The Church of Dan

Ok so I’m horrible at blogging and it just hasn’t worked it’s way in to my daily routine yet.  I used to blog to vent/cry/emo about just about everything.  Now there isn’t anything bothering me, and I’ve forgotten what it’s like to just.. blog without much purpose except to get thoughts out on to the internet and just express a day-in-review, or in this case a month in review about everything.  Hopefully I’ll get better at this.

Exams. Ugh. I have one on Monday and am dreading it. This is the same exam I studied so hard for back in November.  To go over everything again is so un-motivating.  Alas, if I want to get re-imbursed from work, I better pass this time!  But I’m allowed to bitch, right?

Exercising. I love it.  I have more free time to myself during the week now, and will have more after monday *shakes fist*.  I’ve made up a spreadsheet and plan out my workouts for 5-6 days a week now.  Lower body 3x and upper body 2 or 3x.  I think I may alternate weeks when I do 2 and 3 of each section, either way I’m aiming for a defined and toned body by late may/june – for the sake of confidence and health.  Some workouts are finished in about 30-40 minutes, my upper body days take closer to an hour to complete – then add time to make my protein shake, have dinner,  it’s about 8:30-9:30 before I sit to do anything at my computer!  But they are great workouts!

Warhammer Online.  I wish Aion Online would be released, it looks so cool.  But Warhammer fills the gap for now, juggled between 4 characters.  Tyrannize my Zealot is my healing-guy.  When I play him I generally want to keep the whole team up while trying to do some damage on the side.   Finalize the Sorceress is my “I shoot magic at you from afar while looking sexy, and you die” character. She’s hot.  Immobilize my Witch Elf is when I want to make people smash their keyboards in frustration when I always kill them FROM THE SHADOWS, and last, and probably least – Womanize the Marauder – he isn’t anything too special yet, except that his arm turns into WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION!

Work.  Work is work, but thankfully it isn’t as stressful anymore.  I’ve worked on a project in Excel to record all statistics of incoming courier and what department they go to and have numbers recorded by day/week/month meaning now total numbers can be tracked on all fronts – and the amount of work said departments recieve will also be recorded.  It’s a tool that has gotten more attention than I thought it would.  I also just found out yesterday that management in Accounting is asking as to why I haven’t applied for a position there yet – so I may be looking to apply there temporarily while I decide what direction I want to move in my career.  Stay in Insurance, or the possibility of Accounting courses to move in to the Bank.  Or maybe a financial analyst for an insurance company… who knows?  All I know is I am good with numbers.  Really really good.

Chess.  I love chess, and downloaded Chessmaster 10th Edition, and may just go out and buy it too.  It’s a hobby I’m glad I’m working my way back in to. And PS – the chessmaster kicks my ass all the damn time.

MUDs. *gasp* Jess did you read that?  Anyways, Ive been musing about the idea of returning to a game that I haven’t played in about 7 years now.  Realms of Despair. Thalasian the Drow Mage – probably peaceful again or I was thinking of Naislaht the Drow Nephandi/Cleric/Idon’tknow.  The real trick is getting the name authorized or deleted (if the deadly one is still around)

Which brings me to my final update!  My budget in excel.  Holy crap, it is AWESOME!  I have cleared all my credit card debts in 1.5 months.  I actually see the flow of money I have coming in, and what goes to bills, other expenses vs mandatory expenses, food, and pretty much everything else.  Creating the spreadsheet and updating it was very hard at first, but now I spend about 10 minutes a day looking at my budget, update daily, and plan AHEAD meaning, I mark things as expensed before I even buy it IE Monthly bus pass is always $109 at the end of the month, so I record it as such, and I am able to see the total amount of money I have available for the whole month.  Best tool ever.

After Monday – assuming I pass the exam – I have no stress.  For the first time, in a very long time. I. Have. No. Stress.  WOW!