glowing.

and by glowing, i mean i just got back from the gym, red and sweaty, and am taking a break before attempting some random excersises around my apt...

my ass hurts. i like to bike, but i feel as though that tiny seat is just silly. there are other kinds of bikes i could use, that have you kind of sit in a chair with your legs in front of you instead of under you, but i was told those aren't as productive. i can't see how a chair vs. a tiny seat matters, but at least i fit on it, regardless of its comfort.

today marks the fourth day in a row that i have gone to the gym after class. i bike, i run, i bike, i leave. if i'm up for it i do some lame arm things at my apt b/c i don't know how to use the weights at the gym. even if i did i'm pretty sure i'd end up tearing, pulling, or massively dislocating something.

forcing my body to be productive for approximately 45 minutes to an hour every day this week is a super nice change. i thought that maybe it would get me in shape, at the very least, to walk to class... but so far i still have to breathe deeply and catch my breath by the time i get to my building. but hey, i go down a hill, up three flights of concrete steps, down three more, up one, down two-ish, around a downhill bend, and then back when class is over. it's a workout in and of itself, which is probably why i like to drive.

i'm going to try to get up at a reasonable time tomorrow so i can get in a morning run before heading home to work for my dad slash get tutored in quark, in which i need to create a four page newsletter by wednesday... a program i know absolutely nothing about. having a dad that owns a public relations/marketing firm really comes in handy for all these journalism classes...

he is going out of town in a week or so and wants me to come back to do all of the things i used to do for him... hold down the fort secretarial-wise for a few days... i tried to explain to him that it has been quite a while since i paid bills, put together mailings, filed misc. newsletters, etc... but i'm actually pretty excited to go back for a bit. now that i actually understand what it is that they do there i think it will be super interesting to see how marketing really works.

it's a good filler between jobs... one that pays better than when i was 17... and significantly more than the job i recently left.

here's to productivity. outside of schoolwork, at least.