The Ball is Finally Rolling

I’ve definitely made some changes since my last post.  A lot can happen in a week when you put your mind to it.  Well, it actually isn’t a whole lot, but the effect these changes have made is pretty big.

Without going into a whole lot of detail, partly because I want this to be a quick post, and partly because I don’t really feel like thinking a whole lot about it, here’s what I did:

• told Karine (my snowboard coach) that I’m just sick of riding, and that I don’t want to come Wednesday nights for the rest of the season;
• because of this I also told Maddy I could only drive her to/from Riders on Monday nights;
• called my aunt and said that I’m just not as focused on her work anymore, and I’m not getting tons done, and that I really don’t want to keep doing more;
• started looking for a new job;
• applied at the library (again), and actually set up an interview;
• called the temp agency to say I wanted to leave my job, and they ended up telling my supervisor for me (although she still wanted to talk about my reasons for leaving, which is totally understandable);
• created and printed off a checklist for March;
• actually made plans to go out one night with some friends; and
• Jason and I even went for a run.

All of that in a week.  Wow, I was busy.  But I feel a lot better about the direction I’m headed now (which isn’t exactly anywhere specific, but at least it’s more of an open field than a dead-end).

Hopefully this week I can fit in at least a couple yoga classes.  I’m thinking of going to a Prana class at Bodhi Tree on Thursday, and then a class at Calgary Hot Yoga with Jason on Friday.  Ideally I’d like to do a class at Bodhi Tree on Saturday or Sunday, but we’ll see what happens.  Maybe I’ll be able to motivate myself to go for a run again at some point.

Difficulty is 100% subjective.

Slightly Addicted…and Not Going to Stop

I blame Jason.  And I’ve told him that.  :-)  For some odd reason, he is proud of the fact.  :-s

 Anyways, I’m officially addicted to Guitar Hero III.  There’s no other explanation for playing 5 songs total (over 2 days too!) and deciding I want to go out and buy the game, and guitar, for myself.  I don’t play video games!  I have 2 other video games to my name: a volleyball one I got for Christmas years ago (and never played more than a few times), and The Urbz.  It gets worse:  I bought the game, and went home and played it instead of doing my computer assignment.  Granted, if I hadn’t done any work on the assignment over the past two weeks, it was highly unlikely I’d so anything last minute.  But still.  And after that, I was tempted to skip my very first night of Riders on Board (and subsequently, my first time snowboarding this season) to keep playing.  Thankfully, smartness prevailed.

 However, I did come home for snowboarding, and picked up that guitar again.  Which is why I’m writing a blog at 3 in the morning.  Guitar Hero kept me occupied till 2:30am.  The only reason I stopped is because I “beat” the easy level.  That’s 42 songs worth.  And that doesn’t include the ones I redid for various reasons.  *sigh*  I am impressed with myself and how quickly I’ve improved though.  My first few scores were three stars and like 15,000 points or something.  By the end I was getting 5 stars and 50,000+ points on a good chunk of the songs.

 Snowboarding tonight was a lot of fun.  I actually forgot just how much I love it.  It was bloody freezing out though.  That definitely sucked.  But it came back quickly (as expected)…and by the end of the night I was pulling Front 3’s again.  I had way too much trouble with the kink rail though – my first attempt resulted in me getting raped by the rail (and there is a visible bruise on my butt to prove it), and then slamming onto my upper legs (where my cell phone happened to be), which resulted in a charlie horse.  Lovely start to the season.  Also, either my goggles or my bandanas decided to bleed colour – so I have this black like going under my eyes and across my nose – and it doesn’t want to wash off!

 Oh, and I found out that I managed to scare one of my friends with my driving.  I’m not really surprised, but I am a little bit hurt that she wasn’t able to tell me to my face.  I realize I’m an aggressive driver, so I try to tell everyone who’s a passenger with me that if they feel uncomfortable with my driving, to let me know.  I want people to feel safe driving with me.  But obviously she didn’t feel comfortable telling me at the time.  Or now either, seeing as she told another friend that she would never drive with me ever again.  Oh well, I just need to deal with it and move on.

As for other news, I was accepted into SAIT in the Architectural Technologies program.  I’m really, really excited.  :-)  This now gives me something else to look forward to.  On the downside, I’m even less motivated to do my university homework (and attend classes).  At least there’s only 2 weeks left.  But that means I should probably be studying for finals!

 I really need to get some sleep though…so good night!!!