Cap'n Crunch is Vegan??
12/3/18
Monday morning and it's going to be a week of school, work, and moving into my new place because of course I decide to move during finals week at school. And of course, it's expected to snow all week. While I love the snow, it's not great weather to move a mattress in. Driving in the snow is also one of my least favorite things on the planet. Driving in the snow in Utah is an event every. single. year. Its as if everyone, collectively, forgets how to drive in the snow and has to relearn every season. Its slick and icy and everyone still thinks they can drive 80+ mph. I try to avoid driving in it as much as I can but this week I will be all over driving my stuff to my new house (of course I have yet to pack a single thing) and heading to my final week of classes. This semester surprisingly went by smoothly and quickly, my favorite type of semester! I had good classes that I enjoyed and I didn't feel overworked or overloaded in the slightest, an unlikely happening when my classes are all evening ones I attend after my full days at work. While I felt this semester has been a good one and work has been going well, I do feel as if I have been terrible in the fitness area of my life in recent months. In June I thought I would save some money on rent and move in with my mother and brothers. The only downside has been my lack of motivation to go to the gym in addition to eating all of the processed food and snacks my mom buys that normally I don't have the money to splurge on at the store. I figured I would still buy and eat my own food once I moved home since I maintain a mostly vegan diet (maybe 95%, I just cannot give up honey honestly) and I had assumed that most of the food at my mother's house would not be vegan. How wrong I was. Cap'n Crunch is vegan? Since When? Still, unfortunately for me, just because something is vegan, does not necessarily mean it is healthy. This is something my old roommate would time and time again remind me of when my diet consisted of nothing but Oreo cookies and peanut butter for an entire month.
I digress. Basically the food at my mother's is not the healthiest and I've been loving it and hating it at the same time. This last few months has been the cycle of me eating what I want and not working out as much as I was in the Summer simply due to a lack of time. I work every day and have classes after work that go until about 9 PM every night. I have a morning cycle class Tuesdays and Thursdays 5 AM (Gag Me), which is oh so hard to wake up for, especially now that its snowy and cold and my bed is so nice and warm. I also used to do hot yoga but only because I did a weekly shift at the studio so my classes were free. Since I haven't had time to take on a shift at the studio, no yoga for me. I've been telling myself that with the semester coming to an end and hopefully a more convenient schedule in the works for next semester, I will be able to better prioritize working out again. Easier said than done though
12/3/18
Monday morning and it's going to be a week of school, work, and moving into my new place because of course I decide to move during finals week at school. And of course, it's expected to snow all week. While I love the snow, it's not great weather to move a mattress in. Driving in the snow is also one of my least favorite things on the planet. Driving in the snow in Utah is an event every. single. year. Its as if everyone, collectively, forgets how to drive in the snow and has to relearn every season. Its slick and icy and everyone still thinks they can drive 80+ mph. I try to avoid driving in it as much as I can but this week I will be all over driving my stuff to my new house (of course I have yet to pack a single thing) and heading to my final week of classes. This semester surprisingly went by smoothly and quickly, my favorite type of semester! I had good classes that I enjoyed and I didn't feel overworked or overloaded in the slightest, an unlikely happening when my classes are all evening ones I attend after my full days at work. While I felt this semester has been a good one and work has been going well, I do feel as if I have been terrible in the fitness area of my life in recent months. In June I thought I would save some money on rent and move in with my mother and brothers. The only downside has been my lack of motivation to go to the gym in addition to eating all of the processed food and snacks my mom buys that normally I don't have the money to splurge on at the store. I figured I would still buy and eat my own food once I moved home since I maintain a mostly vegan diet (maybe 95%, I just cannot give up honey honestly) and I had assumed that most of the food at my mother's house would not be vegan. How wrong I was. Cap'n Crunch is vegan? Since When? Still, unfortunately for me, just because something is vegan, does not necessarily mean it is healthy. This is something my old roommate would time and time again remind me of when my diet consisted of nothing but Oreo cookies and peanut butter for an entire month.
I digress. Basically the food at my mother's is not the healthiest and I've been loving it and hating it at the same time. This last few months has been the cycle of me eating what I want and not working out as much as I was in the Summer simply due to a lack of time. I work every day and have classes after work that go until about 9 PM every night. I have a morning cycle class Tuesdays and Thursdays 5 AM (Gag Me), which is oh so hard to wake up for, especially now that its snowy and cold and my bed is so nice and warm. I also used to do hot yoga but only because I did a weekly shift at the studio so my classes were free. Since I haven't had time to take on a shift at the studio, no yoga for me. I've been telling myself that with the semester coming to an end and hopefully a more convenient schedule in the works for next semester, I will be able to better prioritize working out again. Easier said than done though
Former high school teacher is my new roomie I guess?
12/10/18
Another week another list of things to get done. I am all moved into my new place. I worked every day last week and so my only time to move in was at night. As I was moving stuff into my home one of my new roommates was i the kitchen cooking with her back to me so I chose not to bother her until I was heading back to my mom's to grab more stuff. I stopped in the kitchen to say hi and she turns around and I. Kid. You. Not. She is my old religion teacher from high school. My former high school teacher is my current roommate. There's this nickname for Salt Lake City, we call it Small Lake City, and this is why. You are constantly running into people or seeing someone you know or someone is a friend of a friend and recognizes you. It's the worst 9/10 times. I had such a massive freak out over it, which in hindsight I realize was a bit blown out of proportion but I remember simply thinking how odd it was going to be and I mean she taught religion of all things, I didn't want to have a former teacher judging what I do at home. Like, did I have to start keeping up a PG rated lifestyle at home, could I no longer listen to The Weeknd in my room when I get ready?? I was being dramatic of course and I really just decided not to care about it after an hour or so but during that mini breakdown I and I definitely saw this new development as detrimental. But honestly, between school, work, and friends I really am never home and when I am I'm not going to be worried about censoring myself much.
In other news, it's finals week at school but I had no finals so I am all done with classes this semester! I still have both jobs to work but my evenings are free again for the next couple of weeks which will be a nice break for sure. Now I get to sit back and reflect on the fact that Christmas is 2 weeks away and I have bought not one thing. I think I'm going to talk my family into trying a white elephant this year or pulling names out of a hate to give gifts. I am the middle of five children and I have both of my parents and a niece and nephew and it adds up to be so many people to get gifts for! Why not give one person a good gift instead of several sub-par gifts?? My friends agreed to do no gifts this year and just go out to dinner together, which I love, except I know when they say "no gifts" they simply mean they only want to give certain people gifts but they don't want to hurt anyone's feelings so we say no gifts and then they still give gifts but only to a select few and they just don't tell the others. My issue is that I plan on no gifts, then someone comes and gives me a gift and I am the awful person who has nothing for them. This year I know better, so when I was told no gifts I did my research and asked around to see who still bought me something so I have a gift ready for them. So really, "no gifts and dinner instead" means I'm buying dinner and gifts. Silly really. 'Tis the season for spending too much money on things
12/10/18
Another week another list of things to get done. I am all moved into my new place. I worked every day last week and so my only time to move in was at night. As I was moving stuff into my home one of my new roommates was i the kitchen cooking with her back to me so I chose not to bother her until I was heading back to my mom's to grab more stuff. I stopped in the kitchen to say hi and she turns around and I. Kid. You. Not. She is my old religion teacher from high school. My former high school teacher is my current roommate. There's this nickname for Salt Lake City, we call it Small Lake City, and this is why. You are constantly running into people or seeing someone you know or someone is a friend of a friend and recognizes you. It's the worst 9/10 times. I had such a massive freak out over it, which in hindsight I realize was a bit blown out of proportion but I remember simply thinking how odd it was going to be and I mean she taught religion of all things, I didn't want to have a former teacher judging what I do at home. Like, did I have to start keeping up a PG rated lifestyle at home, could I no longer listen to The Weeknd in my room when I get ready?? I was being dramatic of course and I really just decided not to care about it after an hour or so but during that mini breakdown I and I definitely saw this new development as detrimental. But honestly, between school, work, and friends I really am never home and when I am I'm not going to be worried about censoring myself much.
In other news, it's finals week at school but I had no finals so I am all done with classes this semester! I still have both jobs to work but my evenings are free again for the next couple of weeks which will be a nice break for sure. Now I get to sit back and reflect on the fact that Christmas is 2 weeks away and I have bought not one thing. I think I'm going to talk my family into trying a white elephant this year or pulling names out of a hate to give gifts. I am the middle of five children and I have both of my parents and a niece and nephew and it adds up to be so many people to get gifts for! Why not give one person a good gift instead of several sub-par gifts?? My friends agreed to do no gifts this year and just go out to dinner together, which I love, except I know when they say "no gifts" they simply mean they only want to give certain people gifts but they don't want to hurt anyone's feelings so we say no gifts and then they still give gifts but only to a select few and they just don't tell the others. My issue is that I plan on no gifts, then someone comes and gives me a gift and I am the awful person who has nothing for them. This year I know better, so when I was told no gifts I did my research and asked around to see who still bought me something so I have a gift ready for them. So really, "no gifts and dinner instead" means I'm buying dinner and gifts. Silly really. 'Tis the season for spending too much money on things
Sleep Would Be Nice
12/20/2018
Here I was hoping that winter break would be a much needed time for rest and would allow me to sleep in all I want and be as lazy as humanly possible. However, as is always the case, things did not go as planned and when my case load was lightened when it came to school, it only intensified in terms of my jobs. Obviously working multiple jobs, this should have been expected. Also, one of my jobs I'm working extra days to cover for someone who went out of town for the holidays (jealous) and I knew that was the case so basically I got my hopes up for sleep and relaxation these next few weeks when in the back of my head I knew that wouldn't be the case. I also have been a madman running around and gathering supplies to make my gifts and trying to figure out what to get everyone. I like Christmas, because I like making gifts for people or getting something for someone that I know they want. I do not, however, enjoy the stress that accompanies the holidays when it comes to giving gifts to people but you have no idea what to get them or the long lines at the stores or the last minute shopping and planning. Honestly, I would be happy if no one got anyone gifts and we all just spend time together, playing games, eating food, really just doing nothing. That is my dream holiday. But, until I rule the world and declare Christmas a "gifts not mandatory" holiday, this is my plight. So my days have been filled with working, finishing organizing my new space since I'm still adjusting to my new house, and Christmas gift arranging. I really don't have any more time than I did when I was in school. My classes were just replaced with other tasks and such.
Speaking of "still adjusting to my new house" the other day, i totally locked my keys in my house! This was around 11:30 PM, everyone was asleep, and the keys were not only my house keys, but also my car keys. And of course, guess who has not made a copy of their keys, even though this is not the first time I've been locked out of my house or car. So, it's 11:30 PM, I'm in my pajamas, no car, no numbers to reach my roommates even if they were awake, and honestly, I'm not surprised. That's just the sort of thing to happen, it's something that doesn't surprise me anymore. I'd actually been walking with my friend out to our cars because we were both about to drive separately to his house, and when I had no keys to get into my car, I realized I'm an idiot. So my friend drove me to my mother's house because she has one of my spare keys. However, (of course this should not have surprised me) my mother had lent her car to my sister, and my spare key is on my mother's key ring. So no spare key for Arielle. I ended up grabbing a dress that I had left in my mother's closet from when I was living there to wear to work in the morning and crashing at my friends house because that's all I could do. I just had my brother drive me back to my house the next day after work and luckily one of the girls were home and they let me in. Really it wasn't life ending, more inconvenient than anything but really such an example of how spacey I can be. It's as if I cannot keep track of anything: keys, cash, wallet, etc. But now I am determined to get spare keys made so this is not a recurring event (she says days after the incident, knowing the copying of the keys will not be an immediate task completed)
12/20/2018
Here I was hoping that winter break would be a much needed time for rest and would allow me to sleep in all I want and be as lazy as humanly possible. However, as is always the case, things did not go as planned and when my case load was lightened when it came to school, it only intensified in terms of my jobs. Obviously working multiple jobs, this should have been expected. Also, one of my jobs I'm working extra days to cover for someone who went out of town for the holidays (jealous) and I knew that was the case so basically I got my hopes up for sleep and relaxation these next few weeks when in the back of my head I knew that wouldn't be the case. I also have been a madman running around and gathering supplies to make my gifts and trying to figure out what to get everyone. I like Christmas, because I like making gifts for people or getting something for someone that I know they want. I do not, however, enjoy the stress that accompanies the holidays when it comes to giving gifts to people but you have no idea what to get them or the long lines at the stores or the last minute shopping and planning. Honestly, I would be happy if no one got anyone gifts and we all just spend time together, playing games, eating food, really just doing nothing. That is my dream holiday. But, until I rule the world and declare Christmas a "gifts not mandatory" holiday, this is my plight. So my days have been filled with working, finishing organizing my new space since I'm still adjusting to my new house, and Christmas gift arranging. I really don't have any more time than I did when I was in school. My classes were just replaced with other tasks and such.
Speaking of "still adjusting to my new house" the other day, i totally locked my keys in my house! This was around 11:30 PM, everyone was asleep, and the keys were not only my house keys, but also my car keys. And of course, guess who has not made a copy of their keys, even though this is not the first time I've been locked out of my house or car. So, it's 11:30 PM, I'm in my pajamas, no car, no numbers to reach my roommates even if they were awake, and honestly, I'm not surprised. That's just the sort of thing to happen, it's something that doesn't surprise me anymore. I'd actually been walking with my friend out to our cars because we were both about to drive separately to his house, and when I had no keys to get into my car, I realized I'm an idiot. So my friend drove me to my mother's house because she has one of my spare keys. However, (of course this should not have surprised me) my mother had lent her car to my sister, and my spare key is on my mother's key ring. So no spare key for Arielle. I ended up grabbing a dress that I had left in my mother's closet from when I was living there to wear to work in the morning and crashing at my friends house because that's all I could do. I just had my brother drive me back to my house the next day after work and luckily one of the girls were home and they let me in. Really it wasn't life ending, more inconvenient than anything but really such an example of how spacey I can be. It's as if I cannot keep track of anything: keys, cash, wallet, etc. But now I am determined to get spare keys made so this is not a recurring event (she says days after the incident, knowing the copying of the keys will not be an immediate task completed)