I jogged today!

The end.

In the midst of the rush

That title doesn't make too much sense, but oh well.

As of this morning, I am down 53 pounds and since February-ish, I am down another 3 inches in my waist. (I think I need to change the tag line below the title of my blog.)

I am currently wearing size 18 pants.

Size 18!

I cannot remember the last time I was in a size 18! Seriously!

My largest size was 24, and I feel actually comfortable in these...and, I'm on my way to 16s and then we'll continue from there.

School is coming down to the wire. I cannot wait for this semester to be over. Even with my 2 classes, they are still kicking my trash. Also, I hate working in group projects. The instructor says it's to "teach us how to work with colleagues"...but, in a perfect world, sure. That would be great. If your partner actually cared about their education. But, in my situation, I'm paired with a 25-year old who can't live without partying and all sorts of other junk. She doesn't care about her grade in the class. She just wants to get it done. I actually care and would like to get at least a B. I'm sure I will in the class, at least I better. It's just that on this project, we will be getting the same grade. That sucks. That blows. Seriously.

The ticket

I've decided that I'm not going to fight the ticket after all.

I thought long and hard about it, and even asked for an extension.

But today, I decided to call a friend of mine who is a cop and get his opinion on my situation.

He told me that "staying with the flow of traffic" is not a valid defense.

There are many variables that I must contend with also:

1). Yes, the cop might not show up so then I'd be good.
2). The judge could be a jerk and be mad that I tied up his courtroom for this.
3). There is a chance that I could go before the judge and apologize and tell him my story and that the fine might be reduced...
4). And then back up to #2, if I get a judge who is a jerk he could very well tell me, "You know what? This is going on your record and you can't go to traffic school after all."

I don't consider myself a lucky person, even though I've won a few slot jackpots in Vegas. :) I don't want to risk those odds.

On proper ettiquette

Is that spelled correctly?





How do you tell a somewhat close friend that she needs to address the uni-brow issue immediately?

Any suggestions or should I just stay out of it?

Must sleep. I think it's because I'm tired this post will be weirder than usual.

But I feel that I need to explain my post from below.

See, it's not my BLOG from below...it's my POST ON MY BLOG!

That still irks me when people say, "Oh, I'm going to blog..."

GAH.

The girl that does my waxing (I can't even try to spell the "E" word) was telling me something yesterday. She said she has a sporadic client who comes in every so often to get some stuff waxed. She said that at the last appointment the client brought in her baby (who was still nursing).

The client gets all set and is having her under-arms done. And, then decides/knows/I don't know that it's time to nurse her baby. WHILE she's getting waxed. WHILE her arms are up over her head. Baby is nursing.

THEN baby's head pops off.

Milk is going EVERYWHERE.

My waxer then puts the baby's head back on (because the mom can't) and then continues.

Thoughts? Does this seem odd (the timing) or is it just me?

This same client also brings her older child (4ish) and brings her into the tiny waxing room. And, lets the child run all around the room while she opens doors and pokes things, etc. While my waxer is trying to work, she's dealing with a small child who might just get hurt if she gets into something THAT SHE SHOULDN'T!

OK, so I haven't yet passed out from exhaustion, so here are a few more pictures.

Crap, for the life of me I still cannot figure out how to format the pictures so they are on top of each other. You know, like I could comment on the first picture, then talk about dinner at the R.ain Forest Cafe, and then Big Thunder. Now, it comes across as a mess of pictures!







Gah! (Frustrated with formatting of pictures!)

Tower of Terror is my all-time favorite ride. Ever.

Lots and lots o'people

Want to guess where I went today? :) More pictures to come shortly.

It's not the act I have a problem with...it's the timing of said act.

Want to take a guess at what I'm going to say? :)

The internet

Have I mentioned that not having it at my house sucks rocks?

I am still trying to gear this blog towards my weight loss journey...

So, why is it so hard for me to track my food during ONE day...yet I have NO PROBLEM tracking my exercise and what I'm doing to work out?

I'm stealing this because it's just that good. And important.

I couldn't comment on this post, but I'm still going to link it here for anyone who'd like to read it. It's awesome. Please share it with your friends. :)

Click here.

On the mend

Well, Wednesday came and went. I'm so thankful it's over. Man oh man, that Ativan can really mess you up! I did have some weird bouts of memory loss on Wednesday, too. Good thing I didn't make a bunch of phone calls to people. :) Someone told me it's addicting-I don't see how it could be because I have felt like total and complete crap for days. Oh, and I do have my tooth still. The endodontist said he didn't see any cracks. Yay! Now, it's time to find a ride (since I'm going to be sedated again) for my 2nd root canal (re-treatment from the one I had in 2005 in Utah. If you are ever going to see an endodontist near Sandy, give me a holler because I will tell you to stay FAR AWAY from the evil devil I saw) in a few weeks.

School is coming down to the wire, then it's student teaching next semester. Yikes. I'm really struggling in my classes because there is this clicque of 4 girls who drive me crazy. They are so rude to the instructors and to one of my classmates (who is also my good friend from my stake) and I'm about to go postal on them. They roll their eyes when my friend is speaking, etc. and I can't stand them. How did they get accepted into the program?

I have received 2 very nice compliments in the last 2 days about how skinny I am looking!

Ticket

To anyone within the sound of my blog...

Have any of you ever contested a speeding ticket? If so, what was your experience with it...good and bad?

This is why I sometimes weep for the future

First, this.

Then, this.

Stick with it

I'm going to start tracking more of my weight loss/food things. That was part of the reason I made my initial blog private and wanted to focus this one on my health and weight loss.

I don't know if I posted about cutting out Diet C.oke-but I did several weeks ago. And, when I weighed last week I had lost 4 more pounds! That puts me at 231 (down from 284) - and finally (hopefully!) pushed through my plateau. I exercise 4-5 days per week, at least 30 minutes a day. My new favorite thing to work out to is this. Or maybe with this, I should say. I have 3 different DVDs and I change them up each day. They are really good. Really really good. The fact that I look forward to exercising each day is such growth for me, and a huge testament of how much I've changed since 12/06. (That's when I had my 2nd thyroid surgery and was 284 at my pre-op appointment.) I have also noticed a huge decrease in my depression/sadness/wanting to sleep all the time. I knew before when I was struggling with my moods when I'd rationalize that I'd be able to take a nap in the morning. (I would wake up, shower, eat breakfast, then tell myself I could go back to bed for 15 minutes and then get up and continue with my day.) Now, don't get me wrong, I'm all for quick power naps. I love naps. But, this was different. But again, it's gone!

Tomorrow morning I'm having an *emergency* root canal and I will be sedated. I am all over the idea of being sedated - but I am not on board that I might lose this tooth. The very nice endodontist of mine (I have seen 2 others, by the way, and this one DOES NOT take my insurance. But he's that good, comes highly recommended by extended family, and actually speaks English) will do all he can to save my tooth. I'm trying to be optimistic about it, but since I was a child I've had a lot of things done to this tooth (silver filling back in the day, then enter stupid dentist who talked my parents into changing the silver filling to white, that caused all kinds of problems, had to then get it crowned, etc. etc.)

Please send me good thoughts tomorrow. :) More soon.

It's what's on the inside that counts

I just got a new purse at T.arget yesterday, so I decided to take a picture of all my stuff. I've seen a few blogs who have posted something like this, so I wanted to get on board.

1). The pink "Don't Cramp My Style" thing I just got at B.ed, B.ath and B.eyond, and it's so cute! I've wanted something like that for a while, because usually they end up getting smashed at the bottom of my purse somewhere.

2). Bottle of A.leve. I think it has some left, or some T.ylenol. I must always be prepared.

3). Some face make-up compacts from The B.ody Shop, and some Shea butter. I love their Shea butter stuff.

4). My relatively new wallet.

5). A D.ooney and Bourke coin wallet. I love that.

6). Chapstick, breath mints, gum, nasal spray (my nose is always dry), my pink pick and a bag of nuts.

7). A bottle that has a few of my thyroid pills, in case I'm stuck somewhere overnight and need one.

8). Other junk I can't really see because the picture is kind of blurry. I guess I could have laid some things out a bit better, but this stuff is really what I dumped out of my purse before I put it in my new one.

Ummmmm

Update

The other blog has been updated. :)

Bleh

I'm playing around on one of the LDS dating site things, because I'm trying. I'm really trying. I'm out there...seeking, or at least trying to be in places where I can be found. But, really people. Give me a break here.

I just read a few profiles and want to share with you some stuff for your reading enjoyment:

Very important, but not fanatical. (Writing about how he feels about the church.) Now. Fanatical is a word that he uses and I don't hear that often. Fanatical? Hmm. Am I fanatical about church? Yes, if that means listening to Conference, going to church, attending the Temple, etc. That makes me wonder-what does he think fanatical entails?

I can't find any more right now, as I'm multi-tasking between two tabs (writing this post and searching on the LDS site). But, believe you me. I am going to keep a running record of what I find, because it's freaking hilarious. I will share with you what I am up against. Bleh. Am I discouraged? Oh no! :)




Edit: I just found another one. He says he goes to church, but he doesn't get all uptight about it. ?! How is someone uptight about church or attending church?

Little baby steps

Now, if I can't brag on my own blog-then who can I brag to? :)

At school yesterday in the staff lounge, there were tons of treats (cookies, cheesecake, etc.). But, on the very good side - there was also fruit (strawberries and bananas). I struggled very hard with whether or not I was going to have a cookie or even a piece of the chocolate cheesecake.

I white knuckled it - and held on. I chose not to have the sugared stuff and I chose to eat a few strawberries instead.

Thank goodness for good choices!

Now, I must also acknowledge that after the dance last night-I went to i.hop with a friend and had some eggs, pancakes and hash browns...hehe. The good thing here is that I did not eat the entire plate full of food.

I'm going to continue to post about my little successes throughout my days-so that I can look back on them to continue pressing forward. Especially if I find myself getting discouraged, which I am want to do at times.

Good news

I weighed yesterday and I have lost a few pounds!

I know it's because I've cut out the diet soda; however, last night I had a few drinks of a S.prite. And, that's OK.

So, now the grand total is 53 pounds down! WOO HOO!

The sticker motivation is really making a difference for me. I look forward to getting my little yellow stickers in my planner.

I'm down to a size 18 pants. (This coming from a 24.)

It's actually easi(er) to hold in my stomach. I can feel how strong my muscles are.

This Weekend

It's Conference time. Woo hoo! I'm going to be done with my blog and f.acebook now and get in there to watch it. I should be @ the Stake Center, but I'm going to do that tomorrow. I'm glad that I can get Conferences on my iPod, too. I have several years worth. One day, I'll listen to them. I just feel good that I have them at ready access!

It must be summer already

I hope this picture turns out OK. I can't believe how busy it was last week. I got there pretty late in the evening, around 6ish, and it took us just about an hour to get on the California Soarin' ride. Luckily, I walked right in to this Buzz Lightyear ride. The friend I went with really loves this ride-as he's pretty competitive and has to see how many points he can get.

First it was 80, then I did it again and it was 79, then this...but, it sounds about right.

78 words

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