Update

Well it has been one week since my pole dancing escapade and I am finally regaining proper use of my arms in a way. I went to the gym last night and found as I was stretching that the muscles around my rib cages and in my arm pits are still sore. Well the stretching must have aggravated them because today I am having a hard time lifting my arms above my head again. :) Still contemplating going back :)

Pole Dancing

So Wednesday night I took part in a pole dancing class with a couple of girl friends. It was an interesting experience. It is a great workout and you can look like a sexy jack ass. When I left my arms were killing me from swinging my uncoordinated ass around the pole. Well yesterday morning as the alarm was going off, I went to reach for it and to my amazement had a very hard time moving my arms to grab it. So needless to say getting ready yesterday with Jello arms was a chore. The day went ok, except I didnt have any grip strength to do anything, and looked like an ass trying to put on my coat or carry anything. Last night I noticed that my arms were getting pretty stiff, so I did some stretches and went to bed. During the night I found myself waking up quite a few times wondering why I couldnt move my arms without being in pain. So I slept on my back most of the night and tried not to move them. So the alarm went off today and as I reached out for it I found that I couldnt straighten my arm all the way out to reach it. This is where I knew today was going to be great. :) I got out of bed and tried to stretch to find that my arms would not straighten unless I wanted to let out a yell, and I also found that my whole upper torso decided to join in the agony. Yes, my entire body from my waist to neck is sore. Now one would think that I would be excited that I got such a good workout, but the pain in my arms is making me think differently. I would like to rip them off and throw them at the damn pole!! It always seems that I have to have a few things going on at one time, so for some reason I have to sneeze alot today also. This in turn brings pain to my sore stomach and rib cage muscles and lets not forget raising my arm to cover my mouth. I also received several large bruises on the insides of my thighs and on my knees. (the knee is from my arms giving out swinging around the pole and falling to the ground) So I am going to have to think very hard about going back to this class, good upper body or misery. Hmmmm
I will tell you that I have a whole new respect for the ladies that do that everyday. It isnt as easy as it looks. :)

Winter....Not Awesome.

Well I made my 26 mile commute to work today in the first bad snow storm of the year. I have not missed the snow one bit. My street in my neighborhood got plowed, but the long stretch of freeway I take to come in was not plowed. This made for some white knuckle driving at about 25 miles per hour. My car is terrible in the snow. So now I have to decide, do I spent $5000 to buy a used SUV to get me back and forth in the winter, or do I spend $1000 to get snow tires and new rims for the car.......Hmmm. Just an FYI for all of you out there low profile or performance sized snow tires are twice the cost of regular tires. I can use the SUV in the summer for camping, where the tires will just be sitting in the garage. Guess I need to weigh the pros and cons. Good grief.

Updates

It has been a while since I have written, but I have been super busy. Things are going good living with my dad, and it has also given me an opportunity to do some fun things this Fall. I went to Boston and saw the changing leaves, which was amazing. I only wish I could go there more and see my friends that I love!! I also went skydiving again!! That was tons of fun. I always enjoy taking people for their first time and seeing how much fun they have. I have decided to get certified. Hopefully I will have the money to do it next year. Working 2 jobs is for the birds....but at least I enjoy both of them. No relationship to speak of......

Here are some pics from the trips. Hope you enjoy and I will blog again soon!!

Fall

I love this time of year!!! Cool days and nights. Smells crisp outside. Mornings are so beautiful and the sunrise and sunsets have more color. The leaves are changing. I get to go see them changing in New England and New York this year and I cant wait. Playing softball is much more fun when I am not swaeting like a fat man.

Not looking forward to winter, but Fall is great!!

The only thing I dont like...

Spending $50 on a freakin Halloween Costume!!

Back up in this..........

Well I am back at my dads and it isnt so bad. All my stuff is in storage, which totally sucks. If I ever need anything that is in there, I will just have to buy a new one. There is no way I will find anything in there let alone get the door open. :) Didnt get to put as many things in my room that I wanted to, I thought the room was bigger. Guess it just seemed that way when I had small furniture and I had neer lived anywhere else. I just have to keep thinking the money I will save will all be worth it. But I love my pops and we get along great, so I will stick it out a year or so. Now just need to decide if I should stay in Utah......Hmmmmm.........

Return for full refund….

Yesterday I was faced with shipping an item back that did not fit. When I ordered it, it said you can return for a full refund if not completely satisfied. Well I went to the UPS Store yesterday to ship it back and found that a pre-paid shipping label was not in the package. It is up to me to pay for the shipping and it has to be tracked. So I sent back a $46.00 item that I paid $8.00 to have shipped to me, paid $11.00 to ship it back, and I will only be re-imbursed for the price of the item. So total that I will be getting back after paying for both shipping charges $27.00. Wow, too bad I wasn’t completely satisfied.