Walmart Day 3

So tonight I am going into Walmart for Day 3. It turns out we pretty much did the same thing as we did yesterday (A lot of janitorial shit) but we had to go to the extreme yesterday because one of the Big managers was coming down to visit. So not only did we have to do the restrooms and such but we also had to sweep UNDERNEATH the shelves where the food products are.

You people are disgusting.

Do you realize how much food was collected under those shelves in 2 days?

Here some statistics in case you were wondering.

Last night we had 52 cans come out from underneath the shelves. 40 of which were beans. We had 15 bags of candy. 17 drinks. I personally found a chicken wing that someone ate and threw underneath there. I mean seriously... can people just not put up there shit when they get done. There are over 20 trash cans through out the store. It is not that hard people!

We had to do the same think over in the pet department. 75 dog and cat food cans combined 23 cat and dog toys and 14 dog bones, and a dead fish. (it is the Walmart employees fault for the fish).

The toy department had 29 balls laying under the shelves. and there were 8 water guns.

We came out to a total of $700 dollars underneath all three places that we cleaned. That's a lot of money under the shelves.

And honestly, we don't want to clean all that out. So do is us a favor and if you drop something put it back up, OR throw it away.

People always say I don't like going into walmart because it is not clean. Well its not clean because people throw their trash on the ground. I mean come on people how hard can it be to walk 5 feet and put a chicken wing in a trash can?

I did find out some things about the managers though. Pretty neat stuff actually.

They all suck...

Just kidding, but some of them are just a bunch of hard heads with college degrees. We operate under 2 managers, the head manager (which is a pretty cool guy, very relaxed) and the specific manager (the guy who is in charge of maintenance. He is not that bad but I could definitely work for someone better then him.)

Hopefully tonight I can have a little more fun then last night, because last night all hell broke loose. I was literally sweating sweeping things up. Do you realize how much sweeping you have to do to sweat?

But I go in about an hour and a half. Everyone have a good night. I am going to go kick some more butt! 

Walmart Day 2

So I have successfully gained all my sleep back from working 3rd shift at Walmart. And I have to say some first impressions about the place.

It actually is not as bad as what people think. I did mostly Janitorial stuff (I did clean bathrooms) and I did a little bit of stocking.

The employees are not that bad of people. Yes they do not talk that much, but it IS third shift. What is there to talk about?

Another thing that drained the life out of me last night was the fact that we have an HOUR lunch. That is just ridiculous when you are tired. It really does drain the life out of you.

I do feel sore from walking around so much. I will not lie about that. I am not sure what exactly is in pain, but I do feel a little bit uneasy as far as the time shift and everything like that, hopefully it will get better.

Finally I noticed that the employees actually get treated somewhat well. I was talking to a guy who has been at Walmart Stores all over and he said "Walmart Stores and management might not be designed to help people as much as they need to, but they do have great job security." This I did find to be true.

I saw that Walmart offered 2 scholarships for college students, one of which can get up to 16,000 dollars. Pretty impressive stuff when you think about it.

They do understand sick issues. My friend who came with me yesterday actually had to leave because he was extremely sick. It sucks but they said they would let him back if he wanted to. I believe he declined.

Besides that it was all mostly learning, and by learning I mean learning as you go. We did not watch any video at all or know exactly what to do for the full 8 hours if you want to think of it that way. The job that I do can literally take about 4 hours if everyone actually worked hard. However it IS third shift.

I will keep you more informed tomorrow. Everyone have a great afternoon.

Walmart

Okay so since i dont really know what to talk about anymore i want to let everyone know that i started a job at walmart. I am doing janitorial services during the night shift. I have two goals in mind.

1) earn money to help with expenses
2) to see what walmart is really like during the night hours

I took this job mostly for the second reason. They (walmart) do not know this but i will keep you informed for two weeks about the night life of walmart.

So far i have not had a good experience. We walked in and the Lady was very rude that we talked to. The guy that we are supposed to see was also a little rude and said that we should have not been here until 10:00. We (my friend who is working with me and myself) showed up early to hopefully get a true tour of walmart and learn how everything works. I guess we will wait and see.

I will let everyone know how day 1 of "Operation Walmart" went tomorrow morning

Carolina

I'm about to watch the Carolina Gamecocks hopefully win the first of 3 games tonight. Lets Go Cocks!!!!

Nothing to do

I have nothing to do
don't be like me
do something that you want to do.
-Andrew Price

Trying to hard

Do you believe that you can try to hard?

I have always told myself no. But I believe I now have thoughts about changing that.

I have lost 80 pounds, am getting a successful job plan and college degree and still try to push harder. It is like an obsession to be the best I can be. But I still wonder if that is good enough.

And I want to know what people think about me because of it. I know most of you will say "don't care what others think" and I agree but what about that special someone. I mean anybody could technically be that "special someone" could they not. If I look bad in front of them what happens to me?

I just wish I could be happy with myself for once. but I probably will never be that way. I just need to accept it.

The daily news

Well I have finally settled in to my old house. After a last trip to Columbia and back for a while I think it is time to relax and enjoy this Sunday before I start working in the morning. 4 hours of lifting. Yay me.

Late night saturday/ early morning sunday thinking

Hello everyone, or should I say good morning to most of you (for me it is 12 something in the morning...)

I would like to thank you guys for viewing my blog. It motivates me to keep inspiring new things to talk about and to try to be a more open person. I know a lot of you probably have never met me or know me, but I am usually very shy when I am confronted with people. This is my chance to get away from life.

Which brings me to my next topic. Which is this whole love thing that I keep telling you about. I know she hates me for telling you guys about our business but we have had our fights and now we barely talk. and she still thinks it is my fault for putting our business up here. She never understood that I really had nothing but this to go to.

But I have been thinking about her lately, even though I said that I am over with her and that I am finished, it is hard to keep me from thinking about her. I mean I know it will not work out. But I believe that is the way it was supposed to be. I want to be her friend I really do, and I still love her like a friend. I wish I could see us going further but it is hard to do. When I put my arms around her it just didn't feel like it was supposed to, it didn't feel right. Im not saying it is her fault, but I want it to feel right when I finally am affectionate with my body.

I believe that another reason it didn't feel right was because she never tried to pursue me as more than a friend. I know that sounds bad with me and yes I do admit that I pushed to much. But when you constantly pay for her meals and take her places you do except something in return.

I mean if I honestly want to be in a relationship I want them to show me as much love and as much passion as I show them. I want to be able to stare into their eyes and know that all they think about is me and their dreams and life and that they are able to counter balance between their lives and myself. Is that to hard to ask? I thought women were good at multitasking. (That is a joke)

But This is what is on my mind as I am up at 12:40 talking about nonsense as usual. I just would like a sense of direction as far as my relationship part of my life goes. I have lost 75 pounds, I am starting to wind down my weight loss journey, and I am ready to take on my relationship journey, I feel like it is time to shift gears.

Good night everyone, I will post some wonderful pictures of animals tomorrow morning :D

Wild Friday

Hello all!!!

I have completed 3 intense days of Insanity, the program that I have switched over for my body so I can lose the final 30 pounds. I have to say that I have been very sore lately (which is my excuse for cheesy love quotes and happy quotes from my tablet).

But tomorrow is my recovery day and consists of all stretches. I have heard that after day 4 your body starts to relax a little more. So hopefully that will happen to me.

In other exciting news I am going to the zoo tomorrow. Riverbanks zoo in Columbia, is ranked number 4 in the nation and am very excited (don't worry I will post up pictures tomorrow during my time off)

Finally Today was my last day of teaching our maymester class at String Project, all of my students did very well and we all had a fun time. It was good to finally see them play in front of an audience :D

Well I hope everyone had a wonderful day, be safe and enjoy the Friday that is coming up!!

The laughing voyages

The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter. - Mark Twain

Dont fall

Don't find love, let love find you. That's why it's called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall.

Accidentally in love

You know you love someone when they're the last thought on your mind before you go to sleep and the first thing on your mind when you wake up.

Raining Again

Dear Rain,

Will you ever go away?
You have been here more than a day.
I guess you thought you could come and stay.
Well nobody likes it anymore okay?

You should leave and head north, get out of here quick,
because the people in the south do not want you to stick.
We want to go have some fun outside,
instead of watching the rain and going along with the ride.

So please dear rain will you please go away?
Because we would like to have a great day today.

-Andrew Price

New Website

Just found a new website that is not only inspirational, but also really funny.

Check it out.

www.brotips.com

Brotip#23

live every day.
like you're Glen Coco

My weight loss as of now

So today I am officially 268.2 pounds. Lets figure some things out.
-Starting from January 9th where I weighed in at 340 pounds I have
    -Lost 71.8 pounds (that's the size of your average 10 year old boy)
    -Lost 2 T-shirt sizes (I now fit in a large comfortably)
    -Lost over 4 inches off of my waist (I now fit between a 36-38 size jeans)
    -My combined total of weight loss is over 20% (Meaning I have officially lost a 5th of what I used to be)
   - Have officially gotten myself out of the "Obese" category according to the BMI and into the "Overweight" Category (Normal is at 240 pounds which is my goal)
   - Have successfully removed any threats of diabetes, high blood pressure, or cholesterol problems from my body
  - Can now run the mile in less than 8 minutes
  - Can successfully complete a 20 mile bike ride and not pass out
  - And finally I officially have no visible stretch marks on my body
GET AT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The final stage of my work out program...
1) To incorporate insanity into my work out (in an effective way)
2) To find my final tricks for eating the best way, all day, everyday
3) To finally start to help other people with their weight loss journeys. It is time to give back to the community!!!
Everyone have a wonderful day!

Yes!!!

There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva. - Josh Groban

Describes a certain someone

"If you asked me how many times you have crossed my mind I would say once because you never really left."

My Sunday

So my Sundays consist of.... Doing nothing.

Ever since my high school years at Carolina Youth Symphony, I would never have enough time to do anything but that. Now that I am out of high school, I have all the time in the world.

So what am I gonna do today? I believe I will be going to the lake, and bringing lunch with me. I believe that I will work out today, and finally be under the 270's for good. I believe that I will have a life on my Sunday.

However saying that I have a life should not mean that I am alone. Even though I will be alone for most of the day it does not bother me. Today is a day to think. A day to laugh, a day to think, a day to cry. That is what everyday is.

I hope everyone has a great Sunday, spend it with the ones you love, or spend it thinking about your life. Spend it thinking what you are going to do in the future. Spend it thinking about everything you can think about.

It is your life, live it to the fullest.

My dietary-ness is going to kill me...

So today is my birthday...and the family and I always go out to dinner to get food. Well this year we went to outback. However I kept telling myself that I needed to eat healthy and that I couldn't have fats or anything like that... It turns out I did very well.

At outback steak house I got...
A chargrilled chicken sandwich with no cheese, bacon and only chicken, lettuce tomato, and ketchup
A side of vegetables which included, squash, carrots, broccoli, and peas (less then 500 calories all together)
Water

The waitress asked us for deserts and I said no and she said you get a free ice cream and I had to tell her no.. Like I could not have said yes if I tried. It was pretty depressing but I know that I have done well... I know that I am in this fight for myself now. If nobody will be behind me, I will be behind myself... I have the strength to do this. I will finish what I started

Hard work, dedication, determination

Happiness

If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with. - Michael Jackson

Music

Music is what feelings sound like. - Unknown

One Heart

We were given: Two hands to hold. Two legs to walk. Two eyes to see. Two ears to listen. But why only one heart? Because the other was given to someone else. For us to find.

Day 5

Today is my 5th day on this journey over my plateau and my progress is still not showing. I did find a website that has a lot of motivational tips and tricks on it that helped my mind get ready for a work out. I thought it was pretty legit.

So today I am going to go to lake and then work out afterwards. I love the fact that I can now work out late again... However it has put my body through some obstacles because I am having to get back in the groove...

I am also trying to improve my eating habits, once again. Eating healthy is something that I try to do. But it is hard to do when you lack money or you are a college kid like myself. However when I finally get home next Friday, I am going to turn my family upside down as far as eating habits... I cant wait!!

Hope everyone has a beautiful gorgeous day. I know I will!

Lake Murray

Fly Season

So you know it is Fly season when You kill 8 flies in the last 24 hours... Those things are driving me insane. I wish I knew where they were coming for because would exterminate the source. However I have no idea where they are coming from.

And to make matters worse they are like super flies. I have swat one or two of them three times just to get it to stop moving. They are almost invincible.

I will have to bring out the big guns soon.

SMOOOOOOOKE ON THE WATER!!!!

Today I have a party to go to. So I will be doing my work out early. (Before 3:00).  I am not as sore today but I still feel like I pulled something, or did something wrong...

So today I am going to choose Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple to be my top song today... It is such a classic...

Everyone have a great day!

Day 3

So today is Day 3. And I have officially decided to not work out... Why? you ask. Simply because my body can not take this much force on it within 3 days. I am tired. I am exhausted. I am emotionally, and physically drained... I really would just like to cuddle up and read a good book.

Speaking of books I have changed my book to a book called "Disturbed Earth." It is based off the 9/11 attacks and is about the Russians in America during that time period. It is actually very good. The main character reminds me a lot about myself.

Hope everyone has a wonderful, and relaxing day today and tomorrow!!

Day 2

So today is the second day of me beating my plateau. I am very exhausted, tired, and sore but I know that I must keep going strong. Today I am going to try to do the bike and also a lot of crunches, and core work. I will probably do shoulders as well today.

I work out!!!!!!!!

Big Morning

So today I have a big morning. I have to leave to go back to Columbia for the final time and I will be there for two weeks. After that I will finally be able to come home and hopefully get a job and everything else. I have to be ready to go by about 11:30 so that way I can stop by the house and put everything up before I go to work.

Now it is all about getting ready before 11:30.

Hope everyone has a big morning this morning and gets something accomplished!!

My Heart

So a funny thing happened today for me.

That girl that I was spewing over a couple of days ago, asked me to hang out today. Of course I said sure, as any guy would and so we went to the lake.

We just hung out a little bit, she needed to get her mind off things, or get away from the house (I never did ask what her problem was). But that is what we did, and so we went and stayed at the lake until night time.

We were starting to head home when we decided to go to the pier on the water at night time. The moon was beyond full and it was literally the most romantic thing I have ever seen in my life. So I felt like I needed to do something.

So I squeezed her into my arms and just held her close and tight. She didnt really react the way I expected but that was okay because I felt like she gave me my heart back. I feel like when I hugged her my body pulled back my heart from her and I felt alive again.

So it was good to be able to finally feel free. I believe that this is only the beginning of my journey of love. However I am so glad to have my heart back and I want to be able to let someone else steal it.

I know me and her will always be good friends. But today I found out that that is ALL it is going to be. And I am honestly fine with that. I have made the decision that I need to do things for me. I need to be able to conquer my own quests, strive for excellence and be able to live the way I would like to. Happy and Free.

Everyone have a Good Night!

Turtle

Today, my friend and I came across a turtle. This was not your normal turtle like every other turtle. This turtle was probably over a foot long and was a sea turtle. I did not know what it was but picked it up and we took it to Petsmart (ironically the place I want to work). They said it was a map turtle and I would either need a gigantic cage for it or I should put it back in the wild. So there was a woman there who actually raises turtles and she said that she would take it.

At the end, I found out what it was, the girl got the turtle, and the turtle got a happy home. Yay for things coming together!

Hope everyone has had a great day. Here is a picture of the turtle!

Happy Monday!

So I believe I have finally gotten over my whole depressed stage thing... Thank goodness... Now I have a mission today, and that is to finally get through this plateau that I have been dealing with in my weight loss. I have stayed right around 270 for almost two weeks though. I am ready to push through and move on to my final stage (the last 30 pounds). I am going to use everything I possibly can this week to get through it though. Even if it involves blood, sweat, and tears.

This now brings to a bigger concern. I have been at my original home lately and have noticed that my family does not eat like they should. They do work out but they do not treat it as their number one priority. I believe this is my first task now that I am starting to transform into the teacher rather than the student.

My family is very active except for my dad. I do not know what his problem is so I should confront him first. He does work 3rd shift, so it is going to be very hard to try and work out with him. However, if I have to get up at 4:00 a.m. to make him work out, that is what I will do.

My sister and my mom are next. I feel as though they are doing things right, but they are not recognizing what they are doing. Yesterday after we all worked out, they wanted to go get a shake. Things like that are not helping their bodies.

I think it is time for a family meeting.

I hope this inspires you or your families to strive for a healthy life style. I want to affect as many people as possible. Please do not feel afraid to share your health stories with me. It will give both me and you motivation to work out more.

Happy Monday everyone!!! Keep your goals in mind for today!

Another Day

Today is another day here at my original home.

I had to do a lot of stuff today that involved my computer skills.

I fixed two really slow computers to make them a lot faster and was able to get them working very well.

My computer also started having issues today. I kind of got a product key for Windows 7 ultimate and didn't pay for it. And Microsoft caught me. So I had to restart my computer all the way to factory mode so that way it would not go crazy like it was doing. (luckily I had a external hard drive and used that to save my music, movies, and documents.) After I finished all of that out. I noticed that there was something that I have been wanting to try on my computer. So I downloaded the new Windows 8 pre-download operating system (which is free, you can go to www.windows.com or something like that and download it. Only problem is that it does not read most virus protectors.) Since I didn't have one, I went ahead and downloaded it.

So now I am typing to you on what is pretty much a brand new Windows 8 HP computer with touch screen capabilities. I still have a lot to do but I really can get used to this window 8 stuff.

Anyways. I have a big day tomorrow. I would normally weigh in. But being at my real home is kind of a vacation for me so I know I have not lost any serious amount of weight. I am still going to the gym and still trying to eat healthy though.

Hope everyone had a great weekend and have a great rest of this Sunday night!

Just another day.

First of all I hope everyone had a great day today.. 

Second of all I would like to share a story. A story that I have been wanting to share with someone but because I have no close friends to share it with I will share it to the public.

Today I hung out with a friend, a friend that I have known for 5 years now. We have talked and dated and have always been close but could never really find time to have a true "relationship." Well I wanted to make the move today and wanted to prove to her that we could be one of the best relationships people have ever seen.

Previously I have spilled my heart out to her, told her that she meant the world to me (she still does). Today I wanted to show her one of my favorite spots in Oconee County, a place where I came to love. I wanted to kiss her for the first time there. I wanted to stare into her eyes and really tell her how I felt. I wanted her to know that I want to be in a true relationship with her and that place was the perfect spot to do it.  To this day, when I die, I want to be buried there. It is absolutely amazing. 

So I asked her if she wanted to go, and she was saying yes all the way from the beginning of today when we went and watched Snow white and the Huntsman (great movie by the way). And so we were doing well and we made a few pit stops in between and when we got back to her house the dog barked and woke up the house. Now if it was just her mom then it would not have been bad. However she has a 2 year old brother and he woke up and started crying and her other brother was about to do the same. So it turns out we did not get to go to the pond after all. We said our good byes and went on my way.

As I started back on the road, I realized that if I would not have shown up, that dog would not have barked, which would not have waked the kids up, which means we could have went. But because I was their all of that happened, so I decided to go see the pond by myself. 

It took me about 30 minutes to get their and about 10 minutes walking into the place where it was. However when I got there, it was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. The water so beautiful and their was so many animals drinking water, making noise and coming and going as please. It was one of the most touching moments I have ever had in my life.

After about 5 minutes I heard something rather large coming down the road. I did not know what it was but I did know their was train tracks near by. It turned out that the train ran right by the pond, and made no noise with it's horn due to all of the animals being out. I waved my hand towards him (because he was going rather slow) and in return he waved back. 

That train I believe was a symbol from someone (since I dont believe in God) to keep going. Keep living life like you can and even in the worse of times keep your head up and proud of who you are. I started crying at that moment. I knew that it was finally time to let go of the woman that stole my heart. I knew that it was finally time to make a change in my life.

After I finished up with the tears and recollected my self, I started heading back towards the car. It was pretty much pitch black so I tried to sing a song but that didnt help. So I tried to call her and tell her these things over the phone. She didnt answer, but responded with a text after. I am glad she did not pick up the phone. I do not think I could have talked to her then.

Finally I headed back home, It took me 40 minutes to get home and when I did I was pretty much back to normal. I walked into the door and saw my mom. She asked me how everything went and if I was okay (I did not tell her or anyone what the plan was). I responded with yes and that I was tired. She said something that I will never forget. She said "Andrew, you look like you have lost a vitamin or something in your body. You look a lot weaker, especially under your eyes." I just ignored it. I know that it is not something like a vitamin that I have lost. It is my heart that I have lost, it is all hope that I have lost. I lost the woman of my dreams tonight. I do not give up easily but 5 years has to be a limit. I know people say "if you love someone than the amount of time it takes is limitless." But I know that in reality I will never be able to be half of the man she wants me to be. I know I will never be able to do half of the things she wants me to do. I know that I will never be good enough. She stole my heart, and now I am heartless. And that will be the only way to be under my condition.

I have to keep living long, living strong, and being proud of who I am. I am a man, I just have no heart. I have a soul, and that is all I need to produce music. I just keep doing what I do, and keep rocking at how I do it. I have a favorite sandwich shop in Columbia called Beezers, and one of the quotes says,

"There are three things you should do and you should do them everyday. The first one is to laugh. Laughing cures the heart and relieves tension. It also makes you a happy person. The second is to think. You should spend a lot of time thinking. Thinking solves things about yourself that you do not plan to solve. And finally the last thing you should do is cry. Crying is our weaknesses coming out of ourselves. Crying is the result of laughing and thinking. It is what makes us human. If you can do those three things in one day. Your life is going to be different the next."

I have done all three of these things today. And I can definitely tell I am going to be different person tomorrow.

Living life.

Sorry I have not posted in a while, I have been living life.
You know where you have the party to go to, helping the family out, and just being alive for all.
And yet I still apply my basic principle of thinking to it.
I have thought about today, I have thought about the choices I have made.
I have thought about how my life is going to be in the future.
and
I have smiled because today was a great day.

Happy Friday everyone!