Archive for September, 2009

kind of like i’m in the military

Posted in hey there on 09/24/2009 09:01 pm by chrissy

OK so I’m in the middle of BOOT CAMP WEEK and so far it’s going well.

The thing is that since I don’t have a job and I’m not going to school and I live in a city where i know less than 10 other people, I have a lot of this thing called free time on my hands. It’s pretty weird because I’ve worked full time and/or gone to school for the past….. well since I was like 4, so I guess it’s pretty cool to have the summer off.

The first few days of living with my Dad, I was super sick so I just sat around and watched 24 all day (Seasons 1 AND 2 in like 4 days. Gross), but I quickly realized that I can’t just sit around and do that all month until I leave for Korea. So I made a list of weird things that I always sayyyy I want to do, but then never put in the effort to do them. So I created BOOT CAMP WEEK, where I have been busy with 500,832 projects at the same time to try to feel as productive as possible.

1. Eat and cook healthier. That one is allllways a work in progress, but it’s easier to focus on with all this time. I’m on a recipe collecting rampage.

2. Learn spanish. I bought “Spanish for Dummies” so I’m well on my way to being fluent.

3. Become familiar with Korean. It’s too crazy to learn on my own, but I found this website (learnkorean.com…. imagine that) that makes me say stuff out loud and you can listen to the pronunciations, so I can at least get a feel for it. The numbers 1-5 are il ee sahm sah oh. SO MUCH PROGRESS.

4. Practice random healthy living activities such as deep breathing exercises for 20 minutes a day, spending an hour in the sunshine, power walking in the morning, afternoon AND evening, stretching, filing my nails incessantly, and maintaining a very clean room.

5. Writing letters. Like the snail mail kind. I was going through my stuff and realized I have an intense stationary collection… apparently I’m always buying it but never using it. Want one? Give me your address.

6. Those are the ones I’ve been working on so far, but it’s only Thursday and I have a whole weekend ahead of me, so any random ideas would be appreciated.

Well there’s another list for you. I’ve been trying to be less “flighty” so people will take me seriously (part of the be more smart thing) so I have been making LOTS and LOTS of lists. Like we’re talking almost a whole notebook full. I don’t know what the real purpose for most of them is, but IT’S SO MUCH FUN. Sorry if that carries over into blog land for a while. Hopefully I’ll normalize soon.

PS: Thanks for all the comments last time. You guys are great.

 

summer break is over, and i’m back

Posted in hey there on 09/23/2009 06:24 pm by chrissy

So it’s been well over 2 months. I realize this, and I apologize. What have I been up to for the past 10 weeks?

1. I moved to Washington. Don’t worry if you haven’t nailed down what city I’m in. I’ve been bouncing.

2. I committed to South Korea. Signed the contract. Got all my visa documents together. Stillllll waiting for placement. I’m getting too impatient, and if things don’t fall into place fast, it’s on to Plan B. I’m not telling you what that is on here. Yet.

3. After a long hiatus from the L word, I must admit I am very much in love. To the best boy.

4. This summer I rediscovered a serious love for swimming, hiking, and camping. When I say serious, I mean that’s all I ever feel like doing.

5. I’m really smart. I’ve been pretending not to be for the past 5 years, and I’m not really sure why. I went through college unmotivated and with a very low mental self esteem. Most of my Provo friends probably consider me of pretty average intelligence. But actually I’m smart and I’m going to start being cocky about it.

I don’t want to overwhelm you with how cool I’ve gotten lately, so I’ll leave it at that for now. I’m totally rededicated on the blog train, so it will be worth your while to start checking chrissyrenae.com again. Promise.