Oh my poor neglected blog!! It's been so long that Blogspot even fell off my "top pages" on my home screen.
Lots of good news to report! Most importantly, I got an internship/front desk position at an AWESOME AWESOME gym called TeamiFit in River North! It's a small facility that teaches lots of group fitness classes and has one on one circuit training programs during the day. To start off I'm just going to be working the front desk since I'm not certified to do anything else, but said they can discuss a training program for me to become a trainer and/or group fitness instructor once my certifications are in place!! SO exciting!! This place seems really great too. It's small and independent, they have an adorable yorkie that walks around like it owns the place, they have a lot of really dedicated members and their class offerings seem so fun! I can take as many classes as I want for free so I'll definitely be getting my kickboxing and zumba on!
I'm scheduled to take my NASM Certified Personal Trainer exam on March 7th at 12pm!! The countdown has begun. I just took the practice exam this afternoon and scored 86.67% (you just need above 70% to pass) but I had to guess a little more than I would have liked, so I have some more work to do. I'm about to spend 4 days by myself at my parent's house in Michigan while they're on vaycay, so I should be fine.
Alright, it's grub time. I'm going to play in an organized dodgeball league tonight!! It's my friend Jeremy's league but he's out of town and I'm just playing as a sub, so I literally will know no one. It should be fun...or just really awkward. Plus I haven't played an organized sport of any kind since...6th grade? I think that's right. But it's time to put this "athletic" body I now have to good use! Hope I don't get too many bruises...
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
I have a job! :-) but, you know, I have a job :-(
Sorry for my absence blog-o-sphere! It's been a little cray-cray up in here this week. Only have 20 minutes before I've gotta start getting ready for WORK, so I'll be brief.
I've started training for my NEW JOB!! Woot woot. Waiting tables at Lion Head Pub in Lincoln Park. Tonight is my last night of training. Here are the pros and cons for time save-age.
PROS:
*Having a job
*It's a 15 minute walk door to door from my home, making the late night end time not so bad when you don't have to catch a bus/train
*Very relaxed environment, people seem pretty cool
*High-volume on weekends
*I can wear jeans and tennis shoes, (HUGE PRO!!!)
*Really good drink specials, really easy for my friends to come visit me and eat/drink very cheaply
Cons:
*umm...having a job...I'm SO behind on my TV right now
*working until 2:30 weeknights, 3:30 Saturdays is going to be very hard to get used too since in my ideal world I'd be in bed at 11 and up at 7
*Really good drink specials means someone can sit there for hours eating and drinking and have a $10 tab, so if I make money it will be based on volume, not sales.
Plus, Jason is working the auto show every day the next two weeks so I haven't been able to see him at all and our apartment currently looks like a tornado came through (feel lucky I'm writing for you people instead of tending to the massive pile of clothes in my room), but once I'm done training I'm only working 3-4 nights a week and Jay and I will have more or less the same hours, so things should be back to semi-normal.
Other mention-ables:
Only 3 chapters left in my NASM course book!! I see the light at the end of that tunnel.
I haven't run outside since before the snowstorm and I'm getting REALLY sick of running on the treadmill, though I must admit I've made some break-throughs with my speed training/hill work.
Officially told the other bar "no" for the euchre night. Even if I don't get scheduled at Lion Head on Tuesdays, I honestly don't think I'm gonna want to spend my night off from working at a bar working at a bar.
Ok, that doesn't even scratch the surface of all the thoughts in my head right now, but I need to make some dinner before I head out (tonight is my first night working until close...the #1 thing I'm nervous about is how hungry I'm going to get. Stocked up on Luna bars)
Later gators.
I've started training for my NEW JOB!! Woot woot. Waiting tables at Lion Head Pub in Lincoln Park. Tonight is my last night of training. Here are the pros and cons for time save-age.
PROS:
*Having a job
*It's a 15 minute walk door to door from my home, making the late night end time not so bad when you don't have to catch a bus/train
*Very relaxed environment, people seem pretty cool
*High-volume on weekends
*I can wear jeans and tennis shoes, (HUGE PRO!!!)
*Really good drink specials, really easy for my friends to come visit me and eat/drink very cheaply
Cons:
*umm...having a job...I'm SO behind on my TV right now
*working until 2:30 weeknights, 3:30 Saturdays is going to be very hard to get used too since in my ideal world I'd be in bed at 11 and up at 7
*Really good drink specials means someone can sit there for hours eating and drinking and have a $10 tab, so if I make money it will be based on volume, not sales.
Plus, Jason is working the auto show every day the next two weeks so I haven't been able to see him at all and our apartment currently looks like a tornado came through (feel lucky I'm writing for you people instead of tending to the massive pile of clothes in my room), but once I'm done training I'm only working 3-4 nights a week and Jay and I will have more or less the same hours, so things should be back to semi-normal.
Other mention-ables:
Only 3 chapters left in my NASM course book!! I see the light at the end of that tunnel.
I haven't run outside since before the snowstorm and I'm getting REALLY sick of running on the treadmill, though I must admit I've made some break-throughs with my speed training/hill work.
Officially told the other bar "no" for the euchre night. Even if I don't get scheduled at Lion Head on Tuesdays, I honestly don't think I'm gonna want to spend my night off from working at a bar working at a bar.
Ok, that doesn't even scratch the surface of all the thoughts in my head right now, but I need to make some dinner before I head out (tonight is my first night working until close...the #1 thing I'm nervous about is how hungry I'm going to get. Stocked up on Luna bars)
Later gators.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
SnOMG!! Snowpocalypse!!
SO in case you haven't heard, it snowed a little bit in Chicago this week. My biggest inconvenience was that our cable and internet was out for like 36 hours. Not too bad considering some people got stuck on Lakeshore Drive for 12 hours in their cars or on buses!! I can't go longer than like 3 hours without eating, so I would have probably eaten the stuffing from my car seats if it was me. Luckily all I really had on my schedule for the last few days was studying, baking some banana bread for a friend, cleaning the bathroom and napping off some really horrible PMS, so it all worked out ok. The gym was closed yesterday (so was every single other business in Chicago) so I had to do INSANITY again, but it shouldn't mess up my training schedule too much. Speaking of running...
AS OF FEBRUARY 1ST AT MIDNIGHT I WAS OFFICIALLY REGISTERED FOR THE CHICAGO MARATHON!!!! 10/9/2011 BABY!!!!!
Wooohooo!!! Trying not to think about it too much since I have two 8k's to train for in the mean time and I'd like to run FAST for 8k. Totally different from my goal for the marathon, where I just want to FINISH with all my limbs in tact and a smile on my face. I don't have to actually start marathon training until June, so I'm trying to put the running part of it on the back burner for now.
However, I do have to start the fundraising part of it!! I have 8 months to raise at least $600 for my favorite Chicago charity, PAWS Chicago!! I'm going to be sending out some personal messages to friends and family probably next month asking for donations, but if YOU would like to start the ball rolling, here's my personal fundraising page:
http://pawschicago.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=451667&supId=318525784
PAWS is an awesome NO-KILL animal shelter here in Chicago. They rescue dogs and cats from animal control who would be euthanized and let them live out their lives in a state-of-the-art facility until someone adopts them. Oprah gets all her doggies from PAWS and I of course got the love of my...SAWYER PUT THAT SOCK DOWN! Sorry...the love of my life, Sawyer Soyjoy Soybug Smith-Pachella from PAWS.
One more exciting bit of news, JASON BOOKED THE CHICAGO AUTO SHOW!!! This is super exciting. The restaurant was super cool with him taking the time off to do it too. Not only is it BIG MONEY, it also gets him in with the Chevy people who will hopefully book him for many more shows in the future and MOST exciting of all, he gets issued a pair of skinny jeans for his uniform. HAHAH!!! Can't wait.
Every time I sit down to do a blog post I'm like "gosh I really don't have anything to write about today" and then I end up writing a ton! Sorry!!
AS OF FEBRUARY 1ST AT MIDNIGHT I WAS OFFICIALLY REGISTERED FOR THE CHICAGO MARATHON!!!! 10/9/2011 BABY!!!!!
Wooohooo!!! Trying not to think about it too much since I have two 8k's to train for in the mean time and I'd like to run FAST for 8k. Totally different from my goal for the marathon, where I just want to FINISH with all my limbs in tact and a smile on my face. I don't have to actually start marathon training until June, so I'm trying to put the running part of it on the back burner for now.
However, I do have to start the fundraising part of it!! I have 8 months to raise at least $600 for my favorite Chicago charity, PAWS Chicago!! I'm going to be sending out some personal messages to friends and family probably next month asking for donations, but if YOU would like to start the ball rolling, here's my personal fundraising page:
http://pawschicago.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=451667&supId=318525784
PAWS is an awesome NO-KILL animal shelter here in Chicago. They rescue dogs and cats from animal control who would be euthanized and let them live out their lives in a state-of-the-art facility until someone adopts them. Oprah gets all her doggies from PAWS and I of course got the love of my...SAWYER PUT THAT SOCK DOWN! Sorry...the love of my life, Sawyer Soyjoy Soybug Smith-Pachella from PAWS.
One more exciting bit of news, JASON BOOKED THE CHICAGO AUTO SHOW!!! This is super exciting. The restaurant was super cool with him taking the time off to do it too. Not only is it BIG MONEY, it also gets him in with the Chevy people who will hopefully book him for many more shows in the future and MOST exciting of all, he gets issued a pair of skinny jeans for his uniform. HAHAH!!! Can't wait.
Every time I sit down to do a blog post I'm like "gosh I really don't have anything to write about today" and then I end up writing a ton! Sorry!!
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