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Another week has flown by and we're almost into July. Un-be-reavable, as Scooby Doo would say. I thought I'd spend some time writing tonight, since I have roughly an hour of time to kill since I've begun the teeth whitening process. I've got two trays of gel that are working their magic in my mouth as I type. I hope noone calls because I'm pretty sure it will be impossible for me to answer. Anywho...here's the latest and greatest on me.

Remember I talked about the jerks who asked what was wrong with me because I'm single, 33 and no kids? Well, I've got two MORE comments to share with you. Yes people, both these comments happened within the past week. How lucky can a girl get? The first was in regards to a coworker's friend, inquiring about the single girls she works with, "Set me up with someone from your work"...that kind of situation. She mentioned my name and he promptly replied with, "I don't want to date someone that can benchpress more than I can.". Yes, she shared this with me. No, she did not take her smart pill that morning. She'd probably blamed it on the upcoming pregnancy since she blames everything else on that too. I said to her, "wow, nice fat joke" and she responded with, "no Annette, he's intimidated by the fact that you go to the gym so much and you probably can bench press more than he can!" Okay, I'm not stupid. I grew up listening to fat jokes aimed at me (thanks Aunt Stella, who always seemed to ask at just the right time if I wanted to borrow her girdle). I know a fat joke when I hear one.

Then this past Saturday night, at the job I don't like to speak the name of, a guest who I know because my parents know him, asked me if I was pregnant. My boss was standing right next to me, so I couldn't throw the choice words I wanted to say back at him. Damn. I would've loved to say something. I told KT about it (she knows him too) and she said, "he's socially awkward". I shared it with my parents and they both said he's a "social idiot". Know what though? I don't care if that mutha is a social idiot or whatever, I care that this question was directed at me. WTF?!

It makes me feel that everything I've done - the dieting, the many, many hours of exercise, are all for nothing. KT and Theresa say not to let it bother me. It bothers me.

We played softball again today, lost our asses to a team we could clearly beat. I made a couple of bad catches, a couple of amazing catches (still not sure how I caught them), had a great hit to the outfield, got hit in the leg with the ball which left an immediate bruise - that's not gonna be pretty. But the weather was fabulous and it got me outside. Although what I really would have liked is to be at home, sitting on my couch eating something bad for me.

Teeth whitening update: 15 minutes into the 60 minute treatment and I already want to quit. This stuff tastes gross!

My friend Nada is in Kentucky right now, soaking up some rays, doing a little swimming and trying to recuperate with her parents. The walls on her own home started closing in on her and she had to get outta dodge. Can't say I blame her either. She's doing MUCH better and plans on going back to work in July. She's lost a bunch of weight too, which makes me very happy for her, because weight is just a damn struggle!

I have a vacation coming up in about 2 weeks. I don't plan on doing much of anything until that weekend, and I'm going camping with a bunch of friends. We'll do some canoeing and grilling and I'm sure some drinking. Should be fun!!

For those of you who don't know, my right ear has been ringing since February. It is completely and utterly annoying. I've had it for so long, I've just gotten used to it. I finally went to the ENT, and he said it might be TMJ (when your jaw snap crackles and pops). They gave me a hearing test and I passed most of it - but I do have some hearing damage. Could be the fault of Poison, Motley Crue, Metallica, Warrant, Cinderella and the other 80's-90's hair bands that I just HAD to play very loudly. The next step is for me to get an MRI on my head to check for tumors. When it checks out that I don't have those, my next trip will be to the dentist to check for TMJ. LOL...the ENT tried to get me to go on a soft foods diet. yeah that lasted right around 2.5 days and I was really hungry, so that idea flew out the window! I'll keep you posted on this, since I know you're all just on pins and needles wondering. :)

Here's to a good week, and hopefully I can report that my teeth are significantly whiter next week! Ciao~

I did it :)

I decided earlier today that I would go to the local high school and run on the track to prove to myself that I can run. So, I got out of work today, looked up into the sky and thought...ooh wee...sure does look like it's gonna rain....so before I could change my mind, I headed over to the track. I'm happy to report that I DID IT. I ran 1 mile and walked 1 mile (I alternated laps, walked one, then ran one). I was a hot mess when it was over and my legs still hurt hours later, but I feel VERY accomplished. This is a big deal for me!! I didn't think I'd ever actually run on purpose!! My heart rate was very high the first two running laps, and then the other two running laps, it kind of evened out. So I think my heart is also telling me that it likes this new endeavor!

I'm just really pleased. Yay!! :)

Update

Hi all, haven't updated in quite a while, sorry about that! Here's the latest and greatest:

I've been faithfully working out at the gym, just about every day. Since the weather has been getting nicer, I've been riding my bike to the gym instead of driving. I really like it for a few reasons, a) it saves me on gas, b) I'm getting a slight warmup (takes me about 10 minutes to get there), c) I'm getting use out of the bike I bought a few years back and have barely used, well up until the past 2 years anyways. Have been getting better about using that, so that makes me happy!

Our softball team is pretty good so far, our record is 3-1. I'm throwing better, hitting further, I don't get so winded when I run the bases. I didn't realize that the benefits of me working out would extend to other areas in my life. I know....duh right....but I honestly didn't think about that.

I have heard a comment lately - directed at me - that has pissed me right off. Yes readers, it is shit list time. The comment is: "So you're 33, no kids, no boyfriend, never been married. What's wrong with you?" Ok, let me just say, I don't point out to people that the way their marriage works scares the crap outta me because of the constant bickering and bullshit that goes with it. Why is it ok for people to say that to me? Oh mind you, one of the people who said that were DIVORCED. Hmmmph. It shouldn't bother me that someone said that, and I should be confident enough to deflect their stupidity, but you know...when you hear it twice in one day, you do start to spend some time thinking about it. Jerks.

I'm so close to being done working a second job, I can smell it. I will once again have my weekends back and I'm really looking forward to it. Having just Sundays off for the past few months has really sucked. But I told myself I was going to pay off some debt, because I refuse to be the 60ish person who still has to work because I have so much debt. People act surprised to find out I have a second job, like "exactly how much debt do you have?" I just keep thinking, you know - it doesn't matter how much debt I have, I just want to get rid of it. This is my way of doing it.

Well, I need to get ready to go to work, so that's all for now. Hope everyone who reads this has a fabulous day and I'll update again soon :)

What will you do?

Today at work we were discussing the price of gas (I don't know anyone who doesn't care about this hot topic) and how we've "heard" that it will increase to $6/gallon by July 4th. We started throwing out ideas of what we thought people will do to be able to afford the gas they need to drive to work, school, run errands, go to sporting events, just drive in general. My first thought (since I'm such an optimist) was that people would need to stop smoking and drinking because they wouldn't be able to afford both. But reality (my coworkers) stepped in and said, typically people will tend to smoke and drink more often and let their bills go delinquent instead. So I've been thinking about this all day. If it really does get to the $6 mark, our lives will change - drastically. There won't be the, "I'm out of _____, I'll just run to the store quick", or "hey, I'll meet you at Lakeside Mall because the stores there are nicer", or "I like the veggies from Nino Salvaggio's better than Kroger, so I'll drive 30 minutes to get them." Instead, we will be forced to make different choices. And honestly, I've already started making those choices. I must admit, I'm one of the lucky ones, I live within walking/bike-riding distance to my job. If it came right down to it, I could make the choice to leave my car at home and take the "greener" and "most cost-efficient" way to work. I'm thinking, what would I do besides that? Maybe give up cable and home phone service to cut some money from my budget? Stick to a very meager budget for food? Not sure. Just wondering, what will you do when you must make budget cuts?

Ohm Ohm Ohm

UPDATE: Went to the yoga class, then went to the Raven for dinner. I need you to know that my body did participate in most of the poses, but I have to admit that I did end up giggling a little bit here and there because there were some poses my body would have nothing to do with. My giggling made Katie and Theresa giggle as well. And I was sweating just as much as I do when I run on the treadmill or do the elliptical. Wow. I'm in luv with yoga!!

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*Typing as quietly as possible* Now sit down on the floor, shut your eyes and repeat after me Ohhhhhmmmm....ohhhhhhmmmmm....ohhhhhmmmmmmmmmmm. Let the negative thoughts roll off your shoulders. Replace them with positive thoughts. Yes, you can do it! No you are not allowed to think about your bills, what time to fix dinner, the jerk you cut you off in traffic. You are there for YOU.

Now, I want you to put your body in a position that it is not used to being in. Think downward dog. For those of you who don' t know what that means, I'm talking yoga.

That's what me and a couple of my friends are doing tonight. I've been trying to find a place that offers yoga classes and totally found one that is really close to my house. What a find! Really looking forward to this tonight!

Not so much...

Our co-ed softball team started tonight - our team name is Mass Chaos and we all have nicknames on the back of our shirts (mine is Silver Fox). We totally lost. 15-3. Not so great of a start to our season, however - I do have hope. It may have been the below zero temperatures, it may have been the lack of sleep for some, I don't know. I'm anxiously awaiting the day we kick some ass on the field. I'm just gonna put it out there....it's all about strategy. And that strategy is to hit the damn ball to right field because typically, that's where they stick the player who is not that great. In our case, we have one of our best girls at right field. So we really need to work on our right field hitting strategy. And then we will win. Oh and one more thing we need to work on....throwing a catch-a-ble ball to the first baseman (ME). I cannot catch balls that have been launched by the mock 5 missle launcher. I am 5'8", not 7'4". So the strategy is, hit the ball to right and field the ball and give a nice easy throw to Silver Fox. Gonna work on that, hopefully we catch on soon.

Peace out!

Busy weekend!

Whew...I made it. What a busy week and weekend!! I hosted Girls Club on Thursday, Friday night I worked both jobs, which means I worked from 8am-11:45pm, Saturday I went to the salon and then went to my work "employee appreciation" party, and then on to the bar, Sunday back to work from 9am-3pm, then on to my mom's for a Mother's Day extravaganza. By the time I got home Sunday night, I felt like I had gone to Vegas and back on the red eye flight. I had great intentions to go workout this morning so I could attend my friend's dad's funeral tonight, but there was no way I was getting up that early this morning. So I skipped the gym. I can't even imagine if I had kids. I gotta admit, I'm glad it's only me that I have to fend for. Well, here are some photos of Saturday...

That's me and KT, beginning of the night...

Theresa and me (I'm in her wedding in Nov, hence the frantic diet & exercise routine!)

Darla and me, cheesin it up for the camera...

KT and I were taking pics of each other in the bar (cause that's what girls do) and these guys swarmed over like a bunch of mosquitos. The guy on the right wore a purple suit and looked like he was from the band Menudo...this pic does NOT do his mullet-like curly hair any justice!

KT's new husband.