Forget fat tuesday...it was fat saturday!!!

As I should be able to discretely disclose the events of yesterday, Saturday, March 8, I indulged once more and this should not be leaked to the press! I made pancakes for my breakfast/lunch. I must say, I ate them with my organic maple syrup, which was oh so DELICIOUS. I then proceeded to eat two spicy jack quesadillas and an order of small fries from Del Taco. As lovely as it was for it to go down, I must repent once more. lol. I need to do better with this eating stuff if I ever plan to make it to model status. hahaha. I didn't even run like I was supposed to. I slept most of the day or I remained lazy in bed and watched some pretty "sweet" movies.

I hung out with John for a couple of hours. We began watching Underworld, but as he said, "the movie doesn't matter". We watched the first 10 minutes and then became occupied in other things. I also fell asleep. I was tired as usual. It was great to have someone to lay next to while sleeping.

I think that is all there is to report. My Asst. GM will be here soon and I don't need her to catch me blogging. I also had this crazy girl come in talking about her having a horrible birthday and what not. She then handed me not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 credit cards, which were all declined. I told her that she was able to pay in cash. She left to get cash and I haven't seen her since. That is what happens when people come to my upscale motel, Hampton Inn. I tell them the room is $159.00 without tax and they get all neurotic on me. She looked coked out, so i wont hold it against her. AND her boyfriend wasn't much better.

Alright...this is for real

Joshua Aaron, out!!!

Same stuff, different day

So...today I was prepared to run like I have never done before. Of all things what did I do? I forgot to take my inhaler before I started running. At 2 miles I began to get a little short of breath and finall had to stop shortly after that. I walked a little bit and then I got to about 2.40 miles andf I decided I was going to run my ass off until i got to 3 miles. The elliptical was pretty usual. Nothing amazing to report about that. I have been putting the inclince at 1% and then increasing the resistance and it has been kicking my ass. I had a sore tush once I was done with that segment of the elliptical.

In other news, I have been thinking about John more. I'm not too sure what I want to do with him. I really enjoy his company and I actually think he is someone I could make it work out with in the long run. I'm not too sure though if that is wise. Next May I will be graduating and I intend on doing my MA in Int'l Studies, which will require me to do an internship in China for a year. I'm not too sure how this would affect the situation. At this point I'm not willing to sacrifice any of my ambitions for anyone. That is too great of an opportunity for me to pass up and the benefits that i will reap from it are just amazing. I have also been thinking more about a career in the hotel industry and I don't know how that would work out. It will require me to do training over seas. I would be gone from the states for a total of a year and possibly being placed in a job position in a hotel that is not in the United States. This could be potentiall problematic for a relationship. I will just have to ride it out and see where it goes.

I think that is about it. I'm at work and I'm getting extremely bored with being here. I was starving, so at my lunch time i ran over to Del Taco and ate two spicy jack quesadillas and some fries. I felt so much better, but then felt guilty after. I didn't even feel full. I was extremely hungry, so i'm not sure what was going on with me. I will have to repent on the elliptical tomorrow haha.

That is about it....Joshua Aaron, out!

Career Choices

I know I had the intention of using this blog as a means to journal my thoughts and encounters while losing the final pounds of my weight journey, but I think this will end up expressing all emotions adn thoughts that pass through my mind.

I have been looking at career options and I think that I have found a few fields or general categories that I think I would like to pursue. I know already that I have to be in field that allows me to interact with people on a personal level. Since I have been working at the Hampton Inn I have been enjoying myself thoroughly. Hilton has a program that trains graduates to be GMs in 5-8 years. for the first 4 or 5 months you do some domestic training and then in two 6 month segments you are sent to different hotels overseas. It seems like a very interesting opportunity. They also have training in some other fields that deal with marketing and sales. I think the hospitality industry could be a very rewarding career. GMs of full service hotels can make between $100k-200k a year depending on the amount of rooms present and the services they provide.

Another career that I have been looking at is sales. Ideally, I would like to get into international sales. Sales can be another rewarding career, but it is also very demanding and can be cumbersome. Domestic sales also interests me.

Whatever the case, these two fields have grabbed my interest and I intend on researching them more.

I had yesterday off, so I took the day to relax and also had a midterm in New Ventures in Entrepreneurship. I did ok on that test. I should have done better, but what can I say? What's done, is done. Hopefully, tonight I have the time and energy to go to the gym and run and do the elliptical a little. I feel guilty for not going yesterday, but I needed the time to relax and catch up on some needed sleep. Running and doing the elliptical have me working up something fierce in the hunger department. I wake up in the middle of the night hungry and I'm hungry at random times of the day. I used to not feel like this when I did this exercise two summers ago. Maybe my metabolism has changed or I'm just one hungry bitch! I think I will have to pull it together tonight and just go. It will be late, but I need to get the exercise in.

Alright, I don't have anything else to report for the day.

Joshua Aaron, OUT!!!

help, Help, HELP....FIRE!!!!

So....tonight was an interesting night at work. Everyone had left and the night laundry guy had just come in. He asked if he could have the last cookie that we set out for guests and I told him he could and if he wanted to, he could make some more. I didn't think by my telling him that that he would put the dough in the microwave as a method to bake cookies. I'm peacefully checking my email when all of a sudden the fire alarms are going off in the hotel. I panicked because I wasn't sure what to do. I work at a new hotel and we are still working out the bugs in a lot of the systems. All at once, people started calling the front desk asking if it was a a fire drill or if there was an actual fire. I am going crazy answering guests questions and trying to get the Asst. GM on the phone and the 911 was busy. And the night laundry guy was no help. He just disappeared. I finally got the fire department on the phone and my GM came from her house to shut off the system. It was just a crazy night. The fire truck arrived about 15 minutes after everything calmed down. An hour after the firemen left, a police officer shows up and he starts asking me if i have seen a guy named, so and so, and he describes him for me. I'm just like "wtf". Right now I have 2.5 more hours until I can go to one of the hotel rooms and sleep and then return at 3 and work some more.

In other news, I hung out with John today and we went to Olive Garden for dinner. That was pretty nice and we hung out and fell asleep until it was time for me to come to work. I went to the gym and ran before he got to my house. I didn't have a lot of time so I only ran 2 miles. I cut my work out short, but I felt guilty for not working out the day before, so I felt it was better to do something rather than nothing.

I think that is all I have to write for today. i'm going to take a break and sit down on the couch in the lobby. Peace!

This is how I feel

I am currently at work and I'm ready for my day to be over. I feel a bit guilty since I didn't go to the gym to run and do the elliptical. Since I have went back to being a vegetarian I have dropped about 10 pounds. I find this great and I want to continue with my weight loss. it is such an amazing thing to lose weight. I have gone through an array of emotions. Also, it is very nice to get attention from people. I have about 30 more pounds until I reach my final goal, but I am in no rush. When I look back and think about the last 2 years or so, it has been amazing seeing myself drop the pounds and have it confirmed by friends asking me about my weight loss.
I know have a new mini-goal. I would like to drop down to about 170 but May 31. I originally said I would like to weigh 170 by April 15, but I made that goal in January and it is now March 1. I recently, 3 days ago, started running again. I would like to get back into my routine of running 3 miles and doing the elliptical for 45 minutes to an hour everyday. This is a rough routine, but i really enjoyed it a couple of summers ago.
Motivation is one of the hardest things to keep consistent. Some days I just don't feel like running and I suppose those are the moments when I should really do it. I did not run yesterday and I feel kind of guilty. It is amazing how hungry I get after I run and do the elliptical. I don't know if my metabolism is catapulted into overdrive or what, but I become a ravenous wolf when I'm done at the gym. I want to get into weight lifting too, but that is not my primary concern though I know it will aid greatly in my weight loss.
Among other things, I have met a pretty cool guy. I was, and still am, a bit unsure of him, but I do believe he is a good guy. I am very relaxed when I hang with him. It is enjoyable to be able to sit with someone and not have an agenda. Simply sit and watch tv, or even nap...nothing more! It is lovely since I'm tired from working and school.
Well I think that is all I have to report right now. This blog really wasn't coherent, but I just wanted to get some thoughts out of my head. I will make an honest effort to be consistent with writing daily, reporting what I am eating, how my work outs are, my emotions, and anything else that seems pertinent to me.