ITS SUNDAY!!!!!!

WOOOOHOOOOO!!!!! i am not usually this excited about sunday nights, cause it means that i go back to work tomorrow. however...this particular sunday i am super excited because i have been on-call for 10 days and i go off at 8am tomorrow!!! wooooohooooo.
this means....
-no waking up in the middle of the night panicked that i did not hear the phone
-no carrying that stupid 1990's cell phone
-i can go for a bike ride!!!!!
-i can go camping
-I CAN DO WHAT EVER I WANT

anyway....went swimming today. looked to see how many calories that i could have possibly burned, and to my pleasant surprise it said that a 3 hour leisurley swim burns 977 calories. are you kidding me? why dont have a pool of my own???? a horse trough...a wade pool...anything!!!! (because i live right next to the hood in an apartment, thats why)
then i went for a 2.6 mile jog...burned another 200+ calories, oh yeah! it was not an easy run. when i run with my friend, i feel as if i could run FOREVER. i mean it. at least a good 5 miles before stopping. but by myself...i made it 2.6, but after 1.5 miles and i was ready to quit. are you kidding me??? thats just plumb ridiculous. i have come to the conclusion that i need that feel of competition...that maybe i still thrive on that. all i know is that i feel like i can run a LOT further when i run with someone.
so i've lost 17 lbs since april 24th. that's not even 2 lbs a week!!! but, you cant really count like 16 days of that cause i was gone on my trip. so i guess im happy with that. no, im not on a "diet"...i hate that word!!! ive made some lifestyle changes, such as eaty healthy and exercising. i know what your saying...how did i ever think of that???!!!??? im a genius...maybe i could make money off this concept. i mean...people make money on crazier things! im not judging...just saying...

no more blah....

so...im tired of the mundane...life is too ordinary. so many things i have wanted to do over the years, but let life swallow up all that with "stuff." well...my goal is put a stop to that! so...im starting a list.
...and my first adventure is an overnight hiking trip. been looking up some cool looking spots close to here...found a few up by st louis. im super excited and hope that i stick to it!
a couple of my others on my list...
-5k, 10k, half marathon
-train ride to chicago
-white water rafting, kayak or canoe (for real, no baby stuff)
....to be continued....

wow...loooooong time....

so...i haven't blogged since, well, since i first started this job with the state. now i've been working here 20 months! hard to believe...
just a brief update, and i will blog more later...my job is fine...i mean good. its a good paying job with great benifits! i started out as an alternative care worker and now i am an investigator as of Dec 2009. its a challenging job at times, as well as a rewarding job at times...as are so many jobs.

recently got back from another amazing trip to the middle east...i will write more about that later...

so for now, i leave you with this quote...perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and undesrstand each other, we may even become friends...