Hey all my faithful followers….(this means my family and one or two random people that find this page by accident) thanks for stopping by. I know that I have been mia for quite some time. I am back and ready to write! I may have been in a little funk..something about receiving 19 rejecting letters in the first 6 days of Novemeber might have done it to me! (I’ve gonna stop counting)

So I’ll admit it I’ve been slacking off a wee nah major bit. Not sure it it was a funk or just that I really was getting plum tired of running on a treadmill…..although I was feeling better than I had in a long time. So why did I stop for almost three weeks?? I think it is easier to admit failure through lack of trying rather than failure through killing yourself for something that might just not happen. My point being…..I set a goal to run the Disney Marathon in January a long, long time ago. I was motivated well until three weeks ago. I was all into the raising the bar bit hard core. (I’m kinda like that where I get so into one thing that I can’t do anything else until I accomplish that task–don’t believe me ask my sister I’m sure she’ll tell you stories!)

Well dang it I apparently am taking the glorious quote “What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?” literally with this marathon bit even though it is entirely possible that I may fail to finish and starting back up with the running.  Blargh some days I hate myself for raising the bar!!

Also had a lot of time to think about good things in my life. Yesterday was my 30th birthday which will bring the reflective thought out of anyone I pretty much guarentee it! It’s odd what got me…..one would think that when turning 30 I would have thought about what I haven’t accomplished a) not being married b) or having kids but nope the thing that bothered me the most was that I am back in my hometown. It doesn’t even bother me all that much that I don’t have my dream full-time  job. (although I have a rockin’ part time one). The hometown bit (and I really do think my hometown rocks and have mad love for it) feels a big stagnant. It was the big-time unexpected part of not finding a full-time job as fast as I would have wanted (and for me that would have been having an offer in hand when I received my degree-see I’m not one for patience). I guess it makes sense with all the raising the bar bit and not settling part of my persona lately…..just odd that this is what bothered me on my day of becoming a wee bit older. On another front….my friends and family totally are the GREATEST ever…..I love love love them and wouldn’t be myself without them!

In this cornucopia of randomness (thought a good Thanksgiving word would be appropriate) I have been thinking a lot about motivation and what motivates people. I am currently a GED instructor and although the curriculum is pretty much set it is a lot like I remember school being like… a place that many of my students did not like. I have had this slightly brilliant (ok that might be a tad generous statement) idea that I am going to incorporate math and reading centers into class, where students can see real life practical applications. This all came to me after someone told me “Math is not real to me!” Folks if I had even a penny for how often this phrase is uttered to me I could honestly afford some hot boots I have been looking to buy without an ounce of guilt! :) So this is my “raising the bar” bit for my class. I will update you on the brilliance/epic fail that this idea will turn out to be! (and if you want to donate to my boot fund I will gladly accept any and all donations!)

Lastly, I am sooo stoked to be getting an actual ipod! I have never in my 30 years had one of these pieces of genius but now with all the awesome updates (ie…pedometer for running) I just can’t pass it by! I am splurging for the Red Nano straight from the Apple store. It has free engraving and I really probably will write something silly and regret it so I am mulling over what to have written. (one of the reasons I would never get a tatoo is because I am sooo indecisive….oh yeah and the pain that’s another deciding factor). So if any of you have something ecletic, funny, strange, or cool I should engrave make sure to post it!

I am decisive on the fact that I will have lots of song by the following artists on the cool little device…Owl City, Joshua Radin, One Republic, Brett Dennen, Lenka, Paramore, Switchfoot, Justin Nozuka, Brad Paisley and will throw in a few Lady Antebellum.

 

 

 

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