can't talk...future

yay, i'm gettin some! donations that is...thanks to chelle and bassett, my motivation is back up there...can't really post much right now....as i'm off to future music festival woot woot!

gotta love it.....i decide to give up alcohol for a month to support charity....and that means i'm judging your drug/alcohol intake. ummmm....get over yourself. this is no more about you than it is about me...it's about keeping young people alive....people who shouldn't be dying, but are.

so hows febfast going? not so well. my motivation is at an all time low. no one is bothering to donate, i'm getting a few people going 'well done jade', as if it's about the personal achievement of not drinking for a month, but they aren't the ones who are donating. thank you to those who have, but seriously, make this worth it for me people.

so much for blogging everyday

yeah, so i've missed a few days...whoops. so whats been happening since tuesday?

well, not much....work has been interesting...in addition to frantically trying to get my invoices up to date in the quieter retail months, i discovered they had someone fixing the negative out of stocks list. BEFORE all the invoices were received...anyone who has anything to do with stock control will know why this is a teensy bit of a bad idea...basically, we end up apparently having thousands of dollars of stock more than we really have, until stocktake when said 'virtual stock' disappears...not a good look guys. but its all been fixed, due to the never ending patience of my namesake on back counter. and the more representative report will be printed tuesday, then we can get to work on it for real. other than that, work has been business as usual.

gym...has been going well! considering i am not a gym person, i'm pretty impressed with my minimum 2 visits per week, which is usually 3. but not this week, because i fell asleep...no joke.

this arve after lunch and excitedly talking my sister through buying tickets/logistics of personal travel for her first ever music festival, i promptly fell asleep. for about 4 1/2 hours. wtf? adrenal fatigue or what? although i could just still be sick, often if i let myself sleep when my lymphatic system is under siege, i won't actually get any symptoms, and i'll get over things a lot quicker. so there goes my gym time this arve :( and i was going to do the yoga class, so not happy about missing it. on the plus side, my favourite class (pump) is on tomorrow after work, so i'll definitely be at that one.

and on to the febfasting. i'm pretty surprised at how easy it's proving to be...there was the automatic wanting the post work drink on a friday arve, but i was still feelin pretty good from the gym, and after the first lime and soda, the inclination to drink alcohol was gone straight away. this weekend was pretty uneventful, resting up for soundwave this weekend, and future the weekend after that.

so a reminder of why i'm doing this. because this isn't very much about me, sure i'm on a bit of a health kick, but other than that, this is all about other people.

4 Australians under 25 die due to alcohol related injuries in an average week. and don't think thats just those who 'oh well, they're taking the risk and drinking heavily, not like me, i drink responsibly when i go out'. if you've ever had enough to drink that you've felt a drinking buzz, then you've had enough that you're in danger. slip in a gutter and fall in front of a car, try and break up a fight between mates and cop a punch to the head, these are things which are counted in 'alcohol' related injuries. and they're easy to do, even for a 'responsible' drinker. and i know what a lot of my friends are saying right now...'stop judging me, you take a risk every time you step out the door', or 'jade, i've seen you so drunk you can't even walk straight'. well, duh. both of these are true (except the bit about me judging). and drink all you want. just please don't die on me....one person lost to drug abuse is one person too many. this is about having support for those who have a problem and want support.
you'll probably also notice i switch between the words 'drugs' and 'alcohol' pretty often. this is because alcohol is a drug. it's a legal one, but so what? its a drug, and comes with the risks inherent in drug use. it is up to each individual to make their own choices. what i'm doing this month, is trying to raise funds for those who have made the choice that they want support for drug addiction.

so please get donating people, when you go out this weekend, have a whip round of your mates, and donate one round to my fundraising page www.febfastfundraising.com.au/jade_sorensen. it's worth it

and, here's the public shaming my older sister promised my mother.....you still haven't donated mum! slack as!

so thats it for another febfast weekend...peace out

isn't getting any action

but is still going strong...and before you ask, i'm not getting any action on my donations page www.febfastfundraising.com.au/jade_sorensen, not talking about the other kind lol. so i didn't blog yesterday, mainly cos i was too busy (too busy for facebook too, perish the thought).

i had a megasuperbusy day running around at work, trying to receive all my invoices so i can generate the reports i need, and yes, that is as boring as it sounds. after work i hit the gym for the pump class...was good, i'm mildly sore today, so should be able to do balance tomorrow, my favourite class. then it was home for an omelette with smoked salmon, garlic mushrooms and salad...pretty impressed with nutrition considering i've promised myself i'm not concentrating on that right now. so after work, gym, and dinner, i was buggered, read a book in the bath for half an hour, and off to bed.

so far today has been work (really not happy with having to interupt my schedule of trying to do three things at once to do four things instead, don't people realise if i don't know they're gonna be there then i can't just drop everything for them?) which was ridiculously busy (not customer wise, just with the work i have to do grrr), and then home to catch up on the goings on of facebook, check my donations page to see how slack my still-hasn't-donated-mother is, then blog! so that brings you all up to speed....oh, one other thing....please donate! a little or a lot, doesn't matter, but it's a really good cause.

on a random note, i was told today i've got my spark back. it was a wonderful thing for someone i see rarely (once every 6 weeks at most) to notice a real change in my demeanor, and i'm really happy that i'm really happy lol. we had a good old chat about how 2009 was for me (in short, not good) and how 2010 was already proving itself to be a better year, a year to get back to basics.

day 7...and i went out last night

so the reason for skipping blogging about yesterday was that it was pretty uneventful, slept in, did some groceries, thats about it, but then Char messaged me....

so i went out with the girls. we started at Chars, her and her flatmate had wine, i had lime and soda water, then we went to the Chalk (i love the definition of 'a pub' style evening in brisbane - totally different to what we'd consider 'a pub' style evening in roma lol). there were a fair few people there, but they seemed to be either 12 or 50...so we just went and danced like idiots for a few songs, then got a drink....vodka and red bull for the girls....and coke for me yay! so we danced, sat and talked, danced some more, all with me being sober...and it was fun. by midnight we were winding down, so it was outside for a hot dog (with cheese, onion and bacon, i needed some indulgence in my night lol) then home.

so, pretty happy with going out, i was going to avoid it for feb just to make this easier, but it was good because of the people i was with, crazy crazy girls....rather than boring people who i have to drink around to make them interesting lol.

was going to go see avatar today (because i think i'm the only person in the world who hasn't seen it)...but i might hit the gym instead, i can finally walk again lol.

and....my mother still hasn't donated....slack in the extreme

day 5...and first day of weekend

so...tonights the first friday of febfast, and its also the night a mate's gig is on....which i'm considering not going to, just because of the exhaustion factor (sorry kleiny). but my friends band is on pretty late i think, so we'll see how i go. definitely firm in my resolve not to drink alcohol though, plain lime and soda for me! i'm really not missing the alcohol much at all.



the no caffiene thing isn't going so well though. i had a 600ml coke this morning to get me through the work day. i didn't sleep well last night, so was pretty tired, but still wasn't going to have one, but i just couldn't think properly at all, kept walking up to other staff and blanking out as to why i was looking for them in the first place. i should have taken my nature's own complete sleep last night, but meh, shouldacouldawoulda doesn't get me anywhere.



so what else is new? well, not the ability to walk properly! that still hasn't returned :( so no gym for me this arve. this is a shout out to chelle, what do you think is the best thing for faster muscle recovery? although i know my recovery time will improve now i'm not abusing my body so much. mainly having vegie (green and red capsicum, carrot, onion, mushroom and organic udon noodles) stirfry, with egg thrown in for protein, and am still very much addicted to salmon and prawns, so nutrition not too bad, even though still not allowing myself to focus too much on that until after febfast is over.

so to summarise...yay it's the weekend, my mother is still slack and hasn't donated, and i'm right on track for febfast!

mmm....interesting.

did that catch your interest? well it should have, and here's why....my mother is slack! she still hasn't donated, even though this thing has already made the rounds with her side of the family, with Troy and Aunty Mel having donated. pull your finger out mum.



so how am i going? well, back at work today (they did a pretty good job considering the amount of staff away) and i was running around like a headless chook. i already knew i'd have massive amounts to do, so there was no way i'd get it all done in one day. 5pm rolled round, and i swear it felt like it was lunchtime. hopefully by tomorrow i'll have it all sorted. you know what would be the ultimate day? a day in which there were no computer errors or issues....ah well, a girl can dream.



habit made me look to the drinks cabinet after work, me and my flatmate usually have a drink or two to wind down after work, but i realised i didn't really want it. not that i was going to have a drink anyway, but realising it was part of a routine more than anything else was interesting.



so then it was off for dinner at sizzler with a friend, totally over indulged in food, including bread and butter pudding. but filled up mostly on salad (had about a full red capsicum i reckon) so it wasn't too bad considering i'm not concentrating too much on nutrition right now while i get a few other aspects of my life in order.



my legs are still sore from the gym...and i have a flight of stairs in my house, and i can't walk down them properly, much to the amusement of others. but i'll still try and do a class after work tomorrow...if i can stand.



well, thats it for another grog free day.