On workouts that is! and blogging of course... I have been taking every Saturday off in my workouts rather than taking Sunday like you are supposed to because in theory it is easier to do my workout on Sunday when everyone leaves rather than trying to do it with our friends here and a million things going on! Well this Saturday was Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs in the Insanity world and unfortunately due to some drama on Saturday night and attempting not to offend a friend our guests stayed until almost 8 PM on Sunday evening... Now I don't know about you guys but I do not feel like doing much at 8 PM on a Sunday evening especially when my house has had extra people and tons of drama in it all weekend! Therefore my Sunday workout was skipped...Monday was my 2 week Fit test and I improved all of my numbers! I was really proud and made up the Cardio Abs part of the workout but didn't have enough energy left to complete Pure Cardio until today... Now of course with doubling up the workout and having to do Plyrometrics and Pure Cardio I am worn out! But again I accomplished my goal and got back on track and am praying to not have to do that again! Either way Insanity up to day 16 is complete! Oh My! I just looked at my schedule to figure out what day it was and tomorrow is Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs again lol! I just can't catch a break!
In other news the hubby and I attended a Towers Party on Saturday night! (Towers referring to the building where all the single airmen for our squadron live.. both of us lived there before getting married) It has been the first one in a while and the first party for us in over a year! Anyway this one was actually a very sad occasion so that we could say goodbye to JG one of our good friends. He has been here longer than I have and was one of my first friends on island! It was great to get together and have a few drinks with everyone but in true Towers Party fashion Drama followed of course! Can't have a party with our group without a little drama! I thought I had put the days of emotional crying and freak out moments behind me when I moved out of the towers and stopped drinking for the most part and when my old roommate learned a few tough lessons and then left for Korea! I was there for her through a lot of tough lessons and learned a couple of my own along the way but either way I thought those days were over! Instead I ended up consoling one of my friends as she had a break through moment! Lots of feelings came to the surface that had obviously remained buried for a long time! I am really glad that I have come to be as strong as I am through my experiences that I can help someone else through tough times! And it was another reminder of why I originally wanted to get involved in youth work and help teenage girls just have someone to relate to what they are going through! Either way I haven't fully decided what I want to do when I get to New Mexico but I am hoping I can find some way to make a difference in my free time!
After that whole situation semi-cleared up we had the drama of one of our non-drinking closed minded friend judging us. He decided to do this by going to the party and sitting and observing everyone's behavior. Not just ours but the rest of the parties as well and then put the consequences of their actions on us! He said that didn't know if he could be our friend anymore after he saw us drunk but he wanted to find out for himself. So he went. He saw. He freaked out trying to control every detail of the event. Got mad at a few people... Screamed at them... acted like we didn't have anything under control! The next day after they had stayed at our house he claims that we are the best friends that he has ever had and that we are the closest to family that he has and then proceeds to follow that up with screaming at Michael and our female friend with how irresponsible they were the night before and how he cannot get the images out of his mind and doesn't think he feels comfortable hanging out with us after he has seen those things. All of this screaming wakes me from my nice peaceful nap I was having and I stay awake and listen from the other room as he talks about the things he can't understand them doing. He then walks outside to get a breath of fresh air. He comes back in and continues to go on and on about how he doesn't understand and how he doesn't know if he can still be friends with us. Michael and our female friend are sitting quietly listening to this whole thing but I honestly couldn't take another minute so I went off! I told him he had NO right to judge us for drinking moderately (because none of us were belligerent or acting irresponsibly) and that we never asked him to drink or stay at the party that he went there for the pure and sole purpose of judging us and that wasn't fair. People act differently around different friends but this guy acts like we shouldn't be allowed to hang out with anyone outside of us five the people he has accepted as his friends and I can't stand for that! I went to a party to say goodbye to one of my close friends and it was the first time we had been to any party in almost a year! Anyway he rebutted with the fact that I was the most normal of everyone and didn't change when I got drunk but he was appalled at other people's behaviors. That doesn't make up for the fact that your yelling and judging and saying you can't be friends with us anymore! Either way my husband ended up talking him down and explaining things and the guy took another walk outside and came back to apologize because the things he brought up really weren't bad when he thought about it but he didn't understand drinking and didn't want to lose us so he freaked. Anyway he came to terms with it but I guess had another regression at work on Monday when Michael tried to talk to him and again Michael had to talk him down from swearing us all off as friends because of the first time we had drank in literally almost a year! Like I said... What would a Towers Party be without a little drama mixed in there?!?
I have realized I have a little over 5 weeks left on this island! We are beginning to plan final trips and things we want to see before I go! We are looking at a trip where we would get to go and make our own cup out of blown glass! I remember my dad taking an hours worth of video at Williamsburg VA just being amazed at how glass was blown! I can't wait to have the chance to do it myself and show my dad! We are also looking to do a few hiking trips to some waterfalls and maybe go ice skating and maybe zip lining again! I am excited to get out and explore the island some more before saying my goodbyes! Either way it should make for some interesting adventures! I am sad a few of my old friends aren't going to be here to experience it with me!
In other news the hubby and I attended a Towers Party on Saturday night! (Towers referring to the building where all the single airmen for our squadron live.. both of us lived there before getting married) It has been the first one in a while and the first party for us in over a year! Anyway this one was actually a very sad occasion so that we could say goodbye to JG one of our good friends. He has been here longer than I have and was one of my first friends on island! It was great to get together and have a few drinks with everyone but in true Towers Party fashion Drama followed of course! Can't have a party with our group without a little drama! I thought I had put the days of emotional crying and freak out moments behind me when I moved out of the towers and stopped drinking for the most part and when my old roommate learned a few tough lessons and then left for Korea! I was there for her through a lot of tough lessons and learned a couple of my own along the way but either way I thought those days were over! Instead I ended up consoling one of my friends as she had a break through moment! Lots of feelings came to the surface that had obviously remained buried for a long time! I am really glad that I have come to be as strong as I am through my experiences that I can help someone else through tough times! And it was another reminder of why I originally wanted to get involved in youth work and help teenage girls just have someone to relate to what they are going through! Either way I haven't fully decided what I want to do when I get to New Mexico but I am hoping I can find some way to make a difference in my free time!
After that whole situation semi-cleared up we had the drama of one of our non-drinking closed minded friend judging us. He decided to do this by going to the party and sitting and observing everyone's behavior. Not just ours but the rest of the parties as well and then put the consequences of their actions on us! He said that didn't know if he could be our friend anymore after he saw us drunk but he wanted to find out for himself. So he went. He saw. He freaked out trying to control every detail of the event. Got mad at a few people... Screamed at them... acted like we didn't have anything under control! The next day after they had stayed at our house he claims that we are the best friends that he has ever had and that we are the closest to family that he has and then proceeds to follow that up with screaming at Michael and our female friend with how irresponsible they were the night before and how he cannot get the images out of his mind and doesn't think he feels comfortable hanging out with us after he has seen those things. All of this screaming wakes me from my nice peaceful nap I was having and I stay awake and listen from the other room as he talks about the things he can't understand them doing. He then walks outside to get a breath of fresh air. He comes back in and continues to go on and on about how he doesn't understand and how he doesn't know if he can still be friends with us. Michael and our female friend are sitting quietly listening to this whole thing but I honestly couldn't take another minute so I went off! I told him he had NO right to judge us for drinking moderately (because none of us were belligerent or acting irresponsibly) and that we never asked him to drink or stay at the party that he went there for the pure and sole purpose of judging us and that wasn't fair. People act differently around different friends but this guy acts like we shouldn't be allowed to hang out with anyone outside of us five the people he has accepted as his friends and I can't stand for that! I went to a party to say goodbye to one of my close friends and it was the first time we had been to any party in almost a year! Anyway he rebutted with the fact that I was the most normal of everyone and didn't change when I got drunk but he was appalled at other people's behaviors. That doesn't make up for the fact that your yelling and judging and saying you can't be friends with us anymore! Either way my husband ended up talking him down and explaining things and the guy took another walk outside and came back to apologize because the things he brought up really weren't bad when he thought about it but he didn't understand drinking and didn't want to lose us so he freaked. Anyway he came to terms with it but I guess had another regression at work on Monday when Michael tried to talk to him and again Michael had to talk him down from swearing us all off as friends because of the first time we had drank in literally almost a year! Like I said... What would a Towers Party be without a little drama mixed in there?!?
I have realized I have a little over 5 weeks left on this island! We are beginning to plan final trips and things we want to see before I go! We are looking at a trip where we would get to go and make our own cup out of blown glass! I remember my dad taking an hours worth of video at Williamsburg VA just being amazed at how glass was blown! I can't wait to have the chance to do it myself and show my dad! We are also looking to do a few hiking trips to some waterfalls and maybe go ice skating and maybe zip lining again! I am excited to get out and explore the island some more before saying my goodbyes! Either way it should make for some interesting adventures! I am sad a few of my old friends aren't going to be here to experience it with me!
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