Plan Number Six

Ah, the end of laziness! I've finally started running again. It's been at least two weeks since I got a bad sunburn on my legs, and until all the heat went out, I couldn't run. I should have started back up again last week, but it's been too hot and I haven't been getting up early enough. I've missed it; running is very relaxing.

I've decided I need to stop focusing so much on my emotions. If I spend too much time thinking about how annoying this is or how depressing that is, all I'll be is annoyed and depressed. Now that more people are around here all the time and another one is on her way—Sammy will join us on Sunday—I should be able to occupy myself in far healthier ways than moping around. Really, I should be able to do that regardless of how many people there are around to keep me occupied, but we'll start slow.

My dad and I watched a movie this morning that was creepy as hell. Has anyone else ever seen Picture Mommy Dead? It's from the sixties, it's about this girl who went a bit insane after seeing her mother die. That movie is crazy. It took us about six hours to get through it, too, because On Demand kept wonking out on us. A creepy movie is always a bit creepier when your electronics stop working while you're watching it.

I saw the second episode of Greek last night, and it was incredibly amusing. I'm beginning to love that show. I freely admit that a major part of the reason I love it so much is because so many people hate it. I'm still rolling my eyes at all my friends who joined that lame facebook group protesting the show. You can be sure that when fall comes around, I will definitely be tuning in to watch Greek every Monday night in the most prominent TV spot in the house, and I will greatly enjoy every single dirty look shot at me.

I've decided that I want my next phone to be either the Nokia E65 or the E70. Unfortunately, it will be forever before I get a new phone. On the bright side, however, I'm still pretty happy with the one I've got, and at least these two are less expensive than iPhones. The E65 is so pretty! I'm in love. I wouldn't mind a 7360, either, and at $300 less, it would be much more easily attainable. Perhaps I could convince my family to get me one as a combination Christmas/birthday present? By then, though, there will be some other gadget I've fallen in love with. I guess we'll see, won't we?

( Pretty, witty, and gay? )

I'm so tired. For some reason I haven't been able to get to sleep at night, despite being awake for 20+ hours and only sleeping for four for three days now. I'd have thought the running would have helped last night, but no dice.

That communication error I was ranting about the other day still hasn't been solved; she has yet to get back to me. I could wring her neck!

Thursday morning draws ever closer. I guess the upside is that I'll have some pretty sweet "sexy librarian" glasses when it's all over and done with, even if the downside will most likely be having to wear said glasses all the time.

I was going to go biking after church, but it's been raining hard off and on all day. It wouldn't be the most intelligent thing to go riding a bike I'm not very familiar with around an extremely hilly neighborhood right after rain or while it's raining, so I guess it'll have to wait for another day. Running resumes tomorrow, though, rain or shine. I have a schedule, and I intend to stick to it.

House with Lexi will save the day!

( Here be vague ranting. )

I'm still jumpy about my eyes. I finally called to get an appointment; it's 9 AM on Thursday. At least I know I'll be up and ready to face the day fairly early, right? Always look on the bright side of life, I guess. Ugh.

I spent all yesterday with my sister helping her prepare for her rafting/camping trip this weekend. It was just what I needed. I told her about the Michael fiasco and she told me about Brett getting better and we sang along with my incredibly long playlist at the top of our lungs for hours on end while we baked and organized and packed. It was fantastic. I love my sister.

I'm starting a running program today, the Couch-to-5K Running Plan, and I'm really excited about it. I've been running all summer with no real direction, just trying to get off my butt and out of the house, but now I'll have some sort of guide telling me what I should be accomplishing each time I go out there. Structure is basically my best friend, so this should be very good for me. Wish me luck in sticking to it, will you?

I stole this from Sk8 and Zoey because I have nothing better to do. Ooh, maybe I'll go swing at the park later! It could be kind of creepy in the dark, though. Darn.

( I finished this while watching three episodes of What Not to Wear. It was pretty sweet. )

I had a funny story to tell, but I can't remember what it is. I fail. Oh well!

I'm trying to decide whether I should go running or not tomorrow morning. If I go after shopping, I might end up with a headache from the heat again, but I really don't want to shower before I go because I'll take too long. I think laziness prevails in this situation. After it is!

It's been a strange few days. My sleeping schedule is now almost on track with the rest of the world, except instead of staying up later than everyone else, now I'm getting up earlier. I'm already tired enough that I know the trend will continue another day, with me waking up somewhere between five and six tomorrow morning. Oh well, it's better than sleeping the day away!

We've been making some mega landscaping changes around our house. Upsides: an awesome-looking house, a slight tan, and a work-out. Downside: a work-out. It wasn't too bad, I guess. I was really annoyed when my parents stopped for lunch, took a three-hour nap, and then decided to get to work again. I can't stand stopping in the middle of a project, especially for that long. If you're done, stop; if you're not done, get back to work!

Church felt very awkward today. I kept coming up with outfits that would be considered immodest, so I had to keep changing my clothes. I ended up looking good (as always! ha) but feeling incredibly stupid. All through the meetings I couldn't help but think how worthless it was for me to be there since I don't believe in any of it. Instead of being angry about that, though, as my brother always was, I just felt guilty. I should have gone to my old class with Devin; I would have been too distracted to be emo. I don't think it's possible to be around Devin for any significant amount of time and remain unhappy—not for me (and Jenny!), at least. I wish I'd thought of that at the time. Blast!

The plan for tomorrow was going to be rock climbing with my sister, her husband, and some of their friends, but she sprained both of her ankles in a fall today while hiking with the same group, so I doubt we're still going. Even if everyone else is, there's no way I'd go with them without Juli, so no rock climbing for us. Boo!

Apparently I like ending paragraphs with exclamations tonight. How odd!

I need more social contact with non-family members and non-church members; those groups just make me feel down. Also, I need hugs. Lots of them. Why does school only last eight months out of the year? I want my life back!