Phreditorially Speaking...

Music at the Moment: Van Hunt - Ride, Ride, Ride/Mean Sleep

I completed orientation for school today. I'm getting excited about starting classes next week. Let's hope things go well.

I ordered my Easy Media Suite 8 so I could be more up-to-date on my CD/DVD software and I'm waiting for it to arrive. My Epson All-In-One arrived only 2 days after I ordered it, but I have yet to install it. It's big and pretty though.

Ron, bless his soul, is sending Myshe and me school copies of Office 2003 Pro and XP Pro licensed for multiple student use. That's saving us a good deal of money and it turns out we can get a free copy of XP from school as well, so we're good all around. We can't order our program kits yet, but I'm sure they'll be pricey given all the hard/software we'll be getting.

song switch: Ratatat - Seventeen years (This whole album rocks)

So, I'm totally loving 6 days at the gym and yoga on wednesdays. I admit that's a completely alien statement to me and I can't believe it's coming out of my mouth. My schedule starting on Mondays is LA LA walk LA LA walk. By this, I mean Mondays is Legs, Tuesday is Arms, Wednesday is Cardio (Treadmill for me), Thursday is the off day and the routine starts back up on Friday. Every workout is essentially the same. We stretch on the machines, do our ab work on the bouncy balls then hit our Legs/Arms whichever we're doing and our core stuff (Back extensions and then cardio). Wednesday and Sunday are core only with respect to thye Yoga class on Wednesday night.

Yoga actually sort of rocks. The first week we did it I walked like Tim Conway's old man for two days after, but today I'm not even the slightest bit sore so I guess I worked the kinks out of my "Yoga Muscles". I'm enjoying the Yoga a lot more than I thought I would and I'm going to stick with it as long as I can. The Yoga lady Anna (I think that's her name) is very groovy and totally down on the organic tip so I'll be getting some food info from her and renewing my membership at Everman's health food store.

song switch: House of Pain/Everlast - Black Jesus

I'm actually thinking about taking some time each day to dredge up old routines and go through them with the music cranked. I didn't have a problem with weight and tone or staying active when Snowy and I danced regularly and I miss jookin' on a weekly basis.

*pause for Cat's demanding attention by destroying the homestead.*

song switch: Kelly Clarkson - Walk Away

I think tomorrow my quest for an iPod or something similar begins. I'm finding more and more I'd really like one to have for working out when nothing is on the treadmill televisions or when i'm on the other machines that don't have any entertainment. Listening to music helps me focus by not focusing if that makes any sense. I also tend to do more for longer if I have a beat driving it.

I already decided on the portable drive I'm going to get for picture/document storage for all my art and such. I just have to go ahead and order it. It'll certainly make carrying my art around a lot easier. Evacuations will be a snap!

Okay, enough rambling for today. John's home in less than a week. Hallelujah! I miss him terribly this time out. :-(