A New Kind Of Challenge And A Winner!

Carl V. is hosting yet another wonderful idea for a challenge! This one is the 10:4 Challenge. Here’s the deal. This one’s not a book challenge. It’s a physical health challenge. The challenge is to lose 10 pounds in 4 months. What a great idea! Now I actually have someone to report to which will make me a little more disciplined and responsible in losing weight. I’ll finally put that gym membership to good use. So I’m in. I’ll lose the 10 pounds and hopefully more. The challenge goes from May 1^st (today) through September 1^st. The prize – feeling better about yourself! Can’t beat that. I have a friend, the author of Why Do I Need A Title?, who has lost near 100 pounds since August 2005 and totally turned her life around! So she’ll be my inspiration for this. So, starting weight – 195.8 lbs.

Brandon Mull’s new book comes out today. It’s the second in the Fablehaven series, a truly wonderful series. This one’s called Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star. I’m so excited about it! But due to a lack of money and reading time, I’m going to have to wait a couple of weeks L I highly recommend that any fantasy fan check out this series. You won’t be disappointed!

I got my book in the mail today from Bookfool and I love it! It’s The Tibetan Art of Positive Thinking and looks like something that’s right up my alley! Thanks Nancy :D

And finally, we have a winner for the Mirrormask giveaway! Congratulations to Deslily! I had never read Deslily’s blog before, but I’ve really been enjoying it. She seems to be a big fan of fantasy and a great person all around. Deslily, send me the address you want the book sent to and I’ll get it out to you ASAP. Hope you enjoy it. My email is chrisa511 at gmail dotcom.

An Awakening of Sorts

Oh my Ford! (I'm reading Brave New World) What a day today was! No this is not some deep, meaningful post about a spiritual awakening. It's more like I awakened to the fact today that I do indeed work in a psychiatric hospital.

I usually have no problems at the hospital. I love my job and I love the clients that I work with. But boy did we have some serious behavior problems today. Without going into detail, 3 codes (psyc emergencies) were called today. All resulted in biting, kicking, etc. and one of the psyc techs ended up with a black eye and a bloody finger. I feel like a wet towel that's been wrung out. Also did a family session where I got chewed out for being an intern. Now I can kind of understand the parent's worries. I'm not a licensed therapist yet, I'm an intern and while I may be a month away from finishing my training, I'm still not done yet. But I think I knew what I was talking about. Anyway, that doesn't matter because I brought in one of the "real" therapists to finish out the session.

So I'm still trying to make myself go to the gym. That's been the plan all along, and I'm going to stick with it, it's just a matter of when that motivation will kick in. I plan on buying protein powder and Flax seed meal soon. I was watching Workout last night and one of the trainers gave the recipe for a mixed berry protein shake that you can drink in the morning for energy and just for health all around. I found a site where I typed in my weight and saw that I should have between 64-119 grams of protein daily. I'd be surprised if I'm having 10 grams a day right now. So I'm going to try to boost that up. It's supposed to help in losing weight.

Ok, back to Brave New World.