P is for Pistachios, Popsicles, Peanut Butter, and Points Plus
Yikes. Every time I think about making a new post about a dozen other things become altogether too irresistible and kill my focus. Excuses? Yes, I make them.
Summer is already winding down which is, in fact, FREAKING CRAZY. I mean what? Where'd it go? Not that I'm complaining, especially not today (hello 93 and humid you are not my good friend), I love autumn, LOVE IT, but autumn is way, way too short. We had a massive snow storm at the end of October last year. Days without power and freezing cold. It was really unpleasant and unappreciated. I love fall when it meanders, when the leaves get the chance to actually change color and fall, when the weather chills slowly until one morning you wake up and bam, frost on the yard. Pumpkin flavored coffees and apple cider are THINGS I CRAVE. I get excited for it. I anticipate it.
I hate it because winter is the season that follows. Bleh. Winter. If I had any active interest in winter sports, I might want it as much as my dad does. I could live without it. Let's be real here.
(The title of this post is in reference to my little peanut who has suddenly decided the only foods she likes start with the letter P. SHE CAN'T EVEN SAY LETTER P. But seriously, Pistachios, Popsicles and Peanut Butter are her five food groups.)
The last few weeks have been mildly surreal for me. My mother and grandfather went out to Oregon for his 66th High School reunion, which I can only hope I get to see as well, longevity, I want it, but that meant two weeks alone with my dad and the pets. And the pets, oh freaking lord, the pets got super whiny and needy because there weren't four pairs of hands to love on them all.
I didn't kill the gecko. I think I'll count that survival as a win.
Right before the left though, I went and signed up for Weight Watchers under my own name so I could start attending meetings. I didn't even realize how much I needed those meetings. Just knowing you need to go weigh in and join a bunch of like-minded people has helped so much in remaining consistent in what I need to do in order to lose weight.
So I am stating here for the record: On August 1, 2012, I weighed 176lbs with a weight loss goal of reaching 155lbs. That's only 20lbs. I can do that. In fact, I already sort of have. I weighed upwards of 190lbs at this point last summer, the most I have ever weighed in my life. I felt gross, lethargic and sort of miserable at that point, and a lot of it had to do with job upheaval, and trust me, I'm so damn happy Gregg stuck around through that phase, I barely wanted to see him, even when I desperately wanted to. (Now we might be moving in together HOLY SHITBALLS. Guys. I might be becoming an adult o.o) So Weight Watchers. It's a thing I'm doing.
But I've also done a few other life altering activities just in the last two days.
Thing One I Did: Go to the bank, fix my checking account and start up a monthly transfer of $20 into my savings account. I'm not 100% sure where all the savings is going to end up, but I know it's a good idea to do, especially when interest comes into play. Maybe a trip. Or rent payments. Who knows. It's going to go to something eventually and I'll have it and feel smug.
Thing Two I Did: I signed up for an LNA course that starts in September. It runs until the end of October with full certification and everything. The best part is NH will reimburse me for the course since we have such a shortage here. There's basically no losing in this process, and it will give me an extra cash flow which I desperately need. Well, maybe not desperately, but it's become hard to save money when it all goes to loans at the end of the month. I've basically been hovering under $1000 every month thanks to them. Yay, loans. :| I could live without those too.
Thing Three I Did: A two-year plan has been hatched. Once I finish up the LNA course, and hopefully find part time work with it, I plan to save up so next fall I can go back to school to get my Master of Education in Elementary Ed. w/certification. I AM DAMN WELL GOING TO GET MY ASS CERTIFIED IN TEACHING. I SPENT WAY TOO MUCH TIME TRYING FOR IT TO GIVE UP NOW.
And if I don't find a teaching job after that, I still have LNA work. SO THERE.
Adult like things.
Before Picture | Greek Yogurt Pop: Blueberry
Next Post: Books I have read. Foods I have made. And the reason why I have been reading all the fic, but not actually talking about them here. The answer is laziness.
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Summer is already winding down which is, in fact, FREAKING CRAZY. I mean what? Where'd it go? Not that I'm complaining, especially not today (hello 93 and humid you are not my good friend), I love autumn, LOVE IT, but autumn is way, way too short. We had a massive snow storm at the end of October last year. Days without power and freezing cold. It was really unpleasant and unappreciated. I love fall when it meanders, when the leaves get the chance to actually change color and fall, when the weather chills slowly until one morning you wake up and bam, frost on the yard. Pumpkin flavored coffees and apple cider are THINGS I CRAVE. I get excited for it. I anticipate it.
I hate it because winter is the season that follows. Bleh. Winter. If I had any active interest in winter sports, I might want it as much as my dad does. I could live without it. Let's be real here.
(The title of this post is in reference to my little peanut who has suddenly decided the only foods she likes start with the letter P. SHE CAN'T EVEN SAY LETTER P. But seriously, Pistachios, Popsicles and Peanut Butter are her five food groups.)
The last few weeks have been mildly surreal for me. My mother and grandfather went out to Oregon for his 66th High School reunion, which I can only hope I get to see as well, longevity, I want it, but that meant two weeks alone with my dad and the pets. And the pets, oh freaking lord, the pets got super whiny and needy because there weren't four pairs of hands to love on them all.
I didn't kill the gecko. I think I'll count that survival as a win.
Right before the left though, I went and signed up for Weight Watchers under my own name so I could start attending meetings. I didn't even realize how much I needed those meetings. Just knowing you need to go weigh in and join a bunch of like-minded people has helped so much in remaining consistent in what I need to do in order to lose weight.
So I am stating here for the record: On August 1, 2012, I weighed 176lbs with a weight loss goal of reaching 155lbs. That's only 20lbs. I can do that. In fact, I already sort of have. I weighed upwards of 190lbs at this point last summer, the most I have ever weighed in my life. I felt gross, lethargic and sort of miserable at that point, and a lot of it had to do with job upheaval, and trust me, I'm so damn happy Gregg stuck around through that phase, I barely wanted to see him, even when I desperately wanted to. (Now we might be moving in together HOLY SHITBALLS. Guys. I might be becoming an adult o.o) So Weight Watchers. It's a thing I'm doing.
But I've also done a few other life altering activities just in the last two days.
Thing One I Did: Go to the bank, fix my checking account and start up a monthly transfer of $20 into my savings account. I'm not 100% sure where all the savings is going to end up, but I know it's a good idea to do, especially when interest comes into play. Maybe a trip. Or rent payments. Who knows. It's going to go to something eventually and I'll have it and feel smug.
Thing Two I Did: I signed up for an LNA course that starts in September. It runs until the end of October with full certification and everything. The best part is NH will reimburse me for the course since we have such a shortage here. There's basically no losing in this process, and it will give me an extra cash flow which I desperately need. Well, maybe not desperately, but it's become hard to save money when it all goes to loans at the end of the month. I've basically been hovering under $1000 every month thanks to them. Yay, loans. :| I could live without those too.
Thing Three I Did: A two-year plan has been hatched. Once I finish up the LNA course, and hopefully find part time work with it, I plan to save up so next fall I can go back to school to get my Master of Education in Elementary Ed. w/certification. I AM DAMN WELL GOING TO GET MY ASS CERTIFIED IN TEACHING. I SPENT WAY TOO MUCH TIME TRYING FOR IT TO GIVE UP NOW.
And if I don't find a teaching job after that, I still have LNA work. SO THERE.
Adult like things.
Before Picture | Greek Yogurt Pop: Blueberry
Next Post: Books I have read. Foods I have made. And the reason why I have been reading all the fic, but not actually talking about them here. The answer is laziness.
♥
This entry was originally posted at http://faynia.dreamwidth.org/314430.html. Please comment there using OpenID. (comments:
)