I have a really good relationship with my parents. They love me and I love them, and also I like them and they like me. We aren't a very clingy family, or super involved. We talk maybe once or twice a week on the phone. I visit as frequently as I can, which has become every few months what with having a job, a husband, and not living in a dorm that kicks me out for winter, spring, and summer holiday. I'll tell them pretty much anything about my life, and they are proud of me, my accomplishments, and my life. I was also a people-pleaser as a child and hated when people yelled at me, so I strived to be good at school and not get in trouble (most of the time. I can remember some instense arguments at my worst.) In high school, I was more of a brat at times, and we did have some rough spots, but only the occasional argument. Despite whatever happened, I never once doubted that my parents loved me and were overall proud of me, if disappointed at certain mistakes I did make from time to time. Also, things got a little tense during wedding planning, which was mostly me getting spazzy or emotional and my parents not babying me. They are no-nonsense kind of people; if I'm about to cry for some stupid reason, they're going to point it out. I like that about them.
Today was week 4 of C25k and day one of using my heart monitor. The heart monitor was AWESOME! It showed me where my heart rate was the whole time and counted up my calories. Week 4 of C25k was less awesome. The jump from week 3 to week 4 is pretty much insane. However, the rest of week 4 can only be easier after this!
Monday, March 12, 2012
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Describe 3 legitimate fears you have and explain how they became fears.
This one won't be too detailed because I have a very long blog about this way back in the beginning stages of blogging.
1. Velociraptors. Why? I watched Jurassic Park. They were crazy. You can't hide from them like from T-Rex, and they can open doors. They're smart, fast, have razor-sharp claws, and are one of the ultimate enemies. Also, I was a very scared and irrational child. I spent most nights afraid that one would show up in my room at night. I was afraid of velociraptors for about 6 years. Hardcore afraid, I mean, like keep me up at night. I'm still wary of them, but I'm not losing sleep over it anymore.
2. Drains. No idea where this came from. I've always avoided drains, even as a kid. I don't think I like that it's a tiny, dark, creepy enclosure where grossness and gunk is prone to build up and I have no idea whats inside. Just seems like a breeding ground for evil. Or velociraptors.
3. Dying. Because I'm human, and I think this is one of the oldest, most universal human fears. Read Gilgamesh sometime. We're all afraid of dying, I think, at least to some extent. But it's not in a bad, irrational way. More like how you're always afraid to start school after the summer. You know that you're schedule will change, and you know it'll make sense when it starts, but since it's your last day of summer, you are too busy thinking that you'll miss summer and your new clothes aren't cool enough and you might not be in the same classes as your friends. You're scared and nervous, but expectant, I guess. Maybe that analogy is weak, but I want to get back to other stuff.
This weekend has been awesome! I did alot of baking. I've made an oatmeal apple carrot muffin recipe. Each muffin is full of good stuff and not too many calories. I've frozen some for future dates. I also made whole wheat waffles, also frozen for future breakfasts. Last night for dinner, I made chicken enchiladas and spanish rice, both from "scratch" (I mean, I didn't grow the rice or make tortillas.) Today, I had some extra chicken and coca-cola, so I made some bbq sauce and had bbq pulled chicken sandwiches. I love when I'm in cooking moods!
I also bought a heart rate monitor today, to see if the Couch to 5k program is working as a legitimate method of cardiovascular exercise. I'm going to go set that up now.
1. Velociraptors. Why? I watched Jurassic Park. They were crazy. You can't hide from them like from T-Rex, and they can open doors. They're smart, fast, have razor-sharp claws, and are one of the ultimate enemies. Also, I was a very scared and irrational child. I spent most nights afraid that one would show up in my room at night. I was afraid of velociraptors for about 6 years. Hardcore afraid, I mean, like keep me up at night. I'm still wary of them, but I'm not losing sleep over it anymore.
2. Drains. No idea where this came from. I've always avoided drains, even as a kid. I don't think I like that it's a tiny, dark, creepy enclosure where grossness and gunk is prone to build up and I have no idea whats inside. Just seems like a breeding ground for evil. Or velociraptors.
3. Dying. Because I'm human, and I think this is one of the oldest, most universal human fears. Read Gilgamesh sometime. We're all afraid of dying, I think, at least to some extent. But it's not in a bad, irrational way. More like how you're always afraid to start school after the summer. You know that you're schedule will change, and you know it'll make sense when it starts, but since it's your last day of summer, you are too busy thinking that you'll miss summer and your new clothes aren't cool enough and you might not be in the same classes as your friends. You're scared and nervous, but expectant, I guess. Maybe that analogy is weak, but I want to get back to other stuff.
This weekend has been awesome! I did alot of baking. I've made an oatmeal apple carrot muffin recipe. Each muffin is full of good stuff and not too many calories. I've frozen some for future dates. I also made whole wheat waffles, also frozen for future breakfasts. Last night for dinner, I made chicken enchiladas and spanish rice, both from "scratch" (I mean, I didn't grow the rice or make tortillas.) Today, I had some extra chicken and coca-cola, so I made some bbq sauce and had bbq pulled chicken sandwiches. I love when I'm in cooking moods!
I also bought a heart rate monitor today, to see if the Couch to 5k program is working as a legitimate method of cardiovascular exercise. I'm going to go set that up now.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
List 20 Random Facts about Yourself.
1. Although your wingspan is supposed to be the same as your height, mine isn't. I'm 5'8" tall, but my wingspan is 6", a good four inches longer. This is probably because:
2. My hands look almost identical to my mother's save one thing: the length of our fingers. We have the same sized palms, the same fingernails, but my fingers are all a few centimeters longer. Our feet are also almost the exact same shape and size, and we're really close to the same height.
3. I started taking piano lessons when I was four. I even taught for two years as a teenager. This is possibly the reason for my elongated fingers.
4. I stopped playing piano when I didn't get into FSU's music school. I haven't really ever started again. As much as I loved piano, singing was my real passion.
5. I don't have the patience to watch movies anymore. They feel so long. I'd rather watch TV shows, because it's split into episodes.
6. I wish I read more, but I don't like serious or educational books. I have few genres I enjoy reading: period piece classic romance novels (Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre,) distopian society novels (1984, The Giver, Anthem) and children's books (Anne of Green Gables, The Chronicles of Narnia, Little House on the Prairie.)
7. I like my freckles. Once, in Sephora, a woman was showing us concealer or primer or something that was tinted so as to remove freckles. She said this while looking at me. I had no interest in that product and was slightly offended by her assumption.
8. I react violently to anesthesia. I'm sure there's a post about waking up from my tonsillectomy in my blog history. I woke up thrashing, yelling, and fighting. Another time, I woke up yelling for my mom and wanting to know the time.
9. I'm taller than my husband by 1/2 to 1 inch. I always thought, as a teenager, that this would bother me. It doesn't. I love him exactly how he is. Although I do realize that the first week we dated, I had eluded myself into believing that he was a few inches taller. New love does strange things to our minds.
10. I can't paint anything without getting it on my clothes. Walls, pictures, w/e. Even as a child. If there is a paintbrush in my hand, there will be paint on me.
11. I have two piercings in each ear and no tattoos.
12. Fleas like me more than normal people. Bug bites on my feet also take longer to heal than normal people. My feet still have spots that look like sores from months ago.
13. I have dysplastic nevus syndrome. I was born with it, apparently because I had moles on my skin as a tiny baby. I'm at higher risk of skin cancer. Other than that, it doesn't have a huge effect.
14. I have a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Mathematics Education from Florida State University. (My diploma is on the wall in this room and I'm running out of facts.)
15. When I married Mike, I inherited a cat named Max. He and I have a love/hate relationship. Maybe all cats are that way.
16. I have a younger brother and an older sister.
17. I saw the musical Wicked in New York on Broadway.
18. I've been to Canada and Mexico.
19. I am always behind the times on joining new sites. I still don't have Twitter, Pinterest, or Google Plus. I stayed on Myspace till 2008 or so, holding off on getting Facebook. I only have this blog because a class assigned in to me.
20. When I was little, I collected keychains. They all hung on a bulletin board in my room.
2. My hands look almost identical to my mother's save one thing: the length of our fingers. We have the same sized palms, the same fingernails, but my fingers are all a few centimeters longer. Our feet are also almost the exact same shape and size, and we're really close to the same height.
3. I started taking piano lessons when I was four. I even taught for two years as a teenager. This is possibly the reason for my elongated fingers.
4. I stopped playing piano when I didn't get into FSU's music school. I haven't really ever started again. As much as I loved piano, singing was my real passion.
5. I don't have the patience to watch movies anymore. They feel so long. I'd rather watch TV shows, because it's split into episodes.
6. I wish I read more, but I don't like serious or educational books. I have few genres I enjoy reading: period piece classic romance novels (Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre,) distopian society novels (1984, The Giver, Anthem) and children's books (Anne of Green Gables, The Chronicles of Narnia, Little House on the Prairie.)
7. I like my freckles. Once, in Sephora, a woman was showing us concealer or primer or something that was tinted so as to remove freckles. She said this while looking at me. I had no interest in that product and was slightly offended by her assumption.
8. I react violently to anesthesia. I'm sure there's a post about waking up from my tonsillectomy in my blog history. I woke up thrashing, yelling, and fighting. Another time, I woke up yelling for my mom and wanting to know the time.
9. I'm taller than my husband by 1/2 to 1 inch. I always thought, as a teenager, that this would bother me. It doesn't. I love him exactly how he is. Although I do realize that the first week we dated, I had eluded myself into believing that he was a few inches taller. New love does strange things to our minds.
10. I can't paint anything without getting it on my clothes. Walls, pictures, w/e. Even as a child. If there is a paintbrush in my hand, there will be paint on me.
11. I have two piercings in each ear and no tattoos.
12. Fleas like me more than normal people. Bug bites on my feet also take longer to heal than normal people. My feet still have spots that look like sores from months ago.
13. I have dysplastic nevus syndrome. I was born with it, apparently because I had moles on my skin as a tiny baby. I'm at higher risk of skin cancer. Other than that, it doesn't have a huge effect.
14. I have a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Mathematics Education from Florida State University. (My diploma is on the wall in this room and I'm running out of facts.)
15. When I married Mike, I inherited a cat named Max. He and I have a love/hate relationship. Maybe all cats are that way.
16. I have a younger brother and an older sister.
17. I saw the musical Wicked in New York on Broadway.
18. I've been to Canada and Mexico.
19. I am always behind the times on joining new sites. I still don't have Twitter, Pinterest, or Google Plus. I stayed on Myspace till 2008 or so, holding off on getting Facebook. I only have this blog because a class assigned in to me.
20. When I was little, I collected keychains. They all hung on a bulletin board in my room.
Friday, March 9, 2012
Things to write about.
This morning, I woke up an hour early. Since time change is this weekend, I figured I might as well get up. In my extra hour, I browsed Facebook. This led me to a Pinterest picture. Since I still do not have a Pinterest, I am not very good at navigating it, but I somehow ended up on a blog post. This post gave an idea: 30 days of blogging by answering the following questions.
THE LIST:
1. List 20 random facts about yourself.
2. Describe 3 legitimate fears you have and explain how they became fears.
3. Describe your relationship with your parents.
4. List 10 things you would tell your 16 year-old self, if you could.
5. What are the 5 things that make you most happy right now?
6. What is the hardest thing you have ever experienced?
7. What is your dream job, and why?
8. What are 5 passions you have?
9. List 10 people who have influenced you and describe how.
10. Describe your most embarrassing moment.
11. Describe 10 pet peeves you have.
12. Describe a typical day in your current life.
13. Describe 5 weaknesses you have.
14. Describe 5 strengths you have.
15. If you were an animal, what would you be and why?
16. What are your 5 greatest accomplishments?
17. What is the thing you most wish you were great at?
18. What has been the most difficult thing you have had to forgive?
19. If you could live anywhere, where would it be and why?
20. Describe 3 significant memories from your childhood.
21. If you could have one superpower, what would it be and what would you do with it first?
22. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? 15 years?
23. List your top 5 hobbies and why you love them.
24. Describe your family dynamic of your childhood vs. your family dynamic now.
25. If you could have dinner with anyone in history, who would it be and what would you eat?
26. What popular notion do you think the world has most wrong?
27. What is your favorite part of your body and why?
28. What is your love language?
29. What do you think people misundertand most about you?
30. List 10 things you would hope to be remembered for.
I also, by some random clicking within the blog, found out that the blogger was Mormon because of a reference in another blog to Heavenly Father. As far as I know, no other denomination uses this terminology. I like Mormons, though, and their fondness of blogging. Anyways, I'm going to do this list. So be prepared to see lots of blogs about me answering random questions.
I've been doing the Couch to 5k plan, like so many people I know. I tried it before, but I only had a treadmill and manually adjusted the speed based on looking at a list of the program. It was terrible. Thanks to a fellow blogger's blog, I now know about the iPhone app and have been running/walking around outside for workouts. It's been lovely! I love knowing that I've got planned time to spend outdoors. I've also decided that I'll run a marathon someday.
Anyways, that's all for now. Mike and I are going to watch some cartoons together, so I'll start my 30 days of posts tomorrow!
THE LIST:
1. List 20 random facts about yourself.
2. Describe 3 legitimate fears you have and explain how they became fears.
3. Describe your relationship with your parents.
4. List 10 things you would tell your 16 year-old self, if you could.
5. What are the 5 things that make you most happy right now?
6. What is the hardest thing you have ever experienced?
7. What is your dream job, and why?
8. What are 5 passions you have?
9. List 10 people who have influenced you and describe how.
10. Describe your most embarrassing moment.
11. Describe 10 pet peeves you have.
12. Describe a typical day in your current life.
13. Describe 5 weaknesses you have.
14. Describe 5 strengths you have.
15. If you were an animal, what would you be and why?
16. What are your 5 greatest accomplishments?
17. What is the thing you most wish you were great at?
18. What has been the most difficult thing you have had to forgive?
19. If you could live anywhere, where would it be and why?
20. Describe 3 significant memories from your childhood.
21. If you could have one superpower, what would it be and what would you do with it first?
22. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? 15 years?
23. List your top 5 hobbies and why you love them.
24. Describe your family dynamic of your childhood vs. your family dynamic now.
25. If you could have dinner with anyone in history, who would it be and what would you eat?
26. What popular notion do you think the world has most wrong?
27. What is your favorite part of your body and why?
28. What is your love language?
29. What do you think people misundertand most about you?
30. List 10 things you would hope to be remembered for.
I also, by some random clicking within the blog, found out that the blogger was Mormon because of a reference in another blog to Heavenly Father. As far as I know, no other denomination uses this terminology. I like Mormons, though, and their fondness of blogging. Anyways, I'm going to do this list. So be prepared to see lots of blogs about me answering random questions.
I've been doing the Couch to 5k plan, like so many people I know. I tried it before, but I only had a treadmill and manually adjusted the speed based on looking at a list of the program. It was terrible. Thanks to a fellow blogger's blog, I now know about the iPhone app and have been running/walking around outside for workouts. It's been lovely! I love knowing that I've got planned time to spend outdoors. I've also decided that I'll run a marathon someday.
Anyways, that's all for now. Mike and I are going to watch some cartoons together, so I'll start my 30 days of posts tomorrow!
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Weekly Dinners
We started a thing regularly. I guess Kate started it, Kate and Leah, and I was invited. It most likely wasn't my idea because I shun social interactions at first suggestion. Anyways, we have a rotating dinner. One week it's a Kate's, one week at Leah and Daniel's, and one week at my and Mike's place. It's also nice because it is in no way a potluck. One night a week for two weeks, you know that dinner is provided and you don't need to put forward effort, and for one night on a third week, you get cook dinner for your friends. It's a good system.
Leah and Kate were both bridesmaids in my wedding. They are two of my closest friends. If Jess and Jordan, my other two bridesmaids, lived up here, they would most definitely be involve as well, although I think another convenient part of our system is that it only involves 5 people in 3 households. The more people that are involved, the harder it becomes on your week to cook. Also, Jess has a baby and I don't know how to cook for babies.
March 2 was my 23 birthday, so I was happy to cook the evening before. I cooked some of my favorites: grilled hamburgers, fries, sauteed asparagus (not a favorite, but needed something healthy) and for dessert, instead of the traditional birthday cake, we had strawberry shortcake! I love strawberry shortcake. Unfortunately, I didn't make the angel food cake and bought it pre-made from Publix, but I at least cut up the strawberries and whatnot myself? The sale on strawberries was what inspired this dessert, actually. Anyways, dinner commenced at 7, as usual
Nothing was different than normal, but at some point during that dinner I came to a realization as I watched these people: Mike, my husband, being his usual quiet yet silly self in front of company; it goes without saying that I love him most dearly. Leah, one of my best friends, trying to tell a story, but (nicely) punching Daniel as he says, "Mhmm," and, "That's right, girlfriend," with sass to all of her comments, much to our amusement. Kate, laughing with me at the crazy antics as we high-five over some well-timed comment from one of us. And as we are all laughing heartily, I look around the table and think about how much I love these people; my closest friends, or what I'd almost call my family.
Don't think I am replacing my blood family with these people. My parents and siblings understand me in a way that nobody else ever could, and I love them unconditionally. My in-laws also are very close to me, in ways that I don't think could be easily severed. But, with all of the people closest to me by blood or marriage living hours away, I think Mike and I still crave some sort of familial, social interaction outside of ourselves, and that's where friends come in.
As I looked around the table, I took a mental snapshot. I will never forget that instant, looking around at all the mid-laughter faces, and thinking--well, there aren't really words that I thought, so I guess a better way to put it is feeling-that I was incredibly thankful to spend my birthday, so far away from all the people that love me unconditionally, with friends for whom I'm grateful everyday, whom I love most dearly. Even without my parents, siblings, or in-laws, I have a family in Tallahassee.
Leah and Kate were both bridesmaids in my wedding. They are two of my closest friends. If Jess and Jordan, my other two bridesmaids, lived up here, they would most definitely be involve as well, although I think another convenient part of our system is that it only involves 5 people in 3 households. The more people that are involved, the harder it becomes on your week to cook. Also, Jess has a baby and I don't know how to cook for babies.
March 2 was my 23 birthday, so I was happy to cook the evening before. I cooked some of my favorites: grilled hamburgers, fries, sauteed asparagus (not a favorite, but needed something healthy) and for dessert, instead of the traditional birthday cake, we had strawberry shortcake! I love strawberry shortcake. Unfortunately, I didn't make the angel food cake and bought it pre-made from Publix, but I at least cut up the strawberries and whatnot myself? The sale on strawberries was what inspired this dessert, actually. Anyways, dinner commenced at 7, as usual
Nothing was different than normal, but at some point during that dinner I came to a realization as I watched these people: Mike, my husband, being his usual quiet yet silly self in front of company; it goes without saying that I love him most dearly. Leah, one of my best friends, trying to tell a story, but (nicely) punching Daniel as he says, "Mhmm," and, "That's right, girlfriend," with sass to all of her comments, much to our amusement. Kate, laughing with me at the crazy antics as we high-five over some well-timed comment from one of us. And as we are all laughing heartily, I look around the table and think about how much I love these people; my closest friends, or what I'd almost call my family.
Don't think I am replacing my blood family with these people. My parents and siblings understand me in a way that nobody else ever could, and I love them unconditionally. My in-laws also are very close to me, in ways that I don't think could be easily severed. But, with all of the people closest to me by blood or marriage living hours away, I think Mike and I still crave some sort of familial, social interaction outside of ourselves, and that's where friends come in.
As I looked around the table, I took a mental snapshot. I will never forget that instant, looking around at all the mid-laughter faces, and thinking--well, there aren't really words that I thought, so I guess a better way to put it is feeling-that I was incredibly thankful to spend my birthday, so far away from all the people that love me unconditionally, with friends for whom I'm grateful everyday, whom I love most dearly. Even without my parents, siblings, or in-laws, I have a family in Tallahassee.
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