I'm going to a Big Brothers/Big Sisters orientation tonight! I'm specifically interested in the Kauffman Scholars program, which pairs you up with college-bound kids who are the first in their family to attend college.
I asked JE to be a reference. She told me she'd be 100 percent honest and tell them, "Yes, Sarah is addicted to some substances: having fun, wakeboarding and playing the flute."
I sure hope they still think I'm an acceptable mentor for Kansas City's youth...
I look forward to having some fun blog posts if the program works out!!
December 2, 2009
December 1, 2009
Bad Blogger
I've been a bad blogger these days. To make up for it, here are some highlights from the past couple weeks:
- I got a new job. It's with the same company but a move up. I'm going to be a program manager for a personalized medicine initiative my company is embarqing on. I'm stoked.
- I went to Orlando. The weather was awesome and the wakeboarding was great. So great, in fact, I've convinced my wakeboarding friends (three other girls) to go on a girls trip to Orlando in March! We have our flights booked and are ready to go!
- We celebrated Thanksgiving. We went to my sister-in-law's and had a great time. All of the outlaws together in Columbia, watching pirated movies and playing board games. Sign me up again!
- I broke my toe. And it still hurts. A lot. I accidentally kicked the TV stand, which is giant and wooden, on Sunday. I've got one of those orthopedic boot things on today, which seems to be helping when I walk. Fortunately, we owned this thing from when TG was hurt earlier this summer.
- We leave for Key West in 23 days! Whoop Whoop!
November 24, 2009
Long Term Service Award
Dec. 16 marks my seventh year at the ol' job. I graduated from college Dec. 13 and hit the ground running three days later.
My company rewards my "long term service" with a four-week hiatus. I have the ability to take this consecutive time off to do something for me.
Originally, I was going to wait until February 2011 and take a long trip to Greece for my 30th birthday. It turns out that Greece isn’t ideal in February so we’re going to save that trip for maybe August 2011.
Instead of waiting to take my LTSA, I’ve decided that there’s no time like the present. So I’m going to pick some weeks between August and October to reward myself…with a week-long trip to an all-girls wakeboarding camp.
Over the weekend I went to Orlando for work. It was 82 and sunny and awesome (in mid-November!). I almost didn’t leave. We had a chance to hit up Orlando Watersports and do some wakeboarding. And since I’m finally to a point where I’m not struggling to do basic things like “get out of the water” I actually enjoy the sport a lot more.
To get better at the sport, I would love to take some time to learn from a girl rider with other girls. So I’m in the process of researching wakecamps. Here’s a couple places I have found so far:
http://www.popwake.com/girls.html
http://www.wakeboardcamp.com/2009/10/video-of-girls-week/
My company rewards my "long term service" with a four-week hiatus. I have the ability to take this consecutive time off to do something for me.
Originally, I was going to wait until February 2011 and take a long trip to Greece for my 30th birthday. It turns out that Greece isn’t ideal in February so we’re going to save that trip for maybe August 2011.
Instead of waiting to take my LTSA, I’ve decided that there’s no time like the present. So I’m going to pick some weeks between August and October to reward myself…with a week-long trip to an all-girls wakeboarding camp.
Over the weekend I went to Orlando for work. It was 82 and sunny and awesome (in mid-November!). I almost didn’t leave. We had a chance to hit up Orlando Watersports and do some wakeboarding. And since I’m finally to a point where I’m not struggling to do basic things like “get out of the water” I actually enjoy the sport a lot more.
To get better at the sport, I would love to take some time to learn from a girl rider with other girls. So I’m in the process of researching wakecamps. Here’s a couple places I have found so far:
http://www.popwake.com/girls.html
http://www.wakeboardcamp.com/2009/10/video-of-girls-week/
November 19, 2009
November 16, 2009
Getting Shredded
I've been doing the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred. I wouldn't say I've been shredded (yet) but I'm on my way.
JM uses a 3-2-1 circuit to do short, intense sets of strength, cardio, and abs. There are three levels in the DVD, and she prompts you to move to the next level "when you are ready"...let's just say it's taken me a while to get ready to go to level 2. I've had several friends who have been doing the DVD, and they all warned me of the intensity. Call it cold feet. Call me a wimp. But don't call me when I'm doing my DVD because it's only 2o minutes and there ain't no stoppin'.
But I did it. Yesterday, I committed myself to moving to level 2. So I did. Today, I'm grateful I didn't have a heart attack.
This crap is intense.
November 13, 2009
New Favorite Blog
http://www.fiftybucksaweek.com/
I went to high school with Emily, one of the writers, which is how I heard about the project. I've been following it for some time and it is REALLY interesting.
I went to high school with Emily, one of the writers, which is how I heard about the project. I've been following it for some time and it is REALLY interesting.
November 12, 2009
Baby Rockers
A friend sent me a link to this CD today. She gave baby Ella the Michael Jackson version of the album and thought of me when she saw this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Rockabye-Baby-Lullaby-Renditions-Radiohead/dp/B000GY72KQ
I checked the library and they don't have the Radiohead version of this CD. They do, however, have Queen, Aerosmith, and the Pixies.
Rock on.
http://www.amazon.com/Rockabye-Baby-Lullaby-Renditions-Radiohead/dp/B000GY72KQ
I checked the library and they don't have the Radiohead version of this CD. They do, however, have Queen, Aerosmith, and the Pixies.
Rock on.
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