Cable

So it has been about a week and a half with out cable.. and so far I am not missing it. I subscribed to netflix.. so I still have TV to watch.. but it is just more intentional. But sadly I have not started to clean more with my new found time.. mostly because I have been busy on the weekends.. and i hate cleaning afterwork. So hopefully this weekend I will have some time to spring clean. But the good news is.. we had our annual reviews at work.. and I got a pretty good merit raise.. and I am getting a promotion in the next month which will come with a raise as well.. so all that money I can put away in to my nice always growing saving account. yay.

Cats and Water

What is it with Cats and bathrooms? I took bath tonight because it was just too cold out to go for a walk... and the entire time I was in the bath MacBeth stood on her hind legs and looked into the tub and meowed at me and kept looking like she was going to jump in the tube. I think she was either thinking.. Mom! Get out of the scary water! or Mom, what is that strange substance you are sitting in, and can I play too? I am always a tad scared that she is going to jump into the tub.. which would really be not fun.

Terrified

I did something terrifying today. I cancelled my cable. I originally called to downgrade to a cheaper options.. I was paying 65 dollars a month. The next option was 52 dollars .. which I viewed as not enough different. And then the next option was 19 dollars.. and that was too basic. It was going to just be local channels but cable clear. So I just cancelled it. I am currently enjoying my last couple hours of clear TV..

I did not cancel it for a purely economic reason. The cable bill never stress my budget, even with gas prices as they are. Truth be told.. The money I spent on cable will probably just be spent on books and netflix.
But I took a look at my goals and non of them include sitting in front of my TV killing hours at a time watching documentaries. So I called and cancelled. Right now I want to call them back and say I lied and to not turn it off.. But I will not..
My friend Alan who is also free from a cable bill says that the first couple weeks are tough.. but then you get used to it.. so keep in your prayers these next couple weeks.

The good news is that I will probably work out more and my apartment will be very clean.

Weather

The storms down here scare me. In NY you rarely have massive loud thunderstorms. So the storms that came through on Friday and Saturday were scary. The only reason I don't freak out is this mantra that I tell me self. "I have health Insurance if I get hit by a tree. I have car insurance if my car gets hit by a tree, and I have rental insurance if my apartment gets hit by a tree." I think if I did not have one of those 3 that I would stress out about having to pay for the potential damage.

On Sunday on the way home from church I drove through Cabbage town to take some pictures. But pictures really don't do the damage justice. But the part that is amazing to me is how localized it is. You can see where the path goes through Oakland Cemetery and where it smacks into the The Cotton Mill lofts and where it curves onto some streets in Cabbagetown. The part that is amazing about the storm is that no one was hurt. There was probably 30 thousand plus people that were in the middle of that storm and there was only 1 major injury. Thank God that the basketball game went into overtime so that all those people were that were at the SEC games were inside.

This is a picture of the Oakland Cemetery . They had a guard.. (who was not doing a very good job as I got in, and then he yelled at me to get out. Part of me want to snap back and say .. Get off your phone and do you job.)

A cemetery is actually a good place for a tornado to strike.. as well.. no one lives there..

The Cotton Mill lofts were also hit hard. It looks like half of the roof is gone. In person it made me gasp. It is amazing that no one was killed.

It is kinda shocking to me that there was that much damage a couple miles from where I live.

Busy

I feel like I have been very busy the past couple of weeks. Which is good.. but it has made me ultra lazy about turning on my computer when I get home.
Last week I had meeting every day after work.. and this past week I had meeting Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
I like the things I am in meeting planning for.. The one that is close to putting me over the edge are the meetings I have to plan the trip I am taking with some people from Church to Merida. I am overly excited about the trip.. but we have over 10 meetings before we go in June. I am more then happy to attend the meetings.. but I am missing my trivia night. :(.

Today I did a good job of doing nothing in prep for a busy Sunday.. MacBeth was happy that I was home today and last night.. when it starts to thunder she snuggles right up to me. But when on band of storms came through she was outside.. I dont think she was too happy.

Speaking of the storms.. I got some pictures of the damage in Cabbagetown.. it was amazing. I am going to post them tomorrow.

Walking

I decided to do the breast cancer 3 day again.... so I have started my walking back up. Today I went for about a 6 miles walk.. It was a good day for a walk.. sunny and about 70. And my Ipod is fully loaded.. and this year I have a computer.. so I can make different play-lists. Last time I trained I had the Ipod..but no computer..so I had about 250 songs that I listened to a lot. So far I am enjoying the walking.. Hopefully by this summer I will regularly walking 10 plus miles on Saturdays. I do not plan on training quite as hard this year. The last time I walked I think I was almost over prepared. It was almost easy. This time I am going to go slower and enjoy the view a bit more. And heck.. maby even get swept. Last time I walked I was always with in the first 150 walkers back to camp.... But I was walking to prove that I was not sick any more.. this time I want to enjoy all that the walk has to offer.