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[Jan. 14th, 2007|09:13 pm] |
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Wow. Been a while, again (I am so bad at that). Not a whole lot happening since I last posted. Still looking forward to moving at the end of the school year, still looking forward to a new job, still looking forward to spending more time with Corinne. Seven school days have past, so that is seven days closer to the end of the school year.
Other than that, not much is going on. The Saints are doing great this year. Hopefully they will win the NFC Championship and then the Super Bowl. Been exciting to watch them this year.
Write more at a later time, hopefully sooner rather than later. |
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| New Years resolutions 2007 |
[Dec. 31st, 2006|08:10 am] |
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Here are my resolutions for the new year:
1) Lose weight (Obviously. I really need to do this and the longer I put it off the worse it is going to be for my health)
2) Take better care of my health (I did better in this regard this last year then I have ever done. I need to keep up taking all my pills when I should take them, making doctor's appointments when things are bothering me, and working on things that improve my overall health.
3) Clean, and keep clean, my apartment (yeah, this one is going to take some work)
4) Private (Don't you really hate it when someone has a resolution and they won't tell you what it is? This one is something that I need to control, but not something I want everyone knowing that I am working on. Some things should just be private)
Well, that is it this year. Only 4 of them and all of them are something that I can do, and I will do them. |
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[Dec. 27th, 2006|04:50 pm] |
Well, it is that time of the year again. Time to look back at the goals I set for myself for this year and to reflect on how well I did with them. Then I need to look ahead and plan out some goals for the upcoming year. Feel Free to comment about these goals and what your thoughts are about them. I will be writing my 2007 goals up soon and will post them after I have done so.
2006 Goals:
1) Get below, and stay under, 300 pounds.
2) Ask one person out. On a date is good, but out is okay. If rejected, I will ask another out.
3) Be more positive about things.
4) Pay all my bills on time. Pay off at least 4 bills.
5) Take better care of myself and my surroundings.
6) Private - I will reveal what this was after I accomplish it.
Okay, some mixed results here.
1) I was doing very well with my weight loss program, but then I fell off and have put most of the weight back on. I have asked for a couple nights off from Sylvan during the week and I am hopeful of getting to the gym at least 3 times a week to get a workout in.
2) I asked someone out, then I asked her out again. Now I have a girlfriend. She is a very wonderful person and I enjoy the time I spend with her. Most of the time we are talking on the phone as we live 1200 miles apart, but the time that I spent with her over Thanksgiving Break was wonderful and I look forward to spending more time together with her in the coming year.
3) I do think that I have been more positive about things this year, though I will also say that I have had my down moments. Still, it is an improvement over what I have been in the past.
4) I can't say that I paid all of my bills on time, as I did miss a couple, but overall I did very well with them. I have also gotten most of my bills paid down some and even have 1 paid off. There are a couple more that will be paid off during the coming year and I will be very happy to see them go away.
5) This is the one that I did the worst with this year. My place is still a mess. I need to work on getting it cleaned up, especially if I have visitors coming to see me in the spring. Hopefully I will have the place cleaned up by the end of January and kept clean through the end of the school year.
6) Okay, so I know that I said that I would post what this goal was once I accomplished it, but I have decided against that. Everyone will just have to know that I did make this goal and that I am extremely proud of myself for doing so. |
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[Dec. 27th, 2006|04:30 pm] |
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Hello again boys and girls. Time for a quick update, then a new post about my New Years Resolutions.
First off, I am on vacation. Currently in Arizona, visiting my parents and friends. Been great so far. Christmas was very nice. Everyone seemed really happy with the presents that I gave them.
I am glad to have this time off. Once I get back to Florida it will be almost time for the new semester to start. Which of course means that there is only 1 more semester left in what has been a very rough year so far. It also means that there is only 1 more semester left before I will load up everything and move. I really need to keep thinking of the positives than the negatives. Still no word about any job openings, but as this semester goes on I expect that there will be openings. March is generally about the time that teachers let their schools know that they will not be back and the schools will start advertising for jobs shortly after that.
Well, that is it for an update. I will be writing a new entry shortly. |
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[Dec. 14th, 2006|01:52 pm] |
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Well, things are settling down a little. Things are still very rough at school. I will probably stay for the rest of the year. This past week I had some pains in my right foot which made it very hard to walk. I spent 2 days walking around the campus with a crutch. I have been taking my meds and it is feeling better.
So, I am hoping to start going to the Gym soon. I may try this weekend. If my foot is feeling well enough that is. I need to get some work outs in to help lose some weight. It will be a start towards losing the weight.
Well, that is all of the update for today. More later. |
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[Dec. 9th, 2006|10:41 pm] |
Been a while, but not as long as last time.
Lets start with my vacation. It was great. I got off the plane with a dozen roses for Corinne. We did all kinds of things together, including, but not limited to (I don't think I can remember everything) Working 2 football games (Home team, Chiefs, won both), Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday with her family, going out to a night club with friends, an Elders Concert, to her work for a while to meet the coworkers, the movies, and various other stuff. I had a great time and can't wait to go back. Yes, I am looking at moving there, as soon as I can, though it looks like it will be May before it happens. I really enjoyed being with her. I am looking forward to moving to where she is to pursue the relationship from a much shorter distance.
Work.... SUCKS....hmmm....may not strong enough emotion there. I am currently supposed to be teaching 10 classes in the 6 periods that I teach. In addition to the 6 Intensive Math classes that I started the year with, I now have 2 classes of Career Discovery, both of which are during 8th period, along with my Intensive Math class. Plus I found out after I got back from vacation that I am also the Primary Math teacher for 2 students, instead of the Secondary teacher like I thought I was. One of the students is in the 8th grade and in my 1st period class, the other is in the 7th grade and in my 4th period class. Yeah, SUCKS! I am ready to quit my job at the school. If I had anything else lined up as a full time job I think I would quit before the end of the school year. Barring a new job coming up, I am planning on loading up a U-Haul truck on May 24th and leaving town on May 25th. I am so over this place right now.
However, I do have some good news about a job. I have been told by the Center Director and the Director of Education for the Sylvan Learning Center that I am working at that I should consider looking for a job as a Director of Education at a Sylvan in Missouri. I have been told that the Director might be able to help me look for jobs. So, I told him that it sounds like a good idea. If I can find a job like this then I won't be teaching in a school. I think that right now this would be a good thing as I feel like I am getting worn out by all the crap that has been happening to me at the school I am working out. Taking a break from teaching might be a good thing to get me fired back up again. This kind of job could be a year or two deal, or it could be something that I keep for a long time. I will just have to see where things go.
Not sure what else to put here, so I am going to go to bed. I will try to write more at a later date. |
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| Update |
[Nov. 16th, 2006|01:46 pm] |
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WOW!!!!! It has been a long time since I wrote on here. Been VERY Very Bad. A LOT has changed in the months since I wrote here. This might be a long entry, so bear with me.
First off, about the time I wrote that last entry I started calling and talking to a wonderful woman. Since that time we have started dating. Our dates have been the over-the-phone variety as we are in different states, she in Missouri and myself in Florida, but that has not stopped us from getting closer. Our first conversation lasted for 4 hours. We have talked about anything and everything, just about. We have a LOT of things in common, and the things that we don't have in common we have been talking about and things are working out. I will be traveling up to see her for the week of Thanksgiving. I am really looking forward to spending time with her and her family. I am getting more and more excited about going to see her.
If you want to see a picture of here, I have two of them online. They are located at http://simkus.tripod.com/pics/pop2.JPG and
http://simkus.tripod.com/pics/pop3.JPG
After I come back from being with her I hope to post some pictures of the 2 of us together.
School. BAH! Last year finished off okay. There were some problems and I was very glad when it was over, but this year has been much, much worse. There is a lot of junk going on from Administration, with things being out of line, schedules messed up, a LOT of pressure, extra testing, class sizes out of whack, etc, etc, etc. It just never seems to stop right now. The good news on that front is that I am looking to find a job in Missouri. Part of that is so that I can be closer to Corinne, but part of that is that I am tired of Florida and the stupid things that are happening here.
Weight. That has fallen off some. I have been so stressed and tired that I have been eating more than I should, less of the good stuff, and not exercising enough. I am wanting to work on that some more, but it will be a while longer still.
Bills. Paying off my bills has been going well. I don't know if I have anything paid off, but I am getting closer to having some things paid off. Right now, I am doing well money wise. I am happy with the way things are going right now.
Well, I will probably write more shortly. I am going to try and write something later tonight or tomorrow sometime. Just write more about how things are going and how I am feeling. |
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[Mar. 9th, 2006|10:15 am] |
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Well, today has been crappy so far. I was going to be going on Sunday to the Ren Faire in Tampa. I talked with a teacher friend (Holly) and asked if she wanted to go. I also asked Nicole (she went to Miami with me to a different Ren Faire, more on that one later) and Kat (former girlfriend) if they wanted to go. All of them could go on Sunday. Holly has also been asked by Rhonda to go with her. I was just thinking that we could all go together on Sunday and hang out. Rhonda came in my classroom today and said that she would rather go with Holly on Sunday then on Saturday with some other friends. She also said that she didn’t really want Kat to go because she can be a child at times. She said that she wants to go with friends and people that she can have a good time with, to have "adult" time with, which does not include me because I do not appreciate baring the brunt of all of her jokes about men and that since she is going out to watch for men in tights and to make jokes that she feels I would ruin her fun. So, I guess I had better not go out there. Right now I just feel so mad at her that I am looking at finding a job at a different school for next year so I wouldn't have to be around her. I really don't want to talk to her, or even see her right now. I want to go to the ren faire and I think that I am going to see if she is going next weekend and which day she will be going, then talking with Kat and Nicole about going the other day. I know that I shouldn't let Rhonda's actions determine what I do, but I am tired of being blamed for everything by her. I am just going to have to stay away from her for a while and calm myself down. I am really tired of all the junk, just really tired or it all. |
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[Feb. 19th, 2006|06:50 pm] |
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Been a really long time since I posted here. Things have been up and down, though I think that things are looking better. Not going to post much now, as I am about to head to bed. I will try to post some things tomorrow. |
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[Jan. 22nd, 2006|06:25 pm] |
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Okay, okay. So it has been a while since I posted. I have some catching up to do, don't I? Here we go.
Last weekend I went over with some friends and watched the football games. Was fun, and a nice time. I also spent some time talking with one of the ladies. After that weekend I felt very nice. Then came the work week. The students were just weird all week. Had lots of trouble with students in many classes, which in a way I am glad of, because it means that the problem wasn't just me. I was VERY glad when the week was over. Friday night I spent with some friends again and watched Serenity. I LOVED it. Great movie.
Saturday afternoon I went with my friends (Holly and Jamie) to the beach. We spent an hour or so there. After that we met up with Jamie's sister, Dawn, and her fiance, T.J, at an Alehouse. We spent a couple hours there talking and eating. We then went over to Dawn's apartment, talked some more, and listened to some records. It was a very good day. I really enjoy spending time with Holly and Jamie. It is easy to talk with them, even though I don't talk with them about a lot of private things. But I am getting more comfortable around them and I am able to tell them some things.
Back to school tomorrow. Hopefully the kids will be better. I have to work this saturday, but that is okay. Going to try and get some extra sleep during the week so that I will be in a better mood myself. I will try to write more later in the week. |
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[Jan. 12th, 2006|09:17 am] |
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What an interesting week. For the most part the students have been well, but I have had a few problems. I even had one class that wanted to talk when I was trying to explain how to do something so I made their classwork sheet in to a test and gave it to them that way. They were not happy with me on it. Oh well. Maybe they will learn to stop talking and start listening when I am trying to teach.
Lets see, on to other topics. Things are going well on the sleeping front. I have been sleeping very well, though not always as much or as long as I would like. I am feeling better on that regard. |
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[Jan. 8th, 2006|08:53 pm] |
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Well, today I went for a walk, but just a small one while doing laundry. About to head to bed because I want to wake up early to go for a walk before work. Maybe I will post some more tomorrow, though it is going to be a rough day with work1 (at the school), work2(at Sylvan), then a staff meeting at work2. Bah. Have a good night everyone. |
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[Jan. 7th, 2006|11:23 pm] |
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Today was good, and bad. I went for a long walk. I walked to my school, did some work there, then walked to Target, did some shopping, then went home. All in all about 6 or 7 miles. This was VERY good. After I got home I did a couple things online. I had a conversation with someone that left me feeling bad. I won't go in to the details, but lets just say that when the conversation was over I felt worse then I have in a while. There is something about talking with this person that brings out the bad feelings in me. After the conversation was over I sat in my chair and fumed for a while. I decided that I needed to do something or I would drive myself crazy. So, I called up one of my friends and checked to see if she wanted to see a movie with me as I had a couple of free tickets. She agreed and a few hours later we met up and saw King Kong. A good movie, except for a couple things. Number one, the BIG bugs. It made me feel creepy quite badly. Number two, the air scenes in New York, where they showed Kong fighting the airplanes and all the views looking down. I have a fear of heights. Well, more of a fear of falling from said heights. I am fine if I am standing somewhere where I can look out and over things, but if I get near the edge I have problems. So this was an interesting part of the movie for me. I feel like I will have nightmares for a while about those scenes.
Tomorrow I am going to be going out and walking with some friends. Not certain about what I will do after that yet, but maybe I will go out to eat. Will have to see if any of my friends would want to join me. This is it for now. I will be writing some more on here tomorrow. Tomorrow should be a great day. |
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[Jan. 4th, 2006|09:05 pm] |
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A number of things to talk about today. First off, it was the first day back to work following the Winter Break. No students today, they come back tomorrow. Then the fun will begin.
My mom is home now and feeling better, though she is tired. I haven't heard anything new about my brother and the baby.
After I got home from work I went for a walk to Staples to get a ream of paper. All in all was walking for about 45 minutes. That makes the second day in a row that I have walked. I plan on walking again tomorrow. Not certain if it will be in the morning or after work. I have found someone to walk with me to work on Friday, so I will will be walking in both the morning and the afternoon. Lots of exercise for me this week. *cheers*
More later. |
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[Jan. 3rd, 2006|09:52 pm] |
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Hello Everyone! I wanted to pass along some information about my family:
My mother went in to the hospital today to have some tests done. The thought was there that she might have an artery that is slightly blocked. Turns out that there were two arteries 75% blocked. They had to put stints in to both and she will be in the hospital for at least 1 night. I found out all this when I called and talked to my sister to see how things had gone.
About an hour later my dad called me back and we talked a little bit ore about this. He then gave me some information about my brother and sister-in-law. She is pregnant with their first child. She is about 25 weeks along. They went in today for a regular check-up and found out that the baby has a large head, as if it was 30 weeks along. They do not know what has caused this, or even if the baby will be okay. A number of people that they have met since they moved to Oregon have lost babies in the short time that my brother and his wife have lived there.
My sister also let me know that she will be seeing the surgeon on Feb 16 to determine the date for the surgery to correct the problem that she has. She has malformation (can't spell the name of it), which has basically meant that her brain has formed in the brain stem area. The pressure from this has given her severe migraines that have gotten really bad the past 5 years. From what I understand of the procedure, they will be removing part of the back of her skull, chipping away some of the bones, and then reattaching this piece.
So, I am not at all certain what the future has in store for my family. This information has made it a real trying night for me. |
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| Change of plans |
[Jan. 3rd, 2006|02:38 pm] |
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Well, I tried to go up and down the stairs a lot, and it hurt my back. So, instead of doing that I went for a 30 min walk today. Now I am tired, but feeling good. Going to wash up and get supper soon before I go to work. Day 1 down, a lifetime to go. :) |
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[Jan. 3rd, 2006|01:45 pm] |
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I plan on starting a new exercise plan. I am going to be getting up in the morning and walking for 30 minutes before getting ready to go to work. I am hopeful of doing this every day. Yeah, it is going to be hard for me to get up a bit earlier in the morning to do this, especially with the troubles I have had sleeping, but I think I can do it. Once I get in to the rythym of doing it it should become easier and easier to do. For today, and the foreseeable future, I plan on just going out my back door and walking up and down the stairs for the 30 minutes. I also plan on walking to work every friday (about 2 miles away). By doing this and keeping this up I will lose weight, and get myself feeling much better. I will be posting on here every day how many times I was able to go up and down the stairs. As time goes on this number should increase. I don't have a goal of how many times I will go up and down, but I want to get through the 30 minutes. I will post later today my total for today. |
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| New Years Resolutions |
[Jan. 2nd, 2006|09:09 pm] |
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Well, here is the start of what I hope to make a regular thing.
I will start with my New Years Resolutions. I am posting below what mine were for last year. I did very good overall on them. The only one that I did not accomplish was number 5. I still have not told anyone what it is, though a couple people might be able to guess it. Of all the goals listed below I am only going to keep 1 of them as it is. I will be creating all new goals for 2006.
2005 Goals:
1) No more Sweets
2) No more fast food or Pizza
3) Lose weight
4) Well, I did this one. I got drunk.
5) Private - I will reveal what this was after I accomplish it
6) Improve my self-esteem
1) Get below, and stay under, 300 pounds. (Yeah, I have had weight loss goals in the past, but this is the first time that I have set a weight to get below. I know that I can do this one easily)
2) Ask one person out. On a date is good, but out is okay. If rejected, I will ask another out. (This one is important to me. I want to get out more. If I keep trying then good things can happen. If I give up then nothing will happen. I want something to happen.)
3) Be more positive about things. (I really need to make myself more positive and not focusing on the negatives. If something happens that is a negative I need to not take it as an attack, or as a huge thing. I need to see the positive side of it and keep my head up. For example, all of my goals for this year are positive. Last year I had two goals that had the work “no” in them.)
4) Pay all my bills on time. Pay off at least 4 bills. (This is important as I move towards moving to a new state, a house, and a life that is more financially secure and free.)
5) Take better care of myself and my surroundings. (I need to keep my apartment cleaned up. I need to take better care of washing clothes or picking up things, or putting things where they belong. I just need to take care of everything.)
6) Private - I will reveal what this was after I accomplish it. (This is the same thing that I had last year. Of all the things listed this is the hardest to accomplish. For me to accomplish this I have to improve my thoughts about myself. I have to make big changes to my mind set and to the way I view things, especially the way I see myself. This may be the one that I would most like to accomplish out of all my goals. Not because it happened, but because of all the things that have to happen for it to happen.)
There are some other changes I will be doing for this year. I am going to allow myself sweets again, but on conditions. I will allow myself a small ice cream, but to get it I have to have walked for at least 10 hours before I can get it. As time goes on and I am consistent with that then I will up the hours. If I become lazy and don’t get out walking then I will not get ice cream.
I still do not plan on eating fast food; though once in a great while will not harm me. If I am with a group of people and they would like to stop someplace like that then I can join them. I will just have to make sure that I keep what I eat to small amounts.
So, these are my goals and my thoughts for 2006. I welcome any comments about what I have written. |
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