No normal person would look at my hair and say it's long, but it feels long to me. I've been getting all kinds of compliments on it since I've been growing it out a bit (I'm working an A-line cut, though it's harder to tell unless it's straight). In addition, I'm saving money because I'm not really getting stand-alone blowouts anymore because at it's longer length, it just doesn't look as cute that way anymore...by far. It's a bummer because when it was shorter and blown out I felt incredibly chic and polished and beautiful. Now with it longer the only way it looks cute is if I curl my curls, and that's cute, not chic/polished/beautiful. My curls as they are are simply too flat, too disorganized, too messy. I'm a little frustrated, but I don't know that there's much to do about it. It looks better curly when it's longer, better straight when it's shorter. First world problems.
In other assorted news:
A big, awful rat ran in front of me the other night when I was walking across the parking lot to my gym. Gross.
My Chiefs lost on Sunday to the Broncos, so my good luck streak courtesy of my Chiefs red nails has ended. Maybe now I won't feel so constrained to keep them red ALL the time in order to keep the Chiefs on a winning path. Got a nice pretty pink color on them last night. I've become a huge fan of the Revlon Colorstay line. It's a base coat, color polish and top coat set that lasts much longer than regular nail polish on me, and has the look of a gel manicure, or so I've been told.
Took Monday-Wednesday off next week, so as of 5pm Friday, I'm free for 9 days! I'll be in Omaha Tuesday-Friday, but I have time at both ends to just hang out here. So excited!
Currently obsessed with Andrew Belle's album, "Black Bear". Discovered him last week when looking for something to do on Friday night, bought the album Friday morning. Saw him in concert at a small local venue that evening with friends and he put on an amazing show. Fantastic album, and I can't get enough of "Pieces", "Dark Matter" and several others!
No big plans on tap for this week. Just picking up some pants from the tailor (had to get a hem fixed), returning an erroneously purchased movie ticket (since they won't just credit over the phone), going to the gym, the trainer, etc. Friday night I'm going to see "Catching Fire" with the movie meetup group I'm a part of, so that should be a good time. Can't wait for that movie!
Nothing to discuss on the dating front. Just going through the conveyor belt of options and not finding much noteworthy, and refusing to get any kind of amped up for any of the decent ones. I've closed a lot of doors on a lot of unworthy people lately, and it's good overall, but still sad. I've invested so much time and emotional energy into these people, at varying levels, and with varying returns. But the bottom line is that they take more than they give, and it's not worth it anymore. I've scissored them out of my world, and I hope they stay there, because it was hard to do in the first place.
Next week at this time I'll be in Omaha. No work on the horizon for several days. Just me, my family, my friends, everyone's new pets (brother got a bulldog, mom got a new adult cat). I'll get to sleep in if I want. Eat good food. Get my workouts in to make up for the good food. Get out of DC for a bit.
I'm looking forward to all of it!
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Hard Out Here
I love Lily Allen. Seriously.
Hard Out Here
Is it crass? Perhaps. But no more so than any of the other nonsense out there, and at least her's is for a point!
Can't wait to buy the single.
Hard Out Here
Is it crass? Perhaps. But no more so than any of the other nonsense out there, and at least her's is for a point!
Can't wait to buy the single.
Monday, November 11, 2013
things fall apart so that other things can fall together
I read the quote from the title of this post somewhere today, and I loved it. Things fall apart so that other things can fall together. I like the idea of that. I think it's oftentimes true. I hope it continues to be true because I have a couple of things falling apart right now, and I'd like to see the silver lining of it all. They are not big things in the grand scheme, mind you, but still.
Trainer. I love him personally, but am beginning to really dislike him professionally. Too bad I just bought another batch of sessions! I feel like he is very good at the actual personal training part of his job, but he is lousy at the business side of it. He's not hugely reliable. He's impulsive and irresponsible at times, and not hugely apologetic when it happens. Saturday I had a session with him scheduled for noon. I showed up a couple minutes early, waited for him to meet me at the door (it's a secured building). I texted him about 12:05 to tell him I was there. I left at 12:17 when I hadn't heard anything from him.
About 12:35 I get two consecutive texts from him. "Are you not getting my messages?" and then, "Hello?" I wrote back and told him that I'd not received anything other than those two messages right then. He replied and said he was running fifteen minutes late. I don't know if that was an older message, or if he was saying that's what he'd told me before, or what. It didn't matter. It was 12:35, and I told him, "Bottom line, I waited until 12:17 for a 12pm appt., and when you didn't show or reply, I left. I'm already home." I didn't get a reply after that.
He is supposed to get weekly schedules out on Sunday. I didn't get anything, so I emailed him this morning. I got a schedule about an hour later. For this week.
Pet peeve? I cannot get a standard appt. to save my life. It is apparently impossible, so my training day switches from one week to the next. It drives me nuts because I don't get the schedule until Sunday or Monday, so I can't make any plans for the week until then. Is it so unreasonable to ask for a Tuesday 7pm appt. every week?
I made an appt. with a small group training gym for women in the area for Thursday. I'm going in for an introductory session and meeting. Groups of four max with a trainer. I am considering it. Granted, pricing will be a factor, but it's something I'm looking into. Like I said, I already have 20+ sessions remaining with my current trainer. I would lose money if I sold them to another client, so either way, I will probably just keep them and use them up. I don't know if I'll even like the new place, but it can't hurt to look. Maybe the group setting would motivate me more, or be enough of a change to spark something in me. We'll see.
All I know is my trainer is increasing his pricing packages come the new year (still super reasonable compared to others in the area), and I do not intend to pay more for this kind of service. We're either going to have a come to Jesus throwdown talk in order for me to stay if I dislike this new place, or I'll use up my remaining sessions with him while transitioning to the new place. Thursday will be interesting! I see my trainer on Wednesday and have yet to decide how I'm going to approach him about things.
The other falling apart thing is just Artboy, but that's just a continuation. I haven't reached out to him in two weeks, and he's reached out to me in a completely useless, idle ways maybe three times. It can't even be called conversation mostly. It still makes me sad. I don't understand why it is happening like this, but ultimately, I can't change it. I can't make him explain it, I can't force understanding my way. I have to just let it go, stop seeking him out, move on.
In other news, I finally finished reading "Night Film" and I loved it. I was disappointed when it was over because I just enjoyed the experience of reading it. In spite of some very passionate conflicting reviews (READ: People seem to either adore it or loathe it), I really liked it and am glad I read it. I picked up a new book "S." by JJ Abrams, which is a whole other kind of puzzle. Not sure when I'll get into that one!
I also saw "About Time" yesterday with some girlfriends. I'm not usually much for chick flicks, and I'm not really in a great rom-com frame of mind, but this movie was so much more than just a rom com. It had dramatic elements, it had a great message without being cloying. It's a movie that made me laugh and cry, and just smile a whole hell of a lot. I highly recommend it!
The dating thing is the same merry go round. Getting to know people, wondering if they are losing interest, wondering if I am, wondering if we'll meet. Who knows!
Trainer. I love him personally, but am beginning to really dislike him professionally. Too bad I just bought another batch of sessions! I feel like he is very good at the actual personal training part of his job, but he is lousy at the business side of it. He's not hugely reliable. He's impulsive and irresponsible at times, and not hugely apologetic when it happens. Saturday I had a session with him scheduled for noon. I showed up a couple minutes early, waited for him to meet me at the door (it's a secured building). I texted him about 12:05 to tell him I was there. I left at 12:17 when I hadn't heard anything from him.
About 12:35 I get two consecutive texts from him. "Are you not getting my messages?" and then, "Hello?" I wrote back and told him that I'd not received anything other than those two messages right then. He replied and said he was running fifteen minutes late. I don't know if that was an older message, or if he was saying that's what he'd told me before, or what. It didn't matter. It was 12:35, and I told him, "Bottom line, I waited until 12:17 for a 12pm appt., and when you didn't show or reply, I left. I'm already home." I didn't get a reply after that.
He is supposed to get weekly schedules out on Sunday. I didn't get anything, so I emailed him this morning. I got a schedule about an hour later. For this week.
Pet peeve? I cannot get a standard appt. to save my life. It is apparently impossible, so my training day switches from one week to the next. It drives me nuts because I don't get the schedule until Sunday or Monday, so I can't make any plans for the week until then. Is it so unreasonable to ask for a Tuesday 7pm appt. every week?
I made an appt. with a small group training gym for women in the area for Thursday. I'm going in for an introductory session and meeting. Groups of four max with a trainer. I am considering it. Granted, pricing will be a factor, but it's something I'm looking into. Like I said, I already have 20+ sessions remaining with my current trainer. I would lose money if I sold them to another client, so either way, I will probably just keep them and use them up. I don't know if I'll even like the new place, but it can't hurt to look. Maybe the group setting would motivate me more, or be enough of a change to spark something in me. We'll see.
All I know is my trainer is increasing his pricing packages come the new year (still super reasonable compared to others in the area), and I do not intend to pay more for this kind of service. We're either going to have a come to Jesus throwdown talk in order for me to stay if I dislike this new place, or I'll use up my remaining sessions with him while transitioning to the new place. Thursday will be interesting! I see my trainer on Wednesday and have yet to decide how I'm going to approach him about things.
The other falling apart thing is just Artboy, but that's just a continuation. I haven't reached out to him in two weeks, and he's reached out to me in a completely useless, idle ways maybe three times. It can't even be called conversation mostly. It still makes me sad. I don't understand why it is happening like this, but ultimately, I can't change it. I can't make him explain it, I can't force understanding my way. I have to just let it go, stop seeking him out, move on.
In other news, I finally finished reading "Night Film" and I loved it. I was disappointed when it was over because I just enjoyed the experience of reading it. In spite of some very passionate conflicting reviews (READ: People seem to either adore it or loathe it), I really liked it and am glad I read it. I picked up a new book "S." by JJ Abrams, which is a whole other kind of puzzle. Not sure when I'll get into that one!
I also saw "About Time" yesterday with some girlfriends. I'm not usually much for chick flicks, and I'm not really in a great rom-com frame of mind, but this movie was so much more than just a rom com. It had dramatic elements, it had a great message without being cloying. It's a movie that made me laugh and cry, and just smile a whole hell of a lot. I highly recommend it!
The dating thing is the same merry go round. Getting to know people, wondering if they are losing interest, wondering if I am, wondering if we'll meet. Who knows!
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