Just For Zed.

I never did get around to posting a link to Tank's 18 month pictures. So in honor of the illustrious Zed's return, I thought I would post them now.

Enjoy the Cuteness. Welcome back Zed. You were missed.

The only thing more costly than education...

...is ignorance.

Or so they say. So as I sit here tonight, tired, apathetic and wanting to do anything other than studying for yet-another-stupid-test (YaST for you SUSE Linux Nerds) I have quotes like that running through my head. I'm trying desperately to convince myself that I want to work on this test.

But really I just feel like this


I'm starting to get senior-itis which isn't good. Cause I still have darn near to a year left to go. :P

Dead Blog

If you want to kill your blog, annihilate it. May I recommend going back to school.

Don't get me wrong. I'm glad I went back to school. Just between that and everything else, it doesn't leave much time for blogging.

Well its been an interesting few months... I'd just thought I review my resolutions for the year.

1. Eating Healthier.

• Eating Breakfast(Check, Usually this is two or three slices of whole grain toast with butter)
• Bring a lunch (I'm doing very well here as well. Of course losing my job and being on a tighter budget helped this one along)
• Cut back on soda (I haven't done this one very well at all, I'm up to 3 or 4 cokes a day)

Two of three in this category. Not bad... not great.

2. Exercising More

• Walk a lot (I walk less now than I used to)
• Exercise More (my new job is about a 100 yards from a gym, I just got a membership now I just need to go)

I'm not sure how to count this. I walk less because I don't ride the bus, I don't ride the bus because it wouldn't work out with my new job. So its a failure but there isn't much I can do about it. As for the gym membership, I just need to go (got the membership yesterday). Zero for two. For now.

3. Get Enough Sleep

• overall I'm doing ok
• but finals week I only got 29 hours over a 7 day period, 56 hours would be ideal (8*7)

I still could do better on this, though I am doing better than I was.

4. Earn Straight A's

• So far so good

It was a close one this time. The layoff really affected my motivation early in the semester. Although I earned A's, it was just barely. Toward the end of the semester I really got my mojo back. My friend was named valedictorian (Congrats Matt) and that really reminded me of my goal. I feel pretty motivated going into the summer semester. I should graduate next April. (Under one year left)

5. Look Presentable

• I feel like I'm doing pretty well on this

Job hunting and a new job have really helped me adopt a new habit here.


Well, the resolutions are doing pretty well on the whole, but there is still work to be done.

In other news. The new job is nice. I bought a new-to-me car (the subject of another post) and a new attachment to my grill (a side fire box, brisket anyone?).

So how is life for you?

Happy Easter!

Tank started walking this weekend. He has 'risen' so to speak.... Hopefully I don't get struck down for that one :)

Hope you have a happy Easter/Passover/Spring!

Click ->here<- for a (sideways) video.

February

It wasn't bad. Thank goodness the shortest month is in the winter. Wouldn't you feel shortchanged if the shortest month was in the summer? (Like it is in the Southern Hemisphere?) Yup, all the seasons have the same amount of days, but like many adults my time seems to pass in months (and if I am feeling poor, in paychecks).

February wasn't bad, March looks to be even better.

January Stunk

January was a pretty terrible month all things considered.

February is already looking up.

I Resolve To....

1. Eat Healthier
   • I need to eat breakfast.
   • I need to bring a lunch.(instead of eating off the dollar menu)
   • I need to cut back on soda, from two cans a day to one.
2. Exercise
   • Walk a lot. (which I already do)
   • Get in 30 minutes of intense aerobic 3 times a week. (which I don't do, yet)
3. Get enough sleep
   • This will probably be the hardest thing for me to do.
   • This would probably help me and my health the most.
4. Earn Straight A's
   • This seems to get harder each semester I've been back.
   • As silly as it sounds, I want to be the valedictorian.
5. Look Presentable
   • Sometimes I've looked in the mirror in the middle of the day and realized that I looked like I was run over by a Mack Truck. I've thought, "have I really been out in public, looking this crappy all day?"
   • I think this will be mostly accomplished by going to bed on time (hard when there is homework due).

Most of my resolutions focus around being a little healthier. I think I've pretty much ran my body into the ground over the past two and a half years (stupid school :P). Between lack of sleep, too much caffeine and soda, and eating too much fatty fast food; I think my immune system is shot. We (the family and I) caught H1N1 back in October, while the Flu wasn't so bad, I haven't felt really "well" since. Superwoman will catch a bug and be over it in a day. I'll catch what seems to be the same bug and it hangs on for a week and a half. It's time to start taking better care of myself, I'm sick of feeling lousy all the time.

The grade goals seem to work in opposition to this, it seems to be the difference between 89% and 95% is always a few hours of sleep. So while I work on taking better care of myself I'll really have to budget my time well so my grades don't suffer.

Wish me Luck! ... and may you all have a FANTASTIC 2010.