5 months passed

Weather
Well after June, the weather settled to the normal hotness that Texas gets. As soon as it hit September, it changed in the form of cold nights and freezes overnights. I think we have had at least 5 days expanded into different times in months of chills being in the 50s or so. I know for sure we're getting another one this coming week as I type this. Even though I am a Northerner I never got used to it living up there. Although I see lots of mixes of temperatures this week. From 60s to 50s and then again 70s. We shall see!

Goals and events
Well in my last post I did write about small goals I want to accomplish. I mentioned that I wanted to exercise more and I did make that into a daily thing and so far it has been, but only walking at work during my breaks. I walk with a good coworker friend and we just chat during those times. I try to get to know her better in those moments and I think she tries to do the same. I don't mind it, but it seems she's the only person I got that I can trust and rely on at work anymore. I don't want to repeat the same mistakes I did before with new faces in my team now. I try to stay to myself at work and won't say too much personal stuff to anyone. Why bother when there are some people in this world that just back stab and use things against you. Then you get those people who are just sociopaths and two-faced. You have a whole mix of stereotypes at my work and some you just can't pinpoint on what type they are yet or never.

Anyways, I think my other goal was to take photos of my X-Files collectibles. I did manage to do that, but then other things got in the way. There are some posted on my Facebook Digital Blu page, but that's not all of my collection. I might dive into this whenever I have some extra time in my hands. My tv/show reviews just came to a halt since I got a lot of other things coming my way. And well to be honest, no one jumped on board on this to help me out on it, as in an audience and suggestions. As for events in June and beyond. there were some events I found along the way. We had small vacations come and go and during those times we had stumbled into events and yes, I took photos. If you do follow and like my Digital Blu page than you have seen most of those events and vacations.

Trips
After June, we did have a mini vacation to New Braunfels, Houston/Galveston and Chicago. New Braunfels, Texas was for our wedding anniversary vacation weekend. We had fun staying in the area and exploring all around it. During my birthday my parents surprised me by visiting me that week, the week of my birthday. While they were here we took them to see the areas we visited while in New Braunfels and they enjoyed that very much. Houston & Galveston, Texas was in the month of October and literally in the weekend of Eric's birthday. So we decided to make it into another mini vacation for us and spent some nights there too. Eric's family went to Houston as well for an event they were having in NASA for kids with Autism. After that day, Saturday, everyone except Eric and I stayed in the area. The following days we looked for tourist spots and enjoyed ourselves and an opportunity for me to take photos as well for me to visit Galveston. I have been in that area before,  but never had the chance to see anything sadly. All in all, we had fun while there and vacationing. Then 2 weeks after that vacation, it was time to visit my family in Chicago. I always make it a goal to visit them at least twice a year. One for an event now that its like a tradition for my family, which is C2E2, and the other is for my nephews birthday which is in Halloween. For now, we have no other small trips for November and December, but I already miss traveling for this year and in general. I love to travel, we love to travel! We both admit it and love staying in hotels. Is it odd for us to like such things? I feel like planning trips for next year now already. Find days that are holidays and just make it a weekend thing. I guess its a reason why we decided to not have children because we can do such things, but yet it doesn't mean we are made out of money or so. We always budget and check to see if its possible to begin with. I got some things or places up my sleeve to visit, we shall see.

Alex's small corner
I had no clever name to name this spot in my blog. Mainly I will write about what's been going on with me, without diving into very personal things, but still about me. Well, work with me is the same... it's a pain in the butt. Same 'ol Supervisor that doesn't know how to do her job and now might be able to enjoy nitpicking everyone with their calls. I have yet to get an extra meeting than my usual 1 on 1s which I think its a good thing. All I hear is that we listen to our own calls during those times, which for me is useless in my opinion. Also the client is the one being more picky and wanting us to sound robotic and nothing customer service like anymore. Bottom like, just transfer for anything basically. I just make some time while at work to actually apply to other jobs. HH, which is where I work at, is going downhill rather quickly and firing 146 or so people. I feel like sticking around till the end, but I'm not too sure on that and if that is the right path for me. I don't know, I've been trying to leave there for years now and in August I completed being there for 5 years, but it's not really worth it. It's an easy job, good location, and you do what you're told to do...so why leave it right? No growth and raises, honestly it's the bottom line.

Also, I've been feeling like reconnecting with people I stopped talking to. People I met during work and people I've stopped talking for childish reasons in my past. It's hard to start a new conversation or any with them since the connection has been severed a long time ago. Heck that individual may think that I want to start talking to them again because I'm nosy and saw something different in their lives and want to know things. I'm not like that, never was, but when I did loose communication it was because of something so small and stupid. While typing this out, I thought about at least 3 people I've done wrong to. For that, if you think you're one of those people and you may be right, then I am sorry. I shouldn't have dragged you into my insecurities or problems. I shouldn't pick sides, thought one way of you and well stopped talking to you because of someone else. I have so far reached someone I met at work recently from Michigan and the only reason I stopped talking to her was because I felt I was bringing my work problems to her and nothing else. Yet she understood what I spoke about and well anything work related. She has moved on to another job she aimed to look for and apply for and well, got her dream job. I stopped because I simply forgot to respond back since nothing has changed at work and her job, she was still getting used to. I didn't want to intrude and bring more things of the past job she left, which is where I still am. I have sent an email to her today and waiting for a response still. The other individuals were during a break-up moment of my life with a guy and then being on the guys side or being their friend. Yet, she was unavailable due to an illness of sorts she was going through. Mainly she was still being friends with my ex at the time and that ex is now my husband. Go figure. Another was during college and I really can't remember why I stopped speaking with her, but I'm sure I was one-siding with who I was dating with at the time, which oddly again is my husband now. Haha, seems I always take sides with whomever I was with... guy trouble.

Anyways, I just want to have friends that I can just call whenever I need to vent or just have small chats with and that I know I can trust besides my husband. Don't get me wrong, he is a great guy and my best friend, but sometimes you just need a third party or a different point of view from someone else... not related to you, haha. I have had people like this I can rely on, but seems times/events/moments just take them away from me and its never the same again after. I don't know, but I guess I'll find ways to speak with them somehow without sounding or looking creepy and wanting something from them. In the end of it all, I do want something from them, but I can return the favor too. It's been too long since I wrote in here and as I always say here, I'm sorry for it. I used to write in this at work, since it seems its the only time I can, but my Supervisor being such a pain I don't want to risk getting caught in her web again. I also have gained some new friends from my husbands side of work that I do, at times, consider family. Yet I don't see them daily since I don't work at the same place as they do, but it's good to know that I have other friends away from my job. Well there you have it. I wrote tons since I haven't had the time to anymore. I'll try to keep up with it next year, I hope.

Pump it up!

Weather
Well ironically enough we have been having bipolar weather here. Some days 50s, others 40s with cold winds and today it was sunny and in the 70s. I believe tomorrow it will rain and go back to the 50s and even colder by the weekend. I blame the winter weather happening in the northern states. Yes, my family is finally getting snow. Go figure huh! **Update: Since I wrote this a lot of changes in the weather happened. Not only in Texas, but also in Illinois. My family finally did get snow, yes, but not only that but very harsh winds and it went below zero, to negative 27 degrees and feeling or actually feeling negative 17 degrees. The state declared to tell everyone to stay home and if you needed to work then be careful being outdoors and do not talk. I think I have never had to experience that, but only heard of it since I left and I think it has occurred twice since I left my hometown. My family is ok and they did stay home from work and I am glad.**

"But I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more"
No copyright infringement intended there! Well we are getting there at least, but that's a lot of walking. So far, we have been staying in 2 1/2 miles, give or take a little. We decided to add a mile once we complete a week with the same miles. It feels nice after the walk because it seems we can do more, but the sun doesn't stay too long for us to continue and our dogs, Ok one dog... Puppy, tend to stop at every pole sign or fire hydrant, but what can you do. So we will continue to do this until we can manage to jog and then eventually run. 

We have also decided to cut back on ordering out or buying food from restaurants and also eating healthy. Now, anyone who knows me or has been around me growing up I am very very picky and don't like healthy things or vegetables. I have grown to enjoy certain vegetables now and adapted myself to with some since my husband, Eric, knows what I like and don't like. Oddly enough he has found ways to add those veggies that I don't like in dishes he created from scratch or let me have my glory of making them into bigger chunks for me to remove them in my time. But back to the topic at hand, we have found other things to cut back in and add into our eating habits for them to be healthier. We never thought they would taste yummy or come out great, but you just need to try them out and see. Ironically I read an article on CNN stating that its not the exercise you need to worry about to loose weight, as my husband is trying to do to get healthy, but its the food you consume. Found this article right around the time that we started and decided to get healthy and be healthy for the new year. One thing that was a big hit for us was Cauliflower rice. Google it and it has been a replacement for us for actual rice, something we both miss dearly, but its for the best. 

Goals

We both have goals for this new year. I'm sure some were mentioned or heck, even talked about in the last blog post I did here not that long ago. Yes, one goal is to actually get healthy, exercise, run, and basically be more active. Another goal for both of us is to be more social. Between both of us, I am the more social person, who likes to go out to stores and just be out and have fun and not be stuck indoors. Eric, on the other hand, is a homebody and can just stay home and play video games all day. We both need to become more social and the only way to do so is to go out or have date nights with friends or just have game board nights with friends. Sometimes some people just can't commit to meetings that were planned and I have been through that or knew of such meetings and never was invited. It sucks, yes I know, but now I believe we both have friends that can keep these commitments and heck even make plans thinking of us or just without a second thought invite us right away. So I do believe we have this goal already in great progress with the new friends that maybe soon enough can call family if not already there.

Another goal of ours is traveling. We already have several planned out for the first half of the year. As always we made it a tradition to go to C2E2 in Chicago and we have already booked all for it. Within that goal, for me, I will take more photos of cosplayers and hopefully they turn out great this time. We do have another convention to go to in June with friends and we will make it as a tourist type of mini vacation as well, with all of them. I also believe they have planned another outing with them, of the camping type. I never have done camping cause of the fear of bears and well bugs, mainly all due to my parents. I really don't mind experiencing an event of that sorts once in my life and then I can just take it off my bucket list or just be able to say that I have done it to someone else. Well at least that won't be a goal that's broken or can't be done since there's already steps or plans happening. Another goal of mine, with the help of my husband, is to organize and decorate my house to my liking in which is already also in progress. Being active & eating healthy, traveling, being social with game nights/study groups/vacations, organization and so much more that I'm sure I can't even remember are things being written for us and need to be planned and they are in progress.