Day 251-January 5th: Alfredo

Tonight I made delicious Alfredo sauce with chicken and brocolli. it was so delicious, and I felt horrible eating it knowing that I ingested all those calories. yummy!!!

Day 250-January 4th: attempts

So I've been attempting to eat less sugar, and I'm doing okay. But it'll probably get worse. Part of me wants to just quit eating it all together(except for my daily yogurt dose, because I need calcium) but it seems to be in everything!

I've also been attempting to go to bed at 8:30 so as to be asleep by 9:00. If you see the time of this post (9:19) you will notice I'm failing miserably. I'm working on it. It's hard to calm my body down when there is so much to do. I was suppose to spend from 8:00-8:30 cleaning, but spent the first portion studying and from 8:15 to now looking at American schools in Spain. Whoops!

Day 249-January 3rd: Some good stuff

Got a cheaper estimate on my car today...under a grand! Already got assigned some teaching lessons! It was a pretty good day. Just a lot of work on my plate. Finally sat down and read my syllabus...also realized I forgot to save the highlighted version of my TPA (80 pages.) But I guess have a lot more to say about today. I did some good discussions with 2 important people today. I posted part of a facebook discussion with one below.
p.s. Please don't kill me for posting this without permission. No one really reads my blog anyway and I thought these were some very wise words. I edited it a bit as well. Just took out the parts that were only related to me, so as to allow others to think of it as it concerns them.

Love hardly ever makes sense (except in disney movies), it isn't rational, and it isn't fair. you don't get to choose who you fall in love with, like life, it's unpredictable which makes it exciting and scary. it gives you butterflies and puts you on mountain tops and other days it makes you re-evaluate who you are as a person; it makes you ashamed that you can't control yourself and that even though most everyone is saying one thing, your heart is saying another thing. at the end of the day it's about being happy regardless of what the people around you are saying, so screw them.       -One very smart person 

Day 247-January 2nd: The best parents and worst break

So I got to thinking today about how great my parents are. They have been nothing but supportive through this whole accident thing. Every time I start worrying about costs my mom reminds me that my car is only worth money, but me and Daryn are priceless. When it comes to family I think I got pretty lucky :D

I also got to thinking about this overall winter break (I go back to teaching/classes tomorrow) and realized that it has been the most deserved and needed ever. Unfortunately it was the worst one I have ever had. Surgery, work/studying everyday, and a huge accident. Oh well. I press on. Spring Break is only about 2 months away, and that one will probably be needed even more. Lesson plans, MTLE, TPA, class, student teaching here I come...

Day 246-January 1st: Lambeau Field and the accident

Well lets just say that 2012 did not get off to a great start. Me and Daryn started our epic trip to Green Bay at 6:30am. Needless to say the roads were awful. Wind blown snow was everywhere. Once we got on 29 we thought everything would be so much better, but it wasn't. For 5 miles everything would be great and then for another mile you would hit a bunch of ice and slush. At one point my car suddenly spun out of control. I did a huge 360 and then continued to fishtail until I landed the car safely (kind of) into a side rail. This honestly was the best option if I didn't want anyone to get hurt or die. My car is pretty bad (took off a good corner) but not one was hurt. Daryn took over driving, and eventually after calling my parents and another 10 minutes on the rode I had a good 15 minute cry session.

We made it to the game and I cracked open a beer almost immediately. Then we ate some breakfast. After using some duct tape to repair the car I was forced to take 4 apple pie shots with the guys we were tailgating with. We headed to the game and I proceeded to pour beer all over a guy...whoops! I apologized about 80 times and he kept saying he didn't care.

The game was incredible, though I wish I wouldn't have had to pee so many times during it. Flynn synched 2 Packer records. Wow!

The ride home was rough and scary. Wind was bad, and there were a lot of cars in the ditch. After making it home we stopped for some dinner (a bloody mary and cheesfries) at the neighborhood. I then came home, and after having my parents look at the car started sobbing and couldn't stop for a good hour or 2. Tears just kept coming back.

This was the deciding factor. Right after the crash the first thing that came to my mind was thank god I'm going to Lambeau. The second was that I don't care how much it costs I'm going to Spain. Screw Minnesota, screw Arizona, screw Texas, screw North Dakota. I want to go to Spain.

Day 245- December 31st: Goals for the new year

1. Eat less sugar
2. Quit spending money on things like clothes and sugar. I don't need them.
3. Run a half marathon
4. Get out of this country
5. Be more independent, but also more spontaneous
6. Get my teaching license. Nothing will stand in my way.
7. Get a group to run the Ragnar relay. It'll be a tough one, but I want to do it.
8. no more driving long distances by myself (more on this later.)

My midnight kiss this year was the best ever. I had a magical steamy kiss with Aaron Rodgers. In my dreams. I was definitely passed out at like 10pm.

At like 7:00pm

Day 244-December 30th: Zoo Day, and going out

Today was a zoo day with the kids. My arms are exhausted after carrying Lan Ting around for a good potion of it. That girl is going to be a good workout this summer. After work I studied my but off so that I would be able to have a relaxing weekend off, and then headed to Dinkytown for a concert with some friends. I also got some delicious Mesa Pizza afterward! Yum!

The weekend would turn out not so relaxing....but more on that later.