Where's the snooze button?

Well folks, the week's almost over. Praise the Lord! However now I'm thinking that I'm not going to be looking forward to weekends as much as I used to.

I think I have officially eliminated any chance of me ever getting caught up on my sleep for a long time. What am I getting myself into?

I've been thinking about all of the things that I have recently piled on to my plate:

• Changing my eating habits to become vegetarian
• Training for my first Half Marathon
• Continuing to play on my women's volleyball league on Tuesday nights (we slaughtered our opponent this week, it was awesome!)
• Getting a part-time job (that hasn't even started yet but I'm already stressing)
• Becoming debt-free
• Becoming a "morning person" and going to the gym to do my strength training before work and running at home in the a.m.
• I think that's it...

(i love bulleted lists... haha)

A.D.D. Moment: I have these really bad, weird stomach pains right now. I thought that it was because I was hungry but now that I've eaten my oatmeal the pains are getting worse. Ugh. I hate my digestive system. I'm thinking that I've maybe eaten a little bit too much fiber the past couple of days and now I'm going to start paying for it. I know, probably TMI so I'll just leave it at that.

I just kinda realized this morning as I was going for my third cup o' joe that I'm tired and due to recent activites that I have taken on, I don't think I'm going to get a break any time soon.

I think that the main reason the revelation has come about is due to my recent acquisition of a part-time job. I haven't even started it yet and I'm already stressing out about it. Mainly because I have NO IDEA what to expect but also because that's just what I do. I stress and fret and worry so much about things that I keep myself awake at night. Although I had no problem falling asleep last night.

I'm just worried that between volleyball, my new job and Jason's classes twice a week that I'm never going to see him anymore. I'd love to work the nights that he has class but then what do I do with Ozzy?

ignore the date, my camera has a mind of its own...

Right now its not as much of an issue because Jason isn't working. So, Ozzy will have been out to play all day and just have to camp out in his pen in the evenings. (so why am I spending all this time worrying about it, right?)

The problem arises when (if) Jason gets called back to work. Obviously I want him to go back to work but then what do we do if I have to work when he has class? Most likely when I work on the weeknights I'll have to go straight to the restaurant from my regular job. The same goes for Jason, he goes straight to class after work. I know my mom will help me out with the pup (since my parents are my neighbors) but I feel bad imposing on them.

Who knows? Maybe I won't even like the job and quit after a week. However, I was hoping that it will not only get us through Jason being laid off but then once he goes back to work, we'll use the extra money I make to put toward debt. After that, I won't need the job, so it looks like I'm not going to get a break until we're debt-free and have our 3-6 month emergency fund built up. Man, that Savannah trip can't come soon enough! (We decided to hold off on our trip until after everything is paid off and we have our emergency fund. I CAN'T WAIT!!)

I need a nap.

Well, I FINALLY got a pull workout in this morning. I hadn't realize that I hadn't been to the gym since Monday. They've done some changes and I'm not too happy about it. The free weights that I have been using were previously located in the "Ab Room" and are for the Personal Trainers to use with their clients (the signs posted everywhere are unavoidable). However, when I'm there, the trainers aren't there working with the clients yet so I go ahead and use the equipment, as does everybody else.

Welllll, now they've created a whole separate room for the "Personal Trainer" equipment and its roped off therefore FORCING me to go into the freeweight room to do my strength training. I'm furious!!! At the end of the day, I know its not a big deal but I'm pissed. I'm sure the guys aren't going to be too thrilled with all these women coming in and getting in their way. Oh well. Now I can at least start doing barbell bench presses and barbell shoulder presses instead of using the dumbbells.

So here's how my pull workout went:

PULL
3 sets of 4 reps @ 90%

1. Assisted Pull Up - 50lbs/60lbs/50lbs/50lbs
I accidentally did and extra set. Oops!

2. Dumbbell bent over row - 25/30/35

3. Superset
a. Wide grip lat pull down - 70/80/90
b. Hammer Curls - 15/20/15
I really struggled with the 20 lbs so I had to drop back to 15 :(

4.  Seated row - 70/80/90

5. Dumbbell bicep curls - 15/15/15
I tried to start with 20 but that wasn't happening...

!!MAX REP BONUS!!
27 Captain's Chair Crunches

4 and 5 were supposed to be a superset but the row machine was on the total opposite side of the gym so I just split them up. However on my way out of the meathead room I saw where the seated cable row was located, so I'll be using that next time.

I'm looking forward to having another quiet evening. I'm hoping to get my grocery list figured out for next week, since I don't know if/when I'll have time this weekend. Also, I think I've finally convinced Jason that he needs to totally climb on board with me on this whole Dave Ramsey thing and take the time to understand it. He went and picked up our taxes yesterday from the accountant and we owe about $550 dollars. I was not a happy camper. I know it wasn't his fault, but I started on this whole spiel with him that he really needs to step up to the plate and take just as much responsibility for our finances as I do so that we can get rid of our debt and get ahead. I'm SO SICK of that feeling of dread when it comes to things with money. Between him getting laid off and now us owing taxes, I can't take anymore financial surprises. This may just be the straw that breaks the camel's back to get him on board. He even considered getting a second job once he goes back to work, as well. (if he gets a job now it will mess up his unemployment and there's no way he'll make that much at a part-time job)

I can't wait to be debt free!!!!

Well, sorry for yet another long post. I've just got lots on my mind lately.

Long run tomorrow! Hopefully I can get up and get it done in the A.M.

Oh, and I've also decided that Wednesdays are no longer a workout day. I need a rest day and since I was doing abs on Saturdays too, I'm taking Wednesday's off.

Until next time,

-Lacey