I have a feeling I'm going to be posting a lot more often now that I'm up in a northern community all by myself. Some of you are cheering... some may be sighing. Lol> Deal with it. *crosses arms authoratatively*
Vikka! I did go! And it was amazing! I'll have to take pictures of the run part of the trail. Absolutely beautiful.
Snave87! I'm not too lonely. Mostly at night. and the internets keeps me company. :) Absense does make the heart grow fonder. Our one afternoon together on the 18th is going to be such a tease. I have no idea when our schedules will align again after that until September lol. I'll probably get some pretty great sex out of this (if I ever don't have my period when I see him..... :P)
Elle! Yay, you re added me :) Hoorah.
Alright. I did the first run of the C25k program! In Flin Flon! Immediately following the 5 minute warm up i had to jog up an incline against a pretty brutal wind. But if I can finish this program in Flin Flon, running in Winnipeg will be NO problem!
The first 1.8 km (the 25 minutes run/walk combo) was great. a little hilly and windy, and it was on a shale path (black gravel) so a little unstable. Boy can i ever feel my abs right now. Then I ended up at these stairs. .... 40 stairs later I was on top of a boulder thinking "hey! I'm exactly half way around the lake path! This will be an easy walk home". Boy was I ever WRONG. You see the next part of the "path" which actually becomes road again... is 1.5 km of PURE HILLS!!!! Part of the time you're going up and down stairs on top of boulders (apparently the remnants of an ancient volcano that errupted sometime in the mesosoic era or something like that, I didn't really read very carefully). Any way, I took the "scenic loop" by accident because it looked like the most direct path.... it was not. So 25 minutes of couch to 5k, followed by 1 hour of hill walking. I logged it on Active Trainer, but there wasn't any way to account for the hills or wind. According to the site I burned 601 calories. Sooooo I'm going to stick with that number? Because I have no way to prove otherwise.
In other news, it's time for some tmi. My period has not made me a happy camper today. Today ended up being one of those days where you run to the bathroom with the shits all day for no reason. Also CRAMPS>>>> MOTHER FUCKING CRAMPS. I broke out the moon cycle tea because the midol has done nothing for me. I'm going to drink and go to sleep and hope that the st. john's wort in it will help me rest easy without any pain. Funny enough, my cramps and shits stopped long enough for me to complete the cycle around the lake in the middle of the town. At some point I should post the link to the "walking path" map. There are also cross country ski trails here!! That could be exciting!! I wish I had my bike, the hills would be a killer workout and it would be so easy/fast to get everywhere! Anyway, the moment I got home from the little walk.... shit...literally. gah. Now there are funny sounds coming from there. gurgles and clicks and all kinds of weird ones. Like movie sound effect noises ... i'm debating calling in for a sub. I have felt like i was getting a cold the last couple of days. it's totally possible i got a flu instead... but i don't want to seem like a pussy, and i'm not sure if i'd get docked pay. i know i have a certain number of sick days next year but i'm not sure if i get any for this one month term ... and i want my $277 per day damn it.
Ew i just chugged the tea and it tasted like bong water (based on its smell), and a hint of mint. EW.
Ok. Night time for me. I told myself I was going to bed early and now i'm at the normal time i go to bed. Ugh. Early bed time tomorrow night i promise (if i'm done planning for the next day).
G'night. No pics tonight, too tired.
~Nessa
Monday, May 30, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Monday number 1
Hi ladies :)
Rio: No polar bears here... but Flin Flon is definitely in the Churchill riding... kinda weird lol.
Elle: Somehow in the move over here I lost your blog!! Unless you're not blogging anymore :( I would love to start a couch to 5k with you. I have one of the programs on my ipod ready to go. I was going to run today but it's A) cold. B) I'm lazy and drinking wine. C) It wouldn't be fair for me to start without telling anyone. So I'm going to start tomorrow. SOMEONE HOLD ME TO THIS!!!
Snave87: So nice to hear from you deary! I hear ya on the busy!! To think I considered starting a teacher blog...... oi vey
ChildofApathy: I'm glad you're taking your studies seriously... I did not and my gpa suffered for it. Funny story about the town name. It is the only town in Canada named after a science fiction character! Who knew right?
Tomorrow will be my first Monday. Am I ready? Not really. I don't really know what I'm doing with any of my kids. So far today I've
1)slept in
2) ate some foods
3) had some ice cream
4) did the dishes (in the dishwasher) and cleaned the counters where I'm staying. They were a bit scary lol
5) NOTHING gah
I've had one meal and a small bit of ice cream. Now I'm drinking wine ...instead of having dinner. Hoping inspiration will come to me. I read through a bunch of educational resources.... but my mind is so blank. I know it would be easier if I weren't on the computer... but I'm also incredibly lonely. The musical is over so I'll be able to hang out with Kat when she and I are both not working, but I miss Greg. I didn't think I would, but on Saturday morning after a bit of making out I started crying. His bus left yesterday morning at 9:15 and I just didn't want him to go. The next time I will see him will be June 18 for a friend's wedding. He's off on his farm mentorship program now. :( There's a number I can call him at but it's not where he's staying. It's his mentors home number. *sigh* I just want him to be here when I go to sleep. To tell me to get off the computer. To have someone to make supper for. Someone to do the crossword puzzle with..... .. .. ... . . . . I know I'll be fine. I'm just being whiney. I need to man up, grow some balls and get to know the people around here.
My eating is settling down. I think it was just all the extra energy required to teach... which is good because that means my metabolism should be a bit faster now :) It's always GO GO GO in the music room.
Next weekend (not next but the one after I think... the 11th?) is the staff golf tournament. Someone asked me if I wanted to sign up and mentioned it would be a great way for me to meet people... and i said i don't really golf. They said that only 1 or 2 people will actually golf... everyone else just drinks. So I guess I need to get some sun screen and a nice top so I can go golfing!! Woo hoo. I've already blown most of my first paycheque on rent back in the city, a top and some pants (quality shit though) and groceries/eating out every other day for dinner. ... from now on if I eat out for supper it's SALAD ONLY. So a new top purchase will have to wait. Next cheque will be nice a juicy! More than double the first (the first only had 4 work days on it) There are quite a few clothing articles I'd really like to get from Winnipeg but that will just have to wait. Next weekend I think I might go to The Pas on Saturday. It's only a 2 hour drive, and I'd like to see what's in town there.
Alright, June is just around the corner. so I think I'm going to aim for June to be a deep fried/junk food fee month. And I'm going to count tomorrow and Tuesday as June to help that situation. Also, as mentioned above. I'm going to try the couch to 5k starting tomorrow...... I am going to have to scope out some flat land to jog/run on or I'll simply keel over. I've already been having trouble breathing all the way in (possibly stress) for the last 3 weeks, so running up a hill will probably prove very difficult.
Anyway, enough of my babble. :)
XOXO
~Nessa
Oh. I'd also like to fit in a bit of yoga (perhaps 20 minutes) into my morning? or lunch hour? Any suggestions?
Rio: No polar bears here... but Flin Flon is definitely in the Churchill riding... kinda weird lol.
Elle: Somehow in the move over here I lost your blog!! Unless you're not blogging anymore :( I would love to start a couch to 5k with you. I have one of the programs on my ipod ready to go. I was going to run today but it's A) cold. B) I'm lazy and drinking wine. C) It wouldn't be fair for me to start without telling anyone. So I'm going to start tomorrow. SOMEONE HOLD ME TO THIS!!!
Snave87: So nice to hear from you deary! I hear ya on the busy!! To think I considered starting a teacher blog...... oi vey
ChildofApathy: I'm glad you're taking your studies seriously... I did not and my gpa suffered for it. Funny story about the town name. It is the only town in Canada named after a science fiction character! Who knew right?
Tomorrow will be my first Monday. Am I ready? Not really. I don't really know what I'm doing with any of my kids. So far today I've
1)slept in
2) ate some foods
3) had some ice cream
4) did the dishes (in the dishwasher) and cleaned the counters where I'm staying. They were a bit scary lol
5) NOTHING gah
I've had one meal and a small bit of ice cream. Now I'm drinking wine ...instead of having dinner. Hoping inspiration will come to me. I read through a bunch of educational resources.... but my mind is so blank. I know it would be easier if I weren't on the computer... but I'm also incredibly lonely. The musical is over so I'll be able to hang out with Kat when she and I are both not working, but I miss Greg. I didn't think I would, but on Saturday morning after a bit of making out I started crying. His bus left yesterday morning at 9:15 and I just didn't want him to go. The next time I will see him will be June 18 for a friend's wedding. He's off on his farm mentorship program now. :( There's a number I can call him at but it's not where he's staying. It's his mentors home number. *sigh* I just want him to be here when I go to sleep. To tell me to get off the computer. To have someone to make supper for. Someone to do the crossword puzzle with..... .. .. ... . . . . I know I'll be fine. I'm just being whiney. I need to man up, grow some balls and get to know the people around here.
My eating is settling down. I think it was just all the extra energy required to teach... which is good because that means my metabolism should be a bit faster now :) It's always GO GO GO in the music room.
Next weekend (not next but the one after I think... the 11th?) is the staff golf tournament. Someone asked me if I wanted to sign up and mentioned it would be a great way for me to meet people... and i said i don't really golf. They said that only 1 or 2 people will actually golf... everyone else just drinks. So I guess I need to get some sun screen and a nice top so I can go golfing!! Woo hoo. I've already blown most of my first paycheque on rent back in the city, a top and some pants (quality shit though) and groceries/eating out every other day for dinner. ... from now on if I eat out for supper it's SALAD ONLY. So a new top purchase will have to wait. Next cheque will be nice a juicy! More than double the first (the first only had 4 work days on it) There are quite a few clothing articles I'd really like to get from Winnipeg but that will just have to wait. Next weekend I think I might go to The Pas on Saturday. It's only a 2 hour drive, and I'd like to see what's in town there.
Alright, June is just around the corner. so I think I'm going to aim for June to be a deep fried/junk food fee month. And I'm going to count tomorrow and Tuesday as June to help that situation. Also, as mentioned above. I'm going to try the couch to 5k starting tomorrow...... I am going to have to scope out some flat land to jog/run on or I'll simply keel over. I've already been having trouble breathing all the way in (possibly stress) for the last 3 weeks, so running up a hill will probably prove very difficult.
Anyway, enough of my babble. :)
XOXO
~Nessa
Oh. I'd also like to fit in a bit of yoga (perhaps 20 minutes) into my morning? or lunch hour? Any suggestions?
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