A little of this. A little of that.
-We went to my grandmother's house for Easter last weekend. It's amazing how much holidays transform and change as the years go by. Easter was always such a fun holiday as a child. Easter dresses. Baskets. Candy. Colored Eggs. The bunny! This year it was my grandmother, my mom, Aaron and I. It felt strange when I thought of it as Easter but when I thought of it as a weekend with family it was great. I do not mean to offend anyone by my next comments so please keep that in mind.... Aaron and I are not religious. We are spiritual in ways but having both been raised on some form of religion (me as Catholic he as Lutheran) we both felt that it was not for us. I know how much it means to my mom and grandmother so I decided to swallow my ... I thought that going to church with them would make them happy. It did. It made me realize just how much it is not the environment for me. I honestly felt... wrong. I did not go to communion. I sat there and took in the scene of it all. People watching in church does keep me occupied. It's hysterical. But the words coming out of the priest's mouth... GAH. Not for me.
-I've been trying to get back on a healthy path. I had a few weeks of no working out at all and last week and this week I'm back on a small schedule. If I've made it three days within those weeks it's been a struggle but I've made it happen. I am the type of person who has to have music when working out. My music. Not whatever radio station is pumped into the gym (usually sucks). I need my mood and gusto to be powered by loud music in my ears. Two weeks ago while driving back from NJ my I-pod just stopped playing. Done. Fried? I have no idea what happened. I was driving. It's not like I dropped it. I didn't spill anything on it. Just stopped working. I've charged it. Held the buttons down etc. Nothing. So... it's been difficult. I have this OLD ancient MP3 player from years ago. The music on there is awful and I don't know how to change it but that too only feels like working for a couple of songs and then decides to just stop. Argh. Technology really fucks with me sometimes. So I need to fix this issue. Also, my sister was taking Zumba classes at her gym and said they are a lot of fun (http://www.zumba.com/us/about/). I was so excited to see that my gym is going to start offering them in a few weeks. Unfortunately, the first night they start I'll be in Brooklyn at a conference but I'm ready to try something new and this sounds like something I'm going to love. brikle can't you picture us in this class?! I'm also trying to get a few friends to join me for this: http://www.selfworkoutinthepark.com/. I figure if I try to schedule some active things there's a better chance that I'll follow through. This week I've paid attention to what I'm putting in my mouth and I can tell it's making somewhat of a difference. I feel better and I am three pounds lighter than I was last week!
-I'm still engrossed in the Sookie Stackhouse books and I'm just dying to watch "True Blood". The DVD comes out at the end of May (already pre-ordered it!). I don't know if anyone on my f-list reads these and also watches the show but I have to say that I am completely Team Eric (and also Team Alcide), but I am not a fan of Bill. Sure he treats her well when they are together and he's her first love blah blah blah. His character does nothing for me and after seeing pictures from the show I am guessing I'll remain on this side of things!
-Work has been insanely stressful. I can not keep up with what is coming my way. New referrals are pouring in. The amount of people who have just decided to stop paying their utilitiy bills is outrageous. I'm turning from social worker to collection agent more and more every day with this job. How is it that people can't see how important it is to make utilities the next payment after rent/mortgage? Everyone (EVERYONE) is beginning to use medical issues as an excuse. "Oh you can't shut me off because my son uses a nebulizer" What? Seriously? Well if you realize just how important it is to run electricity into your home then you damn well better be paying that bill. Or I love this one "Please. Please Miss you need to lower my bills for me!" NO. YOU need to lower your bills. I can not physically come to your home and unplug everything. You need to stop using so much. I just don't get it.
With that said... I'm so grateful for the weekend! I'm ready to have some drinks. Relax. Unwind.