Okay first I have a random confession. Ever notice how my subject lines have a similar motif? Yeah, I often type a shorthand list of things I want to talk about in my blog. I do it so that if when I get distracted, I’ll remember what I had planned to post about. I fail.

So first up! I had a really spectacular day! Which is surprising considering I woke up in a total grumpy mood. Why yes, someone apparently did pee in my cornflakes. Actually, I just stayed up far too late last night and that usually is the main cause for me ever being less than my usual happy self. Fortunately, as the day went on I woke up and cheered up! It also was a big boost when my Step-Mom said I looked great (referring to my weight lost) and then my Dad (who is the least observant person I know) actually noticed I lost weight. He saw me eating yogurt and was like.. “Yogurt is good isn’t it? Good for you too! Low in fat, right?” I answered by reading him how many calories, total fat and fiber was in my yogurt and he replied saying “You’ve lost some weight, haven’t you?” Then I told him I have lost 30 pounds (well, actually 29.5) and he was like “WOW! I wish I could!” I was about to tell him that he could if he joined Weight Watchers but then he mentioned he needed to clean out his garage so he could use his exercise equipment (something he’s been saying for at least 15 years). Perhaps another time I’ll sell him on Weight Watchers.

So these new changes in my life have me excited for the future and as mentioned in my last post, all into the girly stuff. I have this insane urge to go shopping. Which works out because Dad invited me to go along with the family to ride the Ferry and go to the Prime Outlets in Williamsburg. I haven’t been there since I was 12 and A LOT has changed since then. I’m so excited. I’m going to shop til I drop. Really, probably window shop or dream shop. Because I will be seeing all these amazing clothes and things that I’m so looking forward to wearing someday in the future! Speaking of.. my sister, Sarah, was wearing this new shirt today which is ABSOLUTELY adorable. If it was something I’d be comfortable wearing right now, I totally would buy it myself. It just further excites me for the future and motivates me to work even harder! As such, I actually worked out tonight. I don’t usually work out at night, but I think I’m going to try making time for it. Allow myself more time to sleep instead of working out in the morning!

And finally, I’ve been wanting to post about this next topic for a while but by the time I type up a blog, I’ve been forgetting to mention it. Some of you may or may not know, but last year my Mom went to the doctor and they told her she had high blood pressure and high cholesterol so they ran some tests and they found that my Mom’s heart showed signs of having a mild heart attack at some point. She never even realized. Pretty scary stuff! Anyway, so since then she’s been trying several different prescriptions for her blood pressure and cholesterol. All of which have had really weird side effects so she had to stop taking them. In this process they did some blood work and my Mom’s psycho doctor decided to inform her that her blood sugar levels were off. So she schedules a test to check for diabetes and has now told my Mom she has diabetes. My Mom has a few friends that are diabetic and she told them what her blood sugar levels were and they told her that her levels were NORMAL. Since then she’s done a lot of research and even bought herself a tester and yeah, her levels are NORMAL. In fact they aren’t BAD, they aren’t GOOD.. they’re EXCELLENT. I swear the incompetence of doctors these days is outright scary. It’s like they’re just trying to diagnose us with all these problems to keep us coming back and keep the drug companies afloat.

People wonder why so many celebs these days have accidental prescription drug overdoses? These doctors are out of control! They prescribe you drugs which cause several other problems and then they prescribe drugs for those too! It’s a never-ending cycle! I’m so glad I choose the Homeopathic route. Doctors can sit and spin. I’m living until I’m 100. You watch. No prescription medicine for me!

Current Mood:  shocked

Here we go again! It’s been over a week since my last blog. I really need to work out some sort of schedule so that I can make sure to blog every day! I miss it and I think the more often I blog the more interesting my entries get. Otherwise I feel like they’re long and boring. In fact I only remembered to blog today because Angel forcefully reminded me to.

I had my first experience greeting for my church on June 27th which ended up being a breeze and so much more fun that I originally thought. It was pretty exciting too because I ended up being on the same greeting team as someone from one of my old Community Groups who I absolutely love as well as serving during the same service as someone else from that community group. It was like a little reunion! Also found out that they, as well well as a few other friends of ours, will also be moving to the new campus in the Fall! I greet every other Sunday so I’m a greeter again this Sunday. I was going to see about working it out so my sister’s could ride with me and attend the 6PM service (so they can have a break and not wake up so early on a Sunday) and then maybe hit up a movie afterward, but I guess we’ll see!

Other than that, I’ve still been playing quite a bit of Aion. My Sorcerer is now level 25 and right now I don’t even know what to do because there is a lot going on at this level. I hear a lot of people say that you want to be grinding in the abyss until level 30. So I guess we’ll see how it goes. I was getting a bit frustrated yesterday though, because I wanted to just relax and play on my Scout a bit and I got hunted down and then given a lecture as to what I should be doing and deciding to “help” me without asking first. I’m sorry buddy, but just because you’ve leveled 5 characters from 1-10 doesn’t mean you know more than me. Quite frankly I can level much faster without your bothersome presence.

Speaking of Games, Steph got me hooked on a game for the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad and I swear to God, I can’t stop playing. It’s called GodFinger and it’s so adorable and so addictive. Basically you have your own planet and you are “God” of it. So you control Wonders (like rain, sunshine, lightning etc.) and your followers will work and earn you money which you can use to buy more buildings/decor for your island. It’s so adorable. Definitely check it out if you have an iPhone, iPod Touch or an iPad. It’s free too!

I’m still going strong with Weight Watchers and it’s funny too, because everytime I turn around I hear about or find out someone else I know is also doing Weight Watchers now! It’s like an entire movement! I’ve been trying a lot of the Weight Watchers products and I haven’t found anything that I don’t like yet. I’ve tried numerous Smart Ones meals (which I bring for lunch instead of getting fast food with the office), some WW icecream and next I bought a box of chocolate eclairs to try! YUMMY! So far my total is 23 pounds lost. I’ll admit I haven’t been doing as good because I kinda splurged last week and ate steak, lobster, cookies, AMC movie nachos, candy, etc. So I only lost half a pound, but overall I’m still losing! Plus I can tell I’ve lost a lot of inches. I’ve been wearing the same pairs of jeans since I started and everyday I wear them I feel them getting baggier and baggier. It was also exciting last week because someone that didn’t know I joined Weight Watchers actually NOTICED I had lost weight! It feels great and I’m really excited about what the future holds for me! I’m thinking about changing up my exercise a bit and try out the 30 Day Shred. I got the weight loss in progress now I need something to tone up my muffintop and jiggly bits. I’m excited, motivated and energized! So ready!

My holiday weekend was splendid. I took Thursday and Friday off and it was nice to actually have days off where I could RELAX instead of using it to do housework. I went to my Dad’s on Saturday, Sunday and Monday for boat rides and we were forced to quit early on Sunday when the boat motor overheated. I think it was just God getting us off the water though, because shortly afterwards there was a horrible boat accident just right across the creek from my Dad’s pier. In fact, my Dad heard it happen, he said it sounded like an explosion. Two of his neighbors (who live just a couple/few doors down) jumped on their boat/jet-ski to the rescue. It sounded really horrifying and one of the ladies on the boat passed away from her injuries. So sad but I’m glad she was an organ donor and that hopefully that gives some peace to her family/friends. My thoughts and prayers go out to that family and the people on that boat who will never get that image out of their head, I’m sure.

My Dad also set off some fireworks on Sunday night and the weather was absolutely perfect so it was nice just sitting out on his gorgeous deck, by the pool watching the fireworks. I miss hanging out on the deck over there. Especially at night when there’s low humidity.

Anyway, I hope you all had a good Holiday weekend! Please share if you did anything particularly interesting! As for me, it’s time to get back to work.