November 25....feeling good!

Alright, so Turkey Day is done.....next stop on the holiday front is Christmas. I am ready for it. I love christmas, I really do. And honestly, I think I enjoy the giving more than the receiving. I always have. In the past we always had lots of friends or co workers to exchange gifts with and it was always fun to me to try and put together something special. Even better is when you can find that perfect little "something", that the person just loves. So I am looking forward to that. I actually already found Mike a couple things he didn't request that I think he is going to love.

What else....So I lost another pound over the holiday-awesome. I'm doing good with the weight loss, and it makes me feel great. I think I am really going to do it for good this time.

Last night we went out with David and Lorri. God, how nice this is, to actually have friends again. And you know, I do think I can call them friends. I know I am a little hard to take in at first....I talk too much, and I am scatter brained at times, but if you can get past that I am OK :) We went out to dinner last night at Beale Street Cafe in Rochester and it was wonderful. Good food, good beer and good company-can't beat that. Afterwords we went to see Into The Wild---beautiful movie. I've been wanting to see this. I read the book a couple years ago and was totally taken aback at the way Chris McCallaster decided to to live his life, and the way he ultimatly died because of his decisions. The movie really was done beautifully. It made you want to hit the road and live like a tramp making your way however you can. At any rate, the movie was great!

So my weekend has been a good one! Hope yours was too!

Have a Happy Turkey Day!

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Hopefully Mike and I get another chance to get out on the town this weekend!

Today is Monday.

So not much news to report. I gained .5 pound last week...which I'm not overly concerned about other than the fact Thanksgiving is this week and I weigh in AFTER that. But we are just doing T day with just the four of us, so I do not intend on eating a whole lot more than I normally would on any other day.
Friday night my sister and her husband and Mikes friend from work and his wife came over for a few hours. We had some drinks and snacks and played Pitch after the kids went to bed.
So when do you start calling new aquantices your friends? I mean, Dave is definatly Mikes friend....but I've only met him twice. Same for his wife. But they are really nice people and I like them, and I consider them friends I guess.Friends that I am still getting to know.....
So anyway, back to the weekly grind of school and such this week. Only 3 days so that is nice.
Nothing exciting to write about though.

Happy Autumn

It is just beautiful outside.....

I used to be cool.....

So yesterday I got thinking about what the week used to involve in the year before I had kids........
I was a waitress, that only worked lunch shifts.
I hung out at a biker bar.
I saw bands perform LIVE in concert.
I went to the movies at least once a month.
I had friends.

What I do now.....
I work watching 2 little rugrats scream and chase each other, and hug each other too!
I no longer have a hangout of any sort really.
Live performances are few and far between, but I am wanting to go to more.
I go to the movies about 1-2 a year!
I don't have many friends BUT, I learned those(mentioned above) friends were friends of convienance---most of them.

I think the last thing on my list was the hardest lesson to learn. I LOVED hanging out in the bars and partying. But once I got pregnant everything changed. I was no longer "cool" enough for most people. And my friends that still talked to us were afraid to invite us anyplace because I was pregnant I guess. Luckily I had a couple girls that were pregnant at the same time, so at least they kinda knew what I was feeling. My mom lived 3 hours away, so I had no family in town either.
After my son was born I tried to go back to the bar occasionally but that was the only time I had contact with those people, and visited my old coworkers to show off the baby every now and again. NoOne called me or anything like that.
By the time my daughter came along....I don't even know if any of my "friends" even visited her.
By the time we moved(just a few months later)------nobody even came to say goodbye.
Weird....pathetic maybe.
But I lived in the town I gave birth to my children in for 7 years. And although I started my family there, all I left with was a couple email addresses.