As you may recall I have always been talking about trying to lose weight and how I was going to try and be really good about exercise and all that good stuff and guess what, for once I actually am making some progress..or so it seems! My eating habits aren't exactly the greatest HOWEVER I've been doing pretty friggen awesome with the whole exercise thing! 7 out of 8 days I've done something active! I'm really proud of that because usually I can't be bothered to do 4 out of 5 days worth of exercise and here I am on day 7!! My biggest accomplishment since I've been home is a 26km bike ride on Wednesday! Now considering that I had been away from home for a month eating food that was sooooo good, but not actually good for me, and considering that I hadn't gotten any amount of real exercise in a while, 26km is pretty amazing! Mind you I about collapsed from the heat afterwards but that's not really the important bit. All I have to do is keep it up and I'll reach my goals in no time!! And yes the whole purpose of this blog is to brag :D cuz I'm proud of myself haha!
Cheers!
Holly
Friday, July 31, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Back to It
Sadly all the fun is over now, I've been home a week and I'm back to work already which was interesting on the first day! Turns out I had forgotten all the produce codes completely (which was actually a very satisfying feeling...) but once I saw them again I managed to remember a vast majority...damn. But apart from work life is good, though I do seem to get tired very quickly still, maybe the jet lag hasn't completely worn off yet. Then again, I have been out and about a lot this past week so that could have something to do with it.
I've been out for two really good bike rides with Yasmin this week, once out to Mattick's Farm on the Galloping Goose and once out to the hospital also on the goose but in the opposite direction. I was meaning to go for a hike this morning but I decided that maybe I just needed a restful morning! But I'm rather happy with myself for being able to get right back into being active because I got pretty lazy toward the end of my trip haha! But this year is my year for getting really active and I'm actually excited for it! I'll be joining the swing dancing club at uni and also an intramural soccer team most likely and then I'll also have a gym pass for the school gym so that will be good! Lots of opportunity to get fit! Now if only sweets weren't so appetizing....
School this year should be good, I'm feeling really excited for it. Money is a bit of an issue at the moment but considering that I just got back from a crazy, month long, whirlwind trip, it seems logical that funds will be a bit tight..well more than a bit but I'll manage just fine for first semester. Second semester on the other hand, well, I'll deal with that when it comes along! For now I'm just focused on making things happen for first semester. And as pathetic as it may sound, I'm totally excited to go shopping for back to school stuff, I've always loved getting new pens and notebooks and things, how dorky eh? Ah well, and also this year I've decided to invest in a new backpack so hooray for that lol!!
Cheers!
-Holly
I've been out for two really good bike rides with Yasmin this week, once out to Mattick's Farm on the Galloping Goose and once out to the hospital also on the goose but in the opposite direction. I was meaning to go for a hike this morning but I decided that maybe I just needed a restful morning! But I'm rather happy with myself for being able to get right back into being active because I got pretty lazy toward the end of my trip haha! But this year is my year for getting really active and I'm actually excited for it! I'll be joining the swing dancing club at uni and also an intramural soccer team most likely and then I'll also have a gym pass for the school gym so that will be good! Lots of opportunity to get fit! Now if only sweets weren't so appetizing....
School this year should be good, I'm feeling really excited for it. Money is a bit of an issue at the moment but considering that I just got back from a crazy, month long, whirlwind trip, it seems logical that funds will be a bit tight..well more than a bit but I'll manage just fine for first semester. Second semester on the other hand, well, I'll deal with that when it comes along! For now I'm just focused on making things happen for first semester. And as pathetic as it may sound, I'm totally excited to go shopping for back to school stuff, I've always loved getting new pens and notebooks and things, how dorky eh? Ah well, and also this year I've decided to invest in a new backpack so hooray for that lol!!
Cheers!
-Holly
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
All the stuff I missed.
Alright, considering that I haven't written in this thing since about Vienna and since I'm actually home now I figure that maybe I should do at least some form of an update! Ok so let me think here, I think it's best to just try and sum it all up in as little as possible so I'll try that, there isn't really a heck of a lot to say anyways!! Here goes:
Prague- I hated Prague to be completely honest, there really wasn't much there for me it seemed, plus I felt like it was really sketchy there. The biggest highlight there was going to the Sex Machine Museum and watching a porno from 1925 from Spain. Funniest thing in the world!!
Munich- Totally amazing and I was only there for one afternoon/night. We bought Dirndles which are the traditional German dresses and we definitely wore them out to the beerhall that night, by far one of my very favorite nights on the trip! Munich was really gorgeous though, I'll definitely be going back to Germany at some point!!
Swiss Alps- Soooooo beautiful!! Nothing compares to the mountains there, absolutely nothing. Our campsite was great too, there wasn't much to the city though, you could walk through it in about ten minutes. We slept a lot there hahaha it was a nice change! We didn't really do much there to be honest but it was gorgeous and that was good enough for me!
Edam- This little town wasn't even mentioned in passing for the tour but I loved it so much that I'm giving it it's own section! By far the most adorable little town I've ever seen, we got to ride little granny bikes all around it and it's such an old little town and everything just looks like it's straight out of a movie, it's awesome! Definitely a place that I want to return to, its so peaceful there!
Amsterdam- TONS of fun!! Saw a sex show, aka people having sex on stage and lucky me I got directed to sit in the front row....also I bought a joint for the first time and I still have the tube it came in so I did the two important things in Amsterdam haha! But other than that, we navigated the canals on a paddle boat which was SOOO slow going! But it was fun, as long as you don't get lost, which thankfully we didn't!
So yes, all in all it was a fabulous trip and I think that I would do Contiki again but only a short trip, if ever I do a long trip again it will be be on my own, because then it's not just go, go, go all the time which isn't always fun. Sometimes, you want to sleep in! Best time ever, though I've come home sick, wickedly sore throat and a nasty cough but I'm working on it! Anyways, that's all for now, when I think of something else important to say I'll try to be good and make the time to write it here!!
Cheers!!
Holly
Prague- I hated Prague to be completely honest, there really wasn't much there for me it seemed, plus I felt like it was really sketchy there. The biggest highlight there was going to the Sex Machine Museum and watching a porno from 1925 from Spain. Funniest thing in the world!!
Munich- Totally amazing and I was only there for one afternoon/night. We bought Dirndles which are the traditional German dresses and we definitely wore them out to the beerhall that night, by far one of my very favorite nights on the trip! Munich was really gorgeous though, I'll definitely be going back to Germany at some point!!
Swiss Alps- Soooooo beautiful!! Nothing compares to the mountains there, absolutely nothing. Our campsite was great too, there wasn't much to the city though, you could walk through it in about ten minutes. We slept a lot there hahaha it was a nice change! We didn't really do much there to be honest but it was gorgeous and that was good enough for me!
Edam- This little town wasn't even mentioned in passing for the tour but I loved it so much that I'm giving it it's own section! By far the most adorable little town I've ever seen, we got to ride little granny bikes all around it and it's such an old little town and everything just looks like it's straight out of a movie, it's awesome! Definitely a place that I want to return to, its so peaceful there!
Amsterdam- TONS of fun!! Saw a sex show, aka people having sex on stage and lucky me I got directed to sit in the front row....also I bought a joint for the first time and I still have the tube it came in so I did the two important things in Amsterdam haha! But other than that, we navigated the canals on a paddle boat which was SOOO slow going! But it was fun, as long as you don't get lost, which thankfully we didn't!
So yes, all in all it was a fabulous trip and I think that I would do Contiki again but only a short trip, if ever I do a long trip again it will be be on my own, because then it's not just go, go, go all the time which isn't always fun. Sometimes, you want to sleep in! Best time ever, though I've come home sick, wickedly sore throat and a nasty cough but I'm working on it! Anyways, that's all for now, when I think of something else important to say I'll try to be good and make the time to write it here!!
Cheers!!
Holly
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