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06:23 pm

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See you over there!!!

08:20 pm - Progress report

I just got back from the gym. I took a step class today. Holy crap am I out of shape. It felt really great when I was done though. I can't wait until I could do that class with my eyes closed. The class was one hour. I didn't do my circuit training. Rob had started dinner. I didn't know how long the class was and I don't want to over do it too soon. There was a point when I thought I was going to throw up. Yikes. The teacher said I was picking up on the steps pretty quick. And I made a friend! Her name is Sierra. She wanted me to stick around for the next class, Zumba. I told her maybe next time.

Speaking of friendships I'm going through that phase again where I don't feel like an awesome friend. Some of it has to do with I'm not that close to many I consider friends. I'm going to try to be better. At least make the effort on my end. I know everyone is busy and I don't want to nag.

Rob is leaving tonight to his parents to go to Shipsawanna tomorrow. I want to go so bad. I love that place.

09:02 pm

I'm changing a little bit of how I use LJ.

This will now be an area for me to keep track of the progress of my life.  A progress report of sorts if you will. Stuff like work, relationships,ideas, and mostly the gym.

I have recently become distraught with the way I feel about my body. I have joined a gym by my house and plan on going three times a week at least.  I want to post how I'm doing. How long I've gone each time and what I've done. Documenting this will keep my ass in check.Which is a good thing seeing as I purchased a year membership.

I'm not going to tell you how much I weigh for fear of shocking you. I mean how can a five foot girl weigh that much? I'll tell you how, laziness. So instead I will say today I weigh X and once a month I'll get weighed at the gym and report +/- here.

Today I went after work. I was going to attend a cardio class, but my mom came over with two of my cousins. I wanted to spend some time with them. I went on the Elliptical for 8 minutes beforand after my circuit training. Yes I go to a women's only gym with the circuits. I like it though and love the idea of going to classes.

I'll attack other aspecst of my life next time. This girl is beat.

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06:45 pm

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04:13 pm

Sunday Sunday Sunday. Oh what to do with you. I am now finding Sunday's mundane. I have already done the grocery shopping for the week, quite possibly for the month with the exception of a couple things. I have done the weekly laundry. I have watched a movie on TV. I have cleaned up the kitchen. Now I wait until dinner and book club. I know there are tons of things I could be doing, but you know how it goes. Rob is in here doing homework all day and I don't have Kat here to do stuff with on a whim. Bored is what I am. There we go folks I have figured it out. Maybe I'll go for a walk.

10:54 am

What fun last night. Eric, Rob and I went to DJ's Lounge to see Emily off on her last night doing karaoke. Gloria our waitress is fucking awesome. When she carded Eric she looked at his ID then looked at him, handed it back to him and said here you go baby face. She never forgot us.(we were kinda in a corner) She even looked for us when we were at the pool table. Later in the evening she "kicked my butt" Let me explain. I went up to the bar to get more beer for Eric and I. I thought Rob said he was alright so I didn't get him one. I took my ass back up to the bar to get him is booze. Before I could get back to the table this guy stopped me to talk about The President's of the United States of America. I had just sang Peaches. So not to be rude I talked to him for a bit holding Rob's beer almost wanting to drink it. Gloria comes up behind me and whispers in my ear. I think Rob would like his beer now. Turns out she went to our table to see how we were and Rob was beerless and waiting for me. Gloria told him she'd find me and kick my ass for him. Good night at the bar.

On the way home we stopped at Taco Bell and I'm talking away to the guy at the window. Eric who is in the back seat put his straw wrapper on my head without me knowing. I continue to talk away and he's laughing and at the moment I am the funniest person in the world. Then the boys started to cackle. I had no idea what was going on. Crazy.

01:45 pm

I'm sitting here at my computer desk in my new place, watching Rob unpack his books. I have unpacked my books as much as I can. I ran out of room!!!! Damn I have a lot of books. We are slowly unpacking things. The apartment in really nice. I'm glad we went with the two bathroom one. It has been needed already.

We've met a few of our neighbors. Walter is going to be my favorite. He's an older guy maybe late 60's. I was getting out of my car with a orchid for Megan and Walt goes, Oh you didn't have to that was nice of you. I'm like alright old man I like you.

We went shopping yesterday for food and essentials. Spent lots of money. I can't wait until we are all set and can have a party. Thinking about a game night. We can get pretty loud too. The second night we were here, Nick, Katie, Ben, Alec,Eric, Rob and I were all here. The ones of us that could drank. And drank a lot, at least I think so I was pretty gone and had a hard time judging anything. We played the Wii and our new big screen TV and Apples to Apples. The next day I turned on the music and it was really loud. No one came to our door to say keep it down. So I guess we can be pretty loud.

Saturday when I told my grandma that I was now living with Rob she changed her look and asked how his parents felt about that.

Okay I have to get back unpacking Rob is commenting on how I have more full boxes than he does.

12:41 am

Holy crap, it's 12:30 am and I am still awake. That may not sound very late to you, but trust me it's very late to me. Working 10.5 hours a day takes a lot out of me. It's worth it though come Tuesday when I don't have to go into work. Work has been going well. Finally getting into a groove with the new skills to make it worth my while.

Apparently our neighbors are bitches. Parking on our street is public first and for most. Kat normally parks in front of the house next to us. I guess today one of the women that live there came over and started some shit with Jason saying that who ever's car that is needs to not park there because her daughter is 5 months pregnant and needs that spot. This women is yelling at Jay saying that we are going to kill her daughter's baby because she's could miscarry. And she knows someone in the FBI and will run the plates of the car park there and we better not have any warrants out for our arrest. What the hell????? It's public parking. And if you are worried about miscarrying why the hell are you driving in the first place and not at home with your feet up? Honestly who knows anyone that works for the FBI? I don't. I don't even know of anyone that knows someone who works for the FBI. Had this women come over and nicely said Hey listen my daughter is preggo and would it be possible to keep that space open if you could. I'm sure we would have done just that. Because of this she is telling me park there whenever possible. And I'm going to do just that.

On the moving front.........one month before we move!!!! The one down fall. I have limited days to pack. Damn.

05:48 pm

Rob and I will be moving in May. We applied for an apartment today. I'm excited. The fridge will be for two people and not five! I will miss living here though. I mean right now Drake is coming over to me with a fake phone he wants me to talk on. I'll miss Kat terribly. But we will have our Tuesdays! I've started to buy things that we need. Vacuum (neon green), crock pot, electric skillet. All bought at Meijer Thrifty for dirt cheap. As far as big stuff goes we only need a couch. My mom is giving us a coffee table, John Deere canisters, a knife set, new silverware set. We are using the cabin table that has been stored at my parents. I have even started to sort through things and give to Goodwill. I am so proud of myself.

I imagine I'll "find" tons of stuff as I box up and move out.

06:55 am

I had some really weird dreams last night.

One involved my parents wanting me to go on a trip with them and Sara. Sara being a little girl that they had after Megan. We went to Kansas City the four of us. Once we got there we went to a families house. Turns out my parents let this other family adopt Sara. We just left her there. Sara was not mad though. And the family was really nice. My parents and I stayed one night at this house. That is when I found out they planned on letting a different family adopt me. How they could do this I don't know. Seeing as I'm 27 and engaged. They told me they already spoke to Rob about this and he was fine with it. I was crying pretty hard. In the middle of the night I stole the car and drove home, and got terribly lost. I never did make it home.

I had another were my family and Rob were living in the woods on protected land in a tree house because we were some sort of native people of the land. We wore just enough clothing to cover ourselves. But we did have a phone. I don't know how it worked, it was an old rotary. The park rangers would come out and give us a hard time. I wanted to kick them in the balls. But I didn't. the boys went out to find some food. Mom, Megan and I took a nap. This jeep drove up to our area with one girl and three guys. I tried to tell them to go away. I climbed down from the tree house and told them again to go away. They started to yell at me. I slapped the girl really hard across the face. The boys were getting ready to come after me when my alarm went off.

I don't know what to make of these dreams. Lately they have been very vivid.

06:40 am

Well another Cabin Trip under the belt. This one without pictures. Sorry. It was a smaller one due to the weather and when it was. It turned out to be Rob and I, Ben and Amy, Eric, Derek and Mike. One very cool thing was that Mike was already up there so we didn't have to turn the cabin "on" or "off" when we left. The weather wasn't that bad. Just at the end of 55 and some of 75. I've driven up there in worse.

Over all pretty fun. We played a lot of games. Apples to Apples, Blokus, and Scatagories. Mike's cat Sage was up there with the biggest balls I've seen for a cat. Rob cooked an upside down pear cake for Amy's birthday. There was some drama with my cousin Mike Saturday night. fisticuffs almost broke out.

Rob and I drank hard liquor all weekend. I didn't know how that would affect me. I was fine Saturday but Friday it hit me hard. I ended up crying in the bed room, I (and Rob) have no idea why. And I think I fell off the bed too!

My first booked weekend in February is over. Time for the next one. Detroit for a concert with Nick and Katie.

05:00 pm

I have decided today that I will stop buying trash magazines. I am addicted to them. I can go weeks without buying one then I will buy 4 or 5 in one day. I read them at work. It makes the time go by faster, but I have other things I could be doing. It's such a waste of money. I have told Lisa (my cubicle mate) if she sees me with any new ones to yell at me or even make me owe her something like money or snacks. I really need to be saving my money. Now I do have some exceptions bridal mags are alright as is Marie Claire. That mag doesn't make me feel dumb. There are some really good articles in there and it only comes out once a month. So if any of you see me or hear me talking about reading them kick me.

06:40 am

I had a dream last night about brushing my teeth. It was very detailed and I could look right into my mouth to see what I was doing. Very helpful. I tried to brush my teeth that way this morning. Looking in the mirror to see if I could get the same range as in my dream. No luck.

I now have a notebook where I'm keeping all my wedding ideas in. I know it's awhile off but I'm so excited I want to start planning now. I might go try on some dresses soon to see what I really like.

Okay time for work. At least I'm making more per hour today than I was last week!!!!

09:13 pm

Suck news for the week I just got home from Urgent Care. I know have gauze on my butt. At least I can handle to sit down now. Always a plus. Stupid cyst.

Fun news for the week I have all weekend off plus New Years Eve. Detroit here we come

Big news for the week. I'm engaged.

06:26 pm

Rob and I went into a little shop in Hastings last Saturday. The girl working was someone I went to Caledonia Dance Center with. She didn't seem to know who I was, so I wasn't going to say anything. We looked around the shop for a bit before getting some chocolates. As she was ringing us up she asked if I went to CDC. I said yes. She told me she recognized my laugh!

This isn't the first time this has happened to me. Being found or known for my laugh.

My family was over for Drake's party a couple weekends ago and Kat said something about my family's laughs. All very loud and distinctive. I love it.

08:37 pm

Do you have that one day during the week that just doesn't work for you? Mine is Sundays. I don't like them. And this one is no different.

08:48 pm

It seems like lately all of my posts start with Wow it's been awhile. I'm not sure why I don't post more. It could be that my daily life isn't as interesting as it once was. I go to work and come home.

I have been trying new recipies. All but two have been really good. Tonight I cooked what was called Bacon Chicken Cresent Rolls. Very awesome and easy. I am getting back into cooking. It seems I go through phases with my cooking. I wish we had a bigger kitchen. That is one thing I am looking forward to. If you would like a homemade dinner some time let me know. I'll cook for you!

Work is going fine. I'm doing pretty well. I get "pets" sitting with me listening to calls. One told me I was awesome and the best person she's listened to. That makes me feel good. Pretty soon I'll need to talk wtih my supervisor about where I want to go within the company. Not quite sure about that. I can see myself training or getting something higher up in the branches.

Rob is wonderful. He'll be turning 26 on Monday. I gave him his birthday/christmas present early. You know me. I can't keep anything a secret when it comes to presents. I got him an I pod.

Well that about does it. Nothing too interesting.

09:07 pm

Tomorrow Rob and I will have been together a year! It seems so long and so short at the same time. By far the longest relationship I've ever had. We celebrated a couple different ways. Last Wednesday we went to get our hair done. My treat. Rob went with a much shorter cut and a blue/black color. You can only see the blue in the right light. I really like his cut though. I went with a trim and a fushia color. Much like I had it a couple summers ago. I was tempted to chop it off. It's getting quite long now. Then on Saturday Rob took me to The Chop House for dinner. His treat. The Chop House is sooooo yummy. Expensive but yummy and worth it.

And I know in the past year I've been awful at keeping up with everyone. I'm sorry. And Rob isn't totally to blame about having all my time. I've been working overtime like crazy the past three months. I really don't do much of anything but work and see Rob once during the week and then the weekends. I'll try to do better.

p.s. I've having an awesome birthday party!!!!! More to come.

09:55 pm

I'm so full and tired.

I've been working overtime like crazy. Figure at 26 I should get my ass in gear and take care of some past bills that are haunting my credit report. It honestly feels good to pay my bills. I know I may bitch about working 11 hour days but when that pay check comes in I'm so happy. And too tired to actually go spend my money. So it's a win win situation. Work is going great though. With the exception of about one bad call every other day. I try to make the best of them. The other day a dude was going to hang up on me, but I beat him to the punch and hung up first. I hope this call wasn't monitored.

Tonight some of my family from Wisconisn were in town and we went out to Salvatore's for dinner. Uncle Roger paid for everything. I really expected to pay my own and even offered. Aunt Amy was drilling me about Rob. It was nice to tell her about him and us.

Let's see what else I have been up too since my last post. Amanda has come and gone. It always feels like she's here for such a short time. I miss her already. Rob and I have decided to wait to move in together. Some things have come up and we feel it's best to put it off for a bit. I went to the boat races last weekend in Detroit. During the last race one of the boats flipped over. I know I am missing some funny stuff along the way. I'm going to try to keep up on this a little better like I used to.