Today starts another semester which means the first week is crazy. Hard to find a place to park, a lot of new students that don’t know where things are, and the whole am I going to be the oldest in the class problem I seem to always have.
I arrived 2 hours early thank God or I would not have been able to park in the garage. If I can’t park near school I am not going to school. I know me.
I have already shared where a few buildings are with a few new people. Helping is good!
As far as the oldest in the class goes…As I look around its pretty close. We she see how the classes go. I do know that being older sometimes is better. I have life experience to go along with what ever topic there seems to be.
I am taking my second and last Geology class. 16 weeks of hell. then I can put that behind me. I am also taking a communication theory class. I should have taken this class first I would imagine but I didn’t so I will knock this one out. Most people know I could talk to a tree :0)
I have also been drawing a sacred path card everyday during the week. Today I drew the card of fertility. Seems the things I plant today will move forward with great reward as long as I keep feeding the ideas and want them to grow. Bring on the semester!
Ill let ya know how it goes!
Jan 8 A new semester
Looks like I will be attending college another semester….YEAH! I am trying to be excited. I have never been the school kinda person. Socially yes I am so there but academically….Not so much. It’s not that I am doing bad, I just feel like I have to do better. My own worse enemy really.
I could download one of the syllabus’ I need. The study guide is a crossword puzzle. I am not a fan of these at all. But they are worth extra credit and I need all the extra credit I can get.
I will arrive early. I hate to be late. It all going to be ok. I have my bag packed except for snacks and all is well.
So off I go. I’ll let ya know how it goes!
Jan 7 What a week
Here it is Monday and my to do list has been growing and growing.
School starts tomorrow and I went to print my syllabus’s and well lets just say it is going to be a long semester :0(
I am still struggling with water. You would think tha tthat would ne an easy thing to do…I thougth it would be but it is not. I need to come up with a better way. I did put a water bottle in my book bag. There is a water fountain near both my classes so I figure if I care the bottle I have to fill it up and drink it right. That is my story and I am sticking to it. Baby steps.
Last year I started sending random letters to friends and family memebers so that they recieved mail that wasnt a bill. I did this all year last year and was suprised at how touched people were that they recieved a hand written note. So I started it again this year. My first letter went out this morning.
All in all I am doing well. My photo a day is working well. It has been fun and I have a few partners in crime that help me out. You can check out the pictures a day at the top of the screen or you can check out my littel buddys blog at mrpsadventures.wordpress.com.
Ill update you on how the classes are going soon.
Wish me luck on the water and with school!
Sunday Jan 6
Did better on my water intake yesterday. Was one glass short of my goal. Could have tried to chug it down but didn’t. You would think water would be easy to consume. I did however drink a liter of Dr Pepper. Too much salt I know. Did really good till I went to the party last night. Really need to use a glass and not drink out of the bottle. If the bottle sits there I drink it. So note to self…..Cary your glass and stop drinking out of the bottle. :0). Bum hoping I listen.
Did better eating yesterday. Need to get my proteins up but my carbs were lower. Gonna try and get my pie charts too look better.
So what are these pie charts? Well I have been keeping track of my food on an app on my touch. It’s called MyFitnessPal. Seems to be pretty accurate and has been fun to work with. They make an App for everything lol. The graph shows protein, carbs, and fat. I know I eat way to many carbs but….it is interesting to see just how much it all adds up too at the end of the day. Also been watching my vitamins. Started taking a multi vitamin. I’m not eating nearly enough stuff that has the daily recommended amounts. If I wanna give blood I need to get these numbers up :0)
So we will see what the day brings me today.
Let’s see what today brings!
Live well and drink water!
Jan 5 What’s on my kind
As I laid in bed this morning I got to thinking about how many things I want to change this year. My weight for starters.
I went to give blood yesterday something I want to start doing this year and my red blood cell count was low. I can try again in 4 weeks. They gave me a list of things to eat to get it up :0( I will try again.
My picture a day is working quite nicely if I do say so myself. It’s fun and starting to get a following.
Still need to drink more water. But don’t we all.
Guess I should get busy this morning. I’ll try and blog more later.
2013 is my year
Today 3 Jan 2013
Well I am still doing bad with water. Guess I will turn the app back on to remind me :0(
I did go get re-enrolled in the gym today. Even signed up for the pool benefits. Came home started laundry, found my swim suit and packed it in a bag to take to the gym. I got on e treadmill for 10 minutes….gotta start somewhere. I managed to step on the scale while I was there. Seems like I have dropped a few pounds in the last 2 weeks. 6.5 pounds. We will call that a big win!!!!! I was just trying to eat better. Shows me at with a little help I can drop even more.
I’m not sure what my goal on this is gonna be. I may just go a pound at a time. I know I want to be under 200 pound. So that is my first goal. To be under that by the end of the year (really before the end of the year but we will start with a big goal first.)
So today I have eaten breakfast and lunch and had a snack, usually I skip one or both of these. Going to have asparagus wraps for dinner. Use my popcorn popper Santa brought me and call it a night.
Here is to another day of doing better for me!
What I wanna get done in 2013
So here I sit on the second day of 2013 and I have a few moments for myself so I thought I would jot down a few things I would like to see happen in 2013.
1) First off I am going to blog at least once a week…More if I can 2) Take a picture of Mr P everyday for a year. He is my traveling companion and yes it is Mr Potato Head. 3) Eat Better 4) Get back in the gym 5) Walk the 5k breast cancer walk in Oct 6) Ride my bike more 7) Lower my BP 8) Write a letter ever month. This was a hit last year so I am going to do it again :0) 9) DRINK MORE WATER. There is an app for that…waterlogged. It reminds you to drink water at all the times you want and even keeps track for you what you consume in the day!
Those are the first 9 off the top of my head. All doable and with in my grasp. Check back with me and see how I am doing. Blogs could go in all kinds of direction. Thinking maybe even a video blog from time to time. We will see if I can fit that in. I just wanna get back to taking care of me and sharing y story where I can and really just blow off some steam if I need to.
I will leave you with this: Always remember you are braver than you believe, Stronger then you seem, and Smarter than you think!!
Peace and Love,
Ohiophotogrl
Result blog
Ok the only resolution that I kept was sending mail once a month.
I did manage to keep 10 pounds off :0)
Also dropping 12.5 inches off my body. So I’m going to call that a win.
One day at a time.
I’ll update this years goals later
Happy New Year!
Tour de Dayton Aug 4, 2012
On Aug 4th my friend Deny I had the pleasure of riding in the Tour de Dayton. This 10 mile bike ride took the rider thru many interesting stops in Dayton Ohio. It is a ride at your own pace adventure and stopped at 14 different locations.
This was the 2nd year for the Tour de Dayton and I am already looking forward to next years ride.
Here is the route:
Here are some pictures from the ride:
As we registered we were instructed that there would be signs like this and arrows on the ground to direct us on our way. Here we are about to take off on our adventure.
Here we are at the first stop The Urban Krag Center.
Then it was off to The Neon Theater
Then there was a stop at the Convention Center, and a short ride over to Riverscape…..
At Riverscape there is a Paul Laurence Dunbar Memorial that is a must see….
With a quick stop at the Bike Hub
Then we went along the River for a scenic view
This is the half way point time for water and the Life Enrichment Center…
This place is a must see. They recycle bikes for kids and teach them the rules of the road. They have a program that when the children finish they get a bike and helmet. The Center is ran by volunteers! What a great way to give back to the communicate….
There were a few other stops along the way but these were the highlights. Thank you Tour de Dayton Volunteers you did a great job at every stop telling about your point of interest!
If you get the opportunity to ride this next year by all means come join me!
Till next year!
Ohiophotogrl
I have not fallen off the wagon
Sorry for the silence fellow bloggers and readers. I have been knee deep in paper writing and family drama. That leaves little time for blogging so I will try and catch up.
Family drama—Well seems my partner has decided that we should no longer be together. This has upped my gym time. Poor Treadmill has had my name all over it. Which caused a 3.5 inch drop off my body this week. I really need to get on the scale. Maybe Wednesday.
So here are the numbers
-.5 inchs off my neck sense Jan 1
-2 inches off my Chest (that could have stayed LOL)
-1.25 inches off my abs
-6.5 off my hips
-1.5 off my thighs
gained 1 inch on my biceps :0)
So all together I have lost 11.75 inches..that is with a few weeks of up and downs!
Those are inches I will never see again on my body.
Hope you all have a great day! Ill be back with you after midterms!
Ohiophotogrl 