Calorie King and Seven Eleven

I'm very excited because tomorrow is my free day from eating healthy. I can eat what ever I want. Seriously, I need these days, it's not like I crave crappy food all the time, just sometimes, and I need to satisfy those cravings at some point. Right?

I found a really great website called CalorieKing.com, you can find out the nutritional value of the food you eat at virtually any restaurant. I enjoyed looking up the food I always eat at BD's Mongolian Barbecue and Red Lobster.

I'm continuing my job search, I applied at Seven Eleven today, snagajob said that they were hiring so I thought I'd give it a shot. I'm getting desperate, I'm sick of being broke. The only thing I absolutely refuse to do is work in a fast food restaurant, I tried it once and it didn't end well. I have a friend that works at Seven Eleven and she says that she gets unlimited free slurpies when she's working. That would be very tempting for me, I'd just have to be disciplined and only take advantage of that on my free days.

Broken Laptops and Job Searching Fails

I shouldn't be awake right now, but I am. I have my bio lab tomorrow that I'm not really looking forward to. I hate doing stuff with partners, not that I hate my partners, just that it makes me nervous because I don't really know them.

My laptop is not functioning properly...again, so I'm posting from my dad's laptop. I really want a new laptop but I'm broke, and extremely picky. It literally has to be perfect for me to buy it. I'm also really nervous about buying a new one because you never know if you're gonna be one of the people who buys that model of that computer and gets a crappy one that has a bunch of system problems. I'm planning on spending around seven hundred for it, so it better work right.

My boyfriend was mean to me today(Wednesday). He called me (which was weird because he works on Wednesdays) and told me that he got fired from his job. I seriously almost cried. Not funny.

I'm not having very much luck on the job search front. I filled out my application for the hotel job and I honestly don't think I'm going to get an interview. They made you answer a bunch of "what if this happened" questions. It basically made the job sound like torture. Like what if a man drops his shirt off at the hotel's dry cleaner and doesn't come back to pick it up before they close. I'm like uhmmmmmm...how exactly is that my problem? It's not my fault he didn't do what he was supposed to do. Would you like me to escort him to the store and buy him a new shirt? What the hell?? Anyway, so I did that application, and then I filled out an application for K-mart. It took effing forever. I ended up with a migraine and an unsuccessful application filling out process. Long story short, the site has a major glitch and it wouldn't let me send the application. Needless to say I was immensely pissed. And then I sent my resume to this real estate office and I forgot to change the employment objective so now it looks like I'm applying at a hotel. So they probably won't even call me. I should just give up. I fail.

Back On the Wagon

The last two days I've done my best to jump back on the wagon, health wise. I did an easy run on Sunday just to get back in the groove, and then Monday I did a harder run, but it wasn't as hard as the first time I ran it a few weeks ago (walk for three minutes run for four, repeat four times). It's weird because I stopped working out for like two or three weeks and I don't feel like I've lost that much strength or stamina. I thought I was going to have to start all over.

I have a horrible canker sore in my mouth, the kind that is so bad that it aches and throbs in your mouth. I hate canker sores. I should probably wash my mouth out with salt water before I go to bed. I don't want it to hurt worse tomorrow morning than it did this morning, talk about ow.

Something that I've been craving for the last couple hours: a toasted banana peanut butter sandwich. It has to be toasted, otherwise it's nasty, considering I don't like bananas or sandwiches. I wish I would have thought of it before I ate the last banana in the house.

I go back to school on Wednesday, the break has been nice, even though I don't really feel like I needed it, I only have one class right now and I have plenty time to study for it.

Today (technically yesterday at this point) I had the horrible realization that I had actually applied for jobs...and I actually might get interviews...and I actually might get hired. That scares the crap out of me! I'm so nervous to start working again it's not even funny. I haven't had a job for almost a year, and I mean, I'm sick of being broke, but I don't want to have a job that I hate and have it consume my life and my thoughts, ugh. Like when I worked at McDonald's, I was in general, miserable. Even my days off were consumed by the utter dread of knowing I had to go back to work at some point. If you want to learn first hand how stupid people are, work at McDonald's. Seriously, people threatening to murder you over a hamburger, are you kidding me?!

So basically, I want to be independently wealthy instead. :D

Black and White Photo

I had to post this picture because I genuinely love her photography. (And I'm a sucker for black and white photography)

Photo by: Amber

Detroit Turkey Trot 2009, Job Hunt, Can't Sleep

My mind is far to busy to let me sleep, hence, blogging at 4:44 AM

I am very hungry but I can't go downstairs to get something to eat because my mom is sleeping on the couch...probably because my dad is snoring too loud.

I'm planning on starting running again tomorrow (or today, whatever). I have found new motivation, my cousin Jen and I are going to run the Detroit Turkey Trot 10k on Thanksgiving morning. I'm so excited!!

I really used to hate running. I ran cross country my freshman year in high school and I absolutely loathed it. I just hated it. But now that I have learned good running form and how to breathe properly, it has become much easier and much more fun for me. Maybe I'm just more mature now than I was at 14, I love the challenge. And a challenge it is. I am so out of shape! I can barely run for 4 minutes at five miles an hour. How sad is that?! Anyway, I'm hoping to really get a lot better at it in the near future, build up some good stamina. Seriously I'm so excited for this race that I could dance a jig right now. :D

I really must say, this website is not very user friendly at all. I realized today that when I follow someone, the little icon that shows up on their page does not show my picture or the URL to my blog. It used to, and now it doesn't and I have no idea why. I have pressed practically every button on this website and I can't figure out how to change it. If anyone has any ideas please let me know!

I applied for two jobs yesterday. I sent my resume to a real estate office, and to a hotel. The hotel is very close to my house, but the ad for the real estate office position was extremely vague, all I know about it is that it's a receptionist/clerical position and it pays $8.00-$10.00/hr. (I hope if I get hired I get paid $10 :D) Ugh, the thought of having another job where I have to answer phones terrifies me though. The last time I had to answer phones at a job, it was a never ending stress-fest, mainly because I had no idea what I was doing and I just know I was driving my co-workers insane. Not exactly a self esteem/confidence booster for me. Anyway, I'm trying to stay positive about it, maybe this time I'll be better at it, or they'll give me better training or something. I decided that I don't want to wake up one morning, 85 years old, and realize that I lived my life (or didn't live my life) in fear, I can't hide from the world forever, I'm just going to have to give myself a chance. And for goodness sake, I'm tired of bring broke!

Okay, time to give sleeping another shot, it is now 5:02 AM. I want to be rested for my first run in a while.

Google Logo

Google is known to change their logo on special days; Easter, Christmas, Halloween, Anniversaries etc. But nobody seems to know what is up with this UFO logo. Clicking the logo brings you to a google search of "unexplained phenomena".

The thing about this that makes me laugh, is that people are genuinely worried about this. Some say that today is the one year anniversary of aliens landing on earth. Others are bothered that they can't see the logo in their location. Why is the logo showing up in some places and not others? Who knows...and who cares? I'm sure there are a number of very logical explanations, besides google attempting to warn us of some future catastrophe.

Anyway, I'm not worried.

Long Weekend, Another Potential Job

Ahh long weekend, I had today off because my Friday class doesn't start until the end of the month, and then I have the weekend and Monday and Tuesday off. I just have to remember to do my homework or I'll have to rush on it and I don't like doing that.

I got a 10/10 on my bio quiz on Thursday, I studied for it for four hours, it was worth it though, I feel like I learned the material. It is my goal to get a 3.8-4.0 in that class and for my overall GPA. I really need to bring my cumulative GPA up.

Me and Nate went to Red Lobster for dinner tonight. Every time I eat there I end up extremely tired, I feel exhausted now. The crab was delicious though, and we brought home some of their appetizer bread/roll...things.

I found another potential new job, this one is at a hotel, it does require answering phones but I feel like answering phones at a hotel would be easier than at a real estate office, how hard could their questions be to answer? The one thing that really freaks me out though is giving people directions. I am terrible at giving directions. I don't know where anything is! People might as well be on Jupiter, if they take directions from me they'll never be seen again...ugh. But I guess I have to get over my people phobia sooner or later, I can't hide from the world forever.

Cello

I haven't blogged in a while 'cause I've been super busy with my bio class, and all the other things that occupy my time. So, sorry to anybody who is super interested in my life.

For a while now, it has been my dream to learn how to play the cello. It is my favorite instrument to listen to, it is so beautiful, and if I could play beautiful music on my own cello, it would be even better. I fell in love with the cello when I fell in love with my favorite piece of music; Bach's Cello Suite No. 1. The most beautiful piece of music ever written.


I want to learn how to play that music on the cello so bad I can taste it. Hopefully one day I will have a well paying job and I can afford a cello and cello lessons. Anyway, the other day I was browsing on projectplaylist for new cello music to listen to and I came across a band called Apocalyptica. They're famous for playing Metallica music on four cellos. It's actually pretty good music, hard rock played on the cello...original.