It's hard to believe that it has been two and a half months since my last blog post, but time has really gotten away from me. Let's see...a recap of what I've been up to during that time: work, work, work, started seeing an ex, dumped that ex (again and for good) after realizing nothing had changed, decided to go back to law school, thought I met the man of my dreams, found out he was not who he said he was and got my heart broken again, work, work, vacation (10 days), spent time with a few friends catching up, got to spend some quality time with Buddy and Turkey, and back to work once again. I think that about covers my "exciting" life over the last couple of months. :)
Although most of the past couple of months has been spent literally working day and night, a lot of really great things have been happening as well. First, things have been moving forward with law school. Letters of recommendation and evaluations have been requested. I took the LSAT and should hopefully know my school by the end of the month. I'm starting to get other necessary documents together in order to complete my law school application(s). The process is just beginning, but it already feels like a huge step forward.
Second, things are starting to finally come together around the house. My Daddy is the best, and he's been helping me finish projects including the kitchen and living room. I broke down last month and decided that I would just pay someone to come in to paint the living room and the kitchen. After almost 18 months of saying "I'll get to it when I have time", it was time to fess up to the fact that I would never have time to actually get around to these projects as long as I work the hours I do for my job. Once the painting was completed, Dad and I have worked to put the cabinets together, finish up the details in the kitchen, and start to hang up decorations around the house.
Little by little, my stacks of stuff in storage and piled up in the office and spare bedroom are starting to dwindle down. I still have quite a bit to go, but at least some progress is being made. My goal is to have everything finally sorted in its place and have the cluttered cleared out by the end of July/first of August in time for Chris and maybe another roomie to move in. I can't wait until everything is sorted and settled. It will be nice to actually feel like I'm truly moved into my home, even if it is two years after the fact.
It's kind of ironic and I guess symbolic in some ways that I'm starting to get my house into order both literally and metaphorically. Maybe it's karma telling me that I'm heading in the right direction with my life now. At any point in the last 18 months, things could have moved forward with my house, but the right factors were never in place at the right time. But now that I'm making decisions to move forward with my life, it's just ironic that factors came into place for me to also get my house in order...literally.
Lastly, I'm making a concerted effort start losing weight. It's been a struggle, I won't lie, to even get the motivation I need to begin, but I'm tired of being tired...I'm tired of not being comfortable in my own skin anymore. I was actually quite disgusted when I stepped on the scale to see what my starting weight was, so much so, in fact, that I went out and bought a second scale because I didn't think it was accurate. :( It's funny, though, because this is the heaviest weight I've ever been (only twice now in my life), and yet the first time I was this heavy I was 2 dress sizes bigger. I have no idea where all this weight is on me because many people say I don't honestly look as big as I say I weigh, but scales don't lie...
Starting weight: 180
Weight after week 1: 178
2lbs down, and 38 to go
I promise to keep trying to blog more often because I know that doing so helps to keep me more accountable to all of the changes I'm trying to make. There is definitely lots more to talk about, both good and bad, but that's another day and another blog. :)
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