So, I am starting a new thing. I am going to count calories (*gasp!*) and eat every three hours. Why, you may ask? To lose more weight, silly! Also, it's healthier. And I've noticed a change in how I am at work, just doing it for two days. I'm more alert, more relaxed, and not starving by the time lunch or dinner rolls around, thus not gorging myself on food.
So, I'm going to do my best to post on here every day what I ate that day. And hopefully, this will work!
A person of my height and weight, to lose weight, needs to eat about 1468 calories a day. Doable, I think, given I don't eat too much to begin with.
So today, I ate:
Oatmeal: 160
Tea: 1
Kudos Bar: 100
Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate: 300 (So sad!)
Yogurt: 160
Dinner: Guess around 600.
Kudos Bar: 100
Total: 1421!
Apparently, if I do this, I should lose a pound a week. Let's see! Maybe once I'm a bit lower I'll be brave enough to post my weight. For now, no thank you!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Glee Sectionals
I know what you're thinking. You're wondering what I'm talking about. Well, let me explain.
Last Wednesday, Glee on Facebook did a status update of basically the first 200 people to email the address they had posted would get 2 tickets to see the "Sectionals" recording. Naturally, I leaped on it, unsure of whether or not I would actually win. I thought I had a decent chance given that it had just been posted a minute or two beforehand. Well, Thursday comes and I hit up lunch rather late. Thus far, no email saying I had won. I just assumed I had missed it, like I had the last time. I took a nap over lunch and woke up a bit earlier than I needed to. I checked my phone and saw an email from an address I didn't recognize with allcaps CONFIRMATION. I opened it up and saw that yes, indeed, I had WON TICKETS. I was, needless to say, freaking out. I hurriedly texted a friend of mine to see if she could come with me.
Lots of squeeing and freaking out and rearranging schedules later, and Friday afternoon at 2:15, we were off on our way to Glendale to watch the recording of Glee Sectionals.
We got there about 3:15-3:30ish (hit not as much traffic as I'd expected) and found a gloriously close parking spot (seriously, we should not have found it!), and lined up. And proceeded to wait for 2 1/2 hours. They didn't let us into the theater until about 6:15 where we got seated up in the balcony and waited. We saw them setting everything up, we were extremely excited. And then all of a sudden, I glanced up to see Chris Colfer standing right by the railing before going down to the edge of balcony to do Q/A. He answered several questions and was very funny and nice. Then he had to run to get into costume. And from there, we saw several of the other stars, and got to hear them record the Sectionals performances!!
It was freaking amazing.
And let me tell you....Sectionals is going to be epic. And have a LOT of surprises. Which I can't tell you. The songs are wonderful, the performances gorgeous, and there are several surprises in it that are going to knock your socks off.
We were there until 11:00pm. We didn't even notice the time when we got in there. We didn't get home until about midnight where I passed out rather quickly after gushing to my hubby who doesn't watch so it was ok.
The episode won't air until December 7th, but OH MY GOODNESS!! I still can't believe I was there and got to see it! So keep an eye out! You might see me up in the balcony!
And by the way,
I totally have the program to prove it too!
P.s. No, you can't see it. That's cheating!
But..... *squee*
Last Wednesday, Glee on Facebook did a status update of basically the first 200 people to email the address they had posted would get 2 tickets to see the "Sectionals" recording. Naturally, I leaped on it, unsure of whether or not I would actually win. I thought I had a decent chance given that it had just been posted a minute or two beforehand. Well, Thursday comes and I hit up lunch rather late. Thus far, no email saying I had won. I just assumed I had missed it, like I had the last time. I took a nap over lunch and woke up a bit earlier than I needed to. I checked my phone and saw an email from an address I didn't recognize with allcaps CONFIRMATION. I opened it up and saw that yes, indeed, I had WON TICKETS. I was, needless to say, freaking out. I hurriedly texted a friend of mine to see if she could come with me.
Lots of squeeing and freaking out and rearranging schedules later, and Friday afternoon at 2:15, we were off on our way to Glendale to watch the recording of Glee Sectionals.
We got there about 3:15-3:30ish (hit not as much traffic as I'd expected) and found a gloriously close parking spot (seriously, we should not have found it!), and lined up. And proceeded to wait for 2 1/2 hours. They didn't let us into the theater until about 6:15 where we got seated up in the balcony and waited. We saw them setting everything up, we were extremely excited. And then all of a sudden, I glanced up to see Chris Colfer standing right by the railing before going down to the edge of balcony to do Q/A. He answered several questions and was very funny and nice. Then he had to run to get into costume. And from there, we saw several of the other stars, and got to hear them record the Sectionals performances!!
It was freaking amazing.
And let me tell you....Sectionals is going to be epic. And have a LOT of surprises. Which I can't tell you. The songs are wonderful, the performances gorgeous, and there are several surprises in it that are going to knock your socks off.
We were there until 11:00pm. We didn't even notice the time when we got in there. We didn't get home until about midnight where I passed out rather quickly after gushing to my hubby who doesn't watch so it was ok.
The episode won't air until December 7th, but OH MY GOODNESS!! I still can't believe I was there and got to see it! So keep an eye out! You might see me up in the balcony!
And by the way,
I totally have the program to prove it too!
P.s. No, you can't see it. That's cheating!
But..... *squee*
Monday, October 25, 2010
Of course this is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean it is not real?
Well, it's been almost a month since I last talked with you. I would love to say that's because life has been crazy and busy and going going going....
But.
In reality, it's just been going, and not very exciting and nothing worthwhile to actually blog about. (I don't even want to think about the last time I journaled was! I should get back to that too....).
October is nearly over. When on earth did that happen? All of a sudden, November is suddenly saying hello. The weather certainly has been feeling that sudden as well. It almost just decided, "Oh you know what, it's almost November. We should probably stop mucking about", and now it's been rainy and cloudy and chilly for the last two weeks. Needless to say, I am loving this weather!
Saturday was one busy long day, but in a really fun way. I had a baby shower and a birthday party! (No, not for me.)
The baby shower was in honor of my dear friend and also Maid of Honor who is due in 3 weeks! The shower was lovely and not too crazy. It was also simply wonderful to be able to see her and hang out. Her little boy is about ready to come any day now, which is very exciting! It's always interesting to think back and realize how much we've done and been through together. I remember one summer visiting Hubby who was living on campus at the time and meeting her outside the doors and her excitedly showing me the picture of the wedding gown she had just gotten. Seems like such a long time ago that we were both planning our weddings and getting excited and overjoyed about being married, and now it's been over 2 years for me, a year for her, and she's about to become a momma. Wow. Time flies.
The birthday party was for another dear friend (whose birthday is technically tomorrow). She wanted to have an autumnal celebration/birthday party where everyone would bring a favorite autumnal food or drink and also a poem/story to read. While I was thinking last week on what to bring on both accounts, I remembered when I was younger, we used to always make this delicious mini-pumpkin muffins. I didn't have the recipe but hey, google is awesome. Then I had to figure out what story or poem to bring. As I was browsing through my books and I couldn't settle on anything, I finally decided that I would just write one for her. I meant to do a short story but it turned into a poem. I then read it aloud (which always makes me nervous, because I'm terrified that no one will like it), and got the couple seconds pause when it was done and then clapping and a few "Wow"'s. So I felt a bit better. Overall, it was wonderful to celebrate autumn and her birthday! I was blessed to be a part of it and got to meet and catch up with some new and old friends.
This week is proving to be very very busy. Tonight I have class, as usual. Tomorrow is the Glee Rocky Horror Picture Show episode which I am so excited for. I'm going to a friend's house tomorrow night to watch the original and then the show episode, because a few other people are also coming who haven't seen the original, and that just won't do. Then Wednesday, we have another dear friend coming over for sketti and garlic bread and salad and wine and lots of relaxing and hanging out. Thursday I have nothing going on except lots of cleaning because Friday evening, J&C&C are coming to hang out!! I am so excited to see them and to visit. We haven't seen them since my birthday, so I'm very excited. Plus this will give me the excuse and buddy to watch our hubbies interact and just shake our heads. Hehe.
Then on Saturday, I'm collapsing and sleeping in. Well, it depends on if our guests stay the evening or not. If they do, then we'll probably get up to go on a walk, have some coffee, and then hit up Crepes and Grapes. If not, then definitely collapsing. Oh. Right. It's Hallowe'en, isn't it? Well, I have no idea what we're doing for that weekend. At all. I have a costume (yay!), but nothing to go to. So we shall see, I suppose.
Finances are finally clearing up and getting settled. We're finally just about caught up from the cruise, which threw us off for most of September, as we figured it would. By the 15th, though, we'll be much more settled. Just have those last few bills to take care of. But just in time for the holidays! Which, by the way, are coming up way too fast. But it does mean Christmas music and lots of goodies and treats and amazing food. You know, I should probably go get that gym membership as soon as possible.... Hehe.
Speaking of which, when our finances are finally settled, we'll have some extra cash that we decided to split each paycheck for us to use as we would like. (After paying off all the bills and such, of course). I'm very excited, cause it means I can go out and get the books I've been wanting to get and the random shoes and clothes I haven't gotten because they haven't been a need so much as a fun want. So yes. Now I shall be able to get some of the fun wants I would like as well as stop changing my hair all the time because I shall be getting some more fun things to do. Oh, the one thing I am going to do to my hair though is come December ish (going to give it another month or so), I'm going to have it done professionally and dye it light brown with blond highlights, so I can go back to being blonde with some fun red streaks. Actually, depending on how light my hair gets in December, might just do straight blonde. We shall see. Have also decided that I am going to once again attempt to grow it out. I miss being able to braid it and put it up in a ponytail and otherwise have fun long hair. We'll see how long this lasts of course. But, patience is a good virtue to practice, I suppose. Besides, I've pretty much feel like I've run the gambit of short hairstyles to do and I haven't really found one I love.
I'm going to start a new thing today, and it will be called:
Things that Amuse (and by amuse, I mean annoy generally) Me At Work:
1. Having FedEx attempt to deliver a package at 7:20AM on a Monday. We're a business. Logically, this makes sense, right?
2. No one loads their dishes into the dishwasher. Ever. Or rinses them for that matter. So I come back from lunch to find the entire sink FULL with an empty dishwasher.
3. Any--and I do mean any--issue that happens at work is my fault and magically I'm supposed fix it instantaneously. Case in point: The internet was down last week for a couple of days. I called Tech Support, spent a good hour on the line with them before they told me that the soonest they could get a tech out was 7pm that night. When we close at 5. So next day it would be, between 8-5, which is normal for tech support people. Cue the angry and yelling of some of the attorneys, one of whom called my boss at home to complain. It all worked out in the end, but really?
4. Getting told that in order to fix something, can't you just wiggle the doohickey and unplug-plug in the whatchamacallit?
5. Having to hit the printer in order to fix the LCD screen on it. Per the tech on the phone's request.
6. The coffee bought by the non-coffee drinker and decides bulk is better than flavor.
7. No one actually puts the next roll of toilet paper on the holder. Ever.
8. Typing up my boss's Bible Studies.
9. The way the office goes to pieces when I'm sick and there's no one there to make coffee or answer the phones. *Gasp!*
10. Last but not least, the insane senile old lady who calls and leaves messages on every machine at all hours of the day. Today, I had 98 of them. On one of the machines.
And that, is all I have for now, folks. I will post the poem I wrote for my friend a bit later. I actually typed it up on a typewriter, so I need to type it up to save on my netbook. Which I shall do over lunch, I think.
Here's to actually blogging a bit more regularly. If I start getting new stuff, I probably shall if only to post pictures and get all excited over them.
P.s. I also finished rereading Book7 last week. And I cried. The movie comes out on the 19th. I am SO EXCITED!!!
But.
In reality, it's just been going, and not very exciting and nothing worthwhile to actually blog about. (I don't even want to think about the last time I journaled was! I should get back to that too....).
October is nearly over. When on earth did that happen? All of a sudden, November is suddenly saying hello. The weather certainly has been feeling that sudden as well. It almost just decided, "Oh you know what, it's almost November. We should probably stop mucking about", and now it's been rainy and cloudy and chilly for the last two weeks. Needless to say, I am loving this weather!
Saturday was one busy long day, but in a really fun way. I had a baby shower and a birthday party! (No, not for me.)
The baby shower was in honor of my dear friend and also Maid of Honor who is due in 3 weeks! The shower was lovely and not too crazy. It was also simply wonderful to be able to see her and hang out. Her little boy is about ready to come any day now, which is very exciting! It's always interesting to think back and realize how much we've done and been through together. I remember one summer visiting Hubby who was living on campus at the time and meeting her outside the doors and her excitedly showing me the picture of the wedding gown she had just gotten. Seems like such a long time ago that we were both planning our weddings and getting excited and overjoyed about being married, and now it's been over 2 years for me, a year for her, and she's about to become a momma. Wow. Time flies.
The birthday party was for another dear friend (whose birthday is technically tomorrow). She wanted to have an autumnal celebration/birthday party where everyone would bring a favorite autumnal food or drink and also a poem/story to read. While I was thinking last week on what to bring on both accounts, I remembered when I was younger, we used to always make this delicious mini-pumpkin muffins. I didn't have the recipe but hey, google is awesome. Then I had to figure out what story or poem to bring. As I was browsing through my books and I couldn't settle on anything, I finally decided that I would just write one for her. I meant to do a short story but it turned into a poem. I then read it aloud (which always makes me nervous, because I'm terrified that no one will like it), and got the couple seconds pause when it was done and then clapping and a few "Wow"'s. So I felt a bit better. Overall, it was wonderful to celebrate autumn and her birthday! I was blessed to be a part of it and got to meet and catch up with some new and old friends.
This week is proving to be very very busy. Tonight I have class, as usual. Tomorrow is the Glee Rocky Horror Picture Show episode which I am so excited for. I'm going to a friend's house tomorrow night to watch the original and then the show episode, because a few other people are also coming who haven't seen the original, and that just won't do. Then Wednesday, we have another dear friend coming over for sketti and garlic bread and salad and wine and lots of relaxing and hanging out. Thursday I have nothing going on except lots of cleaning because Friday evening, J&C&C are coming to hang out!! I am so excited to see them and to visit. We haven't seen them since my birthday, so I'm very excited. Plus this will give me the excuse and buddy to watch our hubbies interact and just shake our heads. Hehe.
Then on Saturday, I'm collapsing and sleeping in. Well, it depends on if our guests stay the evening or not. If they do, then we'll probably get up to go on a walk, have some coffee, and then hit up Crepes and Grapes. If not, then definitely collapsing. Oh. Right. It's Hallowe'en, isn't it? Well, I have no idea what we're doing for that weekend. At all. I have a costume (yay!), but nothing to go to. So we shall see, I suppose.
Finances are finally clearing up and getting settled. We're finally just about caught up from the cruise, which threw us off for most of September, as we figured it would. By the 15th, though, we'll be much more settled. Just have those last few bills to take care of. But just in time for the holidays! Which, by the way, are coming up way too fast. But it does mean Christmas music and lots of goodies and treats and amazing food. You know, I should probably go get that gym membership as soon as possible.... Hehe.
Speaking of which, when our finances are finally settled, we'll have some extra cash that we decided to split each paycheck for us to use as we would like. (After paying off all the bills and such, of course). I'm very excited, cause it means I can go out and get the books I've been wanting to get and the random shoes and clothes I haven't gotten because they haven't been a need so much as a fun want. So yes. Now I shall be able to get some of the fun wants I would like as well as stop changing my hair all the time because I shall be getting some more fun things to do. Oh, the one thing I am going to do to my hair though is come December ish (going to give it another month or so), I'm going to have it done professionally and dye it light brown with blond highlights, so I can go back to being blonde with some fun red streaks. Actually, depending on how light my hair gets in December, might just do straight blonde. We shall see. Have also decided that I am going to once again attempt to grow it out. I miss being able to braid it and put it up in a ponytail and otherwise have fun long hair. We'll see how long this lasts of course. But, patience is a good virtue to practice, I suppose. Besides, I've pretty much feel like I've run the gambit of short hairstyles to do and I haven't really found one I love.
I'm going to start a new thing today, and it will be called:
Things that Amuse (and by amuse, I mean annoy generally) Me At Work:
1. Having FedEx attempt to deliver a package at 7:20AM on a Monday. We're a business. Logically, this makes sense, right?
2. No one loads their dishes into the dishwasher. Ever. Or rinses them for that matter. So I come back from lunch to find the entire sink FULL with an empty dishwasher.
3. Any--and I do mean any--issue that happens at work is my fault and magically I'm supposed fix it instantaneously. Case in point: The internet was down last week for a couple of days. I called Tech Support, spent a good hour on the line with them before they told me that the soonest they could get a tech out was 7pm that night. When we close at 5. So next day it would be, between 8-5, which is normal for tech support people. Cue the angry and yelling of some of the attorneys, one of whom called my boss at home to complain. It all worked out in the end, but really?
4. Getting told that in order to fix something, can't you just wiggle the doohickey and unplug-plug in the whatchamacallit?
5. Having to hit the printer in order to fix the LCD screen on it. Per the tech on the phone's request.
6. The coffee bought by the non-coffee drinker and decides bulk is better than flavor.
7. No one actually puts the next roll of toilet paper on the holder. Ever.
8. Typing up my boss's Bible Studies.
9. The way the office goes to pieces when I'm sick and there's no one there to make coffee or answer the phones. *Gasp!*
10. Last but not least, the insane senile old lady who calls and leaves messages on every machine at all hours of the day. Today, I had 98 of them. On one of the machines.
And that, is all I have for now, folks. I will post the poem I wrote for my friend a bit later. I actually typed it up on a typewriter, so I need to type it up to save on my netbook. Which I shall do over lunch, I think.
Here's to actually blogging a bit more regularly. If I start getting new stuff, I probably shall if only to post pictures and get all excited over them.
P.s. I also finished rereading Book7 last week. And I cried. The movie comes out on the 19th. I am SO EXCITED!!!
Friday, October 1, 2010
Feeling New
(I'm sure you're all wondering what the heck the title is about. Hang on, you'll find out soon enough)
So, I haven't updated in a while. In fact, quite a while. I just haven't felt like I've had anything worthwhile to say, honestly. Life hasn't seemed exciting and, I must admit, I've been in a bit of a funk. Life has just seemed, well, rather dull lately. Work, school, eat, sleep. Over and over and over and over again.
But.
I have exciting things (well, I think they're exciting at least) to talk about.
A few weeks ago (almost 4 now), I decided I wanted to switch birth controls. The appeal of going for three months without the dreaded she-who-will-not-be-named-time was great, I must admit. I did a lot of research as well, though, because I'm not a fan of screwing around with my hormones anymore than necessary. What I discovered was that it is healthier for you, better for your body, and has no more severe side effects than any other birth control. So I decided to take the plunge and I switched to Seasonique.
Oh guys, if there are any reading this, you might want to just skip over the next paragraph if you're squeamy about girlish times of the month talk. Just know switching birth control has made me feel better and healthier than I've felt in a while.
And let me tell you, I noticed differences in about three days off of the Patch and on Seasonique. My body felt better, I've lost weight (I'll go into that more later), I have no moodswings besides the normal frustrations, my skin is softer, I have no more migraines. I'm not bloated and things are firming up that I didn't expect to. Seriously. Hubby is noticing. Overall, I feel amazing. My body feels like it's evened out, so to speak. And the funny thing is I never realized how much the Patch had been messing with me until I got off of it. I just thought I needed to "power through the bad days" because it's birth control, so of course it'll cause weird things. Boy was I wrong.
Which leads me into the weight loss.
I've been on a "diet" of sorts for the past four-five weeks. I decided that I was giving up carbs (breads and pastas), sugars (mostly candy and soda), and most dairy products. Which left me with eating lots of protein, fruits, veggies, and yogurt. Now, I do cheat. Sometimes. (C'mon, garlic bread?) But the point is more that I'm concentrating on not eating them as regularly as I have been, especially for snacks and lunchtimes at work. Which means I've been eating yogurt for breakfast and a hardboiled egg with veggies for lunch, usually. Or some yummy chicken with garlic and veggies. That sort of thing.
Now, to clarify, I have done some dieting off and on since the beginning of the summer, but haven't ever really found anything that worked long term for me. I'd lose some, then I'd stop and gain it back.
But, that yo-yo dieting included, I have lost a good 18 pounds. I'm still curvy (obviously), and I still have a bit of a belly because, well, I've come to grips that I probably will always have a belly bump of some sort. But that's not the point. The point is I've lost 18 pounds, 10 of which in the last 4-5 weeks.
Mix that with the new birthcontrol, and I really do feel new. My body doesn't feel weighted down anymore because of all the evil trans-fats and carb heavy food I was eating. I feel healthy. I feel wonderful.
And I seriously do blame Seasonique and the change in diet.
I haven't felt this good in years. And people are noticing (not just Hubby, either!). It's wonderful.
Oh, and this past week we got to see our best friend and her hubby from up north for a visit. Which was lovely. We got to reconnect. Though I miss her terribly (we both do). So skype dates it is!
Also, I got my hair cut. It's awesome. I look like Ramona Flowers from Scott Pilgrim (without the bubblegum pink....my boss would have a cow if I showed up for work with it that color. Sad panda).
All that to say. I'm feeling better than I have in a long while. It's awesome.
So that's my update for now. I'll get better at updating daily instead of bi-weekly.
P.s. Ok. Thunderstorms and pouring rain....in October. Last week it was 115. What. The. Hell. 0_0
So, I haven't updated in a while. In fact, quite a while. I just haven't felt like I've had anything worthwhile to say, honestly. Life hasn't seemed exciting and, I must admit, I've been in a bit of a funk. Life has just seemed, well, rather dull lately. Work, school, eat, sleep. Over and over and over and over again.
But.
I have exciting things (well, I think they're exciting at least) to talk about.
A few weeks ago (almost 4 now), I decided I wanted to switch birth controls. The appeal of going for three months without the dreaded she-who-will-not-be-named-time was great, I must admit. I did a lot of research as well, though, because I'm not a fan of screwing around with my hormones anymore than necessary. What I discovered was that it is healthier for you, better for your body, and has no more severe side effects than any other birth control. So I decided to take the plunge and I switched to Seasonique.
Oh guys, if there are any reading this, you might want to just skip over the next paragraph if you're squeamy about girlish times of the month talk. Just know switching birth control has made me feel better and healthier than I've felt in a while.
And let me tell you, I noticed differences in about three days off of the Patch and on Seasonique. My body felt better, I've lost weight (I'll go into that more later), I have no moodswings besides the normal frustrations, my skin is softer, I have no more migraines. I'm not bloated and things are firming up that I didn't expect to. Seriously. Hubby is noticing. Overall, I feel amazing. My body feels like it's evened out, so to speak. And the funny thing is I never realized how much the Patch had been messing with me until I got off of it. I just thought I needed to "power through the bad days" because it's birth control, so of course it'll cause weird things. Boy was I wrong.
Which leads me into the weight loss.
I've been on a "diet" of sorts for the past four-five weeks. I decided that I was giving up carbs (breads and pastas), sugars (mostly candy and soda), and most dairy products. Which left me with eating lots of protein, fruits, veggies, and yogurt. Now, I do cheat. Sometimes. (C'mon, garlic bread?) But the point is more that I'm concentrating on not eating them as regularly as I have been, especially for snacks and lunchtimes at work. Which means I've been eating yogurt for breakfast and a hardboiled egg with veggies for lunch, usually. Or some yummy chicken with garlic and veggies. That sort of thing.
Now, to clarify, I have done some dieting off and on since the beginning of the summer, but haven't ever really found anything that worked long term for me. I'd lose some, then I'd stop and gain it back.
But, that yo-yo dieting included, I have lost a good 18 pounds. I'm still curvy (obviously), and I still have a bit of a belly because, well, I've come to grips that I probably will always have a belly bump of some sort. But that's not the point. The point is I've lost 18 pounds, 10 of which in the last 4-5 weeks.
Mix that with the new birthcontrol, and I really do feel new. My body doesn't feel weighted down anymore because of all the evil trans-fats and carb heavy food I was eating. I feel healthy. I feel wonderful.
And I seriously do blame Seasonique and the change in diet.
I haven't felt this good in years. And people are noticing (not just Hubby, either!). It's wonderful.
Oh, and this past week we got to see our best friend and her hubby from up north for a visit. Which was lovely. We got to reconnect. Though I miss her terribly (we both do). So skype dates it is!
Also, I got my hair cut. It's awesome. I look like Ramona Flowers from Scott Pilgrim (without the bubblegum pink....my boss would have a cow if I showed up for work with it that color. Sad panda).
All that to say. I'm feeling better than I have in a long while. It's awesome.
So that's my update for now. I'll get better at updating daily instead of bi-weekly.
P.s. Ok. Thunderstorms and pouring rain....in October. Last week it was 115. What. The. Hell. 0_0
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Sick and corsets
This week was one of those weeks. Not really bad, necessarily, but not good either. Monday, I got paid (yay!). Tuesday, I got up to go to work, felt a bit ill, and went, "Nah, I'll be fine. I'll just make sure to grab some medicine over lunch." Two hours in, I could barely stand up straight and my head and sinuses felt like they were attempting to explode out of my head. I told Hubby that I was going home. Well, around 2:30 I get a call from Hubby going, "I'm sick. Please pick me up". I got up from my sleep, dressed (barely), and drove to grab him. Then we got home and passed out until 9pm. We then woke up, made breakfast for dinner, and passed out again. Yesterday, we both got up feeling alright and went to work. I had steadily felt better but Hubby steadily was feeling worse again. We got home, I went to visit a friend (more on that in a bit). When I got home last night, Hubby was in bed already with a huge migraine. When I woke up this morning, he had a fever, so I ordered him to stay at home. Thus the reason I am now at work, by myself, bored, and wishing I were home comforting Hubby.
The visit with my friend last night was a lot of fun. We were supposed to meet up in Anaheim to go dancing but sadly, the club had closed for the week. So on the way home, when I was bummed out about it, Hubby suggested I call her and go hang out. So I did. We hung out, made coffee with my whipped cream, had brownies, watched youtube videos, chatted, and otherwise just hung out. It was amazing. Also, she had me try on one of her corsets she bought at a Ren Faire a while back. Let me tell you, it was the real deal. Bone and practically knee in the back tightening. It was amazing. And gorgeous. I was born in the wrong century.
Alrighty. Urgent project to finish up. Bleh.
The visit with my friend last night was a lot of fun. We were supposed to meet up in Anaheim to go dancing but sadly, the club had closed for the week. So on the way home, when I was bummed out about it, Hubby suggested I call her and go hang out. So I did. We hung out, made coffee with my whipped cream, had brownies, watched youtube videos, chatted, and otherwise just hung out. It was amazing. Also, she had me try on one of her corsets she bought at a Ren Faire a while back. Let me tell you, it was the real deal. Bone and practically knee in the back tightening. It was amazing. And gorgeous. I was born in the wrong century.
Alrighty. Urgent project to finish up. Bleh.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Account of Anniversary Adventure Number Two!
Because I know you've all been waiting, here is the Anniversary Adventure Account. Or something like that.
To begin, that weekend we did most of our packing. I got most of mine done as I did laundry Friday evening/Saturday morning. It was a lot less stressful than I expected and I ended up not forgetting anything! w00t!
Saturday was spent relaxing, cleaning, packing, and otherwise getting ready to go. That afternoon, we had a dear friend come visit and also ran to BIOLA to drop off keys to my best friend who had agreed to come over to take care of Alice and pick up our mail, etc. I crashed by 2AM. Hubby didn't come to bed till....5? I think. Which was fine because he never can sleep before vacation anyway.
Sunday morning saw us both up by 9 to be ready for our friend picking us up at 10:30. She arrived right on time and we said goodbye to Alice, loaded everything up, locked the doors, and were off! The drive took about 20-30 minutes, little traffic (thank goodness!). Made a quick stop at WalMart to take out some cash and also pick up a few essentials that we needed. Then she dropped us off at the dock and we checked in and then....waited. Because we had gotten there early, our check-in number was 3, which meant we only had to wait an hour before they called us to start going aboard. After two things of security of course.
The ship was beautiful. Like a regular city. When we got on board, we were instructed to go up to Deck 9 (Lido) to get some food from the buffet, enjoy drinks until the rooms were opened (about another hour and a half later). Hubby "ordered" me to stay at our table while he went to go arrange our room. Then he came back and led me in. It was perfect. Tiny, of course, because it was an inner stateroom but just wonderful!! And we were on Deck9, about 30 seconds from the pool and buffet. Did I forget to mention? Hehe.
We unpacked and then went back to the Deck because we had a meetup with some people we had been talking to on a cruise forum. It was interesting and fun. I also got a drink at the bar (this amazing pina colada type with strawberry in it!) and ended up chatting with this older Aussie who was traveling on the ship too. That was loads of fun. Aaron went exploring and I just relaxed. Come 8:15 was dinnertime and we were already setting sail for Mexico! And come around then...I started getting seasick. So I went to the store, bought some anti-seasick meds and slept until Monday morning where I woke up refreshed and feeling totally normal again!
Monday: It was our anniversary. So to celebrate we slept in, relaxed, went swimming (pool was freezing), hottubbing, and otherwise just enjoyed being together. Aaron had made reservations for us at the Steak House that night. We got all dressed up and showed up promptly at 7:15 and were seated with little waiting. Let me tell you, this was the best meal I have ever had. It started out with hot handmade bread for you to munch on with three different kinds of spread to put on it. Then a complimentary item from the chef (I got this tomato soup and Aaron got a lobster something or other). Then, when you're ready to order, the waiter comes and does a fullon meat presentation of what you could get, going over the types of meat what cut it was, how it was cooked, etc. Talk about making you hungry! Aaron ended up getting a filet mignon (I think), and I got Surf and Turf, which was a 4oz filet mignon and half a lobster tail. The first course was an appetizer of your choosing (I got mushrooms! Hubby got soup), and the second was salad. The third was your entrée with a side dish (mushrooms for me again, baked potato for Hubby). Let me tell you, everything melted in your mouth and has gorgeous presentation. Half the time it was too pretty to eat. Then the course was dessert. Hubby ordered cheesecake. Oh my goodness. The thing looked like a slice of cake but was the lightest cheesecake I have ever tasted. Totally divine. I got a mix of sorbet and icecream, all handmade.
Frankly, don't remember much after that. We didn't finish dinner until 9:30pm (yes, a two hour affair!). We then wandered around and relaxed. Unfortunately, I passed out by 11 (this is a reoccuring theme. I blame the no windows and lack of couch in our room).
Tuesday: This was our second day at sea, and while we were having a great time, we both were looking forward to getting our feet on land again on Wednesday. Tuesday we had designated our relax and watch shows and "play" day. So we wandered around, got food, and chatted with people. It was really lovely and a lazy day, which was wonderful. We ate at the dining room Tuesday evening. It was lovely. And our waiter (because you have the same waiter and busboy, in our case girl for the week) asked if I was feeling better and told him very much so. The dining there was so nice and also very classy. I don't remember what I ate, but I know it was yummy, as everything was. During this time, I'd also developed a taste for tea and was drinking it constantly, which I think also helped my upset stomach (not upset anymore). That evening we saw one of the shows at 10:15. It was a rather fun dance production, kind of like what you would see in Vegas.
Wednesday: Ah! Port day! This was Puerto Vallarta, which was a huge shopping area, apparently, for jewels and such. For Hubby and I (who weren't interested in that type of thing), it was a day to wander around. Despite the awful humidity. We were off the ship by about eleven, hit up an internet cafe that was right across the street, and then wandered about. We found this good taco stand, and then decided that it was hot, not much to do when you're not shopping, and went back on board. I also bought a ring from one of the sellers on the way back and bargained him down. Well, Hubby did. It was fun.
We really wanted to do some sort of excursion that included snorkeling or kayaking. So we looked at them all and decided to do on in Mazatlan (next day) where we got to go to this private island with provided lunch and drinks, wander around, hike, and kayak around the island. It was one of the cheaper ones and one of the ones we wanted to try, so we signed up for it. Very exited.
Thursday: We got up bright and early for our excursion to embark. Already we noticed the day was going to be muggy and humid. We arrived at 9AM in the Spectacular Lounge to get instructions for our excursion. They didn't arrive until 9:30AM and they came with bad news. Apparently, because of the tropical storms brewing, the port was closed, along with the beaches. So no kayaking for us because it was too dangerous. Incredibly disappointed (but money refunded!), we decided to just go back to bed. And slept through Mazatlan. Yes, you read that right. We slept through it. Woke up at 6pm and went, "Oh....guess we were tired..." Then we got hungry early, so decided to hit up the buffet instead of the dining room (word to the wise: Do early dining.).
Friday: Ah, today was Cabo! The shortest port but also the prettiest! We both were highly excited to be going ashore, hoping to swim and snorkel in the Sea of Cortez. Sadly, during breakfast, they announced that there was a red flag on shore, which meant the beaches were closed. No swimming, snorkeling, or kayaking. We were pretty disappointed (especially Hubby. He had really wanted to go swimming in the Sea of Cortez). However, we went ashore by 10AM, taking a thing called a Tender, and ended up wandering some fun markets, through the mall, and we also decided to do a glass-bottom-boat tour! It was fun, though not the same as swimming. Got to see a school of barracuda! And sea lions. We also did most of our shopping there. I got a dress and a rosary. Hubby got our friend a Viking helmet. All in all, it was a lot of fun and hot. I also got sunburned on my back but it turned into a tan, whee!!
We were back on the boat by 2pm, and decided with our refunded money to go back to the steakhouse, to experience it again. We also got massages because they were doing a special sale. Oh my goodness, they were wonderful and so very relaxing.
Saturday: This was our last official day on board. Which made us incredibly sad. We got up, relaxed, didn't start packing (whoops!). This day we just spent doing lots of nothing special. We got ready for dinner around 7 and decided to go wander about. We relaxed in this bar called "The Cool", listening to a jazz band play and got free drinks. We had a lovely meal, said goodbye to our waiter and busgirl from whom I got a huge hug from (cute Russian gal going home in the morning too!). After dinner, we were waiting for the club to get busy and ended up going into this bar called the Grand Piano Lounge. It had a guy in the middle of the bar playing piano. But it was a singalong and by that I mean when you sat down, he had a five page list of songs he knew. By heart. Talk about lots of fun! Then we walked past the club where we saw this girl sitting all alone. I wandered in and ended up chatting with her for a good two hours until the club started rocking. We exchanged info and she wants to hang out sometime soon (she's from a town not far from here). Then we went back to our cabin (About 2AM), and I packed. By that I mean I threw everything into my suitcase in no particular order.
Sunday: It dawned way too early, and before we knew it, we were debarking from the ship. Talk about sad. My best friend came to pick us up, and we were home.
Overall, an amazing trip, and one we want to do again next year!!!
Here's to two years, and on to the third one, which should be even more awesome!
To begin, that weekend we did most of our packing. I got most of mine done as I did laundry Friday evening/Saturday morning. It was a lot less stressful than I expected and I ended up not forgetting anything! w00t!
Saturday was spent relaxing, cleaning, packing, and otherwise getting ready to go. That afternoon, we had a dear friend come visit and also ran to BIOLA to drop off keys to my best friend who had agreed to come over to take care of Alice and pick up our mail, etc. I crashed by 2AM. Hubby didn't come to bed till....5? I think. Which was fine because he never can sleep before vacation anyway.
Sunday morning saw us both up by 9 to be ready for our friend picking us up at 10:30. She arrived right on time and we said goodbye to Alice, loaded everything up, locked the doors, and were off! The drive took about 20-30 minutes, little traffic (thank goodness!). Made a quick stop at WalMart to take out some cash and also pick up a few essentials that we needed. Then she dropped us off at the dock and we checked in and then....waited. Because we had gotten there early, our check-in number was 3, which meant we only had to wait an hour before they called us to start going aboard. After two things of security of course.
The ship was beautiful. Like a regular city. When we got on board, we were instructed to go up to Deck 9 (Lido) to get some food from the buffet, enjoy drinks until the rooms were opened (about another hour and a half later). Hubby "ordered" me to stay at our table while he went to go arrange our room. Then he came back and led me in. It was perfect. Tiny, of course, because it was an inner stateroom but just wonderful!! And we were on Deck9, about 30 seconds from the pool and buffet. Did I forget to mention? Hehe.
We unpacked and then went back to the Deck because we had a meetup with some people we had been talking to on a cruise forum. It was interesting and fun. I also got a drink at the bar (this amazing pina colada type with strawberry in it!) and ended up chatting with this older Aussie who was traveling on the ship too. That was loads of fun. Aaron went exploring and I just relaxed. Come 8:15 was dinnertime and we were already setting sail for Mexico! And come around then...I started getting seasick. So I went to the store, bought some anti-seasick meds and slept until Monday morning where I woke up refreshed and feeling totally normal again!
Monday: It was our anniversary. So to celebrate we slept in, relaxed, went swimming (pool was freezing), hottubbing, and otherwise just enjoyed being together. Aaron had made reservations for us at the Steak House that night. We got all dressed up and showed up promptly at 7:15 and were seated with little waiting. Let me tell you, this was the best meal I have ever had. It started out with hot handmade bread for you to munch on with three different kinds of spread to put on it. Then a complimentary item from the chef (I got this tomato soup and Aaron got a lobster something or other). Then, when you're ready to order, the waiter comes and does a fullon meat presentation of what you could get, going over the types of meat what cut it was, how it was cooked, etc. Talk about making you hungry! Aaron ended up getting a filet mignon (I think), and I got Surf and Turf, which was a 4oz filet mignon and half a lobster tail. The first course was an appetizer of your choosing (I got mushrooms! Hubby got soup), and the second was salad. The third was your entrée with a side dish (mushrooms for me again, baked potato for Hubby). Let me tell you, everything melted in your mouth and has gorgeous presentation. Half the time it was too pretty to eat. Then the course was dessert. Hubby ordered cheesecake. Oh my goodness. The thing looked like a slice of cake but was the lightest cheesecake I have ever tasted. Totally divine. I got a mix of sorbet and icecream, all handmade.
Frankly, don't remember much after that. We didn't finish dinner until 9:30pm (yes, a two hour affair!). We then wandered around and relaxed. Unfortunately, I passed out by 11 (this is a reoccuring theme. I blame the no windows and lack of couch in our room).
Tuesday: This was our second day at sea, and while we were having a great time, we both were looking forward to getting our feet on land again on Wednesday. Tuesday we had designated our relax and watch shows and "play" day. So we wandered around, got food, and chatted with people. It was really lovely and a lazy day, which was wonderful. We ate at the dining room Tuesday evening. It was lovely. And our waiter (because you have the same waiter and busboy, in our case girl for the week) asked if I was feeling better and told him very much so. The dining there was so nice and also very classy. I don't remember what I ate, but I know it was yummy, as everything was. During this time, I'd also developed a taste for tea and was drinking it constantly, which I think also helped my upset stomach (not upset anymore). That evening we saw one of the shows at 10:15. It was a rather fun dance production, kind of like what you would see in Vegas.
Wednesday: Ah! Port day! This was Puerto Vallarta, which was a huge shopping area, apparently, for jewels and such. For Hubby and I (who weren't interested in that type of thing), it was a day to wander around. Despite the awful humidity. We were off the ship by about eleven, hit up an internet cafe that was right across the street, and then wandered about. We found this good taco stand, and then decided that it was hot, not much to do when you're not shopping, and went back on board. I also bought a ring from one of the sellers on the way back and bargained him down. Well, Hubby did. It was fun.
We really wanted to do some sort of excursion that included snorkeling or kayaking. So we looked at them all and decided to do on in Mazatlan (next day) where we got to go to this private island with provided lunch and drinks, wander around, hike, and kayak around the island. It was one of the cheaper ones and one of the ones we wanted to try, so we signed up for it. Very exited.
Thursday: We got up bright and early for our excursion to embark. Already we noticed the day was going to be muggy and humid. We arrived at 9AM in the Spectacular Lounge to get instructions for our excursion. They didn't arrive until 9:30AM and they came with bad news. Apparently, because of the tropical storms brewing, the port was closed, along with the beaches. So no kayaking for us because it was too dangerous. Incredibly disappointed (but money refunded!), we decided to just go back to bed. And slept through Mazatlan. Yes, you read that right. We slept through it. Woke up at 6pm and went, "Oh....guess we were tired..." Then we got hungry early, so decided to hit up the buffet instead of the dining room (word to the wise: Do early dining.).
Friday: Ah, today was Cabo! The shortest port but also the prettiest! We both were highly excited to be going ashore, hoping to swim and snorkel in the Sea of Cortez. Sadly, during breakfast, they announced that there was a red flag on shore, which meant the beaches were closed. No swimming, snorkeling, or kayaking. We were pretty disappointed (especially Hubby. He had really wanted to go swimming in the Sea of Cortez). However, we went ashore by 10AM, taking a thing called a Tender, and ended up wandering some fun markets, through the mall, and we also decided to do a glass-bottom-boat tour! It was fun, though not the same as swimming. Got to see a school of barracuda! And sea lions. We also did most of our shopping there. I got a dress and a rosary. Hubby got our friend a Viking helmet. All in all, it was a lot of fun and hot. I also got sunburned on my back but it turned into a tan, whee!!
We were back on the boat by 2pm, and decided with our refunded money to go back to the steakhouse, to experience it again. We also got massages because they were doing a special sale. Oh my goodness, they were wonderful and so very relaxing.
Saturday: This was our last official day on board. Which made us incredibly sad. We got up, relaxed, didn't start packing (whoops!). This day we just spent doing lots of nothing special. We got ready for dinner around 7 and decided to go wander about. We relaxed in this bar called "The Cool", listening to a jazz band play and got free drinks. We had a lovely meal, said goodbye to our waiter and busgirl from whom I got a huge hug from (cute Russian gal going home in the morning too!). After dinner, we were waiting for the club to get busy and ended up going into this bar called the Grand Piano Lounge. It had a guy in the middle of the bar playing piano. But it was a singalong and by that I mean when you sat down, he had a five page list of songs he knew. By heart. Talk about lots of fun! Then we walked past the club where we saw this girl sitting all alone. I wandered in and ended up chatting with her for a good two hours until the club started rocking. We exchanged info and she wants to hang out sometime soon (she's from a town not far from here). Then we went back to our cabin (About 2AM), and I packed. By that I mean I threw everything into my suitcase in no particular order.
Sunday: It dawned way too early, and before we knew it, we were debarking from the ship. Talk about sad. My best friend came to pick us up, and we were home.
Overall, an amazing trip, and one we want to do again next year!!!
Here's to two years, and on to the third one, which should be even more awesome!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today is my sister's Sweet Sixteen Birthday!!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday, Natalie!!!!!!!!!!
Hope you have a wonderful day and it's the best one yet!!
Love from both of us!
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