my week

I've been busy doing.... stuff. So I am going to steal JamFla's idea and just post about my week because I haven't been updating because I can't think of anything to post. We shall start with Monday.

Monday I went golfing with my sister and her husband. Well actually my sister just rode along in Robert's cart, but whatev. I forgot how much I LOVE to golf! I am not half bad either, which is surprising because I haven't actually played that much. I played 2 summers ago once or twice and last year I played once. I don't do too bad when there is someone that can give me pointers and tell me how I should be hitting the ball. I am even thinking about getting my own set of clubs! After golfing I went in to go to work. I got off an hour early which I was stoked about! I then went over to my sister's house and swam in their pool while drinking copious quantities of beer. 

On Tuesday I nursed my hangover and ate Paul Revere's lunch buffet and then fell asleep watching a movie that was horrible (in plot and acting) but actually had a few funny moments that made me laugh. So if you ever have a chance to watch Fired Up for free and have nothing better to do I would say you should watch it. But don't pay money for it and if you have something better to do than by all means do that instead. After my nap I played softball at 6 for our Coed league in Fort Madison. We won, of course. We are actually undefeated so far for the season. But after the game I decided I need to go to the batting cages before our next game because my hitting was AWFUL. After the game I went over to my sister's house and watched the DVR'ed version of the Bachelorette from Monday.

Wednesday I also had the day off of work. I got up in the morning, went to the gym for a couple hours and then mowed the grass at my house, which only takes about 35 minutes... but it was so humid and hot out!! My friend Nissa and I were going to go to the new Transformers movie but called the theatre and found out that they were sold out of all performances for the day, so instead we went to the bar where she works. I ended up losing 6 games of euchre in a row which was a pathetic display of my euchre abilities.

On Thursday I worked in the morning and then mowed the lawn of some people that asked me to while they were out of town, it took about 3 hours and it was HOT outside!! Plus I ran out of gas with literally one more row of grass to mow on the whole lawn and that sucked. After that I went home with all intentions of going to work out, but I was exhausted and sunburnt so I ended up falling asleep on the couch. I went with my sister up to Burlington to watch the guys from our coed softball team play some games for their men's softball league. They won both games so yay for them! Afterwards I went over to my friends house and won 2 games of euchre, trying to redeem myself from the night before! But I was so tired I had to go home early. 

Friday morning my mom, my sister, and I left early to go up to Iowa City and shop in Coralville. I ended up getting a pair of sweet sunglasses and a new swimsuit which I love! I got the top at Dillards and the bottoms from Old Navy. Then we took my mom to the doctor's so she could get this shot in her knee that is supposed to help it feel better. She has still been having major problems with it since her surgery 2 and a half years ago. Then when we got home yesterday around 5 I put my new swimsuit on, got in my sister's pool and proceeded to get plowed again. Swimming and drinking is way cooler than going to the bar!! I ended up going to bed before 1 a.m. and sleeping until 11 ish which was actually awesome because I felt fine all day today!

Today I woke up, went to workout and then showered and went to work. Now it is off to bed so that tomorrow morning I can get up bright and early and drive to Cedar Falls to pick up Alisha and some of my furniture I still need to bring back home. And I have to be back by 4 to go to work! It's going to be a long day!

thesis status: untouched

So yesterday was supposed to be my day off this week. My plan was to wake up reasonably early, get my run and workout in, then work on my thesis for at LEAST 3 solid hours of progress. Not exactly how my day turned out. I told Mary I would work for her in the morning while she went to her job interview. So I worked from 9 to noon for her. Immediately afterward I went to the gym for my workout. I stopped by my grandma's house briefly to drop off a shirt of mine that she is going to fix. I receive a text message asking if I could work for someone else. I said I don't want to work the whole shift, so I told her I could at least work from 4 to 7. Then my mom makes me mow before I go back in. So my day of productiveness was completely shot down because after mowing I only had time for a shower before work. Then I ended up working until 10 because the person did not show up at 7 as she was supposed to and then proceeded to ignore all of my calls and text messages.... so all in all yesterday sucked. I have to work tonight, tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday but I do have 3 days off next week which is unheard of!!! So hopefully nobody asks me to cover their shifts so that I can get some thesis writing and job hunting done!

gotta get out of this place

Fort Madison... home of the largest double swing-span bridge in the world... the home of the Iowa State Penitentiary... the bane of my existence. So I went to Des Moines this past weekend with my friend. I went along because I'm broke and it was pretty much a free ride, she was taking a continuing education class on Saturday and Sunday morning and the hotel was paid for so I agreed to go with her. The highlight of the trip was getting to see JamFla for lunch at Claxon's which had delicious food and a waitress that was completely overwhelmed... with all 3 of her tables. We felt bad for her. 

Anyway, I called Alisha on Sunday while I was waiting for Nissa's class to let out. I called to chat and more importantly to tell her Happy Birthday! I ended up talking to her for about an hour. She gave me a much needed kick in the pants during our conversation. I have since decided that I am going to continue to work at Hall's for now, finish my thesis, search for jobs in Boston, and move out there with Alisha when I have completed my thesis. This will give me a goal to get back on the thesis train since I have been majorly slacking since I've been home. I have also decided that even if I can't find a job directly relating to one of my degrees, then I will just get a job period and move out there. 

Alisha has so many good points when she points out all of the good reasons that I am in Fort Madison. The point is that there is about one good reason and that is the fact that my family lives here. But lets be honest, they aren't going anywhere and neither is FM and I can ALWAYS come back. Since I am 24 years old, single, without a serious job, or kids, or anything tying me down.... now is the time to move out of my comfort zone. So my plans for the next few months include saving as much money as possible for the move, and to get into gear and finish my thesis. And also to lose 20 more lbs before heading to Boston!!!

I missed May... oops.

So I guess since I missed the whole month of May that maybe it is time to update. I have moved back to Fort Madison although I am not completely done with school. I need to finish coding my data for my thesis and then write the results and discussion. Since I have come back to Fort Madison I am currently living at my mom's house. I have been home for almost a month and have probably slept at my mom's house a total of 8 times. I pretty much come to this town and am constantly doing things all the time and come home to shower and eat the occasional meal. I have worked on my thesis a total of 1 hour while I have been back, which I definitely need to change. I need to just get it done, even though I am not going to graduate until December anyway, I just want to have it done so I don't have to worry about it anymore. I have not applied for any "real" jobs yet because I'm not sure where I want to live. Right now I am working at the Ice Cream shop that I have worked at for 10 years. Although I make decent money, I am not getting full time hours and I need a job with that and health insurance to make me feel secure.

I have been living in a drunken state for the majority of the first half of the month that I came home. Life transitions make me have the urge to drink. Plus my friend and I started hanging with these guys from out of town that drink like fish. On a side note I will discuss places I have slept/passed out besides my mom's house: My sister's house - I haven't slept there as often as I used to because her newest dog makes my allergies flare up really bad. Nissa's house - I have slept there quite a few times, whether it be because she lives way out in the country and I get too tired to drive home after a late movie night, or one night I passed out on the living room floor because I have taken part in a wine chugging contest with her roommate (I won of course). The guys' apartment - there are two guys from out of town who are in FM for a year for work, needless to say Nissa and I have passed out there many a time. Nate and Travis' house - I do not drink and drive anymore which is why I sleep at so many random places, I slept here cause I had drank quite a bit so I just passed out on the couch. Ex's house - now this has happened on 2 occasions. I probably shouldn't have even gone back down this road, but its too late.... because I did. So now I am just going to try to make sure it doesn't happen in the future.

On a positive note I started training this week for The Bix (I would post a link to the website by my internet is janky.) Anyway, it is a 7 mile run in Davenport. I hope that I will be able to make it! I have been running about 1 to 1.5 miles for a few months now, but can never really get myself motivated to run further than that. For my training this week I am running 2 miles, next week it pushes me to 3 and 5 miles... I hope I can do it!