I want to quit the gym

Well, life is continuing to go well! I'm finding my job to be a good challenge. There is a lot to do and it's tough to distinguish what I should be doing first but I just try to cross off a few things on my to do list every day. At the very least, I like what I'm doing so I can't complain. Due to some reorganization, I already have a new boss but I find him to be very straight forward so the change was not upsetting.

The apartment continues to be my favorite place I've lived since KKG! Kamm and Farley have proven to be quite good influences. They are both avid runners to say the least and though I'm not as into running as they are, I at least consider the fact that they're probably out running and not at home after work so I might as well go work out rather then sit at home by myself.

Upon moving to Indy, I joined LA Fitness. They just built one close to work and there is also another one close to home so I figured it was a no brainer. When you sign up, they give you a free personal training session with a guy who convinces you that personal training is the one and only thing that is missing to making your life complete and full of happiness. So being the sucker for informercials that I am, I signed up. That's where all the problems started.

They started off my charging my card incorrectly. Then when they tried to correct it, they instead charged another fee to it. Apparently all you need to work at a gym is a relatively good body. No brain or computer skills required. The gym has continued to give me the run around for the last month saying they have escalated my issue to corporate. Well, apparently corporate is filled with idiots too. Supposedly their vice president is supposed to enter the credit himself. What kind of VP makes accounting entries? I doubt that the VPs at my company even have access to our accounting system. I've never seen a business with such poor customer service. At first I was amazed that theyr'e still in business and then I just remember that they steal other people's money.

I have tried to cancel the training membership but apparently that's something that's not in the instruction manual of the computer so they can't figure that out either. In the meantime, the trainer keeps offering to let me train "for free" until all these issues are sorted out. I refuse because I know that later they'll say that they can't refund me because I've been using their services.

There isn't a whole lot I can do to help myself at the moment, but I'm passing this experience on to you so that you don't make the same mistake. You would think that having seen the friends episode where Chandler tries to quit the gym that I would have realized what kind of scam artists work at the gym but you would be wrong.

Once I do get this all sorted out, I will start using the over 100 personal training sessions have managed to earn at no cost to myself. I made sure to get this all in writing because frankly I don't trust a single person at the gym. So, the next step is to start my petition to get American Gladiator's back on the air. I'd appreciate some suggestions on what my Gladiator name should be!On a lighter note, we went to go see The Hangover last night. If you haven't seen it yet, put it on your to do list because it is HILARIOUS!! And I have a new found love for Bradley Cooper. Maybe it's because I've seen 2 of his movies in the last 2 weeks...or maybe because he has super dreamy hair. Either way, the movie is fantastic you'll probably be the only person who doesn't get all of your friends jokes if you don't go see it soon.

Decorating 101

So, I have never claimed decorating to be one of my fortes.  At times though, I wish that it was. My room, though clean, is pretty dull at the moment.  The first thing I need to do is get a rug.  I found two.  The first one is from Anthropologie and the other is from Urban Outfitters.  I really like them both but unfortunately the one from Urban only comes in a 3 x 5 size and I have a relatively large area to cover.  You can refer to the picture a few posts ago of my room to see what I'm talking about.   I actually have room for both I think that might be a bit too much! 

If anyone has seen any other cute 5 x 7 rugs, feel free to let me know.  I'm still not completely sold on the Anthropologie one...I'm kind of hoping it goes on sale just a little bit more...

So that's the first step.  Next I need to get some stuff on the wall.  I have some picture frames and such but I think it's time to update my pictures.  Remember the days when you printed all your pictures so updating pictures just required pulling out your newest prints?  Oh, sometimes I miss those days.  

Side note: I changed the name of my blog...again.  But the address remains the same unless I change that too so I figure I can change the as much as I want.  :)  

Also, I have a new favorite song...well, I don't know if I'd call it my favorite, but I really like it.  It's called Starstrukk by 3OH!3.  Apparently they named their band after an area code in Colorado.  Their big song on the radio right now is Don't Trust Me which I like up to a certain point. 

 I recommend listening to this song though.  I mean, I also put Pokerface on here and look at what a hit that turned out to be.  Oh if only Lady Gaga knew how much I supported her.  And speaking of Lady Gaga, I love her song called Starstruck too.  

Lake house fun!

Over the weekend we went to Monticello, Indiana to go to Colleen's lake house.  This is the 3rd time I've been to the house and every time always ends up being a great one.  This weekend was no exception. 

First off, Colleen's lake house is super cute so I thought I'd include some pictures of the house and the view.  

Also in attendance were Farley, Kamm, Stacey, Lynn & Todd, Kylie & Randy, Cameron, Flynn, Titus & Trey, and Neal.  The day was complete with corn hole, boat rides, 3-legged races, tons of delicious food, and Dunkaroos which was a new game showed to us by Cameron.  Only the brave ones played this game.  

I bet you guys thought Colleen was joking about the potato sack races, but here are the sacks to prove it. 

I don't think I can write about all the fun so here are just a couple more pictures.  This is definitely an event that needs to occur more often.

My Life is One Giant Sleepover

Exciting things have been happening!! Kamm, Farley, and I moved into our LOVELY new apartment!! I'm super excited for all the fun things to come.

Our apartment is in a prime location, has 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, and a patio that we hope by the end of today looks better then it did when we moved in. I'm hoping to discover that I have a green thumb and plant some flowers.

Saturday morning, a friend of mine from work helped me load all my big items into his truck and move them into my apartment. The rest of the day was spent driving back and forth from one place or another trying to get all our things into the place. It was a LONG day but a productive one and at the very least at the end of the day, all of us had places to sleep. My mom came over to help me and it was definitely nice having some assistance.

Sunday, I went off on a little furniture finding excursion. For some reason there is absolutely no storage in my bathroom. So, I went out and bought one of those over the toilet storage things as well as some baskets to put my stuff in. Add one bathmat and some over the door hooks and you have yourself a functional bathroom.

My other addition to the bathroom was a towel rack. The directions said to drill a hole in the wall which is fine and dandy if you actually own a drill...I don't. But, I don't come from a family of engineers for nothing. I hammered in the tip of my screwdriver and that worked too!! So of course I had to include a picture of my towel rack as well.

The area in my room needing the most help in my closet. For one, I have a lot of stuff. Two, I used to fit into 3 small closets and now I must fit into one decent sized ones. So there was a lot of reorganization to be done. But I am pretty pleased with the finished product!!

 A high note is that my bed is fully assembled and functional which is good b/c for the last few nights I barely managed to crawl into it due to exhaustion.

In the midst of all this unpacking, I also managed to go grocery shopping. Colleen gave me an egg salad recipe and I tried it. Now, I don't think I am a huge fan of egg salad but I didn't hate this so I took that as a good sign and now I'm posting it for others to try. I especially think if you like egg salad, you'll like this recipe. And the best part is...no mayonnaise!!

3 tablespoons plain yogurt

1.5 teaspoons curry powder

2 pinches of salt

combine those in a bowl

add

5 hard boiled eggs (6-7 because if you only use the whites as Colleen recommends)

toast 1/4 cup of pecans

chop up 1/2-1/4 of an onion

chop up 1/2 of an apple

chop up a bunch of fresh chives

mix it all together and eat your bread of choice

Enjoy!!

This weekend we're going up to Monticello for some lake house fun! I'm sure there will be lots of pictures and good times to share!

Time is flying...

Well, I can't believe how fast time has gone by. I'm so behind on updating this thing! Here is an update on some things that I have done.

I went to a Loon's game. They lost.

I went back to Indiana but this time with a truck full of all my stuff. Damla and J.B. came down. Unfortunately it was too dark to actually do anything but they finally got to see where I live! We woke up really early in the morning and packed up the truck with the help of Tyler and my roommates Zack and Steve. By 9 am were were all set and we made the trek down to Indiana.

The drive was pretty uneventful which was a plus. When we got to Indiana we unloaded everything in the truck into the garage where it will stay until I sign a lease with the girls in Indiana. Then we showered and I headed off to show Tyler all the glory that is Indy. I showed him my new office location at Dow AgroSciences because I think it's a pretty cool looking
building.
Then we headed off to see good old Carmel High School. Then we headed down to Broad Ripple where he got to see the strip. We ate dinner at Bazbeaux's with some friends and then hit up Chumley's for a little more friendly conversation.

The next morning we got up to go look at a potential housing option. It was cute but not my favorite. After that we headed home for some Mother's Day brunch! It was only supposed to be some close family but we never close our door and ended up having quite a group of people! But as always, the more the merrier. And of course we never ran out of food thanks to Mommy's amazing ability to prepare mass quantities of food and make it all see so effortless.

After some brunch and story telling Tyler and I headed out once again to go look at a potential apartment to live in. I liked this place SO much better. So hopefully by the end of next week I'll officially have a new home...but I won't be moving again until June.

Here are a few more pictures from one of my last nights in Midland...for a couple months at least! 

I have since started LIVING in Indiana. My mom has taken to calling herself my roommate which I find pretty funny. I'm her roommate who has to call home if I'm going to be late for dinner. :)

Trey and Titus are Married!!

What a wonderful weekend!

Friday night I went over to a friends house for a BBQ which is possibly my favorite thing about warm weather finally being here. That and not having to wear coats or socks. The food was delicious and the company was amusing as always. I got to play on the Wii for a little bit and confirm that I am only good at Wii bowling.

I had to leave early on Friday night so I could get some sleep and get up early on Saturday to drive down to Indiana for...Trey and Titus's wedding!! The ceremony was lovely and pleasantly short. Then we headed downtown for the reception at the Marvis Arts and Event Center. I'd never been there before but it's really cute! The floors are all hard wood and the room just has a very warm cozy feel to it. And you could see a train go by every once in a while through the window which was so appropriate for a room full of Boilermakers! :)

The night was filled with delicious food, killer dance moves, and lots of laughter. As much as I don't like the 5 hour drive home (especially when I forget a book on tape to listen to), it's always worth it when I get there. And it's always so nice to see my friends who don't live near me!


As if 6 hours of dancing wasn't enough, we headed out to Broad Ripple to continue the fun after the wedding. We managed to stay out for a few more hours before I didn't think having cute shoes on was worth the pain in my feet anymore and we headed back to our respectful beds/couches/floors. Sunday we were supposed to have an appointment to look at a house to potentially rent but that fell through so I had lunch with my parents and then packed up and headed back to Michigan. Hopefully we'll find a place to live soon!
I managed to pack up 3 boxes of kitchen good when I got home last night so progress is being made on that front. The truck will be here on Saturday and hopefully by that time, I'll be all set to go. I can't believe that my moving day is almost here! Clearly time has been flying by but hopefully there will be lots more fun times to come this summer!

How could I forget to mention...

...RIVERDANCE!!

It was awesome and if the farewell tour comes near you, I highly recommend going to see it. Tyler might have a different opinion. I mean, sure we were the youngest people there by about 50 years but that's beside the point. I am still amazed by the talent that those people have. How do they move their feet so fast!? And I will always love synchronized dancing. I think the best part of Slumdog Millionaire was the random dancing scene during the credits at the end. Sure it had nothing to do with the movie but you can't go wrong with a sweet dance number at the end of any movie.