I almost forgot....

I promised you guys an update on my life. Here's what's going on.

- I came to a standstill on my weight loss for a couple of weeks. I've identified the problem and made some changes to attempt to over come them.

- I'm reading alot. Not as much as I could be, but I'm reading alot. I'm at the top of the hill as far as the Harry Potter series goes. I've got a great deal of books lined up to read when I finish.

- I've been investigating some job prospects for when I'm done with school.

- Speaking of school, I've got one week left in my Environmental Law class and 3 weeks left on my internship.

- Speaking of my internship, I'm working 2 days a week with a small Insurance Defense firm downtown. I really enjoy the work so far. It's very interesting. I think I'm really going to enjoy being a paralegal.

- Things are going swimmingly with You People. Tuesday is one of my favorite days of the week.

- My grandmother is very sick. The docs are taking something of a "wait and see" approach. I think we've all been prepared for the inevitable for some time, but it doesn't make it easier.

I think that wraps it all up.

Oh! If you aren't already, start watching Glee.

PS
I'm considering a second blog focuses specifically on my adventures trying to become a paralegal. We'll see about that though. I don't think I should commit to a second blog until I can update my first one more regularly.

I'm still living.

It's been over a month, I know. I'm still alive. I'm quite busy at this very second, but I intend to drop a post later tonight and catch all 6 of you up on my exploits in April. I also intend to try and get a nightly post going. How hard can it be. Generally, no matter what I'm doing, I spend at least 30 minutes before bed online. Why can't I write something instead of refreshing Facebook over and over.

Life Lessons I've Recently Learned From Monopoly

- Early in your life, you should buy property.

- If you wind up in jail early in life, pay your bail and get out fast. Later in life, you might as well chill out and try to get out for free.

- Build on your land as soon as you can. You can always fall back on that property later.

- Going into debt early in your life may pay off in the long run, if you make the right investments.

- The rich will always get richer.

- Despite playing the game right, wrong, or however you play, the roll of the dice is always going to be the ultimate factor.

- Finally, you'll always be able to roll doubles 3 times in a row, but never a 4th time once you're in jail.

I suck at this.

Man I was slacking on the posts this week. I set a calendar reminder for myself so that I get a text message every night that says "Have you blogged today?" These last few days I've been so busy that I've looked at that text message and I've basically said "No, no I haven't" and then continued doing whatever I'm doing. I need to into more habits.

I need to set up a workout schedule, because I haven't worked out in like 11 days. I've done some activities that involved alot of walking, but I haven't actually worked out. Now that I should have a "somewhat" normal schedule for at least the next 8 weeks though, I should be able to map out a plan. Rest assured it will get posted here.

I've been missing out on song of the week. Mainly, I haven't been listen to as much music lately. I've been tearing through all the back episodes of Smodcast while I'm at work. There's 114 of them, which last between 55 minutes to 2 hours, so that should give you an idea of what's up with that.

It's my sincere hope that when I return home from my Easter visit to Detroit, I can get back to a semi-normal type of life and make another go at doing a blog every day. Wish me luck!

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Goals Check In Week #11

2. Read 40 books. That's less than 1 book a week but more than I currently read.

- I'm on book number 6, which is another Harry Potter book. I can't believe I'm enjoying them so much. I got real excited about the possibility of visiting Florida sometime in the next year. Yeah, I'm kind of excited about Disney World, but Universal Studios is opening a Harry Potter world, and I think I'm really excited for that too. I hope I get to eat some chocolate frogs.

3. Continue to pay down my debt.

- Credit cards are payed on time again this month. Unfortunately, I can still only pay the minimum balance (I actually usually pay 1 dollar more). I can't wait until I'm making more money and can increase my payments

4. Continue to stick to my budget.

- I've been pretty good about this. I'm still ahead of the game according to my projected budget, but not by as much as I should be.

5. Live more life.

- I went to concerts in 2 days! So great to see 3 of my favorite bands in one weekend. I took Kristen to Flogging Molly. She said she enjoyed the band, but half way through she got a major headache so she didn't have very much fun.

6. Let Kristen know how much I love her everyday.

- The talk of engagement is more and more prevalant everyday. I think it's no longer a question of if, but when.

7. Learn a new skill.

- At the Flogging Molly show, I decided I may want to learn the mandolin, banjo, or harmonica. In the research phase.

12. Try some other new food every month (this one is negotiable, new foods aren't super easy to come by on a low income. For example, I've always wanted to try lobster, but it's too expensive to take the chance and I'm never in the position to try someone elses.)


See that! That's Indian Food. Which I've never had before. But it was so god damn delicious. Eat Indian Food!

13. Find a new job.

- I have another internship interview tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed.

14. Overcome my awkwardness in social situations.

- I've been working on the committee for the Del Awards (an informal little awards ceremony done once a year at iO). It's forced me to interact with people I'm normally very shy around. I'm proud to say I've actually done an ok job with not being weird too.