Weekend 5 (Sunday, April 27th 2014)

Last weekend in April. A month that has brought good and interesting things. And changes to my life. I am so glad April was nice this year after so many bad months before it…

1. Workouts this week have been okay. Not as much as I wanted but still I have been working out some. I only worked at twice last week on Tuesday and Thursday as I worked all day on Saturday so it was out of the question. Another 5K in June is keeping me going but also I am. After 1 month of going 1min runs then 5 min walks I am increasing my time. Which is good. I need to increase for me. I am unsure if I will walk or run this next 5K as either works (unlike the last one which wanted you to be doing 1 mile every 15min) so this working out is just for me. So I can eventually with nothing in front of me at the time just be running a lot. So yeah for working out! My moms bike broke btw on Tuesday so I only had running/walking. She has a new bike I get to possibly try this week maybe as soon as tomorrow shall see!

2. Work I have not done much since last wrote sadly. I missed two on calls shifts on Monday and Tuesday. This week I am more open to them as I can be as I can see I may not get many hours if I don’t. Besides that I have on complaints. Everyone is nice so far at the store. I am learning a lot. I am slowly getting the hang of it. My only shift since last Sunday was yesterday the longest I have done yet 8 hours. Even if tech I had a 30 min and two 15 min breaks so I was really only working 7hrs it felt long. My feet hurt I was in pain last night. My body will take time to get used to working again. This week I work twice (Tue & Thur) and might take a shift tomorrow, Wednesday or Friday its up in the air. But yes work is going well thanks.

3. We made church today woohoo! Havent been in a few weeks. Last week I had to work on Easter and we skipped the week before too. So it was nice going to church for coffee, food and of course a message. I love our church btw I am just incredibly lazy so even when we don’t go and I print stuff to listen to online (I have their app) I still don’t do it not even the Easter service sadly…

4. This coming week we have some big 80’s possibly Tue-Fri .But on Friday night we had a BAD storm. Like the worst I have ever heard. Mostly because it was SO SO WINDY!!! It was freaky windy. It talked to us from outside inside never heard that before in several rooms. Everything blowing everywhere. It rained some but it was the wind that got us freaked out. I know we have tons of trees around us and boy that did not help at all. Windy rainy night. Gone by time I got up on Saturday (although it was windy still all day wind at night is way different than wind during the day).

5. Been an adventurous week for sure. On Friday we went for a hike at this place near by in Carlsbad with a lake. We hiked around the lake the whole thing took a good hour plus. It was about 2.5 miles unsure for sure if that was the amount but it was a lot and very tiring. But we had so much fun! It was cloudy out all day because of the rain that night so it was cooler and wind some but mostly just nice out enough that it wasn’t too hot for that hike. Fun stuff. Than tonight we went to the beach harbor not for long. Very cold tonight but it was fun for a few minutes to watch sunset over the water. So yeah good times! Beach and hiking twice in one week neat-o!

That’s all folks. I have had an odd week this one I finished a bunch of books began a bunch more. Not been sleeping as good as I should. But yeah. And have a good week everyone see you in May!!

The Weekend 5 (Sunday, April 20th 2014)

Well Happy Easter everyone!! The true meaning for this holiday is celebrating the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Its not about the bunny (whoever he is) but about Him who died so we can all go to heaven! Just one more of these for April…

1. Been a weird week truly. Today is 8 months till my next birthday (withholding my age but I’m not shy its online just gotta know where to look!). Monday of last week late Monday till early Tuesday was a BLOOD MOON. Did you see it? I saw it. The moon looked like blood. The reason is really kind of neat. All our sunsets were displayed across the moon (rises too maybe?) as the earth, sun and moon lined up perfectly. Its not that rare at least not this year. We had one in 2011. But we have another this year beginning of October so if you missed this one hope you get to see that one. I saw Mars too. It was fun. My sister brought home some Easter Lily’s beautiful flowers till we found out they are deadly for cats. So now they are outside during day and inside at night high up. Pretty plants but scary for our cats…

2. Workouts this week have been kind of not there. Mind you I still walk a lot. Twice now in a row I have walked from work to the Sprinter and then once there walked to another place. So I have been working out like that. I did two workouts this week too was so excited. But sadly skipped on Friday going for a tiny walk instead and nothing else. I enjoy when I can workout. The weather is perfect and getting in shape is awesome! Mind even add another minute to my jog/runs shall see.

3. My carpel tunnel week two: not as bad as last week but honestly I am kind of sick of this. I am trying to soak it at night. I need a kit for my hands soon as I can. My hand doesn’t hurt as bad when not in the wrap but still needs it. Plus I cant bend it all the wall down. Today for example while wrapped I bent it pretty far and nearly screamed all while in the bathroom at the store. Yeah not fun. Sigh. Any tips for carpel tunnel? Throw them my way thanks!! Horrible hand issue go away…

4. Guitar this week. I am finally back to playing after a week break due to the CT (see #3). I am now back to chords again. Slowly making my way through the chords. I love to play. But not playing every day like I should means my fingers aren’t toughen up anymore they are soft so I have to go back to playing more. Or I cant play longer than 20 min without feeling the pain.

5. I just got off work my 2nd shift this week. I thought I wasn’t going to get paid till the 25th so me getting a live check on the 19th (from the 18th) was a shock. I had re-arrange my money again and now its kind of spread out. I will be paid 3x in May now not 2x. I cant do everything wanted to. My hours are really not much. I am praying for on call shifts and more hours as I get into this. I picked up a shift yesterday then worked my scheduled one today. My next shift isn’t until next Saturday (a full 8 hours my longest yet!). So I have the whole week off. Tomorrow I plan to sleep in I haven’t slept much past two days. And yes me working today caused us to miss church : ( I will watch on my ipod soon as I can so sorry!

Well we are done now I can go take a small nap. Hope everyone has a great Easter and a nice rest of the week! See you for one last one for this month : )

The Weekend 5 (Sunday, April 13, 2014)

Happy Palm Sunday everyone!! I used to love thinking about how fun it would have been to be there when Jesus rode into town on the donkey and I could have grabbed a palm branch and waved it at Him. That means we are 1 week from Easter awesome! And on with the show…

1. I started out my week very rough. I have been dealing with Carpel Tunnel since I first got my own computer back in 2000. I guess you could say it began my on going issue. I am a writer so I knew it was something you get from being a writer. I write by hand, I type and now I have an ipod, phone and I play guitar. All little things that can cause carpel tunnel. Well last week on Monday I had the worst flare up of this that I have had in I think ever. My right hand was in so much pain I was crying. I couldn’t move it. And nothing helped me. I put heat on it, ice, I wrapped it then I didn’t wrap it. It was so bad it took me a good hour that night before I had to work the first time to go to sleep as I couldn’t get it comfortable. Everything hurt on Tuesday too. But slowly this week by the grace of God I have been feeling better. Mind you it still hurts badly but not like that. I have been keeping it wrapped up as much as I can. And I got some Epsom salt on Wednesday and as of Friday been soaking it night for 3 min. It helps a little. It doesn’t magically go away but it helps. Btw if you have never used Epsom salt it is a trip in the pants. My hand starts to move weird in the water (I guess from the salt?) and feels SO weird after. People use this stuff for all kinds of stuff not even all medical… So yeah carpel tunnel sucks!

2. I planted more sunflower seeds few weeks ago. So far nothing has sprung up. Sadly I did it so close to April it was almost 2 months after I did it last year. Last year I did it in February the last month according to the package you are supposed to for our area. Well nothing has popped up yet. Still I faithfully water it daily and hope at least a few of the seeds will come out. We’ve been having an odd mix of weather this week. Few times it was in the 80’s meaning Mon-Thur. And then after that cooler in the 70’s. At night I don’t sleep with the covers about half the time. And almost daily I put my fan on at some point. So Spring is here for real. Its dry this week. No rain and nothing in sight at least for the next week or so… we still need rain mind you. Our drought is still horribly there.

3. My workouts this week have been slim pickings. On Thursday I was exhausted and ended up only doing a 20 minute walk and small bike ride inside I mean for 10 min. I didn’t do anything on Tuesday. Come yesterday I did an actual 30 min run/walk and bike again. I have yet to do more than this even if I started doing these few weeks ago right after our race I was trying to keep up but run out of time. And figure a walk/run alone is better than nothing at all. I did walk around a lot on Tuesday and Wednesday from work. I walked to work on Tuesday from a store about 15 min and then 30 min to the sprinter. And Wednesday I walked 30 min to Sprinter and then I walked after I got off across a lot and stuff which was about 15 min more. I figure each day I did 45 min so really I have been working out just not like I usually do… Its cool. Hope to keep up this week more workouts.

4. The 10th marked 5 years since the tornado in TN. Every year since we moved so that would be 2011 on to here I feel weird thinking about a place so far away from me. But so close to my heart. 5 years since I freaked out because it was so last minute. I just had to turn off the radio to sleep and thought I would hear anything on the regular radio. If I hadn’t turned it on. And then the sirens. I mean of course it didn’t hit our place but as close as it got. Scary stuff. Me and my sister and 5 animals all in a bathroom. A small hot bathroom. Watching the lights flicker hearing noses, seeing the hail the size of a quarter and wondering what our neighbors watching outside. Not knowing if we had looked just the right time out or back door we would have seen it. On looking up articles on that day this week I found out they said it was 3 tornados not 2. I cant believe I only found this out today. Wow. I remember when it crossed the I-24 and they caught it on the news. That is a rare thing to catch it but the guy who caught it lived in Murfreesboro worked the cameras and decided to try to find the tornado and he did. I will never forget our Good Friday tornado!

5. Well I left this for last. I began my new job this week!! Yeah. Tuesday was there from 2:00-4:45 (not 2-4 as we thought). We did paperwork, watched some videos and took a store tour. By we I mean 3 others from the 4 besides me interviewed the week before got hired on. I love this store. I don’t care how huge it is or the fact I have never worked a store this large before. My sister worked at Walmart before that was the biggest for her. But me? Never! I think some of my other jobs including B&N and Lego could sit side by side in here and have space to spare. But I love it! Wednesday I had as shift sorta. 2 hours on computer 2 hours on register. I shadowed a girl and then they just put me on reg. And I think I did okay. I did some go backs. Then I was off. My first real shift is next weekend unless I get called in. I also got to try out The Sprinter for the first time (as mentioned above). Compared to The Light Rail in AZ it only comes every 30 min, the LR was like every 10 min or less, its $2 for one way (I think LR was about $1.75). A round trip for it and buses is $5 in AZ it was $3.50. Plus its not that fast. But its fun. And it kept me from having to stay in the area for several hours after off work while waiting for my sister to come (plus saved her gas coming back for me!). My mom got me both Tue & Wed. I might do it again on Sun next week. I mean $2 isnt bad if I have the money for it. If I don’t theres always waiting around at one of the stores. Walmart for example is open 24/7. Yeah I love my new job!!

No guitar since Monday last week. I am going to give it a shot now tonight for a few min. My hand has been too sore. I tried Monday and almost died. I have no idea why I decided to try to torture myself. And I think it needs to be tuned again sadly…I hate not doing it but carpel tunnel is no fun I swear! Well till next week have a great one everyone. And a nice Easter Weekend (if you celebrate).

Weekend 5 (Sunday, April 6th 2014)

Welcome to April. April showers bring May flowers. Okay then I live in California I am unsure if we get that much rain! April is like several difference awareness months including Autism, earthquakes, something else. Plus its poetry month so I am trying to do “Poem a Day” again for April. These happen twice a year November is harder as I am doing NaNo but easier in April. April is also Poetry month that’s a fact! So what a difference a week makes! I know the saying is day but hey why not use it the way it is. Within two days of my last entry my life changed again for good! Yeah!!

1. Going to church again today. Wow this could become a habit. I just hope we get there on time and not super late. And they have some food. But long as there is something and coffee I am good. I am exhausted. Past week has worn me out! Not enough sleep most days. Still recovering from one day and next day less sleep. On Friday I had 7 hours, while yesterday and today only 4 each. I can nap later today but unsure how much … tomorrow I sleep in and I mean it. I might not even set my alarm clock!

2. We had rain this week. Twice two different days. In pieces at times mostly at night. Monday night but done by Tuesday. Tuesday night but done by Wednesday. Inbetween was breezy days and cooler temps. Now this week we are heading towards 80’s. Today is low 70’s. But tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday 80’s no kidding. Its gotten so cold at night its really confusing me. Its been below 70 nearly every night. I am now back to long sleeve shirt and pj pants because I took off a layer of my blankets few weeks ago. I was like I don’t use it as much as it has been warm enough for not having it. Then boom weird cold weather. Hope we warm up soon I am ready for more Spring like weather. Unsure about Summer but warmer at night is good since I am colder now! Maybe I should put that blanket back huh…

3. I have been working out this week. Yeah go me! Monday was just a walk. But Wednesday and Friday I am going on 30 min walk/run’s. Keeping in shape for two reason: I want to & incase we do any more future 5K’s I wont have to spend weeks and months preparing because I will already be running. Well jogging I don’t really run. I hope this week when I get back to it (not today or Tuesday) I can do some Zumba or wiifit. But even just a walk/run and bike are good. Anything is better than sitting around and not working out!

4. Yesterday went to my cousin Amy’s baby shower. She is having a boy next month. Hard to believe its been nearly 2 years since we did this the first time. And as of next month 4 years since she got married. SO much has happened in my life in just the past 4 years. Sure I am not married, no kids and not in my career job. But 3 moves! THREE moves! Lots of jobs, issues, unemployment. Anyways the party was fun but a different kind of fun. I took more pictures because I had an ipod touch to do so. In 2012 I was still saving for my ipod at the shower so I only had my phone. I prefer the ipod because the pictures are a slightly better quality, and they are a heck of a lot easier to put online if I want (and did) and to email then my phone. There you go! Different people there. She is having a boy not a girl. Stuff like that. I missed some people not there. But still had fun. Crazy fun. I didn’t win any prizes during the games but that’s okay! I did get candy to bring home yeah for candy! Hope I finish it this time ha ha I didn’t last time I forgot about it…

5. I saved this news for last. I GOT A JOB!!!! Tuesday on April 1st (God has a sense of humor I know it!) I went to Babies R Us. It was a long group interview. I was there 2 hours total (including about half hour waiting for my one on one after the group). But it was fun. I was called within two hours that I got hired but needed a background check. I worried about that for two days. And told very few people until I knew for sure. Then on Thursday I was hired!! My first day is this coming Tuesday for “paperwork” and Wednesday for “computer training”. And then we continue. Today after church we are hunting down a purple shirt and shoes for me. My sister now uses my non-slip shoes I last used when I worked at Hickory Farms. I just cant believe I have a job. I mean I will continue to work on my writing and getting a job in my career field. But I have a job. In a baby store. I joke in my head this could be a sign of things to come for me…You know never know. And God knows. I was hired on a day meant for jokes. And nearly on the spot! So thanks if you prayed for me I am so happy!!

Well hope everyone has a lovely week. Mine could be busy. I just know tomorrow sleep in, and work beginnings next two days later. I might work this week. I have a new work journal so happy about that! I love doing that have since Lego Store. Till next weekend have a good one!!