Scullie's World: August 2011

Last Spring I was a work out fiend! I worked out two times a day and ate extremely well. Once I moved to Conway and started my new job, I stopped working out and resorted to easy snack foods to eat while at work. While I am not entirely dissatisfied with my body, I think it could use a little tune-age.

So tomorrow morning I am going to wake up bright and early and do some yoga! When I say I mean like 5 A.M., soooooo I'm wondering how this is going to work out for me! I do need to kick my nasty habits of eating junk food and being completely inactive, seriously the most exercise I get during the day is the walk up and down the stairs to my office door, which equates to about 8 steps per day. I sit all day long and then I come home and sit on the couch and read. I need to get into a good workout schedule because once I start school I will be super busy and the only times I will have will be in the mornings to work out. For the time being I will do yoga/pilates in the morning before I go to work and then I will come home and walk/run. Since it is extremely too hot outside to run I will probably opt for the walking option until it gets a little cooler outside.

Also starting tomorrow I am kicking the coffee habit, candy habit, and nasty meal habit, which means I am going to have to pretty much change everything I eat, but I'm okay with that. I am so open to suggestions about healthy food options. I am so ready for Fall because oddly enough whenever Fall comes around I want to eat better and exercise more often.

I am excited to see my transformation and see how well I will be able to bounce back into my exercise routine. I think I will take photos to document my progress and maybe log my food choices, but that may become real boring considering I doubt you guys REALLY care what I am consuming.

Along with my new declaration to lead a healthier life, I am preparing myself for school next semester. I am so excited and nervous about what I have ahead of me. I stumbled upon a blog called sometimessweet.blogspot.com while I was looking at honeybeeinthecity.blogspot.com and the girl that writes this blog used to teach English to 10th and 12th graders (exactly the grades I want to teach) and has made me so excited for this new adventure I am embark on. In my preparation for school next semester I have created a wishlist on Vera Bradley's website because I love her and I think she sells the cutest stuff >.<

Here's a peek:

Granted I don't really need anything of this, but I think it will be nice to have for my fresh new start. I do admit that I need to less concerned about school supplies and more concerned with studying for my Praxis I and how I am going to pay for it because I need to take it, ideally before September is over, definitely not any time after the second week of October.

Well if I want to get this 5 A.M. yoga on I need to hit the sack so I'm out!

Ash

Sitting here listening to David Bowie's Changes makes me think about the changes that are occurring in my life right now.

It's been a HOT minute since I've written last and so much has happened! I completely and utterly failed my 30 day challenge! I'm so bad with commitment, just ask anyone who knows me well at all and they will tell you I have had three majors, thought about going to every post-grad professional school there is, I'm always changing my hair color, genre of book I'm loving, how I dress, do my make-up. It's kind of annoying, but also refreshing in a way.

I know I have finally reached my decision on my career choice though. I have decided to get my dual Master's in Secondary Education and Reading Education, my certification as a Literacy Coach, and hopefully one my PhD in Reading Education. Hopefully I can use my dissertation as a basis for creating ideas for my nonprofit organization that helps with the fight against illiteracy. Reading, books, words, anything that really has to do with literature or the combination of words in some kind of fashion is my passion and I want to share that passion with the world.

I finally got a library card from the Faulkner County Library!

Can I get a what, what?! I've been using the CRAP out of this card (and it's doubly awesome bc it's pink >.<)

I am going to Texas next weekend, it will be the first vacation I have been on in a while so I am looking forward to it. Plus I'm getting to see one of my favorite family members ever, my Uncle David. Seriously this dude is super rad!

Work has been super hectic, but I work with some pretty super peeps so we have been making it!

Going back to the changes that I was referring to early in this passage stretch past just my education, the changes bleed into my personal life. I am mostly thinking about my relationships with people; this isn't necessarily a negative thing. I would like to improve my relationship with my family; I am mainly thinking of my relationship with my sisters, my grandma, and great grandparents. I don't see them enough and I would like to change that. I want my relationships with my friends to be better; I need to talk to them more often and make a point to hang out with them, enjoy their company like I did in college.

Needless to say I am needing to make a lot of changes in my life, but hopefully I have time for that.

I am thinking about adding some things to the blog, like a book review every week (trying to spread the word, no pun intended ;) ) I started a book club, so once that gets started I'll be adding that segment, maybe if you are in the area maybe you might want to join :)

Fall is so close and I cannot wait for it to get here already!! I just bought a super cute sweater at F21 today and I can't wait to wear it! (pic below)

Mine is navy with coral stripes though! Super-dee-duper-dee cute! I love Fall, it is hands down the best season of the year. Plus my favorite holiday is during the Fall (Halloween :) )

Here's some of things I'm currently crushing on that remind me of the Fall:

These shoes remind me of two things about Fall. Last Fall I took Irish Literature, with one of the best professors I've ever had and it was my favorite class I ever took in college. So the color reminds me of the class and also because my professor would wear converse frequently, I honestly don't think I saw him wear any other kind of shoe.