1. Holy shit, 8 people read my last post...the one I wrote to B. The only one I've written to him...I usually just write about him. Thank you. Now I know who 4 of you are, but who are you other 4? Wait, don't tell me. I'm just glad you read a post.
2. I haven't been going to the gym every day for the last couple of weeks. In fact, this week I was really bad. I only went yesterday. I know I shouldn't be so hard on myself but ...or should I? I think I'm just getting discouraged again because the number on the scale isn't budging. In fact, yesterday it was a number higher than last time. I'm beginning to think that I really do have to have to live on lettuce and yogurt...OK, OK, I'm being a bit melodramatic as usual.
*sigh*
No, I really do need to do something about ...my relationship (!) with food. My Dr. has suggested keeping a food diary, more than once, but I haven't been keen on the idea.
Google search result...
http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/can-food-diary-help-you-lose-weight
Hmm. We'll see. I also think maybe I should start thinking about the Emily Program again...
3. I'm totally psyched about going on a short road trip with I a week from this Sunday. We went to dinner last Friday and she told me the bad (but good good for them) news that they're moving back to VA. We had such a good time talking...just picking up right where we left off...and kept talking into the (sort-of wee) hours that I went ahead and followed up on a random comment I had said fairly early on in the conversation...that I would love to go with her on the drive with the dogs, keep her company and all that...
So now after a bit of discussion on Tuesday, it's a go. I've already gotten the day off after approved (it's a Monday) and the plan will be that we'll leave early Sunday morning and arrive Monday morning and then I'll fly home that afternoon (ah, the joys of working for an airline!) (Then again, we get a fresh batch of PPT on Tuesday so who knows what'll happen!)
I'm really looking forward to it. She's great company and we keep discovering things we have in common.
With her help, I've now read the entire "Hunger Games" trilogy (and speaking of "The Hunger Games" I've got R to thank for getting me interested in it in the first place by recommending and watching the first movie with me the last time we had our "date") and have discovered we also both love J.D. Robb. We both have great taste in clothing, food and music.
She was afraid I'd be bored...but I have a feeling, bored moments will be few and far between.
(oooh, I should look up some great getting to know you questions....)
And who are we kidding...this is going to be an adventure for me. I don't think I've ever been on a road trip this long before.
4. My first week of vacation is coming up in April and I have no idea what I'm going to do...other than set up a day to spend with R/K & E...maybe babysit him for a bit for the first time.
5. B is on his annual vacation right now and while I'm happy for him...he needs the break...he deserves a break...I miss him like crazy. He's such an intergral part of my life ...talking to him everyday and just knowing he's there...now giving me a reminder to not take him for granted.
6. Going to spend some more time with the parent's this weekend. Mom wants to clean out her closet again (mmm, more clothes for me?? : ) ) ...this will make it 2 weekends in a row...I got a call last Saturday morning, Mom asking if I wanted to go to lunch...I said "sure"...we ended up at the Outback and it turns out she needed some cheering up (and I now realize she needed to "go out") because they weren't going to the convention in Rochester. It was nice (and not just because Pop bought my lunch) and then I drove us back to their place. Yup, me. With an expired DL. Pop had 2 tall beers at lunch and didn't want to drive inebriated. Thankfully we just went on side streets and got us back to their place safely.
...this reminds me, yeah, I'll be going to renew my license on Friday ...the Friday before I go on this road trip. We haven't talked about whether or not I'll drive too but I should be prepared.
Anyhoo...I did Mom's nails when we got back. She really enjoys being pampered. I should pamper her more often...
7. My brother lent me one of his laptops. (He had just picked up a 2nd one from a guy off of Craigslist.) I gave him mine and asked him for help in getting it fixed. I don't quite know yet if that was the smartest decision or the dumbest. I'm going to go with smartest. He's been making some better choices the last couple of years. I've got to trust him.
Aaaaand I think that's about it.
For now.
Musings from a big and beautiful sometimes "drama queen" on her current state of existence
What's It All About?
"The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates
While you’re here, in this time and in this space, you are beautiful and you are perfect.
You are right where you need to be to get to where you want to go, so start asking yourself where you want to go.
Noire
She'll be 2 years in 2 months! Time flies!
Things I'm grateful for everyday....
- My family
- My friends, old and new.
- A roof over my head.
- My computer & internet access
- Being employed (even if I don't always like things about my job)
- The public library and the joy of borrowing books with/on/for my Kindle
- That I can walk on two legs, use 2 arms/hands, have ten fingers/toes, can see and hear, etc. (uh, no offense to anyone who is physically challenged)
- Other people's creativity and efforts
- The love of a good man (he IS good)
- My friends, old and new.
- A roof over my head.
- My computer & internet access
- Being employed (even if I don't always like things about my job)
- The public library and the joy of borrowing books with/on/for my Kindle
- That I can walk on two legs, use 2 arms/hands, have ten fingers/toes, can see and hear, etc. (uh, no offense to anyone who is physically challenged)
- Other people's creativity and efforts
- The love of a good man (he IS good)
Current Favorite Quotes
“Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” - Lao Tzu
"The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are." ~ Joseph Campbell
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." ~ Charles Dickens
"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." -Carlos Castañeda
"..there’s something lovely about knowing that when it’s right, you really know it’s right because you’ve already been through all the wrong." ~ Sade
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~ Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." —Mark Twain
(This bit not so much as a quote but somethings I wrote down that I want to keep and this looks like a good place to do it)
7-25-07
1. Almost everything comes from almost nothing.
2. The best way to predict your future is to create it.
3. Leap and the net will appear.
"The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are." ~ Joseph Campbell
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." ~ Charles Dickens
"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." -Carlos Castañeda
"..there’s something lovely about knowing that when it’s right, you really know it’s right because you’ve already been through all the wrong." ~ Sade
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~ Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." —Mark Twain
(This bit not so much as a quote but somethings I wrote down that I want to keep and this looks like a good place to do it)
7-25-07
1. Almost everything comes from almost nothing.
2. The best way to predict your future is to create it.
3. Leap and the net will appear.
Facts of Life (per Sonya Friedman)
- 1. No one can bring your life to you
- 2. No matter what you do, someone important isn't going to like it
- 3. Though painful, rejection won't kill you - it may even lead to growth
- 4. Every choice means giving up something different
- 5. Some people aren't capable of giving you what you're trying to get from them
- 6. The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others
- 7. There are no quick fixes that can permanently change your life
- 8. Life is on a rheostat, not an on/off switch
- 9. Some problems cannot be solved - but you can make peace with them