quick post

I think I've realized why I let this blog go so down hill last year - I just don't find myself interesting all the time, sadly!

Still hitting the weights at the gym. I'm really enjoying getting back into my lifting routine and feeling myself get stronger slowly but steadily. I forgot how good it feels to make progress like that.

Matt came to town last weekend! I took him to Nickelrama and Sali's Pizza in Garland, a very nostalgic outing for me, but we had fun pretending to be little kids for a rainy afternoon. It gets really hard to say goodbye each time one of us has to leave :( We actually had a good talk during my visit to Boston over NYE, and decided that once he figures out where he's going to be getting his PhD (cause he's a bad ass genius), then I'll move there in 2011.

Work is still work. Trying to sell my bridesmaid dress from Lauren's wedding on Craig's List to pull in extra cash, since I'm in another wedding this year.

Again, just not very interesting! Ciao!

New Year's revolutions - I mean, resolutions!

Since updating this blog was just one on my many list of things to improve this year, I figured I'd share a couple more of them.

Biggest resolution: Finally, finally get into good shape. This one makes the list every year, and every year I make a valiant effort but wind up worse off than when I started. It's like I don't know how to live if I'm not out of shape and unhappy with my body. 2009 was a terrible year for my health in the fact that I ate so much junk while covering road games and indulged in junk when stressed out, found no consistent exercise plan that worked with my work schedule and just overall stopped paying attention to my body and put on some 'love weight' (the extra pounds that come with being in a happy relationship).

Now that I've been at my job and adjusted to its schedule and commute for a full year, I feel like now is the time to work in consistent, realistic exercise and health goals. With two beach trips possible this year, I just can't show up looking the way I do now.

Anywho, yesterday I hit the gym and hit the weights! I found my old weight training routine from college, which I really loved, and am taking it back up, two days a week (if I have an extra day I'll do three, but two definite days works for me). I am so sore today, but doing squats and bench press again felt really, really good. Cathy and I (my paper's advertising director) have started walking everyday during lunch, too, which helps us both relieve some job stress as well as pump some blood.

So, to sum it up, 2010 is the year to sweat! Other resolutions on my plate are:

• Drink more water than Diet Dr. Pepper every day
• Manage my money like, a thousand times better (this one is probably bigger than the exercise one, but I won't go into detail there)
• Keep on top of correspondance - birthday cards, thank you notes and just talking to friends and family a little more regularly

Wow, did I abandon this thing or what?

In the spirit of New Year's resolutions and the self-betterment that comes with January, here I am again, resolving to blog on a regular basis and keep in better contact with friends and family.

A lot has happened since July 2008 and yet, so much of my life is the same. Here's the rundown:

• Still working full-time at my paper, the Pilot Point Post-Signal. The school's football team won the Class 2A Division I state championship, which made for 15 exciting weeks of football to cover!
• I went to NYC in November to see Matt run the marathon - so proud of him! He finished in about 3:35, 10 minutes faster than his Austin time. It didn't qualify him for Boston, but it was a great experience for him. We got to see a Broadway show, too! We saw Avenue Q, which was technically off-Broadway, but eh, it was still a theatrical production in Times Square - close enough for me!
• December marked my one-year anniversary at my newspaper, and one whole year with Matt, who continues to work at MIT in Boston :)
• This year, I'm a maid of honor yet again - this time for my best friend Rachel, whom I met freshmen year of college when we were randomly assigned to be roommates. God works in  mysterious ways, doesn't he? Mysteriously awesome ways!

Let's see, here are some things that happened to people in my inner circle:

• Melissa and Kent, my friends from college, moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico. Melissa is another former college roommate, and I wish she'd come back to Texas already!
• My brother is on his last semester of college at SFA State in Nacogdoches. I can't believe! He'll receive a BS in health sciences this May - woohoo!

That's a pretty good update on events in my life, I swear I'll have more posts to come :)