You Know What They Say…...Time flies when you’re having fun.
I can’t believe my vacation is almost over. It really doesn’t feel like I’ve been gone for a little over two weeks. I’m spending my final few days in Texas before heading home to Louisville. I’ll leave here probably Tuesday morning or early afternoon and I’ll get home in time to get home, take a shower, change clothes and go to work. I’m ready to get back home. I’ll miss my family something fierce, I always do, but I’m ready to get back home. Except, you know, for the whole going back to work thing.
As I get into 2009, I’m not really making any resolutions… but I am going to try to do some things a little different this year. I’m going to get back into the habit of going to the Y. I have plans to go to a yoga class Thursday and a pilates class Friday. Those are going to be my two regular class days (if, of course, I actually like the pilates class) and I’m going to try and drag my ass to the Y one other day a week to do the treadmill, bike or something else. I’m also going to try and find a church I like and go regularly. I’ve been looking at a few churches online, trying to find ones near my apartment. I went to one a couple of years ago, but it was just too damn big. I’m looking for one just a little smaller. I’ve found one I’ll be trying out next Sunday.
2009 is going to be my year dammit… especially since I’ll be turning *cough*30*cough*. My New ToyMy mom, aunt and I went shopping for new phones yesterday. I want an iPhone, but alas we have Sprint. My mom’s been dying to get an Instinct and that’s what I’d planned on getting too until we walked into the Sprint Store and I fell in love.
It’s an HTC Touch Pro.
It’s fucking awesome!!
To paraphrase Monique—I felt old trying to figure it out. This is the first time I’ve ever had to actually read the fucking manual… but it’s totally worth it. What the Holidays Are AboutI’m getting ready to head to dinner with pretty much my entire family here in Amarillo—including a cousin I haven’t seen in probably ten years. I’ll get to meet his wife and daughter for the first time.
The holidays aren’t about the gifts or the food or the sales—it’s about family.
Sometimes we tend to forget that. A Very Good DayThank you baby Jesus, I’m back on my laptop. I bought my mom a wireless router for Christmas and got it all set up this morning while she was at work. I was very, very tempted to give it to her early—but I was able to hold off until Christmas morning. ;)
I had a very nice Christmas with the family. I wasn’t able to do much in the way of gifts, but nobody seemed to mind. My mom, Granny and aunt got me a lot of little things—although my mom did splurge on an iPod dock since she knew I wanted one. I’ll see my dad this weekend (he’s been sick and I sure as shit didn’t want to catch it, so I didn’t go over there Christmas eve) and he’s told me to get what I want, so I’ll be getting a new iPod. ;) I plan on getting an 80GB iPod Classic to hold all of my music and movies, since they all don’t fit on my Touch.
We pigged out yesterday on ham, turkey, mashed potatoes, squash (in cheese sauce—YUMMEH!), green bean casserole and rolls. Of course as soon as I left the table, I laid down on my mom’s bed and took a nice little nap. :D
My mom will be on vacation after tomorrow, so today we took her to work and went shopping for deals at Wal-Mart. I got a couple of things, but they really didn’t have much that I really wanted/needed. I started to buy Sodapop a purple Christmas tree like Monique’s pink one. It was on sale for $10, but I didn’t know how the hell I would get it back to Louisville. While my mom works, my aunt, Granny and I are about to head out and check out some of the other sales. I have my eye on a new lap desk. Hopefully Ulta will still have some left. You Gotta Love VacationI have not left the house since Saturday… and I’m totally fine with that. In fact, I’ve been showering and putting on clean pajamas. I’m getting a ton of rest and relaxation and making my way through who knows how many trashy romance novels. I’ve also been watching a fuckton of Cold Case reruns my mom had saved for me on the DVR and I’ve been playing The Price Is Right on my iPod.
I love vacation—and I still have two weeks left!
I wanted to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and the happiest of holidays. I love you guys—you keep me sane. :) Home for the HolidaysVacation is officially underway and I am back in Texas to spend Christmas and New Year’s with the family. I don’t have to go back to work until January 7th (Hallelujah!)
Updates may be few and far between (or approximately the same frequency as I’ve been posting lately).
I’ll check in later. :) 39 Years Ago Today…My Starting to BelieveI’ve been on a quest to be more healthy and lose a little weight… and I’m finally starting to believe it’s working. I haven’t been as vigilant as I should—I’m not going to the Y as much as I need to and I’m still cheating on my diet—but apparently I’m seeing results.
I can’t see it myself, but on Friday I had about six people at work tell me I’m shrinking. Monique said the same thing when I arrived in Indy Friday night. The one thing I can tell—my clothes aren’t fitting as well. I had ordered some new jeans online in the size I’d been wearing, but I had yet to take them out of their packaging. Thankfully I still had my packing slip, because I took them back today and exchanged them for a smaller size that fit perfectly. I also came home with a few pair of jeans after going shopping at Closet de Monique. I tried them on tonight and one pair actually fit. These jeans are two sizes smaller than I normally wear. The other two pair don’t fit… but just barely.
I’m starting to get a little more optimistic. After the first of the year, I’m going to get more serious about going to the Y on a regular basis. If I can see some results half-assing it, I can only imagine what could happen if I actually try. Vacation ModeI can tell I’m in vacation mode because I don’t want to do a damn thing. I’ve been falling back into some very bad habits that I hope will be corrected by vacation. For the past two nights, I haven’t gone to bed before 6am. I blame reruns of Cold Case on TNT LOL.Of course, that makes getting up in the morning hell—so I’ve been staying in bed until well past noon. I have errands I need to be running and classes at the Y I need to be taking, but all I want to do is stay in bed and sleep.
I need to get out of this rut and this apartment. I’ll be heading up to Indy tomorrow night after work to see Monique and she, Sodapop and I will be having a much-needed girls weekend. Dana and Jade were supposed to join us, but life got in the way.
I leave for Texas next Thursday… and I know these next seven days are going to drag.
Vacation can’t come soon enough. FrustrationJust when I think all is going right in my love life, it all starts to fall apart. It’s been a month since I’ve seen E and it sucks. We’ve talked or e-mailed or IMed pretty much every day, but it’s just not the same. Between my wacky work hours and a busy time for the business he and his brother own, we just haven’t been able to get together. I’m hoping that can change before I go to Texas for Christmas, but I’m just not sure. I’m in Indy next weekend for Monique’s Passion Party and the weekend after that, I’m gone. We’ll see. A late night visit may be in store after I get off work.
I’m still frustrated about the money issue too. I don’t have it and it sucks. Completely. I hate that I’m not going to be able to give much at Christmas. I love to find that perfect gift… but it’s just not doable this year. My favorite moment last Christmas was when my mom opened up the Kitchen Aid mixer I’d found for super cheap on Amazon. I knew she’d wanted one for years and I was finally able to get it for her. It was a great feeling. This year, that feeling is more of defeat. *sigh* There’s really nothing I can do about it though, so it doesn’t really do me any good to bitch about it.
I’m definitely getting excited about my trip. I’m starting to get that feeling of burnout at work and I know I need a break. I think nearly three weeks off is just what the doctor ordered.
If you’re keeping track, the Laci vacation countdown is now down to eleven days. It can’t come soon enough.
Since this post was kind of a downer, I’m going to leave you with a video that had me laughing my ass off as I watched last night’s SNL this morning. It’s not Dick in a Box… but it’s pretty damn close.
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