So like I said in my last post, Keri and I have been going to the gym a lot and since I'm a high energy person, I LOVE being at the gym. To keep myself motivated, I try and take pictures of each elliptical session I do, and at this point I'm up to an hour:
4/7 - 62 minutes on the elliptical, 6.25 miles, 638 calories
4/9 - 623 calories burned that day on the elliptical
4/13 - 65 minutes, 702 calories, 100 situps, 60 40lbs on triceps, 36 40lbs on biceps, then some leg presses
4/14 - 65 minutes, 725 calories, 50 crunches with 50 lbs, 200 crunches with 40 lbs, then some leg exercises as well as the 50 minute walk to the gym
I've been going to the gym A LOT (on average 4-5 times a week at this point) and my hard work is paying off - even with Easter weekend (and eating Chinese food before running on 4/13) I lost 5 lbs in one week. Go me!
Speaking of Easter - pictures! :-D
Corey and I posing before our Easter brunch
Me posing in my pretty Easter dress - notice my cute new Coach purse... Did you know you can trade in your old ones for a new one for FREE? Now I do :-)
With our yummy Cobblestones omelettes
The whole gang - from left front: Bethany, Dave, Kathy, Corey, MEEEEEE
My favorite picture of all of us :-D
My dad said he had a nice Easter too - he hopped on his bike and went for a ride in the sunshine :-)
Ugh, I am SO sore from the gym. Today is my day off from the gym (thank goodness!) but tomorrow, Keri and I will be running like crazy as usual.
Oooh soooooo I know I say this a lot, but I have an actual deadline to get a car - the end of May. Why the end of May? Well, I told Keri I would babysit her son Sage (who I love so much) M-F 7am - 3:30 pm till the end of June and I need a car for that. I need a car to drive Corey down to his surprise birthday locale... And I have so many oppurtunities to make some extra cash when I have a car. Garrette mentioned he could get me a job where he works (at a breakfast place) on weekends as a waitress, as well as Corey's boss Steve wants me to babysit his twins a couple nights a week in the summertime or so. No car? No money.
I've been working hard on getting my license as soon as possible. It's just so frustrating, my dad isn't exactly as gung ho about it as I'd hoped he'd be... I don't have a lot of day time to practice, like on weekends I'm usually booked with work and plans, and he just seems upset at me and I don't know why. I really need his help to get a car, and I've been looking at a lot of Dodge Neon SXTs lately. You can find a really cute newer model (2004-2005) with low mileage (30k-45k) for under 7k. I can put $1000 down but I wouldn't be able to pay the monthly payments (about $150) and definitely not the insurance ($334 just to insure myself monthly).
So here is my plan before I bring it to my dad's attention, I can take any and all suggestions, ideas, etc:
I propose to my dad that he buys the car, under his name and pays for the insurance, and lists me as a driver on the Neon I want. It will cost him a lot, yes, but not as much as it would cost me. For him to add me to his insurance, it would be about $200 total to insure two cars and cover both of us. It would cost about $150 to pay for the car monthly, but I would pay for all gas, parts, and repairs. In return, I will continue paying for my school (I'm taking out about $15k in loans yearly) and every other month, I will pay for my interest on my school loans instead of him paying for the $50 monthly.
It may sound like I'm making my dad foot the bill for a lot, but I think it turns out to be pretty fair. I'm in college. Since 2005, I have paid for my school himself, he has never ever paid my tuition. I buy my own books. I pay for all my own expenses, including groceries. He does give me money sometimes to help me out because I am struggling, but financially, I do 95% of it on my own.
I need a car, and badly. Corey and I are fighting like crazy over me not having a car, it's holding me back from a lot of great oppurtunities, and I desperately want to be more independent. It's always bothered me I didn't have a car, but for many years I was too petrified to even learn to drive. Now I'm comfortable on the wheel, but I just have no clue to parallel park. I don't feel comfortable in my dad's Ford Escape, as in driving or testing (the wheel, it's very loose and too responsive, very hard for me to drive, especially on the highway) but I'm thinking of asking Keri to practice on her car and even possibly use it for my license test. I'm gonna talk to her about it tomorrow while we're gymming it up.
In other news, I saw Corey's dad last night and he gaves us our Easter baskets. Me being the fat kid I am, well, mine is already gone. Guess I'm working extra hard on Thursday :-P
Also, Memento - great movie. Messed with my head, eek.
Someday I will sleep by the way. It doesn't help that I go to bed at 2am and then get shaken awake by Corey at 4:30am with crazy eyes and mass confusion on what was going on. I asked him if he was okay, and he said yes - wanted to know if I was okay. I must have been tossing or turning or something, but oh man was I NOT happy to be woken up.
Okay off to class bye everyone :-D
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