Day 107 - Friday, July 11, 2008 - petco treats

Petco Treat Bar

I stopped by Petco today to get some supplies for my really cute and
talented fish, Qi. While I was there I noticed that they had a dog treat bar. This is a really cool thing to just look at. They have cookies of different varieties that are allowable for a dog to enjoy. I was also surprised at how cheap it was. Actually it was cheaper than buying cookies at the bakery (unless of course you get them for free). My cousins, whom I live with, have this huge dog named Max. She is the sweetest thing. I decided to buy her a couple of cookies. I think she was surprised to get such a generous treat.

Day 106 - Thursday, July 10, 2008

Spinny Chips

I didn't get off work till late on Thursday, and had to do some errands on my way home. I realized when I was at Good Earth grocery store that I was really hungry. I decided to try something new in the store. I looked around and saw there "Spinny Chips." They contained all the ingredients I could have. It's like a tortilla chip with a spinach flavoring. I can just imagine some of my family members reading this thinking - they did not invent something like that. But they have. I actually think that many of you may enjoy these chips. They don't have an overwhelming flavor, just a good balance of different flavors. I couldn't even tell that it was a "spinach" flavor. It tasted more of a vegetable Dorito's type chip. But I have to say that I don't see myself buying these chips again, or even finishing the bag. Although I liked the taste, my body did not like the chip. I think I just need to realize that it doesn't like anything that has been fried. But for all of you out there who can eat chips just fine, try them out!

For the Chipotle Fan

I just found this awesome website "Chipotle Fan" for those of you who like Chipotle food. I LOVE it, as it is really the only thing I can get here that I would classify as "mexican" food. Fortunately for me, the closest one is 40 miles away, so whenever I go to Salt Lake City, I can treat myself to one. But this site has recipes and stuff to assist me in cutting my craving so I can make my own stuff (plus make it healthier in a way).

Day 105 - Wednesday, July 9, 2008

It was just one of those days....

Yep, it was one of those days where you think, can this really all happen in one day. But I guess it wasn't as bad as it could have been, it just felt REALLY emotionally draining at work. I had to deal with a wide variety of serious emotions and situations that I was just not planning on. But then who does plan on dealing with those things. I guess I should, since I work at a place where everyone basically has serious issues they are dealing with. But going on to my new thing, I was laughing about this one, because it was something totally out of the blue (which are always better anyway). But I was meeting a friend at the gym after work tonight. I had taken my gym gear with me to get changed there. I thought that I had brought everything, but when I got to the gym I realized that I had forgotten my gym shoes. I didn't want to waste the time, or gas to go home to get them. So I just continued to wear my nice work shoes. We just did weights, so luckily I didn't really need to have the support of the shoes during the workout. But I thought it was funny during the whole experience. I felt really stylish, yet odd as I was sweating at the same time.

Day 104 - Tuesday, July 8, 2008

The first ride....

In honor of my sister's, cousin's and aunt's birthday today, I celebrated by riding my bike to work. It was a lot of fun, and a great way to just have time to think about things.

Today during work I attended a Motivational Interviewing training. During it we had to list 5 things we value in life. That was an interesting thing to really think about. We then had to evaluate if our goals were coinciding with them. In addition I was asked where I see myself in 5 years. That was actually a hard question for me to answer. As I feel that I am not sure where I really do see myself. I feel that in my past, every time I tried this, my life would still end up going in a different direction. Right now where I see myself is to have completed a Graduate program, set up a community drumming group for adolescents and young adults to assist in recovering from addictions and to have a place to receive the music "high" and good social setting, creating a music therapy internship program at work - and being a really good and effective internship director, developing a side music therapy business for drug treatment programs, acquiring at least my GIM level 2 training, having completed at least one MARI training, and had run at least 2 marathons.

So has this been a hard question for anyone else to answer as well?

Day 103 - Monday, July 7, 2008

Toothpick Countdown

My cousin and I are planning on traveling to Arizona for our 4 day weekend holiday - Pioneer Day. My cousin has never been to Arizona and is very excited to go. We have been talking about different things that we could do during the weekend. Lately she has been giving me a countdown in e-mails on how many days are left until we leave. This has gotten me to be more excited about this trip. Originally I had planned to just go down and help my parent's clean out their garage, but now I'm thinking this may actually be a "summer vacation." (In addition to cleaning out the garage) I decided to do my own countdown of the trip. I took toothpicks and taped them to my refrigerator. Each toothpick represents a day until we leave. So I just need to pull a toothpick each day. I'll see how well this countdown does. At least it's not as big as a paper chain.

Day 102 - Sunday, July 6, 2008

as they walked, and walked and walked.....

Their is a primary song that I learned growing up that goes "pioneer children sang as they walked, and walked and walked and walked." It's about how to look for the positive things despite all the struggles we may encounter, similar to the pioneer children who had to walk across the USA to find a new home in Utah. Now I'm not going through major struggles right now, but when I went outside today, I realized that the weather was so beautiful (this was apparently only my opinion of the weather with other people) that I decided to walk to Church. It was nice, and allowed me to have time to ponder and think about blessings that have been given to me recently.