I stood up for myself today!!

So lately at work two of the men I work with have been really rude and degrading. I have no problems standing up for my family and friends but for some reason I can never stand up for myself. This has been a real problem for me and I have been trying to work on it but I always back down. Well back to these men. Yesterday they show up at Desert Vista HS which by the way is a 53 mile drive there and back, they drove out there just to yell at a coworker of mine because they wanted her to be at the studio when she was scheduled at DV. The funny part was they drove down there because she wasn't answering her cell phone because she was home SICK, if they had any brains they would have asked her manager or called me because they knew I was there but then again they are not so smart!! Anyway they get there and I am working with my friends and coworkers Anais and Sarah. We were all scheduled to be there because we had 30+ appointments but when they got there we didn't have any appointments still for 10 minutes so they decided to treat us like crap and tell us that we are lazy and there is no reason to have 3 people there. By the time they left all 3 of us were so mad and couldn't believe the way they had treated us. Sommer who is also the manager went to the owner and asked him to not send them down there anymore because they just make us feel worthless and he just rubbed it off and said that they are just joking around not to take it serious. I was so mad when I went home because that is not the first time it has happened. Normally we have to be at work at 6:45 but today our first appointment wasn't till 9 so we didn't have to get to the studio till 8. I got there and was getting the keys to the studio van so I could pull it up closer to the studio and one of the guys Scott says, I hope you don't plan on taking that van. I was still fuming from yesterday and replied, "I sure am!" and he proceeded to tell me I wasn't. I was like, "look here, that is the van I take everyday and I just filled it up with gas yesterday I am taking it." *Side note...we have 3 work vans and they have had the gas sifened out so only 1 van is supposed to stay over night at the studio and the other 2 go to our bosses house just 1 1/2 miles from the studio. Everytime scott has an earlier shoot he steals my van and leaves me with one that is broken or out of gas because he is to lazy to go pick up a different van, so I have enough with him!...but back to my story.* He then asked where his van was and I told him it was back at Lou's where it belongs and he was such a jerk and was trying to tell me that he only has to park it there over there on the weekends and I was so quick to reply NO he wants them there everynight. Is he retarded? Does he really think thieves only steal on the weekends...seriously get a clue!!! So I finish getting the keys and go to get my box of stuff to take and both Scott and Mike (the other guy) walk by and say, "Aren't you a bit late" I was so mad I was like, "NO...our first appointment doesn't start till 9, but thanks for checking up on me!" I am kinda upset because I did drop the F bomb during our little spat but seriously I stood up for myself for the first time to those guys and it slipped. I can't even explain how good I feel, I was so proud that I had to call Sommer afterwards and she was so happy and when I got back at the studio everyone that is tired of dealing with Mike and Scott were telling me how proud they were of me. I hate confrontation but I am so glad I finally let them know that they are not going to continue to walk all over me. This is a great day!!

Talk about SORE!!!!

I started training with Adam (my old and favorite trainer that quit pure fitness) again this week. I haven't been in this much pain since I last trained with him in February, which is a little sad because I barely finished off my training with Kris (another pure fitness trainer) at the end of April. Lets just say Kris was not so good! I am so glad to be able to train with Adam again. I am just training with him privately so there is no contract and it is more flexible. I started to feel like it was going to take forever to reach my goal but now I feel so much more confident. I have tried to do it on my own but I just never leave as sore as I do when I train with him. It is so fun because I can laugh and be myself and he is so motivating. He also knows me so well and how much I hate looking in the many mirrors that dumb gyms have to have, so he will either stand right in front of me or make sure that he faces me in the opposite direction. Anyway...I am just so stoked! I can barely walk but pain is good!

Tag

A - Four places I visit over and over

1. Lou Coopey
2. Desert Vista High School
3. Walmart
4. Safeway

B-Four people who email me the most - No one really...but if I had to chose...

1.Angela
2.Emily
3.Famous Footwear
4.A bunch of dang junk mail!!

C-Four of my favorite foods

1. Water
2.Chicken
3. Yogurt covered raisins
4. Bean and cheese burritos

D-Four places I'd rather be right now

1. Six Flags/Hurricane Harbor
2.Colorado
3.Shopping
4. Without Stress

E-Four movies I'd watch over and over

1. Twister
2.Sweet Home Alabama
3.Juno
4.Cutting Egde2 and 3

F-Four Bands/Groups/Artists that I love to listen to

1. Angels and Airwaves
2. Saosin
3. Carrie Underwood
4. Red

G-Four People I'm tagging

1. Lali
2. Mel
3. Lindsay
4. Malissa

My Mom

I love my mom so much and I am grateful for everything she has done for me as well as how much she has taught me. My mom has been sick for most of my life and unfortunately it has become normal to me. Lately I feel like I have taken her for granted and I haven't put as much effort to let her know how special she is to me. She is the most unselfish person I know and I hope that one day I can me half the women she is. I am grateful for everyday I get to spend with her and every smile I see. For mothers day we have a tradition to do a mother daughter day. We try to go to dinner and have our "GIRLS" pictures taken. These pictures are kinda old because they are from mothers day weekend but I love them. I love the memories I have being with her and my sisters just goofing around and having a great time getting out pictures taken. These are memories that I will never forget and when I see my mom laughing I know that I will always remember that she loves me with all her heart.

I've been tagged

How To Play This Game of Tag:

Post these rules on your blog. List: 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about yourself. Tag 3 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog!

3 Joys: Smokey the Bear (my dog), getting Friday-Sun off, getting overtime=bigger pay check=SHOPPING

3 Fears: aliens (seriously I am not kidding), natural disasters...movies or anything that talks about them and not having both my parents when I finally become a mom!

3 Current Obsessions: MAC make up, strawberry banana apple sauce and my ipod

3 Random Surprising Facts: I can't sleep on wrinkly sheets, I am scared and nervous to start dating again and I feel like crap when I miss going to the gym

I tag...Lali, Melanie and Emily