Random pics because I feel like posting them.

You are dead to me Kanye!

I use to like Kanye and even saw him in a restaurant recently, but pooooor Taylor! How could you do that to Taylor swift! Boooo Kanye.

I heart Taylor Swift :)

Random pics because I forgot to post them in my earlier blog

Swim start, Ironman Canada

Rachel and I before our "corn dog" sushi... haha dont ask.


Susie and Mandy and I on the beach!

Susie and Mark made me climb a mountain before I got on the airplane. That pic is at the end!





I love this pic with my dad, roy boy. UT football time baby. Yeah dont hate me Razorbacks.

Spilled Coffee

I am grumpy this morning and I just sat down at my desk, decided to try and have a positive attitude, took a sip of coffee and BAM. I spilled coffee all over myself and parts of my desk. Krupa came to my rescue with her awesome stain stick but now all I am smelling is that damn stain stick. So that is my fun story. Arent you glad I blogged this morning?

I have been really bad about blogging. My life is a little bit of a mess right now and so I dont always feel like anything I do is "blog worthy." I have traveled a lot lately and got to see Mandy, Susie and Tyler in Canada! I had a lot of fun and got to watch my fist ironman. I got to know Mark a lot better and he is an awesome guy. Now I know how perfect him and Susie are for each other :) I met new friends as well like Allison and Ramsey, who are more intense with the working out thing than I am! I also met Scott who is very funny, and a nice guy. I was able to see pretty mountains, and water and I slept in a VW van for 2 nights... oh yeah... I know you are jealous. Thank you for a great time although I did come back exhausted and not wanting to work and did I mention that I miss you guys?

I came back to Canada, worked for 2 days and then headed to Minn. to visit my friend Rachel for her bachelorette party weekend. It was a nice relaxing time and Minn is cozy, beautiful and fit for Rachel and Dales new life together! I met Rachels sister Abra and her friend Susie. We are all very different in our own ways but also similiar in a lot of other ways. I think it is cool to see what aspects of ourselves Rachel can pull out and "mesh" with. It shows a lot about her character and how diverse she can be, but at the same time holds on to certain qualities and morals.

So now I am back from jet setting, sitting in my cube pondering life. All these trips have really made me think. I feel like I am going backwards right now. Everyone that I have seen in the last couple of weeks seems to have things figured out and is settled into a nice life. I am just floating, hating my job, too busy to get shit done, and stressing about the smallest things. I mean I know I am making it sound like I just hate life but that isnt it. I am just at a crossroads. I am very lucky to have things that I have and to be able to even think as much as I do about things, but at the same time I need to figure things out so that I can be happy... not just content and so that others around me can be happy :) I think the main downer in my life is my job. I am tired of being stuck, tired of being unmotivated and bored. I want to be a go getter. I want to be proactive and take charge and to lead my team into new things. But I feel like I am drowning in quick sand and it is starting to suck the life right out of me. Anyway that is enough complaining for now.

Upcoming races and events and things to look forward to:
Seot 12- my 10 year high school reunion that I will not be attending but thought I would address the fact that I am OLD. Thank you.
Sept 20- All womens Olympic Tri
Sept 21- Steve and I are starting a swim clinic every Monday for 6 weeks and we get paid!!!
Sept 24- Rachel in town
Oct 10- Lake Travis 12 mile swim relay
Oct 25- Big Kahuna Half Ironman in Cali
Nov 7- Rachel and Dales Wedding here in Austin
Nov- Maybe San Antonio half marathon depending on my glute
Feb- Maybe Austin half ironman depending on my glute
April- Half Ironman in Galveston
June 27, 2010- Couere D Alene Ironman, Idaho
July- Colorado again for fam reunion... cant wait. I dream about that place all the time...loved it last year.

Peace out homeys. Time to stare at my computer screen,

Corey

I am a step closer to my tatoo

Well, I did it. I signed my life away and forked over a lot of cash for a years worth of self inflicted torture. I signed up for Coure D Alene Iron Man on June 27 of next year. This is the same one that Sara did and she is part if my motivation. For those of you that know me well you know that the only way I would ever get a tatoo is if I completed an Iron Man.... I am a year closer and I am motivated to get my Iron Man symbol permanently placed somewhere on my body!

If you are asking if I have even done a half-- the answer is no. Have I even done an Olympic Distance Tri-- No. Do I know if I even enjoy doing triathlons-- not yet :) Am I a little crazy and excited at the same time-- yes. :) I took the leap and I did it. I may hate every minute of it but I am going to at least try. I have finally found some good training buddies here and have somewhat of a tri training routine down and with a little peer pressure and a lot of adrenaline I decided to close my eyes and turn in the digits on my credit card! I have been battling injuries for the last 5 months so I will have to be verrry smart about this whole thing but I think I will be ok.

I am really excited because I already have 2 people doing it with me, 1 indecisive and 2 others committed to being my cheering section! Any one else? You know you want to take the leap as well :)

Shout Outs

Mo: Haaaaappppy Late birthday! I hope you had a great one and it sounds like you did

Sara: Happyyyyyy wedding day! You looked so happy and gorgeous in all your pics. You and Tim are the cutest!

Susie: Way to kick ASSSSSS. I cant believe you went 5:04 for the half! I am going to have to train my booty off to get even close to that! Nice job on second in your age group!

Mandy: Good luck at Nats! Dont let the new dive scare you! Just have fun with it!

Fraser: Good luck in your olympic tri and as Mandy says "dont drown :)"

Rachel: I am sure you will hear back from Target HQ. Keep the faith and keep on trucking. I am proud of you.

And everyone else hope you are doing well and having a good summer. I love you all!

-Corey

Busy Bee

I have been really bad at blogging lately! But I have been enjoying reading everyone elses! Things have been hectic but fun lately. I am coaching with TEAM in Training and although I only officially coach one night a week, I seem to be doing something for TEAM at least 4-5 nights out of the 7. I am also training with the group because I am doing the race in Oct, fundraiser, meeting about fundraising and trying to do private swim lessons as well. I am trying to balance all that with workouts, socializing, sleeping and seeing my friends and boyfriend. I rarely see my roommate anymore and it makes me sad! PS that is a picture of my roomie and my BF at a "Guac party" this weekend!

Anway things are going well though. I signed up for about 5 triathlons this summer and have made some pretty good girlfriends that I can train with and travel to tri's with. Tonight a few of us our doing this thing called a splash and dash. The gym near my house has this huge open man made Quarry and every 3rd Tuesday of the month they host a mini practice race. It is a 750 open water swim and a 2 mile run. You would think it would be small but they have to cap it at 2oo people. The pro athletes seem to come out and use it as a sprint workout and it is a lot of fun. I did it for the first time last month and got 4th out of all the woman! Hopefully I will make it through the heat today and move up in my rankings! Those pro athletes have nothing on me.... hahahah

I miss all of you guys and I wish I could see everyone more. I am trying to schedule some trips this summer but right now my weekends are booked until mid August. goooood times. I cant wait to see Rachel and Dale in Sept! They are getting married and the bridesmaids are flying up in Sept for a lil bachelorette weekend. It should be really fun. Then I may go to Vancouver to visit Susie and Mandy and possibly Tyler and I am thinking that Susie and I will end up getting too excited about watching the ironman and will sign up on site! SUSIE GOOD LUCK THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR HALF!

Also for those of you that know Jenny Petite she is now in AUstin and is getting married near Dallas in August! I may go to her wedding and hang with our old trackie buddies!

This weekend is Victor and I's 2nd dating anniversary. I cant believe it has been 2 years but I also cant believe it has ONLY been 2 years. haha. I am not sure what we are gonna do yet but I am sure it will be low key and nice. The weekend after we are goingot his parents house (they live out by the lake) with a few friends and we are goign to hang out and relax. I am looking forward to that because then I am taking that whole next week off (forced vacationwoo woo) and my plan is to do nothing... although I have already scheduled a nice little massage and planned a day trip with a couple of friends to the Blue Bell factory!! Yessss my kind of vacation.

Work is still work and I have my good day and my bad days. I am busy enough right now to where I dont have time to look at other options even if I wanted to. FUN

I WISH THE BEST OF LUCK TO RACHEL who has an interview on Wed!!
Well I think I have talked enough for today!

Lots of love!
Corey

Hi there, it's me

So I have been majorly slacking on the blog thing! I even had a Friday training at work that focused on blogs and spoke about the future of blogs, both in the work place and in our personal lives. It was pretty cool, but made me realize that I am not a savvy blogger at all. Oh well! And Laurie I am with you in that I dont get Twitter. I really dont want people to know that I am going pee or being lame and watching a movie in my bed! TMI people TMI.

Lets see. There has been a lot going on so I guess I will just post random bullets as I usually do.

- congrats Peggy and Grant on baby Abby! She is so cute

- congrats Mandy J on your lil bebe and I love reading your blog and seeing your pics!

- I havent ran in weeks and it is really frustrating. Both my knees are shot from the marathon and I cant run more than 20 minutes without being in severe pain. It is awesome-- not. I have had this for a while now and I am getting to the point where I dont know if I will be able to run again-- I know I am being over dramatic but still! So I have resorted to the elliptical which is boring as crap. But I have branched out and have started going to free yoga, lifting weights, swimming and even walking! Maybe this will make me more well rounded in the exercise world... or just fat. haha

- I am a swim coach for a triathlon group called TEAM in Training and it has been a lot of fun so far but it is hard to get up at 5:15 again! It is only one time a week but still!

- I am also a assistant coach for another triathlon group and I am excited about that one too-- its all woman training for an all womens race and it should be interesting. We have our first track workout tomorrow and our first swim workout bright and early on Saturday!

- I am trying to decide what race to do next but at this point I cant really do anything so I guess I better focus on getting better!

- I am trying to plan a vacation for my mandatory time off here at work and I just cant seem to figure it out!

- I wish I had some really good girlfriends here in Austin although I do love the ladies I work with and we have a lot of fun. But I feel like the mother hen because I am older than most people around me at work. I miss all of you guys

- Work sucks... nothing new. Although I now consider myself a leader on my team and actually talk and interact in meetings. wooo

- I have started being better about saving my money. I need to do some major work on my car and save up for a house

- Victor and I saw Kanye West and his new girlfriend at dinner the other night! We were too chicken to ask for a pic though!

That is all!

LOVE YALL,
Corey

The New Year

Does anyone else start over thinking around New Years? I dont know what it is about this time of year. It isnt like anything changes besides numbers on a calendar, but yet I find myself thinking about the past year and hoping for bigger and better new things for the year to come. I should be able to come up with resolutions and should want to change through out the entire year and not just in January.

I start doubting everything and wondering what my thoughts will be like on this date next year. Hopefully I will have a new position in my career, a good amount of money in my savings account for a house, a few trips under my belt and more lined up, plans for a puppy, more friends in Austin, a black and white thought on my relationship, and a direction of where I think my life is headed. Are those things to hard to ask?

Until next year!