New Year, Same Old Stuff

Happy 2015 everyone! I can't believe it's 2015.  2014 flew by so fast, I don't think I even made any posts on this blog last year.  Resolutions for this year are the same old stuff.  I'm doing 3 30 day challenges by Melissa Bender, she has amazing workouts! They are similar to the Boot Camp class I went to in 2012, mostly body weight workouts with some dumbbell exercises thrown in.  I'm back on my keto diet, and it's only been a week but I am already feeling so much better! Funny how that works.  I hope to run another half marathon at some point this year, so I've started jogging again.  I have found a new form of exercise that I absolutely love, pole fitness, and I go every chance I get. It is so hard, but also so rewarding once I finally get to the point that I am able to do a new spin or climb the pole with more ease.  I hope to learn an inversion move soon, but it's been a few weeks since I have gone due to the holidays, so we will see. I also added a few new resolutions to my list this year...to read at least 1 book per month and write 1 chapter per month.  That's probably going to be the hardest to find time to do, but so far I'm almost done with January's book.  I chose "The Toy Collector", by James Gunn, and it is very good so far.

Dragon Con is coming up in about 265 days.  I'm in a predicament now where I need to find another host hotel room, which sucks because all the host hotels are sold out.  So I suppose I am going to try to find a room transfer.  I was excited about Dragon Con this year, but now with the added stress of trying to find a new room, I am not as excited.  I feel sad about feeling this way this year.  Since 2003 Dragon Con weekend has been my favorite weekend of the year, but this year it's just starting to feel like a hassle.  However my friend who is flying down with me from Anchorage is over-the-moon excited to go to Dragon Con again.  It's all she talks about and she has a lot of costume plans she wants to make :) I will help her as much as I can!

Rocket Raccoon and
Baby Groot at Senshicon 2014

Juliet Starling at Dragon Con 2014

 I have several new cosplay plans for 2015, but we will see how well I am able to finish these projects.  First on my list is adding a chainsaw prop to my Juliet costume, and a gun for my Rocket Raccoon costume.  Those will be the most challenging.  I am also in progress with making a Bulma Briefs (Dragon Ball Z) costume.  I haven't seen Dragon Ball in such a long time, but I used to love it! I've been thinking of watching it over again.  I also have a lot of new plans for upgrading my Fallout jumpsuit, including a new belt, AK license plate armor for the shoulder and forearm, and hopefully some kind of gun from the Fallout Universe, plasma rifle or something like that.  I also LOVE this "Hello Kitty Fallout Outfit" mod.  I don't remember where I've seen it, but I so want to make it!  It makes no sense, but I love it anyway. 

Bulma Briefs - pink dress

 outfit

Fallout Alaska at Senshicon 2014

 

Hello Kitty Fallout outfit

Nothing else is going on in this little town.  I hope 2015 is the year I am finally able to buy a nice single family home, but we will see.  We have been living in our tiny condo for 10 years, and we would like to keep it as an investment property but we will sell it if need be.  I know my dogs would love to have a yard to run and play in!

New Year, New Goals.

Well, when I started this, last year, I was pretty sure I would be able to keep up on it for a while. That sure didn't last. Well, it's relatively still new in the year, so I'm going to try this again. It is an awkward time for me to start over, especially this week, with all the tests needing to be taken and papers needing to be written, but I need to take a short break from those.
My goals for this new year are pretty simple:

1) Continue doing well in school

2) Run a marathon.

Only two goals? Well I sure can handle that right?! Except that these three classes I am taking are severely kicking my ass, and also taking up all the time I need to run and prepare for the marathon in August...well, maybe I'll do great anyway. It would sure be nice.

I got into running last summer, my friend Thai and I began a running regiment along the bike trail behind my house. We ran at least three times a week, maybe more, and by the time summer was over we could easily run more than a mile without stopping or getting too winded. It was fantastic! And we had taken a lot of time to get there! Now that winter has come and classes are starting to get more involved, I'm sliding back into barely being able to run at all. I have a treadmill here at home, so the only excuse I have to not practice is I don't have enough time. It is a lame excuse when I think about it.

My classes I am taking this semester are Human Anatomy & Physiology (Lecture and Lab) Introduction to Biology and College Algebra I. So far, so good, but it is only the third week of classes so I still have a long ways to go.

Hopefully I can do this...