Monday, January 19, 2004

Journal Entry: In My Life

I haven’t written a good ole’ fashion journal entry for quite awhile now, so (for anyone who is remotely interested) this basically sums up my recent life. Deep Freeze The North East has been trapped in a cold snap lately and my remote area of Northern Ohio is no exception. For the past two weeks the temperature has not crawled out of the teens and it seems like the snowfall is never ending. I don’t dislike the cold, nor do I dislike the snow, I just really hate scraping my car off four or five times a day. Luckily, the snow is supposed to subside on Wednesday and the weatherman doesn’t predict anymore until Saturday. The weatherman is rarely accurate though, so I am expecting a blizzard. Busy-ness Now that the Holiday season has ended, work has kicked into full gear and my company is busy, busy, busy! I haven’t been able to travel to my block stores lately because our phones are constantly ringing off the hook. There are pros and cons to working inside as opposed to traveling. When I work inside I make a base salary, so the money is constant and I get to spend quite a bit of time online. When I work outside, however, my pay is based on commission and, depending on the week, I can gross pretty large paychecks. Also, there are no hovering bosses when I am on the road, and that can definitely be a god-send. On top of my usual forty-five plus hours of weekly work, I am also taking three classes. Originally I had intended to get my masters in History, but I decided that wasn’t very practical seeing as how I have no real desire to teach. So I opted to get a degree in advertising. When I was in high school I interned for a Charleston based ad agency and I did a fairly good job. I kept in touch with the guy I interned for and I recently found out he was promoted to the New York office. He told me that if I was to get a degree in advertising he would hire me onto his team. Since I am hell-bent on moving to New York and advertising can be quite lucrative, I decided to take him up on his offer. Fitness After the holidays I found myself about ten pounds heavier than usual and I was pretty much disgusted with the way I looked. I decided to give the Atkins diet a go, and I am fairly happy with its results. I’ve managed to loose ten pounds in two weeks by refraining from eating carbs and exercising regularly. I also modified my work out so I can lean down some of my bulkier muscles that tend to pick up fat easily. Anyway, I am fairly vain, so I decided that I am going to continue my diet and my daily core training until I have those defined abs I have always wanted. Politics I guess I bashed the Democratic candidates a little too quickly. In the past week many of the candidates finally presented more defined plans for how they envision running the country. It was also a pleasant surprise to see John Kerry finally show some backbone and John Edwards receiving more recognition than I thought he would. This may turn out to be an interesting primary after all. Post Script Good news in my world of Football (NFL) these past few weeks. Joe Gibbs will coach the Redskins, my absolute favorite NFL team, once again. And, even bigger, the Carolina Panthers, my second favorite team, is going to the Super Bowl! Booyah! Go Cats!

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