Blowin' in the Wind

I've been busy...sue me.

Today I missed the 3rd gas connection appointment for the house. Rescheduled for tomorrow. I MUST get their call this time. I am slated to close on Monday...hells yeah!!

I also got in trouble for being on a personal phone call.

But I've been ridiculously productive as of late. You'd be impressed. For realz.

So much on my plate! Kind of putting it off tonight!

Happy Hump Day!

More later, I promise...*crosses fingers*

I WANNA DANCE! And eat sushi!!! And beat someone up.

...That is all.

Anna & I found a Topsy Tail on Friday and it was glorious. But it was also really fun to keep calling it the wrong name until I had her doing it too. Thus, tipsy twist. Friday was extremely wonderful. I got off of work early, AT & I went on an adventure, then we played with the Twisty Tail, then had cocktails on the porch, then met up with Dozzle & crew. We took the shuttle bus to Westport & did the power hour thing and then went to Buzzard. J Nall met up with us, which was fun, but I think he might be irritated with me because he needed to be home early Saturday and I don't know how he got there. I might have pulled a Yoh & bouldered in the bathroom...

Saturday I spent the bulk of the day doing nothing & recovering from the previous night. Played a few video games with Mom & hung out.

Today....was a beast of a day. I found out that the insurance company who I'd arranged to have coverage with on the townhome had turned me into collections for nonpayment. Well, no I didn't pay for insurance on a house I didn't own or live in! Plus I hadn't heard anything from them before that in any capacity - I'm assuming they were mailing things to the townhome... So I have THAT to deal with now, and I'm crossing my fingers it doesn't somehow mess up this house's closing & whatnot. Also I got pissy with Rasta. It was justified, it was, but I could have probably handled it better. Then again, he never even responded at all, so he could have handled it better too. I talked to Sass for just a minute or two, and when he said I was lonely I realized he's right. ALL of my long-term best friends don't live near me, and Rasta is the one person I see regularly that I also talk to regularly, so when stuff like this happens it bothers me even more than it should.

Bah.

I have a lot of goals I'd like to accomplish in 2009. What's going to be different than every other year is instead of being gung-ho in January and falling off the wagon by February, I am going to remember that I have an entire year in which to accomplish these things, and do it gradually.

So here are my goals:
1. Lose 30 pounds. That's basically been a goal for the past couple years that I've never accomplished. The main difference this year will be me living in my own house, and cooking only for myself and only what food I have purchased. I think this will make it all much easier. I'm going to slowly cut foods out of my diet. The first thing I'm quitting is chocolate. This should be easy since only recently have I developed any real affinity toward it. I'll allow myself some occasionally, but maybe only once a month or so. Then will be other sweets, then red meats, then fried food. Or at least that's the tentative plan.

2. Finish my online classes & get that degree! I just ordered a new calculator after mine going AWOL for several months. I think it will make it easier for me to buckle down and get these classes finished. Plus, I have to have them completed by April/May otherwise I have to re-enroll and take them all over!

3. Open myself up to the idea of dating. I've never been big on dating and/or relationships, but I think in its own way that makes me unapproachable. I don't want to be unapproachable, so I'm going to work on changing my anti-relationship attitude some.

4. Stick up for myself when I should. In some ways, I've got this on lock. If a rude stranger runs into me at the grocery store, I have no qualms calling them out. When people question my values or sensibility, I'll fight for them to the death. This is mainly in regards to close relationships I have where the other party tends to walk all over me or take me for granted. Instead of being bothered by it and pretending I'm not, I'm going to start (tactfully) asserting myself in the situations when I feel like this is the case.