Month: March 2003

A Monday that didn’t suck

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My nice boss let all of us go home an hour and a half early today. I was totally not expecting that, especially on a Monday, but I certainly appreciate it. Joe got off early too, so we did some grocery shopping and had dinner in the oven before our usual getting home time. Right now I’m eating stuffing for dinner. Yea, just stuffing. It was one of those dinners that you just add chicken to, but the chicken we bought today is seriously screwed up. Not sure why, but even though it’s cooked, it’s all chewy. Ick. We’re better off getting those frozen chicken breasts than buying them fresh. I have a feeling I’ll be having a bowl of cereal later on too. And we have a LOT of cereal in this place. We bought four more boxes tonight, in fact. We are cereal freaks. I never used to be a cereal eater; it’s all Joe’s fault.

I probably mentioned it before, but I have a hard time sleeping on Sunday nights. I still haven’t figured out why. I don’t think it has to do with work. Sure, I don’t like working, but how many of you out there do? I’m sure most of you would rather stay home, or at least do something other than what you do. That being said, my job isn’t hard, my team is cool, and lately the hours are flying because I’m learning some new stuff. So I don’t think it’s stress related, but I don’t know what it is. Hopefully I won’t have the same problem tonight. Nothing sucks more than waking up four times in the middle of the night. Ugh.

Time to work out …

It’s a dry heat

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We decided today that we’re going to Las Vegas in November. Anyone care to offer suggestions for hotels/flights/sightseeing? I definitely want to visit Hoover Dam and the wax museum, but I don’t know what else is cool. We’ll probably be there for four days, from Saturday through Wednesday.

I can’t wait to hear what Joe’s mom thinks about this recent development. When she found out we were going to Missouri she commented that she thought we were saving money for a house. And we are. However, from what I’ve been reading, we already have enough for a down payment, although that doesn’t mean we aren’t going to continue to save. I like the security I feel having a nice chunk of change in the bank.

This is my theory on saving money – you can’t just save and save and save and never spend. You have to enjoy your money too. Life is short, and I’m certainly not going to wait until I’m retired to travel and have a good time. I want to do it now while I’m young and able to get around without difficulty. That’s not to say we’re spending money like water. I consider us very fortunate that even with Joe’s child support payments that we are able to spend rather freely and still save money monthly. I think we’ve both earned it, though. We work hard, and we’re frugal when it comes to stuff like groceries and whatnot so that we can splurge on entertainment. I’ve never been in this position before so I’m enjoying it. It always felt like I was living check to check and I hate that.

On a totally (but happy) unrelated note, I’ve lost four pounds since I started my new fitness/healthy eating life change. I weighed myself twice in the last two days to confirm and it’s been the same. Yay! I only have 36 lbs. to go. Haha.

I like it short

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I saw a commercial the other day for Great Clips. Apparently they are having a sale – only $5.99 for a haircut. How sweet is that? And then I realized there is a Great Clips on the way home from work, only two minutes from my apartment. So I called them to verify the sale (since it’s not listed on their website) and went there straight from work today. They took me immediately and I was out of there in twenty minutes. I got about 3-4 inches cut off and I gotta say, this $6 haircut doesn’t look any different (i.e. worse) than the one I pay $35 for at a salon. Guess where I’ll be getting my hair cut from now on?

Lazy?

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Wanna know just how lazy I am? I’m sitting here looking for Hurt by NIN on KaZaA because I don’t feel like ripping the track from the cd I own. Yeesh.

This is funny, because I’ve been anything but lazy lately. I’ve been doing 10 pushups, 10 crunches, and at least 50 jumping jacks every morning, and 20-30 minutes of walking or the elliptical machine in the evening. Plus I’ve cut back on calories and fattening food. No sweets after meals either. Me so good. Too bad I haven’t lost one pound. How discouraging is that? But I’m not giving up. Eventually I’m going to see results, right? Right?