"It is not the ctitic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

~Theodore Roosevelt

Monday, September 13, 2010

SePTeMBeR

~You are doomed to make choices.
This is life's greatest paradox.
~Dr. Wayne Dyer

So the Paris Study Abroad group started classes today. Thanks to Facebook I've seen plenty of pictures of the Eiffel Tower, macaroons, and old buildings. It makes me slightly jealous but I'm so curious about what they're doing that I can't bring myself to block them from my news feed.

And while I admit part of me wants to be in Paris, it seems like more stress and worry than anything else. Yes, I worry too much, but still... And I can't imagine living there for three months. I want to see the sights and try some of the food and take some awesome pictures... but that's the most of it.

I don't remember now if I said it before, but I do think I was going for the wrong reasons. I wanted to have an experience. I wanted to be able to say I spent three months in France. I wanted the pictures and to say I tried French pastries. But it wasn't really for me, it was for other people-if that makes any sense.

But I don't regret not going.

I should have graduated training at work today-haha, well, I did, just not officially and in front of everyone. My trainer is now monitoring me for two more weeks and, as far as I know, I won't have an auditor come around anymore! Hallelujah!!! At least, she didn't come today :)

My average for last week was 110% and I made 120% one day! I really feel like I'm doing better with measurements too. I hardly have to change the numbers on my machine anymore. Well, the different materials change it a little and the really big sizes but that's it. I don't pick out the stitches as much either-when I do it's mostly because there are stains on the elastic that I don't catch.

And I've made a goal for myself. See, the elastic is sewn together with red thread every so-often throughout the roll. I sew a heck of a lot of them in and then have to fix it. It's a pain and it takes time. So, I'm trying to go a whole day without having that problem... then I'll try a whole week. Today, I only did it twice!

Anyway, that's kind of an update. I know I need to blog more and I don't really have an excuse for not blogging. Haha, more like I've started so many posts with how I want to write more often or should or why I haven't...
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