Panic Attack Inducing Drive
Holy cow, I think I had a panic attack. The adrenaline racing through my body was not the good kind of adrenaline. The good kind you get on the scary theme park rides where you scream your fool head off while your body feels like it’s being affected by a zillion G’s of force … Read more
Walking About In Sunny California
Trucking this time of year tends to have a lot of down time. The busiest time of the year (Christmas season) has just passed and the consumption of everything is down, down, down. So sometimes we have to sit around awhile waiting for a load. When our economy was roaring when I was trucking before, … Read more
Orientation Is Over
This has been an anxiety filled week for me. I went to orientation for my new trucking job. I think I averaged about four hours of sleep per night, since I was worried about getting on and hired. Last night, I think I slept twelve hours to make up for that. I feel a lot … Read more
Thirty Day Challenge For January
In my post about my new year’s resolutions, I mentioned that I still intend to attempt 30 Day Challenges each month. Last month, I used them as a framework for my overall goals and tried to use the challenges to help me fulfill the goals broken down into more palatable chunks. I think since I … Read more
If The End Of The World Was Coming In Three Months…
…I would toss out my new year resolutions. For 2013, I created a very ambitious plan for personal growth and gain in the coming year. In years past, I just did what most other people do: I made some resolutions and then sort of petered out on those resolutions as the year went on. How … Read more
A New Year Means New Possibilities
So. Today is the dawning of a new year. The year is a brand new canvas, fresh with possibilities. I have 364 more days to make my life different, if I want it to be. Or the same if I want it to be. The canvas of days are mine to pull, stretch and frame … Read more
Ten Things I Learned This Year
It’s the last day of the year, and a perfect time to look back and give the year a good review. What happened? Was it all bad? All good? How could it have gone better? What can I learn from the mistakes I made this year? Ugh. Where to start? How do I even categorize … Read more
Back On Track Again
I mentioned a couple weeks ago or so that I had gained a few pounds over the last couple of month and I was feeling frustrated. I told myself then that it was time to clamp back down on my eating habits, monitor my food intake, and increase my physical activity once again. I’ve done … Read more
October Thirty Day Challenges
To recap last month’s challenges, I was supposed to 1) Get up at no later than 8am. 2) Walk no less than 2 hours a day. 3) Read 1/2 hour a day. How did I do? Um…. *fidgeting* Well…. Sigh. Okay. I got off track last month. I admit it. There. I did it. I … Read more
Technical Difficulties
I am very excited because tomorrow is the Forest Park Half Marathon. I’ve been training and took some great footage of my training walks in the park. However, my cat jumped up on the desk, tripped on some stuff on the desk, slipped, splayed her paws out frantically, grabbed the external keyboard that we got … Read more
