Apr 22, 2011 18:05
Man I can't believe it's been over a year since I wrote anything on LJ. I dunno if I forgot I had it or if I lost interest or if I just decided that there was no point. But now I see that there is a point. It may not have anything to do with anything, but damn it, I write for my own enjoyment. Or sometimes just for something to do. As is the case today. I am bored out of my ever-loving mind.
So... what's happened in a year?
The A/C-slash-heater at my house still doesn't work. Eugene is useless.
My contract at Dex One ended, as I always knew it would, and I ended up taking advantage of my unemployment benefits for about 6 months until I got a part time job at my tkd school. And even though I'm happy to have this job, I need a different one, because this one is NOT a career, and never will be. (Also, because the universe thinks it's funny, I had more income when I was unemployed than I have while employed. And my tkd classes aren't even free, even though I'm on staff here. Yaaaaay...)
I still live with my mother, because I still can't afford to live anywhere else. But I spend more of my time at my friend Leslie's house, because a. she's awesome, b. her parents are awesome, and c. her house is not my house. Nuff said.
I got down to about 230 lbs about 6 months ago. Weight hasn't really budged since. Drove me crazy with frustration until recently when I decided to fuck it all. No more diet. No more obsessing. No more extra exercise sessions. If I'm not going to get my deserved reward for my hard work, then I'm not going to put in the hard work anymore. I'll eat how I want, exercise how I want, and if my clothes start being too small I'll renew my weight loss efforst, but until then I'm fucking done with fighting my body. 80 lbs lost is freaking awesome, and I've still got a couple years till my 101 expires, so there's ample time to get those last 55 lbs off.
Speaking of my 101, I've got about 40 items crossed off now, including having gone to Stonehenge. One of the best freaking nights of my life! Turns out Stonehenge is open all night, for free, with no barrier fences, on the night of the summer solstice. So I spent the night at Stonehenge and watched the sun rise on the stones, and there was some booze and junk food and epic good fun involved. Would totally do that again! Next goals I expect to cross off: get my legs waxed just to say I did, and go on another cruise.
Oh, and I got lasik surgery, so I have 20/20 vision. Yeah, me, 20/20 vision. Wait, what? How can this be? Kelly Fisher, perfect vision? The world is ending, surely! I still marvel at the fact that I can see without any corrective lenses required. I no longer has restrictions on my license, because I can see. I don't have to worry about forgetting my contact case or breaking my glasses. And I can wear sunglasses! I randomly just go buy a pair, just because I can wear them now. It's freaking AWESOME!
Also, I served as a bridesmaid for two friends last year. Both dresses have now been donated to charity because they're too big for me. But I made a point of making up excuses to wear them twice, so at least the massive price got mitigated somewhat before the dresses became unwearable.
I still have no love life, but I kind of like it that way. Especially since I finally realized that I'm just not interested in it. No wait, I'm very interested. I want a love life. Problem is I'm not interested in any of the candidates who have presented themselves to me thus far. I still want THAT BOY, because I am a hopeless case. So, having finally accepted the brutal truth about my wasted heart, I'm perfectly okay with remaining single. At least for the time being. (However, God, any time you want to send a guy to steal my heart away from THAT BOY, I'm open to the changeover.)
And College Foundation finally worked with me on my payments, so now I'm on an income-based repayment system, which lifts quite a weight off my back. In fact, my income is so low that they actually feel bad taking money from me. My income-based payment is $0! I can pay whatever I want, and it'll still be more than they expect. That feels so good!
Oh yeah... I got an iPhone. I have become one of THOSE PEOPLE. I'd be ashamed of myself, but I'm having too much fun with my iPhone for that.
Incredibly, that just about sums things up for me. Because I'm boring.
Holla!
weddings,
contentment,
nerding out,
tourism,
disbelief,
getting skinny-ish,
unemployment,
blathering,
work,
good friends,
101 list,
frustration,
awesomeness,
alcohol,
weighing in,
rambling,
hopes/dreams/wishes,
life,
international travel,
tae kwon do,
home,
wootness,
being poor,
bah humbug,
friends,
etc.,
$,
cool shit,
throwing in the towel,
employment,
being touristy,
travel,
family,
various and sundry,
surreality