Sunday Afternoons

I had a glorious, glorious sleep last night. It started almost immediately after I submitted my post and lasted almost 12 hours. I guess the reason I have been feeling so crappy& chronically tired lately is because I was actually tired. What a novel concept! Who would have thought ..so for now, I'm feeling much better and wishing that I had of just been able to get such a long sleep about a week ago. If I hadn't been so tired, I would have run a 5k in Sydney today. As it stands, I'm going to get back on the fitness train tomorrow, for real this time! I'm going to restart Insanity and keep going for the full 60 days. I am promising this time.. no more slacking.

Okay, so aside from my good sleep& lack of exercise, today is gorgeous! The weatherman tells me it's cold out, but all I can think is:

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING :)

Or fall, if you live in the southern hemisphere!
The sun is shining, there are no clouds and it seems warmer than it is! What more can you ask for?! Oh yeah, that is stays this way! I want warmer weather and to enjoy some ice cream. I also want to get my motorcycle license.

Why, you ask? Yesterday Garret made the trek to Ingonish to pick up a motorcycle so that I can learn to drive! I'm so excited. Last night was my first official lesson. I sat on it, started it, shifted it out of neutral and into first (maybe?) .. let out the clutch and .. WENT FORWARD! Wooohoo .. I survived my first attempt at driving at motorcycle 4 inches! I also learned how to gas it while it was in neutral. I survived that as well (already doing much better than anticipated)! It was so exciting ..I can't wait to get a new leather coat and pants with studs on them. Also, to try to drive it outside of the garage. You guys just wait until you see me flying around downtown on my bike! I made Garret take a photo& send it to me so you guys could see just how awesome I am:

*Had to blur the background ..so many other bikes, couldn't tell what one I was on!

Isn't that awesome?! I love it. I don't even care that it's super dorky and Garret tells me it isn't very cool! Now, I need some suggestions for my awesome bike.
1. Name?!
2. Color?!
3. Decals?!
4. How awesome (1 - 10) is all this?!

I'll give you a hint for 4 .. the answer is 10 (incredibly awesome!). I'm so much a rebel that my mom even tweeted this:

Thanks Mom!! Definitely made me laugh out loud when I saw that ..too cute :) So, now .. what else is on the agenda for this day? Soon, I have to head to work where I will study for my foodborne test. If I get enough done there, I will write it tomorrow. If not, I'll write it Wednesday. Easy enough game plan ..as long as I don't get sidetracked by Buffy or Easy A! I am hoping for a quiet night -then again, I'm always hoping for a quiet night.

I also have to make myself some lunch in a few minutes and am busy wondering why I ate all the cake earlier. Baking is dangerous for my waistline. No more cookies or cakes for me! I am also promising to start eating healthier again. Such a slacker these last few weeks. Oops.

The only thing left to include in my post for this afternoon is TWO photos of the day, but I have to be honest; I'm not going to include them yet. I need to upload& photoshop them still. Too much work for me right now so on that note, keep waiting. I will add them later this evening when I get in from work.

Oh, before I leave this post go. I have one more thing to talk about:
Roll Up the Rim to: lose, in my case. I have yet to win a single thing on this stupid game. To make matters worse, Garret is constantly winning!! I think he has won 15+ times so far and I'm pretty sure I was there for every. single. one. So not fair .. Tim Hortons, why can't you pour my tea into a winning cup?! Just one .. I just want a free stinkin' tea. Please, can you make this happen before Roll up the Rim is over? Would really appreciate it!

So,for now, I am off to hang out with my puppy and make myself some lunch! I hope you all take advantage of this gorgeous day (or not so gorgeous, if that's your luck!)! At the very least, happy change of seasons boys& girls :)

Weekend!

You know I'm on top of things when my new post for the day is coming to you before Dr. Phil has even aired!! It was a good day, especially when you consider I've only slept about 3hrs.

I spent the evening curled up with A&P .. then I went to my tutorial for air quality, where we talked about engines on drag cars and how to become millionaires. We also talked about Lake Superior. I'll be honest, I left to pee at around this point so I have no idea why, when I came back, we were on google maps looking at it. So then when that class ended, I decided to pretend I didn't have to go to classes named foodborne or occ. hygiene so that I could sit in the library and study. I did .. and boy! Did I learn a lot. Like, for instance, there are way more people at my university that speak Chinese / Mandarin / Japanese than Canadian. I also learned some more applicable things in regards to my midterm, so it was not a complete loss!

I had to write my midterm in a lab, in a little backroom. It was quaint and I would love to write all my tests like that! It actually made me happier for some reason. So then I left my test and headed out into the real world. Can I just say the real is world is COLD!! It was about -20C out there and I totally wasn't expecting it. Much colder than when I headed in to the university 5hrs earlier.

Oh hey, you'll be proud to know that I did actually go to the grocery store! I did not, however, make it to the gym due to the freezing cold upon going outside. I was intending to do p90x core workout, but now Garret is coming over with my light box :) So until then I'll be watching Toddlers& Tiaras parents on Dr. Phil and uploading my photo of the day!

That's right folks. I am SO ahead of the game today that I have already even taken my photo. It is basically like a Productivity Fairy has taken over my body and I sort of like the results! So, here is my photo. Some Russian nesting dolls that mean sooo much to my family. Jk. My brother bought them for Mom one year because he wanted them for himself. They are cute though ..I especially like the tiny little one who looks so angry she's blurry!
PS we're on day 8 folks!