She really gets me high (bam-a-lam) you know that's no lie (bam-a-lam)*

In college I used to go to this little hole in the wall bar that I loved.  My friend was a bartender there and he was the real reason I loved the bar. 

A- he was so adorably cute and I had the BIGGEST CRUSH on him EVER.  It was so big, if he ever moved back to the USA and needed a wife THIS INSTANT and had nobody else and he asked me...I'd be like can we get married now?  Even though I haven't seen him in about 5 years. 

B- I don't think I ever paid for a drink when I went to the bar.  Even on the times we had a huge number of people and ran up a couple hundred dollars tab.  The tab always was mysteriously already "paid for" when we went to close it.  Or it was "missing".  Seriously.  BEST. BAR/BARTENDER. EVER.

Anyways, at the end of the night, the bar always played "black betty" and all the girls would get up and dance on the bar (I only did it once and have no recollection of that night, so I still deny it ever happened).  It was a real classy place.  I haven't heard that song since my last time at the bar. 

Until about a month ago when I started hearing it EVERYWHERE.  The maintenance techs play it in the shop all the time.  I hear it on the radio.  I hear it in freaking restaurants.  I can't escape the song.  I even heard it first thing this morning walking into work.

But everytime I hear it, I think of the buda bar and it makes me smile :-)

*Ram Jam

I'm so excited and I just can't hide it*

So...

The presentation went fine.  Almost nobody was there, so I wasn't nervous in the slightest.  I remembered almost all the things I was supposed to (eh, I left a few out...but whatever).  I spoke too fast...but honestly, I speak too fast when I'm just talking to people...so not too concerned with that either. 

All in all...I rocked it. 

And the questions.  No biggie.  Pretty straight forward and I knew all the answers so pretty much gravy. 

And now, on a completely unrelated note, I am so glad I am leaving Richmond now.  Holy crap what are they thinking?  Do they really not have anything better to do with their money? 

I kind of understand they want to bring traffic to underdeveloped areas...but seriously.  This seems like a NIGHTMARE and so many accidents.  And craziness.  And just terribleness. 

Anyways, only a couple more days of work, and my birthday on Friday, and moving on Sunday! 

So much happening I can barely contain myself!

*Pointer Sisters

Now I only have myself to blame, for falling for your stupid games*

I was looking at my searches in google analytics to see what brought people to my site.  Most of them were looking for song lyrics or quotes and I can see how that would send people here.  I am a big fan of song lyrics as post titles.  However, there is one search term I have no idea how it brought anyone here.  I have never in my life written these words, or even anything remotely resembling them.  And it brought 3 seperate searches here.  Really?

"I like to jerk off in my underwear"  (Hi...I'm ready to start getting another 20 people here with that search item now). 

I was curious to see how far down you had to go to get to my site using that search term (Hi IT...please don't think I'm weird for searching for that at work!), and I went to page 5...still no mention of my blog.  I would think they could have found a better link than mine.

Even weirder, apparently one of them stayed to read a few pages.  If you're there...Hi! 

Anyways, I only have 7 more days until September 2...which means...I only have 7 more days until my last day of work here!  Which means I only have 10(ish) days left before I move to Pennsylvania.  (My actual move date depends on how well my packing goes...).  I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!

I am so sick of hearing how terrible Yankees are.  I cannot wait to be one again. 

*Carrie Underwood

Someday you're gonna shine, you'll see*

What a relief. 

I went to the gym yesterday and ran two miles on the treadmill.  I did them slow and easy and just tried to get back into the rhythm of actually being able to run.  No problem.  I ran the two miles in about 22 minutes (I said slow and easy) and felt completely fine (well, I was a little bored...hate running on a treadmill).  I could have kept going but I wanted to lift so I stopped at 2. 

But, seriously, other than a little boredom, the run was great.  My body felt like my body again (not weighing an extra 1000 lbs or issues with breathing at the right time).  It was just a very relaxing run and I needed it after my last two runs. 

Lifting went well also.  (My dead lifts...still stellar) :-)

However, still SO SLEEPY and I have no idea why.  I've been so tired, I come home at 6 and fall asleep.  It's kind of pathetic. 

The doctor found nothing wrong with me...apparently I just really want SLEEP. 

I am still a little raw from some personal issues...so maybe that's causing the tiredness?  Who knows. 

Anyways, all in all, it was a good Wednesday and hopefully today stays a good Thursday.  :-)

*Cracker

Good morning Starshine, the Earth says...Hello!*

Was anyone else confused when fall randomly appeared yesterday? 

It got dark at 5 PM, was all overcast and windy and the temperatures dropped below 60.  Then, when I woke up this morning and took the dog outside around 6, it was still pitch black and the moon was out.  Usually, even if the sun isn't out that early, the moon is gone, and the sun is at least making an effort to peek out.  And it was cold.  I wished I had grabbed my hoodie before heading outside.  It felt like a lovely fall morning, which is weird for August.   

I feel that this year's weather has just been very weird and unpredictable. 

And another random change in topic...

My working out has been really disappointing lately.  I attempted to run again on Monday after lifting, and it was terrible.  The lifting was fine, no major surprises there.  But the running.  WTF???

Again, my legs felt like they weighed 500 lbs each, and I just couldn't get into it.  My breathing wasn't awful, but it was just very out of rhythm.  I could not do it.  All I tried to do was run one 10 minute mile.  On a treadmill.  EASY PEAZY...

Except the exact opposite.  I had to stop and WALK halfway through it.  I managed to "run" a mile in 11:30 which is seriously pathetic.  I'm never THAT slow on the treadmill for ONE mile. 

So that makes two runs in a row that I've had to stop and walk, and that I've felt like I was dragging myself uphill the entire way (granted, the first run I WAS dragging myself uphill...but still).  So, I'm concerned about this.  I need a good run! 

Anyways, I need to go find some contractors.  They are not where they should be and this concerns me. 

Have a lovely day today!

*Hair Cast/ Willy Wonka

If I could be your punk rock princess, You would be my garage band king*

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend! Mine was busy, but in a great way.

Friday night all my co-workers (well, not all...but the fun ones) took me out for Dinner/Drinks at Bottoms Up Pizza (which is AMAZING pizza...especially for the south...).  Everyone got a little happy, and when I eventually had to drive home, I took a wrong turn (I thought I was on a different road than I was) and ended up in the middle of the ghetto...with no idea how to get out. 

I knew if I kept driving I would eventually get to where I wanted to go, but I wasn't really sure how to get out of that area sooner and still be somewhere recognizable.  I worried about turning down the wrong road and ending up even MORE in the ghetto.  So...I drove through the ghetto at elevenish at night.  And caught every single red light.  That was fun. 

Then, Revolting R came to visit me this weekend (however, there is nothing revolting about her...just an unfortunate name...).  Anyways, so R was here and I had such a good time.

We ate lots of yummy food, spent RIDICULOUS amounts of time at the bookstore and Target (she's a little store deprived further south), and just had a great time hanging out.  It's always too long between visits, but it almost makes it that much more exciting when we do get to see each other. 

Yesterday was a LONG day at work.  I worked a long day (about 12 hours) with lots of machine issues and as I was leaving work, I just couldn't force myself to go to the gym.  So...I went home and ate dinner.  Then I started thinking about the fact that I didn't go to the gym on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday (took the rest of the week off after almost passing out on Thursday).  I can't go today because of a doctor's appointment.  So, I got mad at myself and made myself get dressed and came back to work to go to the gym at 8:30 at night. 

I worked out for about an hour and a half and went home and pretty much passed out. 

So, while I'm sure my weekend was not that exciting to READ about...it was very fun to actually DO. 

Happy Tuesday everyone!

*Something Corporate (modified a bit)

I'd rather fall myself than let you drag me on down*

I had a mini-breakdown this morning at the gym. 

I dragged my ass into the gym at 6:30 to work out again with A the new trainer.  Apparently LAST time, I was so stupid I couldn't figure out how to do the dead lift properly and we spent an ENTIRE HOUR doing nothing but correcting my form (that was like a hundred lifts).  So...I came back again this morning to work with him to do the rest of the workout.

Good thing...my dead lifts are f'ing STELLAR!  As in I could be a fitness model showing these things off (well except the whole not skinny part or muscled looking part of the fitness model...but still...you get the idea). 

Bad thing.  I've been sleeping VERY BADLY the past few weeks.  I've noticed that my energy is completely down and even my running is getting really lame.  I was really upset Tuesday after work and I went to go running and I felt like shit the entire time.  I started out intending to do 4 miles...and only managed to finish 2.  And they were the slowest two miles ever...and I had to FORCE myself to finish the last mile...I just wanted to quit so badly.

So, something is not right with me right now.  I think I'm not eating enough/the right type of food.  I'm not sleeping enough, and I know I'm not drinking enough. 

All this adds up to a BAD DAY at the gym.  I usually do an 8 exercise circuit.  I split the circuit into 4 exercises and how ever many reps I'm supposed to do.  Today is a day of 2 sets of 12 reps.  I did the first 4 exercises and both sets no issues.  I made it through the first set of the second 4 with no issue.  Started the second set and almost passed out. 

As in things went black, I got that light headed feeling and A the new trainer kind of had to grab my shoulders to keep me upright.  NOT FUN.

Then, I proceeded to spend HALF AN HOUR just LYING on a weight bench because I wasn't allowed to move.  (Yeah, THAT was embarassing). 

In no way was that workout too difficult for me...I felt FINE up until I almost passed out. And after I was finally allowed to move again, I went and took a shower and felt better. 

So that totally sucked as a way to start the day. 

Hope everyone else had a better day than I did!

*Ben Harper