I am happy to announce that I FINALLY got a job as a cocktail waitress in an anonymous bar! :D My first shift starts today at 5pm and Im a little nervous as I have never cocktail waitressed before. Hopefully I dont suck too badly at it but it is easier to get people drinks than it is food thats for sure. Im sure I wont be doing it all night as it is my first shift so it will most likely be mainly training. he..he..he..(nervous laugh). I went out and bought new shoes and some pants and a few tops for the job so I hope I don't look too out of place anyways. I have been like worrying and planning this since I got the job like on Tuesday. I even woke up early to go to the gym (note that my running three times a week plan is going well..I have been going to the gym cuz its too cold outside...and I will probably go a fourth time on Sundays for just weights or whatever), and now I can have a nap so I am well rested (cuz Im exhausted), and then I will get up and have like an hour and a half to get ready for work! Yay me!!
Getting out of bed this morning was one of the most difficult decisions I have had to make like ever. I told myself though that I would feel better afterwards than if I didn't go..and I don't want to unbalance my NewYears resolution!! So after the first week I think I have made pretty good progress. I am back up to 30 minutes running nonstop on the treadmill so next week I will encorporate some wind sprints in every ten minutes or so and slowly decrease the recovery time each time I go so I become faster. I'll probably work on that for two weeks. Then I will encorporate some incline to the workout and go from there! Hopefully this gets me back into running outside kind of shape that I was in before December happened. I ran outside on Monday and I was one hurtin unit let me tell you. I need to get into a solid weight/strengthening program as well. I think I will make a list of some exercises that I already know of and maybe ask one of the fitness people at the gym to give me some suggestions. I hate doing them because they are boring so to add some new ones and drop some old ones will be a good idea.
Well I am off for my nap! Ill let you know how the new job goes shortly I will assume. Peace!
Friday, January 12, 2007
Monday, January 8, 2007
How Thrilling
SO my weekend kinda sucked. Aside from sushi and hanging out at Dayna's house, sleeping all Sunday, trying to read my Biology text book and watching hours and hours of Lost episodes with Ashley I didn't do anything too exciting. (although I am now hooked on Lost and that was mighty thrilling)
My little plan on running like 4 times a week is already not happening although I made myself go today. I will make sure I go MWF for sure for sure. Only thing is is that because I haven't gone in so long..I am incredibly out of shape. I get cramps I can't run very far. (sigh) there goes last years training out the window! I guess if I can train myself once I can do it again! Hopefully I get a job soon as well so I can keep myself really busy. It makes the time go by faster b/c I really miss my boyfriend.
Its kind of good that Im up here and hes down there..it lets me focus on myself and my school but at the same time I MISS HIM LIKE CRAZY!!!!! Hopefully he gets into NAIT for next year so he will at least be in the same city! No we don't plan on living together although Im sure Ill be around him quite a bit more then than I am now!
My little plan on running like 4 times a week is already not happening although I made myself go today. I will make sure I go MWF for sure for sure. Only thing is is that because I haven't gone in so long..I am incredibly out of shape. I get cramps I can't run very far. (sigh) there goes last years training out the window! I guess if I can train myself once I can do it again! Hopefully I get a job soon as well so I can keep myself really busy. It makes the time go by faster b/c I really miss my boyfriend.
Its kind of good that Im up here and hes down there..it lets me focus on myself and my school but at the same time I MISS HIM LIKE CRAZY!!!!! Hopefully he gets into NAIT for next year so he will at least be in the same city! No we don't plan on living together although Im sure Ill be around him quite a bit more then than I am now!
Thursday, January 4, 2007
Slow Down and Smell the Flowers!!!!!
Second discovery of myself and the world around me today and it started yesterday with a haircut. I decided to give myself bangs because I was bored with myself, and with my hair. So I whipped out the sissors and voila! I had more layers and bangs and I actually did a pretty freaking good hack job! So like..ANY girl knows that when you get a haircut it makes you feel pretty hot. Not only that the next day I had new classes where NOONE in them knew me!!!! teehee!! Not only could I pull off this new haircut...I can be whoever I wanted to be today!!!
So after class (met some pretty cool people although the classes suck pretty badly chem is my worst nightmare and philosophy puts me to sleep) I ended up painting my nails a dark red color...ive never done them red! So literally I feel like a whole new person from two simple and random things. Then as if that wasn't enough to get me going on a path to self actualization I watched Last Holiday with Queen Latifah haha to make this shorter it got me thinking and also a few things had come up in the past couple days that really made me think..my god we are living life so fast!
Like..why are people in such a rush?? Especially in their relationships??? I can plead guilty to this issue as well although now that Ive kind of identified it for myself I am going to stop. When you are with someone you think things are possible with its pretty easy to get carried away. Like honestly Im only 18 and anything is possible for me at this point in my life. I can do anything I want and that's great! Im focusing on today and tomorrow...not really 5 or 10 years from now. It's stupid to tie yourself down this early in life. So when people are getting engaged and getting married so young and after such a brief courtship it kind of makes you ask yourself why. Even things such as promise rings. In my opinion aren't promise rings just that? A promise that you are going to be with each other or something along those lines. So if you've only known the person for a few weeks Im pretty sure you dont know 100% that you want to be with them forever even if you dont want to admit it to the general public. Or maybe that's just my opinion on the subject. Of course everyone's relationship isnt the same and I don't know the whole story. Not that taking your relationship to the next step is a bad thing.. I just think it should be taken seriously and with great commitment and thought. Why throw yourself into something so completely outrageous at such a young age?
So there's my rant and rave about that...I guess I know for myself, personally, that the only way Im accepting any ring for that matter is that Im going to be ready for it and whoever Im with is going to know this... whether Im 18 or 55...and we would have had to be dating for at least a year; maybe more. Living life in the fast lane isn't what its all about. I want to savor every stage of my relationship and take it as it comes. There's no point in throwing yourself into the deep end only to realize you can't swim. You can't exactly just go back to the shallow end of the pool (or a previous stage in your relationship) once you are drowning in it. It's not so easy to take back a ring, or move out, and still have a stable and healthy relationship. I know a few people who may read this are going to think it's directed at them..no its really not I promise ...a few people's current situations just got me thinking about it is all...
So after class (met some pretty cool people although the classes suck pretty badly chem is my worst nightmare and philosophy puts me to sleep) I ended up painting my nails a dark red color...ive never done them red! So literally I feel like a whole new person from two simple and random things. Then as if that wasn't enough to get me going on a path to self actualization I watched Last Holiday with Queen Latifah haha to make this shorter it got me thinking and also a few things had come up in the past couple days that really made me think..my god we are living life so fast!
Like..why are people in such a rush?? Especially in their relationships??? I can plead guilty to this issue as well although now that Ive kind of identified it for myself I am going to stop. When you are with someone you think things are possible with its pretty easy to get carried away. Like honestly Im only 18 and anything is possible for me at this point in my life. I can do anything I want and that's great! Im focusing on today and tomorrow...not really 5 or 10 years from now. It's stupid to tie yourself down this early in life. So when people are getting engaged and getting married so young and after such a brief courtship it kind of makes you ask yourself why. Even things such as promise rings. In my opinion aren't promise rings just that? A promise that you are going to be with each other or something along those lines. So if you've only known the person for a few weeks Im pretty sure you dont know 100% that you want to be with them forever even if you dont want to admit it to the general public. Or maybe that's just my opinion on the subject. Of course everyone's relationship isnt the same and I don't know the whole story. Not that taking your relationship to the next step is a bad thing.. I just think it should be taken seriously and with great commitment and thought. Why throw yourself into something so completely outrageous at such a young age?
So there's my rant and rave about that...I guess I know for myself, personally, that the only way Im accepting any ring for that matter is that Im going to be ready for it and whoever Im with is going to know this... whether Im 18 or 55...and we would have had to be dating for at least a year; maybe more. Living life in the fast lane isn't what its all about. I want to savor every stage of my relationship and take it as it comes. There's no point in throwing yourself into the deep end only to realize you can't swim. You can't exactly just go back to the shallow end of the pool (or a previous stage in your relationship) once you are drowning in it. It's not so easy to take back a ring, or move out, and still have a stable and healthy relationship. I know a few people who may read this are going to think it's directed at them..no its really not I promise ...a few people's current situations just got me thinking about it is all...
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
And it begins
This is me going crazy...The winter term is now upon us as we all gear up to start the fight again. I went running this morning...my new years resolution is to like...not fall out of my running schedual so Im starting today and I cannot believe how un in shape I have become!! I never should have stopped! My hips hurt, and I kept getting cramps in my lungs. Soon enough ill over come it though and be back in the shape that I was. I just never should have stopped!!
My classes today started at 11 and then at 1. Biology does not look like its going to be a class where you can just show up...write a paper or two and pass with a decent grade... This class is going to be like blood and sweat and tears I can already tell...I wonder what Chem tomorrow..at 8am is going to be like? I dont even want to think about it omg. Lol. At least Im good at bio and have a general interest in it...So ANYWAYS...I braved the bookstore and successfully spent over 200$ on 3 books...and it really is a good thing that I can sit down beside virtually anyone and start talking because I did make a few friends in my classes today... Dont ask me what their names are now but it should be an alright semester anyways.
Tonight Im going out for supper...talking to my Mom...and going to bed early. This whole getting up for 8am thing is gonna absolutely KILL me!!!!! I know I know suck it up Michaela...but when you've gotten yourself into a lazy habit and the only waking up before 8 was to get up and go to the bathroom and then crawl back into bed until 11 I think I am going to have a wee little problem this semester! Haha. So I just talked to a friend who works at the bar that I am going to apply at and she said that maybe if I apply tomorrow then I might get to work a short shift this weekend! So fingers crossed. A girl just left so I really hope I get this job. Its at a really nice sports bar pretty close to me and yeah...friendly place altogether. I went there on my birthday and it was good times haha. They even have tv's in the washrooms aparently! Lol. That I have to see!
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Party in Brooks
Just a few pictures from my craziest night in Brooks probably ever..let me tell you the next morning was not fun!!!!!
Monday, January 1, 2007
Here we go...
Well its the new year....Some things I am going to do differently this year in no particular order....
1) Love friends and family (spend more time with them)
2) Laugh more
3) Bite my tounge a little more and bitch a little less
4) Go running 4 times a week
5) Get involved with something (nothing in particular)
My Christmas was pretty jam packed with stuff to do. Between working like everyday, spending time with my boyfriend and his family, and finding time to spend with my family and friends/.... things were a little hectic. I wish I would have had more time but dont we all? I got totally spoiled too and I loved everything I got. I am so grateful I have amazing family and friends. I am so blessed!!!! It really did go by too fast it feels like I was just getting ready to leave a little while ago. Not looking forward for the return of the roommate thats for sure...
I was a little dissappointed however..me and a few girls from Brooks had a little girls night planned since like...the beginning of the month-just supper- and at last minute something came up and one of our crew members couldn't make it... I did get a good chat in with my Lauren... I really did miss her and it was good to just relax and catch up with her!!! We had porn star martinis with our supper and I swear I could have drank them like juice they were amazing!!! hahaha So new discovery for Michaela!! I went out a few times as well...can't say I remember any of it but meh that just means it was worth it! hahaha...well maybe not the next morning when my boyfriend walked back into his room to find me half off the bed with my head in a garbage can but I thought it was fairly hilarious. I'll try and put pictures up here as soon as I get my little mini camera figured out...its so small I can't see where to hook it up to the computer!! hahaha.
Well my Dad drove me all the way back up to Edmonton today! I was supposed to take the bus but he was a sweetie and took me all the way. I think he felt sorry for me and my abundance of luggage I had to pack all the way back. Awwe lol.
I was pretty homesick when I got back to Edmonton and my Dad left. I probably cried for about 2 hours while I unpacked my stuff. Im a baby...I know...but I really wasn't ready to come back. Shopping sushi alcohol and dayna and or janice will cure me though although im not sure sushi and alcohol should go together. Once I get into the swing of things and get busy with school and hopefully dance and maybe a job I will be too busy to think and all of a sudden it will be April and I will be home for the summer! Well Im off to clean my disaster area!! Happy New Year everyone!
1) Love friends and family (spend more time with them)
2) Laugh more
3) Bite my tounge a little more and bitch a little less
4) Go running 4 times a week
5) Get involved with something (nothing in particular)
My Christmas was pretty jam packed with stuff to do. Between working like everyday, spending time with my boyfriend and his family, and finding time to spend with my family and friends/.... things were a little hectic. I wish I would have had more time but dont we all? I got totally spoiled too and I loved everything I got. I am so grateful I have amazing family and friends. I am so blessed!!!! It really did go by too fast it feels like I was just getting ready to leave a little while ago. Not looking forward for the return of the roommate thats for sure...
I was a little dissappointed however..me and a few girls from Brooks had a little girls night planned since like...the beginning of the month-just supper- and at last minute something came up and one of our crew members couldn't make it... I did get a good chat in with my Lauren... I really did miss her and it was good to just relax and catch up with her!!! We had porn star martinis with our supper and I swear I could have drank them like juice they were amazing!!! hahaha So new discovery for Michaela!! I went out a few times as well...can't say I remember any of it but meh that just means it was worth it! hahaha...well maybe not the next morning when my boyfriend walked back into his room to find me half off the bed with my head in a garbage can but I thought it was fairly hilarious. I'll try and put pictures up here as soon as I get my little mini camera figured out...its so small I can't see where to hook it up to the computer!! hahaha.
Well my Dad drove me all the way back up to Edmonton today! I was supposed to take the bus but he was a sweetie and took me all the way. I think he felt sorry for me and my abundance of luggage I had to pack all the way back. Awwe lol.
I was pretty homesick when I got back to Edmonton and my Dad left. I probably cried for about 2 hours while I unpacked my stuff. Im a baby...I know...but I really wasn't ready to come back. Shopping sushi alcohol and dayna and or janice will cure me though although im not sure sushi and alcohol should go together. Once I get into the swing of things and get busy with school and hopefully dance and maybe a job I will be too busy to think and all of a sudden it will be April and I will be home for the summer! Well Im off to clean my disaster area!! Happy New Year everyone!
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