Week 1

So I decided it's time to start over with p90x. I know it's the worst time to start working out with the holidays around the corner, but I'm tired of making excuses. I'm tired of seeing parts of my body and wishing I can improve them. The only way they'll improve is if I do something about it, and that's what I'm doing. The first 3 days were extremely hard! I was so sore, that just sneezing or laughing was a huge task. But after that hurdle, it got easier. Can't wait to see how week 2 will feel. Today was actually my rest day, but I'm home alone and bored. So I ended up doing a half an hour on the treadmill. After like 15 minutes, I was getting bored so I decided instead of running I'd set the treadmill on jog and bump up the music. I ended up dance jogging on the treadmill. How the hell do you dance jog?! Well, just pretend you see someone hot across the dance floor in a club. You need to get to them, but your favorite song is playing. You wanna dance, but you wanna get to this person, so you dance towards them but add like a hop for each step you take towards them. On the treadmill of course, not on the dance floor. Unless that's how you dance. Yea, I probably looked retarded, but it was a good work out! Plus, I was at home, not at the gym. And it was definitely more fun than just running and staring at the wall. Can't wait to see results. Last time I did p90x, I started seeing results after week 5.

On another note, I can't believe Brittany Murphy is dead! Every time I saw an interview with her, she was always smiling and being all cute. I always think of her role from Clueless and her line "rollin with the homies". It's just sad to hear someone dying so young. But she is in a better place now.

My Sister's Keeper, Tear Taker

I was warned before popping in the dvd that My Sister's Keeper was such a tear jerker, but I didn't care. I wanted to stay in tonight and watch the dvd. And within minutes of it starting I was already crying. What. The. Eff!? This movie was so sad that I don't think my eyes were ever dry throughout the film. It was good though, just sad. I don't think I can watch it again. It was so emotional that I picked the wrong night to watch it. I've been experiencing massive headaches, barely sleeping through the night, and moodiness all week. I think this week took a toll on me and I'm just stressing myself out. So after having a crazy week, I watch this very emotional movie, my head is about to explode! I can't wait to relax but I don't think that will happen til February. I'm in need of a vacation, I think that's why I've been so moody lately and been cutting myself off from everyone. The past 2 vacations I took didn't even feel like vacations. After camping, I came back very sick and had deadlines to finish at work. Before and after my New York vacation, I was working tons of hours. I sometimes wish I had a regular job where we didn't do any overtime at all and I don't have to 'take home' work. Yes, my work never comes home with me, but that doesn't mean I don't think about work at home. It's really difficult to turn off my mind when I get home from a stressful day at work. I'll keep thinking about it til I sleep and then do everything over again the next day.

5k Santa Run

On Saturday was the 5k Santa Run and let me just say, it was freeeezing! And what sucked about it? We got there at 7am thinking the run was at 8am, but it was really at 10am! We all decided to go to the bookstore to warm up. So 10am comes and we're all set to run. Wow was there a lot of Santas. When were running, Veronica decided to try and hold onto Aprille's shoulders cuz we were running too fast. She ended up tripping 2 minutes after we started. Can you believe that?! We just started and we already got an injury. Anyways, we ended up walking more than running because Aprille was afraid of loosing Veronica. We ended up finishing the race at 36:52 which next year we'll beat for sure! I think next year, I'm going to dress up as Santa Waldo. I think it'll be fun dressing up as Waldo with a bunch of Santas. It just calls for a live Where's Waldo game. I can't wait til next year!

Hibernation Mode

I've been in a hibernation mode lately. Ever since I decided to give up alcohol so I can work on getting back in shape, going out and partying doesn't appeal to me. Then there's my family. I want to take a break from my family. Not my immediate family. I'm talking about my aunts and cousins. They've been driving me crazy with their constant tardiness lately. I really wish I can take a break from them without my mom bitching at me because I'm really getting tired of waiting around for them. Did you know, I only eat once on Sundays? My family always have lunch together on Sundays and when I say lunch, I mean a 2pm meal. And I'm starving by then, so I overeat and won't eat anything for the rest of the day. I guess it's my fault for not eating a snack before lunch, but why does it have to be that way? I constantly ask why are these people late. And well, no one will say they will consider trying to be on time. I swear my blood pressure spikes up from my blood boiling with anger whenever I wait around for my family to arrive and starving.

My cousin is coming down to Vegas for her 25th birthday, and I told her flat out I can't go. Mainly because I have the Santa Run on Saturday, but I know my family. She said just come at 10pm and hang out, but 10pm to my family is actually 12 to 1am. And I don't have the patience to deal with them 3 weeks in a row. For Thanksgiving, we didn't get to eat til 2:30pm because we were waiting on my aunts. We were supposed to start lunch at noon, so who said 2:30 was the new noon? Cuz where I come from, noon is 12pm.

Run Santa Run

Only 2 more days til I run my first 5k. I can't believe we actually signed up for the 5k Santa Run. I've been running the past 2 weeks and boy am I slow. I guess my new nickname should be 'slow mo'. The fasted time I ran the mile was 12 minutes, or should I say the slowest? This is coming from the girl who ran her fasted mile in a little over 6 minutes. But then again, this was in the 8th grade. Before I developed curves and was under 100 pounds. I think my fasted mile in high school was maybe 7 minutes. The next 5k, I'll prepare earlier and get my time down for sure. I'm so excited just to finish.