The Social Butterfly

This week I did something crazy...I went to a ward activity!!! I will be honest I didn't want to go, but the idea of free food got me. I went and things started off kind of rocky, but after a while a friendly face came as well and we talked through dinner. After dinner they played random games, ping pong, dodge ball, basketball, pool...ok so I didn't play pool, but I enjoyed the rest of the games. I may not have found a new best friend or anything, but I left that evening feeling better about myself and the ward in general. I know I just need to give this ward a chance...it is just easier said than done. I am thinking of even going to Family Home Evening this week, I know crazy right.

Double Extended

This has not been the greatest of years for me and it is only half way through February, but I have coupled that with trying to keep myself busy. And boy am I ever busy. Three weeks ago I was approached by one of the administrators at my school about teaching another class and giving up my prep period. Of course they would pay me to do this, but many teachers have had bad experiences doing that so it was a difficult decision. But I decided to give it a try, really if nothing else to keep me busy so I would sit around thinking about rough times. Tomorrow will mark two weeks that I have been teaching this extra class, and it isn't too bad at the moment. Honestly I am really afraid of burning out during the tennis season (which starts in two weeks by the way), but I am going to try to keep a positive attitude. I know if I don't make a real effort to stay positive then it will be all negative all the time. One of the other administrators told me that I should take a vacation to Hawaii this summer with the extra money I would make. I would LOVE to do that, so anyone want to go to Hawaii with me. Sadly I still don't know if I could afford a vacation to Hawaii. But really any vacation would be nice.

Working Out

From Nov 2010 to about May 2011, I worked really hard to lose some weight. I would work out at home and I would use the gym at my school. Once school got out I lost most of my motivation. This year for Christmas one of my brothers, a sister, and me got together and donated to a fund to help pay for my dad to job a gym. He has been talking about doing it forever, so we figured if we helped pay for it, he would feel guilty if nothing else. Once I got home from my Christmas break I was having a really rough couple of weeks, due to many many reasons and I wanted a way to help get rid of some of my frustration. I out of the blue stopped by the Planet Fitness that is right across the street from my school (they are by far the cheapest gym around) and the next thing I knew I was signing up. I'm really glad I did it, I don't know if I'm losing any weight, but I at least feel better about myself. One of these days I will work up the nerve to weigh myself, I wanted to work out a few weeks before I weighed myself so I wouldn't know how much weight I've gained. Anyways, I've worked out six days a week for the last two weeks in a row. That is pretty big for me because I have been working some crazy hours recently. I just hope I can keep it up, the tennis season starts soon and I will have even less time to work out.