[LONG TIME, NO POST!]

SORRY FOLKS... WE ALL KNOW 'LIFE HAPPENS' ... BUT WOW, ITS ALMOST BEEN A MONTH SINCE IVE POSTED! SORRY!

ALRIGHTY... THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED... WEEKS AGO... I RAN 4 MILES!!! I WAS ECSTATIC (AS YOU COULD IMAGINE!). THEN TRIED RUNNING AGAIN THE FOLLOWING WEEK, AND MY KNEE WAS NOT HAVING IT, AND ONLY LET ME DO 2 MILES. ITS BEING SO TEMPERAMENTAL. ARG. SO I HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN RUNNING, BUT I HAVE BEEN CONTINUING WITH THE GYM! GOT A LITTLE BEHIND LAST WEEK DUE TO BEING UBER BUSY... BUT WE ALL KNOW THIS IS NOT AN EXCUSE, SO IM SHAPING UP AND KICKING IT UP A NOTCH THIS WEEK.

[RANDOM NEWS...]
I GOT A NEW CAR! SO RELIEVED TO BE DONE WITH MY JEEP! I LOVE FILLING UP AT THE GAS STATION! $40! SO NICE COMPARED TO $70! HAHA. SO ITS THE SAME YEAR AS MY JEEP (2006) AND HAS 10K MORE MILES, BUT IT SERIOUSLY FEELS BRAND NEW. JOSH DID SOME MATH AND FIGURED ID SAVE ABOUT $700 A YEAR (WITHOUT COUNTING GAS! AND I DOUBLED MY MPG! 16 TO ABOUT 27!) AND THE LENGTH OF MY LOAN IS CUT DOWN BY 2 YEARS! SO ILL BE DONE IN 36 MO. SO STOKED!

DID I MENTION IT IS A STICK? DID I MENTION I DIDNT KNOW HOW TO DRIVE STICK? SO SAD TO NOTTTT DRIVE YOUR NEW CAR HOME! HAHA. SO JOSH AND I WENT DRIVING THE DAY AFTER AND I DID PRETTY GOOD. THEN HAD TO BE A BIG GIRL AND DRIVE IT 30 MILES TO WORK ALL BY MYSELF WITH NO JOSH SUPPORT! AY CARUMBA. I DEFINITELY FREAKED MYSELF OUT... WELL, I SHOULD SAY PSYCHED MYSELF OUT. I JUST GOT SO NERVOUS WITH CARS AROUND ME! I HATE LEARNING NEW THINGS AND NOT GETTING IT RIGHT AWAY. IM TERRIBLE, I HAVE NO FAITH IN MYSELF, AND GET WAY TOO NERVOUS FOR MY OWN GOOD. WHICH IS NEVER GOOD WHEN YOU ARE LEARNING SOMETHING NEW. OBVIOUSLY I JUST HAVE TO PICK MYSELF BACK UP EVERYTIME I STALL OR BURNOUT... IM STUCK WITH THE CAR, I CAN'T QUIT OR RUN AWAY LIKE A USUALLY DO. THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT FOR ME. I LOVE SHOWING MYSELF THAT I CANNNN DO STUFF. ITS A GOOD CONFIDENCE BOOST (I NEED ALL THE BOOST I CAN!). IM CONFIDENT IN THE THINGS I KNOW HOW TO DO... BUT THE THINGS THAT ARE NEW. HA! NO WAY. STILL WORKING ON IT.

I PUT THIS LIL NOTE ON MY CAR TO WARN EVERYONE... FOR STALLING AND BURNING OUT... HAHA. IF YOU CAN'T READ IT, IT SAYS "CHICK LEARNING STICK." WHAT CAN YA DO? MANY PEOPLE HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE ME, IM SURE THERE HAVE BEEN WORST LEARNERS OUT THERE.... AT LEAST I HOPE.

SO YESTERDAY I HAD TO DRIVE A 60 MILE ROUND TRIP TO WORK, AND THEN I WANTED TO GO TO THE GYM AND ALMOST DIDN'T BECAUSE I WAS TOO SCARED TO BE ON EL CAMINO REAL WITH ALL THE TRAFFIC (5PM MIND YOU) AND ALL THE STOP LIGHTS. THEN I HEAR JOSH'S WORDS IN MY HEAD AND DECIDED THAT HE'D KICK MY BUTT IF I LET MY CAR STOP ME FROM GOING PLACES. ITS THE NEW ME. DOING NEW THINGS... GETTING OVER MY FEARS AND SELF CONFIDENT ISSUES... BRING IT ON.

IM ACTUALLY DOING MUCH BETTER EVERY TIME I GET INTO THE CAR. HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK, ILL BE A PRO. UNTIL THEN, IM GOING TO AVOID HILLS. :D

[OTHER RANDOM NEWS]
SATURDAY AFTER BUYING MY CAR... JOSH AND I WENT TO A 70S WHITE TRASH PARTY FOR HIS NEIGHBORS (AND MY SOON TO BE NEIGHBORS) 40TH BIRTHDAY. WE HAD AN ABSOLUTE BLAST! AND MY TWO WONDERFUL FRIENDS, RHIANA AND VICTORIA, JOINED. WE SERIOUSLY HAD SO MUCH FUN! JOSH AND I DID PRETTY DAMN GOOD WITH THE CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT (MUST HAVE BEEN THE BEER MUA HA HA). HERES SOME PICTURES...

 WE SERIOUSLY HAD SO MUCH FUN. CHRIS AND LISA WENT ALL OUT. THE HAD A HILLBILLY HOT TUB... PICKUP TRUCK WITH A TARP FILLED WITH WATER (HAHA :D) AND THEY EVEN HAD A BAND, KFC CATERED (WHATS MORE WHITE TRASH THAN THAT!?), TWO KEGS, AND AN ENTIRE CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT (3 COURTS) AND ABOUT 24 TEAMS! EVERYTHING WAS PRETTY FREAKIN EPIC. I HAVEN'T  BEEN TO TONS OF THEME PARTIES, BUT HOLY MOLY THIS WAS SERIOUSLY EPIC!

ALRIGHTY, BACK TO THE BLOG...
WELL, I DID SAY IT IS A BLOG ABOUT MY LIFE... SO I GUESS I DONT HAVE TO APOLOGIZE FOR MY CAR RANT ;D

[FOOD]
IVE BEEN SLACKING ON MY GOOD FOOD LATELY... PROBABLY BECAUSE I SLACKED ON EXERCISE THE LATTER PART OF LAST WEEK. I FEEL LIKE THEY REALLY DO GO HAND AND HAND. SO IM GOING TO IMPROVE THAT THIS WEEK.

[GYM]
WENT TO YOGA YESTERDAY, AND I HAVE TO SAY IT KINDA KICKED MY BUTT. WE DID MORE 'FLOW' YOGA AND I DEFINITELY BROKE A SWEAT! WOOT! IT WAS AWESOME! YOGA ALWAYS MAKES ME FEEL SO GREAT! EVEN IF ITS JUST MENTALLY. I THINK IT PUT ME IN A GOOD STATE OF MIND ON MY WAY HOME... THE 10 MILES WITH MY NEW CAR WAS PRETTY DANG FLAWLESS! LOL. MORE YOGA BEFORE DRIVING. :D TODAY IS A NEW DAY... I THINK I MIGHT ATTEMPT A RUN. WISH ME LUCK! MY LAST ONE DID NOT GO WELL AT ALL. I THINK I MIGHT JUST STICK TO TWO MILES FOR A WEEK OR TWO AND WORK UP TO A NEW GOAL... NEED TO BE NICE TO MY KNEES SO THEY WILL RETURN THE FAVOR AND BE NICE TO ME :D


ALRIGHTY FOLKS... I THINK THATS ABOUT ALL I HAVE TO SAY THIS MORNING....
HOPE ALL IS WELL!

OXOX
J