Eating a Whole Watermelon

My Thursday “new” was a fail and will be attempting again soon.

So being the summer time, there are always fun new things that pop out just for the summer! Such as the coconut flavor at Starbucks and the cute bathing suits at Target and of course watermelon! One of my most favorite fruits! You know how everyone loves cotton candy because it’s like eating sweet air? Well, I love eating watermelon because it’s like eating sweet water! Well I have certainly had some good pieces of watermelon thus far this summer! I love it so much, I bet I could eat a whole one! Well now there’s an idea…

I really think I could eat a whole watermelon! That is what my new is going to be today! How hard can it be? It’s basically just drinking a whole bunch of water, approximately a gallon of water, if not less is in one watermelon. I did some research on this fact because one of my coworkers had the nerve to challenge me on this point saying there was more then a gallon. Here are my findings:

Approximately 92% of a watermelon is water

The average weight of a seedless watermelon is 10-14lb

The weight of one gallon of water is 8.5lb

The watermelon I picked up was about 9 to 10lb which would get me just about to one gallon of water. Now apparently there are those people that drink too much water at once and die, so I also had to be careful of that. But those people were drinking about 3 gallons, and my watermelon was not that big, so I think I’d be okay.

I got home from work about ten o’clock and popped in a Redbox and got crackin! I cut it in half and then fourths.

Baby wawa

This was my first bite.

Now I feel obligated to add that when I started eating this watermelon, I wasn't very hungry, so I was really pushing myself!

So I had reached the half way point. I will admit, I was hurtin a little bit. I tried to go to the bathroom to create some more space, but it's hard to rush nature.

In the end I was unable to complete my task. I know, I'm more dissappointed then you are trust me. What's more disappointing about being unable to complete this, was that I could have gone farther, I could have gotten it done! But, it was in fact my eyes that closed on me, not my mouth. I was so tired I couldn't eat anymore, I had to go to bed. My true weakness has shown.

But fear not! I am going to rest up, and attempt again very soon! Have faith, I can do anything through Christ who strenghthens me!


Numbers 11:5
We remember the fish we ate in Egypt that cost nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic.
(What an awful combinations of foods!)

Stairs

I need to take my workouts to the next level.

On Wednesday I tried something totally new for my workout. My friend from work was telling me about how the guys she works with runs stairs when they get off. Meaning they go to the LU football stadium and run up and down the stairs, around and around. Good idea! I have wanted to try it before because I had seen in on Lost once(the TV show) and Jack lost his footing and hurt his ankle. But anyways, I wanted to do it.

When I got off of work, I felt prepared. I didn't want to do it right away though because the sun was up and it was ridiculously hot outside. So I went on a couple of errands and waited for the sun to start going down, then headed over.

Oh gosh, it was still so hot. I stretched a little bit, started my iPod and off I went. I felt really awkward running down the stairs; one because they were so little so it was hard trying to go fast, and two because I couldn't find a rhythm and there were like three people on the football field and I didn’t want them to see me. When I started running up the stairs, I felt so intense! But it really wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Maybe because the stairs weren't very steep. But by the time I went around once, I had worked out! I decided to make it around three times. That seemed long enough for me and even though it was a lot of stairs, it went by pretty fast.

That third time, I was hurtin. I was sweating so bad! I felt like I had been running forever. I mean the stadium was pretty dern big! I hate the girls that just run around in their sports bras, but even I couldn't take it anymore and I tucked my shirt into my bra, I know it wasn't the "Liberty Way" but there was no one around, those people who had been practicing had left, so I thought it'd be okay.

Towards the end, I pounded on those stairs like it was no one’s business! They didn't stand a chance against me! I had become the stair stadium queen! Yes, maybe it did make me a little crazy, but that's okay! It was worth it. I looked like I had jumped into a pool too, I was sweating so bad! It was definitely an accomplishment, and hopefully I will be able to go longer next time:) Four laps baby! Four laps!



Nehemiah 9:4
On the stairs of the Levites stood Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani; and they cried with a loud voice to the LORD their God.

iPad 2 Radio Contest

Disappointing...

If you have listened to the radio at all here in Lynchburg, you would know that K92 has been giving away iPad 2s every day for the past week. And all you have to do is listen for two songs by the same artist being played back to back. Then you have to call in and be the 92nd caller and you win! Easy enough right? Well that's what I thought.

So all day Tuesday it was my goal to win this iPad2. I was convinced I could do it. I was listening to the radio so hard all day long. I was listening for two Katie Perry songs to be played back to back. It was torture. This radio station is a top 40 station. So basically I was listening to the same songs being played over and over again. The same dumb songs that I usually try so hard to avoid in the first place. But I had to win! I was going to win! I had already tested the number out and everything, I was all set.

Hour after hour goes by and nothing. Those songs make me want to strangle myself. Now I was at work, so that's why I was able to listen to the songs all day long, but usually someone changes the station every once in a while. It's usually a fight between Spirit FM and K92, silliness. But today all K92. I was listening until about 4 when I was off of work. So I had to listen to it in the car and on the computer in my house. Then I had to leave again and I was listening in the car. Well 5 o'clock rolls around which is when everyone in the whole world is listening. Especially now that there's a prize on the line. Darn it. I thought I had a change till now. Of course they chose to do it then. It was about 5:10 when the two Katie Perry songs are played back to back. I called and I called. I could not get through! Busy signal after busy signal. I called 40 times. I really wanted to win!

I didn't win. I was disappointed, but what're you gunna do? I don't think I'll try again, listening to that station isn't worth it anymore to me:)

Psalm 17:8
Keep me as the apple of your eye;hide me in the shadow of your wings

Gimme a Mango!

I can't believe my "new" for Monday. I can't believe I've gone my whole life without doing this. It's obsurd.

I went to Walmart to go grocery shopping, for the first time in forever, and I got a lot of fruit! Well among that fruit, I got a mango. I have never in my whole life eaten a real mango. I didn't even know what it looked like, I had to read the sigms. I have had the flavor in a lot of things and I have had them dried, but never the real thing. And I honestly don't know why. I guess if there was anyone to blame, it'd be my parents. They never got mangos, just your normal apples and oranges and bananas. I only knew what they gave me, I didn't know there were a lot more exotic things in the world. So realistically speaking, my parents are all to blame for this misfortune in my life.

I had always wanted to try a mango ever since I saw the movie, Paulie. It's the one with the talking bird and at the beginning he won't talk to the janitor guy, so the guy gets a mango and starts eating it in front of him to get him to talk. He just makes that mango look so good!

So today, I made some changes in my life. I went to Walmart, I saw the mango, and I took it! I did pay for it, but I took it! When I got home, I was more then ready to eat it, but I wasn't sure how to at first. At first I cut a little piece off and took a bite with the skin and all. Well I'm pretty sure Im not supposed to eat the skin. It was gross. So I cut another little piece off and ate the fruit part. It was so good. So so so good. Why have I been deprived of this for so long? So I peeled the rest of it and then I went to cut it in half and the pit in the middle really surprised me, I don't know why if I would've had to guess, I probably would have said there was a pit in the middle, but it just still surprised me. It was my first mago what can I say?

After I peeled it, I sat down, turned on "Friends" and ate my mango. It was the best mango I have ever had. Literally. The only thing I didn't like was how it got stuck in my teeth. I had to work on that thing for a while. But it was all worht it!

Genesis 1:11
And God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth." And it was so.

Bike Weekend

Two exciting "news" this past weekend!

On Saturday, I finally, actually got my bike! It was so exciting. I couldn't get it right away because my dad was going out of town and he was buying it through the business and I was paying him back, so I had to wait. But today it finally came! The couple brought it over to our house, which was nice, but then they had to go back to their house because they forgotten the title. When they got back, my dad went to write him a check, but he didn't have any left. Of course. So they had to go all the way to the business to get some checks.

When my dad finally got back, we got to test it out! He rode it up and down the street and I was really surprised by him! He hadn't ridden in years, but I guess once you learn you never forget! I got on and rode with him for a while and he was showing me a little bit. Then I wanted to try a little something, but he wouldn't let me, he said I wasn't ready yet. Psht! I was born ready!

Well Sunday's new proved that I was in fact not quite ready. I didn't crash or anything but I realized I need to practice.

My friend Chris came over to help me with my bike a little. I wanted help right away, because that class I have to take is so far away and I want to learn now! When he finally got to my house, I was more than ready. He pulled it out for me and started it up. He was telling me a few things they say in the class and then he wanted me to sit on it and practice with the clutch and going into first. It needed to be a nice and smooth transition, and so I would rock back and forth. I did alright, not perfect but not bad. I think I was making him really nervous because he didn't want me to do anything wrong and hurt myself. But I was good:) I pretty much fell over at one point though! I'm not used to the weight of the bike, so when it started leaning, it was hard to get it back up.

After that I was done because I could tell there wasn't much more he could tell me because I just needed to practice. I made him ride me around for a little while, just because it's so fun, I love it so much! (he was nowhere near as good a rider as Jacob Russell Perdew though;) When we got back I got on my bike and just tried my best to get used to the weight. I was sitting on it and leaning it to the sides and pulling it back up. Well let me tell you, that was quite the workout! I think I pulled something in my back, it hurts so bad. It's hard to stretch out your back too.

Anyways, wish me luck and send me prayers on my venture to learn how to ride!

Proverbs 1:5
Let the wise hear and increase in learning,and the one who understands obtain guidance

Just Dance

So my "new" Friday was hoppin! Literally.

I went over my friend’s house after work to hang out. It was my friend Julie's house, who I haven't seen in forever! And Megan was there too, my friend who is getting married and I'm in her wedding! I'm excited about that:)

Anyways, when I got there, we played Apples to Apples for a little while, which is always fun, I pretty much won too! Not really, but you weren't there. And then after we played "Just Dance"! I had never played before, but I have always wanted to try! Megan is always a bundle of fun to play these kinda games with.

I was first up! I'm not really used to Wii or anything, but it's really not that hard to figure out. I don't remember the first song I danced to, but I know I won! HAHA! In your face! I beat a pro! That's right. I'm a dancing queen. But I guess it was beginners luck because then I was losing everything. I danced to this weird Russian thing, and then a fat girl song or something.

Then it was time to redeem myself. And I found the song. Eye of the Tiger baby. That's right, I took on the fighting! I did so well! I'm so good at punching the air, it's not even funny. I even filled up the whole tube thing on the TV with my awesome skills.

A couple of the times, I had forgotten to put the little wrist thing on so it just kept flying everywhere and hitting me in the face. But I didn't want to take the time to fix it and lose track of things. I wouldn't label myself as a very competitive person, but when I'm in the heat of things I really am! But who isn't? I mean who really wants to be called a loser. Not this winner here!

But I am so going to look into getting a Wii now! They have the coolest games! I'd be occupied for hours, maybe even days!

So if you would like to contribute to my Wii fund, just contact me immediately. Thank you!

2 Samuel 6:14
And David danced before the LORD with all his might. And David was wearing a linen ephod.

Clean Room and Exhaustion

Well this post is going to be short. I'm sorry but it just has to be. I've never felt so tired in me life! (Yes I did mean to say "me" instead of "my") Work, work, work all day and then work out at night and now I'm writing to the world. Talk about staying busy! Anyways, I am going to cover the past two days of "news", short sweet and to the point!

Yesterday, Wednesday, my "new" I had technically done before, but now I am declaring a vow. My room is usually always a mess. I know what you're thinking, there's no way my room its a mess, I'm too cool for that! Well, I'm sorry to disappoint, but yes it is a complete mess usually always. Today that is going to change! I am going to become a neat person! I cleaned my room today and it looks amazing! From this point forward, I am going to become neat and clean! My room is going to stay neat until the day it gets demolished. May all of you who read this be of witness. Thank you.

On to my new for today! So, as I said at the beginning, I am completely without a doubt one of the most tired people in the world right now. What could I do new today even though I was so tired?

It came to me while I was walking Jack Jack. I looked at the road and I immediately thought of the movie The Notebook, and how they just laid in the middle of the road. Ever since watching it, I had been tempted to do it. Well, I finally did. I just laid down in the middle of the road. It wasn't a busy road, just a back one into the neighborhood. It felt good. I could've fallen asleep. The road was so warm and there was a nice breeze, and even though Jack Jack was biting my nose, it was still pure bliss. There were clouds in the sky so I couldn't see the stars, but it was still all so pretty. I was laying there for a good five minutes. No car ever came, so I was glad about that.

The lesson to be learn for these "news" is to always be neat so it will carry over to the other parts of your life, and lay in a road once in a while, and don't forget to sleep:) Not in the road, just in general.

Psalm 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God,and renew a right spirit within me.