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I got it!

kitchen

The kitchen, I mean, MY KITCHEN!

 

JUST GOT FINAL APPROVAL ON THE APPT!!!!!! They called and I my &^#$&% phone didn’t ring so they left a message — WHOOOOOOPPPPIIIIIEEEE!!

Note to Self: Crap Eating…

Note to self: Just because you are sad and stressed out because of this big last-minute move to Atlanta, it does not give you  the right to eat like a 275lb lady. If you keep eating this way, you WILL become a 275lb lady. STOP IT! You have the control over what you put in your mouth, NOT your emotions.

 

STOP IT!

And the wait continues…

I am terrified my credit is not good enough to get the condo/apartment. I have yet to hear back from the unit owner, though I hear from my boss that they called to make sure I actually work for my organization. I can only guess that the owner is trying to get ahold of my old landlord– UPDATE: Just heard back from my landlord– they called her yesterday too!! :-( WHY ARE THEY NOT CALING MEEEEEEEEE… WAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!

Obviously I am not a good wait-er. I am huffy, huffy huffy today.

Also, have you ever had days where sh*t gets all messed up between friends? I have a friend who is UBER pissed at me today for something I think is not worth worrying about - and I called another friend (who does not know her) to share the issue  and get some advice and they told me I should not worry about this crap right now- she does get kind of wierd about issues sometimes and that I should not be worried about it.

I have decided I have 100,000 things to do before I leave for ATL. One of those things is NOT letting a petty bullshit thing get to me- especially something that is not worth arguing about. I am not in 3rd grade and I am not going to let this bother me any longer. GRRRRR.

Aaaaaaanyway.

Please send me good, house-getting thoughts!! Oh, and send me condo-owning people will call  riiiiight… NOW thoughts. OK. Riiiiiiiiiiiight                       NOW. NOW. 

NOW.

Anyway, you catch my drift.

Still Kickin’

I am on a househunt in Atlanta right now… it is slow going, but I think I may have found my new "home".

 

I have been super stressed out and have been eating everything in sight. I have gained 10lbs back from the 35 I originally lost, and I am pissed that I kept it off for about 8 months and now I am beginning to gain it back- quickly.

 

Also, The Sheraton Hotel is beautiful (especially compared to my last hotel experience in ATL) but the lighting in the bathrooms are HORRIBLE! And they have mirrors everywhere in there. All I see is cellulite. Yes, I have alot, but I don’t need to see it all the time in horrible florescent light!!

Please cross your fingers and toes that I get the place I like the most. I hope to sign the papers today. The only problem is I need to pay the security deposit and living in the electronic world I do, I don’t have paper checks any longer… I use electronic banking exclusively now. Annnnnnd they don’t have any of my banks here in this big metro area (though my bank is ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL up in Chicago’s bidness…) So I have to figure out how much $$$$ I can get out of a CVS Drugstore’s ATM without my card blowing up. Hope I can pay the deposit today.

Again Fingers Crossed.

When I do figure out if I get the place-should know in 4 days-I will post some pics of the community. 

Thanks, my 4 loyal readers, for hanging in there. I hope to post more soon. 

Apt Hunting in Atlanta

After living the past 7 years in a shoebox of a studio apartment here in Chicago, here is what I want in an Apartment:

  • 1, 1 + den or 2 bedrooms
  • WASHER AND DRYER IN UNIT (this is a MUST!!)
  • Dishwasher (ANOTHER MUST!)
  • Must take cats
  • Fitness room (who would have EVER guessed this would be a must for me??!!)
  • Balcony (this is a want not need)
  • Apt MUST be higher than the ground floor
  • Free parking (grrrrrrr, I have to buy a car)

I don’t think that is soooooo bad, right? I am working with an agency to help me find a place to live. I have to be in Atlanta by March 23rd, so I am on a tight timeframe to find something quick.

Wish me good luck!

I Thought I would be more sore… Bootcamp Day 3

I thought I would be more sore that this…

Bootcamp Day 3 is over. The instructor rode us super hard today – breaking us up into groups of three and doing “sets” of things we alredy knew how to do—all the time pretty much pitting the groups against each other…. then saying the group that did the best got a treat at the end.

Drumroll please……

MY TEAM WON!!!

I am so proud. :-)

 

We did a lot of squats and leg work today—I know my legs are going to be jello tomorrow. Hell, they are jello tonight! :-)

I am off to eat a protein and calcium-filled dinner then to look for apartments in Atlanta.

Have a great night!

AJ

Move update

So, I am moving. I am not happy about it. But I am moving to Atlanta and have to be there by March 23rd.

Any moving advice would be very helpful. I hope to do quite a few contests with “cool stuff I find during the move”…. stay tuned…

Bootcamp: Days 1 and 2

WOW. I am fully into my bootcamp.

Day one was yesterday. I didn’t push myself as hard as I did during the trial, but I think it was because I realized what was coming. My squats are not good. I knew it and I was trying to atleast get close to the ground. While I don’t remember the whole sequence, it is something like this for the first day:

  • 10 minute warm-up (NOT a warmup yet, more like a full workout!) It is pretty much running in place, leg raises, hopping leg raises, arm circles, traveling squats, etc.
  • Squats
  • pushup/ab sequence (regular BOY pushups- no knees; leg’s raised crunches; diamond pushups; leg raise crunches with a hop at the top; pushups with a wider arm stance; and finally something like “V” sit-ups that are killer!) we do 45 seconds of each, then 10 of each as fast as we can
  • more squats
  • lunges
  • jumping squats
  • Did I mention squats??? LOL

My favorite part is the pushup/ab sequence. Though I SUCK at pushups, I can do the ab stuff pretty well.

 

Today was day 2. I was not too sore, though the leader kicked my ass. TONS of squats today. TONS. And even more lunges. I hate squats and lunges…. that must mean I need to do them.

I really like the class, though it is tough and I am pushing myself hard. I have to take my inhaler 2 times during class (and once before it) to make it through.

All I gotta say: GONNA BE SORE TOMORROW!!