Doesn't really matter either way, does it? :)

Hello, my name is Trinity and I am a slow runner.

You are who you choose to be.

Today I will choose to be a healthy eating, house cleaning, laundry doing, full time job working, exercising, organized, perfectly sane woman even though we all know it would be SOOO much easier to just go BATPOOPIE CRAZY!  ugh!  Just keep repeating to yourself, tomorrow is Friday, tomorrow is Friday, tomorrow is Friday!  I enjoy making these little artsy quotes to get myself in a more "zen" mood (I'm actually procrastinating on that laundry I spoke of earlier). 

I'm not even that into poetry.

Me, bad photography skills, my oven.

I am so -awkward-. 

We had a potluck lunch at work.  A bunch of people had to go to a meeting so someone asked if I could stick their pan of potatoes in the oven to warm up a little before the lunch. 

I realized she didn't specify what temperature, so I had to go up and slip into the faculty senate meeting to ask. 

This resulted in everyone stopping to discuss the temperature issue. 

Then just as I was about to leave the room I realized I have *no idea* how to work our school's huge and scary looking ovens. 

So, I turn around and say,

"Hey, so is there anything special I should know about how to turn on the oven?  'Cause I don't wanna have a Sylvia Plath moment or anything...."   (I pause while I wait for people to giggle at what I think is a pretty cute thing to say)


...........crickets chirping.......the rest of the room is silent..............



Then my friend asks, "Who's that?  Do I know her?"



Note to self:  Suicidal poets are not good material for at-work humor.

AND they ended up just telling me to use the warmer instead of the oven.  I think they were a little worried about what I was going to do with the oven.

Milestones Weigh In!

If you aren't familiar with my milestones weight loss project, click here!

10 lbs gone & conquering fears!

Even though it's less week than last weigh in, I may be even more proud of these two.  Just the fact that I lived through them!   This week was majorly stressful at work, AND in my personal life.  I let the stress get to me and didn't make the best food decisions for a couple days.  Then I pick myself back up and remember:

 We also went back to church for the first time since I've been sick with the pseudotumor thing (a church we are pretty new to anyways) and then got invited to small group at someone's house that we hadn't even met.  If you know me in the real world you know I'm a little shy around new people.  *But* since I'm trying to do a little life makeover here I thought what the heck and tried it!  That may not be a big deal to some people but Dustin usually has to drag me kicking and screaming to anying that includes new people.  I really wanted to be able to move that conquering fears rock.  Everyone was so kind to us and we had a good time.  Take that,   social anxiety! :) 

Have a wonderful week, everyone! 

Milestones Weigh In!

4 pounds this week!



It's Sunday. That means weigh-in day for me! Click here if you don't know about my milestones project. This week clean eating and a couple of workouts seem to have really paid off! I got to move 4 stones. So far in all that's 8 pounds down, 42 to go. This week my goals are to drink more water and eat more veggies! Wish me luck! :)



I can't do any upside-down crunches yet but this picture is.so.true! - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Fire Horse Questions

I was given a very interesting "mission" to answer these questions today!  Head over to The Fire Horse to read responses from some great bloggers!


1. Tattoos: Will they remain fashionable forever? How will you handle your kid getting one? And if you're kid-less, how would you handle your dog getting one?

    I do think they will probably be fashionable forever.  (Unless one of those cancer studies is done on them.  At this rate, pretty much everything causes cancer.  I can't believe I've gone off on a tangent this early on into the questioning! )  I don't have children so I can't say for *sure* that I won't change my mind later, but my hubby has a tattoo that doesn't bother me at all.  As long as my children are adults when they make the decision to have one, I'm pretty sure I won't mind. 

2. The worst boss or teacher you ever knew.

    Worst teacher *ever* still probably lives in this tiny town so I will try to be careful with this one!  Let me just say that they didn't care about their job at all!  Showed up in ripped jeans and stained t-shirts, let the students run wild and make fun of each other, never checked our homework, and taught us nothing.  I still hate the subject to this day!

3. Who will play you in a movie about your life and how will it end?

    Hands down Melissa McCarthy!  I have ABSOLUTELY no idea how it will end!  It better be happy! 

4. What's going to be your retired look when you're as old as Betty White or Dick Clark?
   
     When I'm old I'm going to wear crazy things and there's not going to be anything anyone can do about it.  One day I was shopping in JoAnn's Crafts and I saw this octogenarian-ish looking woman wearing a purple velor tracksuit with pink rhinestones on it and TONS of huge jewelry you could tell she made herself.  She had this huge hair and lots of blush.  I have never forgotten her.  She is totally who I want to be when I get older.  I'm not saying I will wear purple tracksuits, I'm just saying I'm going to do whatever the heck I want!!

5. You're allowed to loot for a day - any city, any store and you don't have to fight zombies or rabid dogs.

    Alright, I'm sure most people may pick a very fancy place for this one but I'm going to have to go with one of those big box stores that everyone hates!  I'm talking Walmart, Sams, or Target!  Think of all the useful things I could get for my family and friends!  Computers, TVs, appliances, clothes, shoes for all the kids at the school where I work, food, free diapers, the list just goes on!

6. The world is at peace - what comes next, boredom or mayhem?

    I don't care as long as it means the political commercials will stop.

7. What drink goes best with a luscious sunset?

    I am no drink expert!  I only drink a couple of things so I'm no good at this.  Will you believe that I have NEVER had a drink while watching a sunset?  I need a bucket list!

8. If you could take credit for writing one book, composing one song and accomplishing one life achievement what would they be?

   I'm assuming the Bible is out as a choice for answering this....This is the only one I'm skipping out on because it's too hard!

9. What famous people share your birthday and what traits do you like or dislike that you have in common?

   I looked up my birthday and after I quick scan of the list one of the only names I recognized was Fabolous.  Since he's a rich and famous rapper, we don't have tons in common.  We ARE both human.  We both enjoy breathing air and being alive but I'm not sure we share much past that.  I read a wikipedia article on him and he's prone to twitter arguments.  So I would say we are both prone to emotional, public, over-reactions to things others said.  That's all I got. :)

10. A mistake or regret you hope your kids will never repeat.

    I can only choose ONE?  hahaha!

    ***Don't ever change yourself for someone else!***

11. You are commissioned to write the story line for "Where The Wild Things Are," for the screen. Let's pretend the Spike Jonze version never happened - we never made it to the end, anyway.

  um....pass?

One last thing: