WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON LATELY GABS?

So much for keeping up to a regularly scheduled posting schedule. But hey I'm at least trying. I've even set up my calendar to remind me everyday to blog something, which I then promptly dismiss the alert as soon as it pops up. Smart no?

Well this is a start. Let's see if I can turn this into a habit, and then actually back  into reviews. But in order to review, I need to be confident in my writing again, and in order to do that I actually need to write, which then leads me back to creating the habit of writing again. See where I'm going with this? It's a never ending circular argument that I just can't seem to jump on for the never ending ride of starting and getting into the habit of writing.

Still with me? Confusing, yes I know, but that is how my brain works.

So before I loop myself back into the circular argument of WHEN WILL SHE WRITE?! Here is a quick update of my life.

I quit my job. Well I resigned my job as a Visual Manager for a specialty clothing store, and a lot of shit went down with that, none of which I want to go into here (hey Mom works for an employment attorney, and she comes home with all these horror stories about subpoenas and fair internet usage practices, and I know better than to post about "stuff".)
And despite the "shit that went down", the real reason I left work was to go back to school full time, and finish my damn degree. Any degree really. I just want a fancy certificate that says that Gabs FINALLY graduated with good grades and here is the proof, a shiny new Associates degree!!
Once I have that in my hands, I can take over the world work on earning my bachelors. I would say finish my bachelors, but I have no intention on ever being a musician again, (at least one in an academic setting) so I need to figure out what the hell I'm doing with my life.

Now, don't think I'm not doing anything with my life aside from school. I did pick up a part time job with a local (nationally recognized?) camping/outdoors retailer, and that is looking pretty cool so far. It's encouraging me to go outside more, which is something my life was lacking of lot of for the last 5+ years or so.

In fact, tomorrow, I plan on walking to my job, just so I can get an idea of how far, and how long it will take me to walk to work. ATPing it up! (Alternative Travel Project in case you thought I was talking about Adenosine Triphosphate, which technically could still be what I'm talking about, but no. ATP is a non-profit organization started by my celebrity bff/love Stana Katic, to encourage and promote Alternative forms of travel rather than driving cars. And seeing how the last year I've been driving 60+ miles everyday, I need to really stop driving all together to try and reduce my carbon footprint. But in all honesty, what the hell is Stana doing with ATP, that website hasn't been updated in MONTHS, and is actually still under construction. She made a shit ton of money the other day through an auction, which her sometimes scary as hell fans raised a ton of money for, and I have yet to see anything come out of it, cept for the cancellation of Castle and Stana's wonderful world travels I keep up with through Instagram. Kinda sketch no?) Gonna let that car just live in the driveway for now.

So it's about 2.3 mile round trip. There are some hills, and I'll be actually outside for once, so I'm excited and terrified all at the same time. Scared of what? I have no clue. The walk is all through a residential neighborhood with sidewalks, the only time I will be dealing with traffic will be crossing the parkway (at a cross walk with a light) and the parking lot, but as I've been told by Keva (former co-worker and all around good person) and the rest of the world, I am overly dramatic! But this will be good for me. 2.3 miles daily (or at least when I have shifts, which hopefully will be at least 4 times a week), and whatever distance/steps I cover while working, I'm gonna get my health back on track.

Which leads me to GETTING MY ASS BACK TO THE GYM! Need to get my heart pumping again, and more importantly, I need to start lifting again. I was enjoying having muscles, and the lack of the pump has called for some muscle loss, or at least I'm not as toned as I was before I started working in Winston Salem. So once I get a routine down, BACK TO THE GYM I GO! (and for that I will need to drive the car, because the gym is about 3 miles away, and that would be a 6+ mile round trip, I wouldn't survive the workout.)

Let's see what else. School starts next month, I need to buy textbooks, get my room and work space squared away, and I think that's it for this mini update.

I just need to make sure I do this EVERYDAY, even if I am writing about what I ate for lunch (chips, I was lazy today).

So wish me luck. And yeah, rinse and repeat.

And one day, if this actually takes off, I'll post the link to my facebook! And let friends and family read!