that I am not the first to think this and maybe there is such a thing, or maybe it is just that people just have one ounce instead of half a bottle and limit their intake? I probably would try it if I saw it at the liquor store, but I hope that I never see it, I think wine is just too good to make it low in calories/fat or whatever they are claiming it to be. Wine is too good to be changed!

So instead of thinking light wine, I'm thinking that I could substitute wine in the place of water while working out! That way I can still enjoy it and my waistline can hopefully start coming back to me!

Not so much a goal, but more like something I want because I want to look and feel good and to work out more regularly this year. I do have to be a bridesmaid yet again, and would like to feel sexy in my red dress! And well it is good for me, and I would also like to do better on my running times this summer. I am starting out slower this year though, I will work my way up to the half marathon, not just jump in and do it. So look out running shoes, you will be putting some miles on, they maybe inside for a while, as -30 is just not my idea of fun.

2011

So my last post from LAST year was like almost a year ago! And I was pretty excited about 2010 being "the" year! Well it definitely was a year, maybe not "the" year, but I guess that is how things go.... So lets quickly sum up 2010:

January - totally going to get on this blog train and do it!
February - blog train left me at the station! What a jerk.
March - went to Vegas with J, we had a great time.
April - celebrated my birthday with family and friends.
May - start of summer students and cheap labor at work.
June - pretty sure it was a lame-ish month.
July - busy work month, glad it went by fast.
August - end of summer staff.
September - good friend got married.
October - little mountain vacation with J and friends.
November - got some rabies vaccinations for work, had rabies arm for the month.
December - bathroom reno, and Stony Christmas with our families joining us.

So this year, I am going to try and do this more often. And I hope that 2011 is another great year.