My Extra Time

Study Time, Reading Time, Scrapbooking Time, Zumba Time

 

 With so much quiet time to myself, for the first time, my personal inbox is empty – zero!  Everything has filed, either in archived folders or for later – to go through if I ever had the time!  Nice huh?  On the other hand, my inbox at work will never be empty, as I continue to have a 9-5 job hehehe.  I got a bike to ride to and from compound so I had a nice bike ride over the weekend.  After skipping several cafeteria meals,I lost 7 lbs already in three weeks.  If it costs $3 for frozen food, it’s worth it more than a dish of lasagna, fried chicken and what have you at the buffet.  Man, some people are so skinny and can eat all they want and not gain a lb.  I got the Ngernwichit fat “gene.” Sorry to say but I am what I eat.  So for exercise, I’m doing abs class M W F, Hiits (High Intensity) workouts, Zumba for cardio, or the T25 insanity DVD at home when I don’t have time to go to the gym.  Some of us aren’t born lucky and before Alyssa was born, time was what I had to keep the weight off.  Now I have to work more on the diet for the next ten years which is my super weak area.

I am still not sleeping well but at least I’m getting photo updates from Jason on Alyssa which always brings me a smile. I know he’s bad with e-mail but he knows what I like!!! Seeing Alyssa having fun gives me a peace of mind.  This is a catchup time for him and her for the year.  After all, the first five years of her life, momma Bo spent her time taking Alyssa to all these b-day parties and playdates.  Go to my villatravels.smugmug.com site and you will see the most populated folder or gallery is the playdates.  Now it’s time to reconnect with the three of us.  I don’t regret joining the playgroups, or paper crafting. I made great friends I never would have otherwise. 

The bottom is that Alyssa is a good girl, she’s secure, she’s resilient and she’s going to be OK.  And I hope that she will grow up to be a responsible adult and start a generation of healthy Villas or whoever if she decides to adopt another name for her future family. 
I’ve started to play around with voice recognition.  I figured I want to get rid of this keyboard thingy that I drag about with my Surface Tablet.  Alyssa finds it a nuisance and she won’t be a keyboard girl because she is born into the world where typing may no longer be needed.  Well, here are some of my productivity results.

 

I’m making going to the spa a weekly thing now; which was a luxury back home in Florida.  Making time for myself really is important…Now if I can just get those extra hours of shut-eye. I think it has a combination of factors and I realize, that I am actually grieving over my mother’s death.  A lot of guilt and unfulfilled wishes and never know if she heard me during those days in the hospital. I just have to trust and believe that she did.

Lately, I’ve been listening/and watching Mr. Russell Peters (Canadian Comedian).  I bought the audio CD, Outsourced and he’s been keeping me laugh so hard it hurts my stomach.  Man that guy knows how to make those various Asian accents.  My favorite one – Chinese people talk like their chopping veggies… Check it out here on You Tube - "Different Types of Asians": it’s in the last minute of the 6-min video clip:  “Don’t say nothing beck!”  What??!!!  “Back!” :-D 

October 12 – Columbus Holiday

Well today was well spent.  I got my mani-pedi done. Actually I did my own nails b/c wasn’t going to risk Spa lady cutting of my cuticles again!  She did do a great job on the feet here. 
I tried to do some distance training..Not going to happen with phones ringing off the hook. Hello, did someone forget it’s a US holiday?  Columbus Day which is incidentally, Canadian’s Thanksgiving day.  So Happy holidays to both US and Canadians alike!

Definitely my highlight of the day was Skyping with Alyssa.  She showed me her costume for Halloween..She is going to be a devil.  What a gal…She will be great at it too…b/c she can be a naughty little girl, “ooohhh that little devil” J. 

 

Nothing else to report.  Besides getting more time for exercise, dieting, watching movies on my DVD I am doing fine.  Finding groups who share interests are finally happening and then I’ll be back home for a decent rest and recuperation.  Good night.

 My Beautiful Accomplishment - Mani/Pedi! :)