No post yesterday, but still on track...

Yesterday kind of came and went, but it was a good day. Today is my last of my 5 days working, I get one night off and then 4 to go. Should be able to add a nice chunk to my savings account.

Heard from Karen, she's looking for a babysitter for January so she can go on a program through work. I think it is great that she is finally able to do something like this, and since it falls during a good week (i.e. only will miss one day of school because of MLK day). Of course, she is going to have to come through with the plan ticket, but I found a pretty good fare to and from SRQ. I'll be missing about a week of work (no work, no pay), but I've been able to pick up extra shifts which means I should be fine.

It'll be nice (though cold) to go to NY for a bit. I'll get to spend time with the "kid" and get to see Amy's new house.

It will be just short of 8 weeks before I head out...let's see what kind of shape I can get into! If I can lose at least another 10 lbs, I should be around what I was when I went last March. I do need to push myself to go to the gym. I get some good workouts at work with all the moving I do, but I need to do some structured workouts.

Today is movie day! Going to see "The Blindside" with Laurel and Laurie. Really looking forward to it!

More later!

Day 4 - oy 7:30 comes fast!

Good thing Mom is coming by at 9 am, and I had to do a little tidying up! I'm getting two nice bookshelves (always needed) for the living room. It's going to take some manuevering, but I think it should look nice.

Also doing well on the new eating plan...took a step on the scale and lost 4 lbs. woohoo! Yeah, I'm sure that a lot of it may be water, but it still a drop on the scale.

Going strong....even on less sleep!

It wasn't easy, and I was tempted to sleep in since I worked last night and stayed up til 3, but I knew I had to stand by my commitment. I also figure that it will help me get to sleep earlier.

While I don't want to live in the future, it isn't wrong to have short term-goals.

So here are my short-term goals that will let me look into the future, without living in it at the expense of not living today.

Physical/health -better eating habits, less fastfood, start using my gym membership, maintain medications.

Home life - make my home more homey...get myself the leather sectional I've been looking into (Furniture Warehouse has a real nice one) (see above!), perhaps a nice 46 - 50" flat screen TV, and a nice Berber carpet. I would have liked to have a wood floor, but between being upstairs and the expense...I think a nice Berber would look good. Plus it is a good carpet for a lot of traffic (cat traffic at that).

Educational goals - I admit it, I'm a perennial student..I enjoy learning! With the social work problem being dropped from the USF S-M campus (and my not wanting to commute to Tampa), I'm going back to my interest and comfort zone...accounting. I don't plan to rush through it though. Since I've got the scholarship for the spring, I'll do 4 classes, but then I'll probably just do two or three classes a term.

Well...that's it for now, I'm sure more will come!

It's amazing what you can get done...

When you get up early to start the day! Normally, I would wake at 11:30 and just postpone and procrastinate those things that need to be done...such as laundry and grocery shopping...both of which I accomplished yesterday.

Even more, I had been able to get back on a better eating situation. Besides getting up at 7:30 every morning (which I accomplished again today), I'm making sure to eat breakfast (oatmeal). It helps set me up for the day.

Today I need to do some studying, even though my finals aren't for a couple of weeks, procrastinating that wouldn't be a good idea, especially since I would like to maintain my good grades.

So until later...

Good, Early Morning...

Well, I decided that I needed to make some new good habits. I used to really enjoy the morning part of the day...everything fresh and cool! Living in Florida, that is especially so...because it can get dreadfully hot in the summer.

So good habit #1, wake up every day at 7:30 am. Believe me, that is early, especially for someone that has been sleeping as late as noon on numerous occasions. It is said that it takes 21 days to make a habit...well, I took the first step, so only 20 more mornings to go.

It was tough this morning, because I don't sleep that well at night. That is probably due to a variety of reasons. I was tempted to put it off til tomorrow (my bad habit), but I didn't and I feel great.

I figure that it will also be better for me to get to sleep faster. I'll definitely have to make sure that on the days that I work, I come home and try to get to bed no later than 2 am. If I really need sleep, I'll allow my self to take a one-hour siesta, but no more than 1 hour. I'm sure that also affects my sleep.

My short-range goal is to be able to make it to the gym. With getting up early, I think that it will be easier to push myself there, and still feel that after I have a good portion of the day remaining. Step by step is my goal...

Today - November 18, 2009 - My First Day

For me, this is a very novel idea. I've spent so many years looking towards tomorrow that I'm missing out on the joys of today. Everything that I've been doing has been aimed towards tomorrow and not today. This includes everything from my being an eternal student to my still living as a college student.

Lately it has been hitting me that I am really not happy, and no pill is going to change that. Between my best friend's birthday last week (she's a month older, but only admits to being 10 years younger), and having my good friend, Jeff, really hitting the issue squarely on the head, I realize that I have to make changes now and live for NOW!

So what does that mean? Well, for one thing I need to look around myself now to see what is good in my life now.

For instance, my mom...She is healthy and lively, and most importantly, she is living for today. Whether it is her painting beautiful pictures, to entertaining her friends, to helping friends with airport rounds, etc. She is living in the now! I need to take some of those lessons.

I have a nice apartment...it needs to be made more homey vs. college dormy, but it is a nice apartment...nice and bright and has a lot of promise. So my goal for the apartment now is to make it homey!

My own little furry feline family...All 3 of them (I call them my 3 sons), are able to bring me to the present, especially when they all in a frisky stage at the same time. I love them to bits!

So the order for today is to live for today! Enjoy the sights and sounds around me! Get in better physical shape so that I can continue living for the day!

From time to time there will be multiple postings on the same day...this is so that when an event occurs, I can post it.