happy end of the week!

Man oh man this week has been long! I only worked four days and it feels like it has taken an eternity to get to Friday! Last night I went over to my friend A and her boyfriend's apartment for a little dinner party. We felt like such grown ups. She moved to the area around the same time I did, and it is nice to have a friend out here when everyone else is in Manhattan. A made a delicious baked ziti and garlic bread and I made....

 THIS!

I wish I had taken a picture of it after we cut into it so you could see all the layers of goodness. You'll have to take my word for it when I tell you SO YUMMY! Go me! The recipe was simple and it tasted great! The recipe can be found here. I used chocolate graham crackers and french vanilla pudding instead, just a personal preference.

Tonight I am going to take it easy, thus providing me with my first clear headed Saturday morning in quite some time. I've got different piles of clothes scattered all over my apartment and a half unpacked suitcase from last weekend that need to be tended to. I also need to hit the gym {since I ate two pieces of that cake last night} and do some catching up on my study schedule. Saturday I will head into the city for M's brother P's birthday {these letters as people are getting confusing, huh?}. 

And finally... to top of my weekend Sunday the girls and I will be going to a workshop of the sexual variety. I cannot even begin to express to you how out of character this is for me. But there will be free mimosas. Why the heck not? Valentine's Schmalentine's. 

Happy weekend loves! May they be as scandalous as mine!

frustration.

a wee bit of a rant ahead. don't say i didn't warn ya!

I have finally  gotten to a place where I actually ENJOY going to the gym. I like the way I feel afterward and knowing that I did something for me and only me. I can feel my body changing and getting stronger and I can see a difference in the way my clothes are fitting. I am not being obsessive about it but I do feel a little bit of guilt on the days where I don't go, but that's all normal human feeling stuff. I am mostly eating healthy, with the occasional splurge. What I do not see more of is that stupid number on the scale going down. Why am I a so obsessed with that number? Granted I did go away this past weekend so I a) didn't work out and b) drank and ate more than I would have but I did love every second of it. And also granted this is the week of woman troubles so I shouldn't have weighed myself anyways but uggghhhh. I can't help feeling a little bit discouraged. My trainer asked my last night if I had weighed myself and had this not been period week my answer would have been "Oh yea, like 4 times a day" Yes, I know it's crazy. And I know that it is one of the leftover habit of my eating disorder years, but I want so badly for that number to go down. I also want the little tiny number in the back of my jeans to go down. When I go shopping, even though I am fully aware of the fact that different brands are cut differently so my size varies across the board, regardless of how much I love a piece of clothing, if I have to go up a size I REFUSE TO BUY IT. Talk about psycho. I guess the summation of this rant is that I need to learn to not be a slave to the scale. They are just numbers after all. Much easier said than done.

what it is, what's up.

Anyone else remember that song? Some Cut by Trillville. With the bed creaking in the beginning? No?

Moving right along, welcome back to What's Up Wednesday, the weekly brain dump post. I always look forward to these posts and giving you all a little glimpse into the often hard to follow and random thought processes of yours truly. So here we go...

*Quick recap Super Bowl: Aaron Rodgers is the cutest and I am so glad the Packers won! Everyone wants to talk about Big Ben and his road to redemption but winning football games does not make you less of a sexual predator. Sorry. Black Eyed Peas are no good live and there will never be a better halftime show than NSYNC, Aerosmith, Britney, Nelly, and Mary J. I don't care if Christina was nervous, everyone knows the words to the National Anthem. The commercials kind of let me down this year. I NEVER WANT TO HEAR BLACK AND YELLOW AGAIN!

*I have no patience for dumb people. Sorry to put it so bluntly. I was behind a man at the grocery store two nights ago that couldn't figure out that he was holding coupons, not a receipt. He also did not know which register he had just walked away from 5 SECONDS PRIOR. Finally, he didn't know if he had paid for all the things in his bag. And he had done self checkout. Ugh.

*Atlantic City was fun, but tiring. I don't frequent nightclubs and casinos much if ever, so it was kind of like playing dress up. M and L decided they wanted to take a trip to Seaside aka the mecca of the Jersey Shore. I will be bowing out of that trip. Walking along the boardwalk on Sunday in that gorgeous weather was pretty great. I nearly started skipping.

*Nothing could be better than two episodes of Glee in three days. Bills, Bills, Bills was FANTASTIC on Sunday night. I adore Darren Criss (Blaine). Puck and Rachel singing Lady Antebellum? I died. And then last night, was even better! Queen, Michael Jackson, Robin Thicke?! Simply amazing. And yes I realize I sound like a 12 year old fan girl. But it is just that good!

*Lindsay Lohan. What do with this girl? She is just a walking disaster. Although, I can't imagine anyone else getting charged with felony grand theft over a $2500 necklace. Maybe that's a bit harsh? If only she could transform back to The Parent Trap days.

*Took a little trip to the DMV yesterday. I am shocked that my "eye test" consisted of reading one line off a chart from a relatively close distance and I didn't even have to provide proof of residency. Hmmm..

*NEW LADY GAGA SINGLE WILL BE RELEASED ON FRIDAY! I CANNOT WAIT!!!!

Tis all for today folks!

under the boardwalk.

Hi lovelies! I really am crossing my fingers that this groundhog's predictions are going to be accurate. No way could I survive another six weeks of winter. How was everyone's week? Mine seems to have been dragging on and on. The show last night was fun! Small venue, questionable crowd, atmosphere similar to a fraternity basement, and $5 beers? Sure, why not! As I mentioned earlier, after work today I am off to Atlantic City for the weekend. If you don't hear from me after this weekend its because I won the big bucks! One of my co-workers is off to Vegas so we decided that one of us needs to win, and we will pool our winnings! Wouldn't that be fantastic? 

So I finally registered for my exam at the end of March. I am so nervous you guys. It is a hard test with only about a 38-40% passing rate. There are no consequences for not passing {other than having to again pay the $200 registration fee}. I have a self guided online seminar that I am using and from what I can gather off the message boards, most people that use this program do well. My problem is that I am in control of how often I study and I know I am a habitual procrastinator. Not only that, but I DON'T KNOW HOW TO STUDY! Sad, huh? I coasted through high school and graduated with a near perfect GPA. I got to college where they don't offer a How to Study 101 course {which would have been greatly appreciated} so I really struggled for 4 years. Unfortunately now, to stay in this field I have to take a series of exams for the next 5-7 years. I would equate these exams to taking a graduate level course, with no professor, and one test to determine your fate. UGH, terrifying! 

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If any one has any suggestions/tactics/magic spells they could pass along my way to improve my study skills they would be greatly appreciated! I know that  you're all a big group of smartie pants people!

Bon weekend friends!

heeey, heeeey, i said hey.

"What's going on?"

I made it to Wednesday! And I am hoping all of you did as well. :) NO thanks to this ice/sleet/rain mess going on outside. I has HAMMERING away at the inch of ice coating my car this morning and of course my scraper broke and of course the snow on the ground was coated with ice so I was sliding around then of course the sleet turned to rain and I am now sitting at my desk with wet hair. Comical, no? 

The return of What's Up Wednesday is upon us. I didn't have much to post about last week so What's Up took a bit of a hiatus but here we are again. Get readyyy!

*Much fun is on tap for this weekend. Tomorrow night I am going to a concert with L in the city. We are seeing 2AM Club. Check them out, they are awesome {and quite attractive!} Friday after work L, Ma, Me, and I {poor L surrounded by M's} are headed to ATLANTIC CITY for the weekend. I have never been, and I am not much for gambling or night clubs or New Jersey for that matter {sorry} so one would really question why I am going. I don't have an answer but it will be fun! 

 

*I cannot wait until Sunday! I always LOVE the Super Bowl commercials. Last year's were pretty good. And to make Super Bowl Sunday even better, Glee comes back! What a winning combination! I am totally rooting for the Packers, because I loathe the Steelers and they have already won 6 times. Sharing is caring dudes!

*Nicole and Keith and their secret baby. Hmm. I can understand their desire for privacy but it all seems a bit strange. And let's stop referring to this woman as a "gestational carrier". Can't they call her a surrogate like the rest of the common folk do?

*Egypt. While I try to steer clear of politics on this blog, I will say one thing that I have always thought. Why does America feel that its place in this world is to be the champion of democracy? I am not the least bit politically or government minded but I do wonder sometimes who put is in charge of telling other countries that they need to make changes.

*If you ladies are not reading The Frenemy, you really must. SHE IS HYSTERICAL!

*According to Refinery29, the cause for my single status may be the layout of my apartment and the lack of good feng shui. If only I had a guy to help me move my furniture. Oh wait... Therein lies the problem.

*Apparently the groundhog did not see his shadow! Yay! According to one of the men in the funny hats when it was suggested that Phil might be trying to make us feel better he said, "There is no question that Phil is capable of feeling empathy. But he is absolutely incapable of error." Riiiight.

Stay warm out there everyone! Or if you are somewhere warm, please don't tell me about it because I will be uber jealous.