Out with June, In with July

Well, the last few days has been eventful (a little). Let's see here, what has happened in the last few days. Let's start with tonight. Tonight is my sister's birthday and I caught up with her at a local lounge club to have a drink and play some pool. Even thought I don't really know how to play pool, nor am i good at it, I played three games against her, sent the cue ball flying off the table twice and decided that pool wasn't my game like poker is. I like poker, it's not as violent as pool is (the cue ball went off the table and hit my sister's foot). But we had a good time and I don't think I'll be investing any money into a new pool stick anytime soon, even though I did blame my pool playing performance on the stick I was using! :)

Poker is awesome and I'm loving the poker league I'm in. The time and the day of the league is convenient to my schedule and I really get excited when I go. Then when I'm at the table, it's so peaceful and I play and socialize. :)

And last week, I stopped by the golf driving range which was which was great! I was hitting balls with my "security blanket" 8 iron so smooth and straight. I'm going out to hit golf balls again tomorrow night for an hour to get just some general practice in. When I see my golf coach again, we will be brushing up on hitting with the Driver. Not to sure of that club, but will force myself to get use to it. Next season (2014) I will be teaming up with a golf league to explore other courses and make new golfing friends. Can't wait!

The hand gun training I've been taking is really moving right along impressively. I really got down all the different types of guns and ammo, stance, holding form, and where on my body I could carry a concealed gun. Very informative. Next Sunday I got shooting with four or five different types of guns to weed out my favorite one to concentrate on. Maybe a 9mm, maybe a .22, we will have to wait and see. :)

This past weekend I got together with three other girl friends and we headed out on the town Saturday night to live it up. We ate dinner at a local Chinese restaurant and then by 9pm and two drinks later, we headed over to a local LGBT lounge bar which had a very entertaining Drag Queen show happening. None of us swing that way, but it was quite entertaining to watch the dancers entertain us to their favorite music. I would definitely go back again. They are very talented and I would love to get make up tips from them, cause I sure need it :)

My studying for my PT certificate is suffering a little bit with my social life being high on the hog. But, I'll have to manage to get that re-focused again and get back on the wagon. As for fitness, there are so many options and directions for me to go. My choices are to go with an expensive gym and have alot of perks under their roof including insurance to visit their doctor on staff, full gym, spa area, restaurant, social clubs, TRX, golf swing simulator, yoga, and P90X. Yes, they all sound impressive but the membership rate is a staggering $171 a month (including the insurance to see a doctor if you get hurt), so I guess it would be good for people who don't have insurance.

Another avenue I'm looking at is signing up for a 3 times a week boxing gym, I like this because it's $99 for 9 weeks. I think boxing is great to get in shape and teaches you self defense. That's pretty much what I'm looking for. Their schedule is awesome too, I can make every class. But, that's only great for cardio and core work, I'm got to bring in some heavy artillery and incorporate CrossFit into my fitness routine. Why? Cause CrossFit is the gem of all fitness factors including losing weight, gaining muscle, flexibility, and balance, and again, it doesn't come at a cheap price. CrossFit is about $135 a month for unlimited. Due to my schedule, I would probably go with the $125 for a 10 punch pass. Sometimes I can go once a week, sometimes twice a week depending on what they are offering for a workout schedule.

One last thing, I did renew my swimming membership at the local hotel, I'm hoping to go swimming once a week for cardio and relaxing. So that membership is paid in advanced and good for a year! :)

So that's what I've been up to lately. I'll turn in again soon to update you on what's next and what's new! :)

Pre Weekend.....

Hi! Well, the more time I have off, the more I see more things (activities, fairs, events) going on around me that I can attend and get some pictures. I want to go to a small fair tomorrow and take some pictures. I never had the ambition or time to enjoy the summer activities because I had a "time demanding" job. It was hard to make plans when I didn't have a "clock out time" and didn't know if I was working Saturdays until Friday afternoon. I not complaining about my job, I'm venting about setting summer time fun on the back burner for a job that took up a large (very large) percentage of my week. This is a total 180 degree turn to what I'm use to and I'm not going to waste it away. I've been getting some work done here at home that I don't want to get into on a blog, but it's been moving along nicely.

Okay, today, let me tell you about today! :)  We (my Mom, Dad, and I) woke up early this morning (very early) and headed down to Rhode Island to Twin Rivers Casino to enjoy some play time on the slot machines. I hit alot of bonus rounds on some slot machines, but I also broke alot of slot machines too. Weird. I think I met the whole technical team. I played on a Power Strike slot machine (which is my favorite slot machine and after hitting the max bet twice, the screen displayed a message to me saying Machine Malfunction.......grrrrrrrrrr......wait a minute, I understand computers, trust me, I do, BUT, I swear (just this feeling I got) that that slot machine was going to pay the big jackpot and.....and.....and it just went on the blink.....but this is as far as I got for a payout......

Gosh, I got so excited about my 27,150 pennies I took the picture a little sideways.......hahahaha!!! Anyways, this evening, I went to dinner with my Mom, Dad, cousin, and his wife at TGIFridays. I like that place, but it wasn't my first choice to eat.......I can think of other places I like better, oh, like Olive Garden or Texas Roadhouse or even Applebee's. I like Applebee's alot.

Oh, let's see what else here. It's a quiet night. I'm trying to determine if I'm going to warm up to the new Karoke reality show that is on tonight.....I forgot the name of it......but I've never seen it before. Enjoy your night. I'm ready with my camera wherever I may wander tomorrow..... :)