Okay, so I took a little time for reflection today.
It was weird, I went searching through my old blog to find a picture of something and I just ended up reading a few posts from 2 summers ago…wow! I am shocked at how much I have changed since then! I have a new-found cynicism and the negativity that floats around me now…and I 100% think that is being dragged into all aspects of my life.
So I could sit around and bitch and complain like the new me wants to, or I could enjoy the things that are coming…or hell, happening around me RIGHT NOW.
Generally I am a pretty happy person, I have a lot of good things in my life, I just don’t think I stop to smell the proverbial roses. I think a GREAT part of my unhappiness stems from my current work situation, but wait a minute, that’s changing, so why dwell right? This is one time when I will let myself look ahead instead of enjoying the NOW.
I still feel a bit scattered since I got home from my trip but all the hectic stuff is starting to calm down and I am so looking forward to next week! I am finished here on Wednesday, then I have Thursday and Friday off (WOOT!) where I don’t really have much planned – a couple of trips to the gym, working on my course a little, a waxing appointment, and a lunch, which might sound like a lot, but it really isn’t!! Then it is a long weekend!! So I get the husband for 3 whole days (I miss him after spending all last week together day in and day out) AAAAAANNNNNNDDDDD it’s VALENTINE’S DAY!!! I seriously love Valentine’s Day!! (Yes, I am a sick individual!). This years plan is Heart Shaped Pizza at BPs (this is our tradition, this will be our 9th V Day together!) and then we are going to see “Confessions of a Shopaholic”. I invited our good friends along because, well, because a) they are great friends and b) they are so in love and it’s infectious!! Valentine’s is a time to be all cuddly and smoochy and I don’t think either of us mind if the other couple is being lovey dovey, so I think it will be a good night!!
Also, the past couple of days I have been trying something new. A few weeks ago Carolyn mentioned that she put on her MP3 player and danced her heart out…I love that kind of thing, but just haven’t done it in forever! So when I got home on Monday I plugged my iPod into the dock and shook my booty while I made dinner! I did the same last night while I prepared a salad for a dinner at our friends place…and honestly, I just felt loose and relaxed afterwards!! got rid of all my stresses from the day!!!
I need to try incorporating Yoga into my day more often (EVERYBODY is into Yoga these days aren’t they?) and I have this really cool iPod app where you can choose your program and it shows the poses on the screen!! *squeal* SO cool!
I also am going to take a little extra time to figure out my meal plans!! I find that I have just let them fall by the wayside and eat whatever whenever…that doesn’t really work that way right?
****And how could I forget to mention!!! It’s my husbands birthday today!!! So Happy Birthday Darling! (I am going to bake him a cake and cook him spaghetti when I go home…I am a fabulous wife ;p)
11 Comments
February 4, 2009 at 9:04 pm
I love shaking the booty to my ipod. I do it pretty much every morning where I hold a private concert for my empty apartment after Mike leaves for work!
I’m sure your outlook will improve a million percent when you leave this job!
I can’t wait for Valentines day this year! It’s strange because I’m not normally a Valentines girl, but I can’t wait to wear my new red cardi!
OK, I already have plans to see Shopaholic and I’m so excited for it. I seriously do the thing where I’m walking down the street thinking of my brands in case someone asks me (sweater – Juicy Couture, Jeans – Seven, Boots – Nine West, Bag – Aldo, lipgloss – Smashbox in ‘couture’) Like I’ll EVER get stopped to get asked what I’m wearing. I LOVED those books when they first came out. I still read them from time to time.
February 4, 2009 at 9:08 pm
hmm, I haven’t noticed any extra negativity.
But if you think you’re going to be getting more positive with the new job, then that’s perfect!
I wish I had days off on top of the long weekend! I love just little errands like that. I wish I could be a lady of leisure…
February 4, 2009 at 9:21 pm
I think I’m the only one thats not on the yoga wagon. Its just waaaay to mellow for me.
I tried. I really did.
I’m a high intensity addict.
February 4, 2009 at 9:25 pm
I am into the yoga downloads but only because I’m seriously trying to increase my flexibility. It’s so bad. I’d much prefer to be doing high intensity exercises. Although I do feel much better after doing even 20 minutes, so there is something to be said for that.
I love Valentine’s Day too! WOW NINE YEARS! holy moly. That is a long long time. I’m on three years with my bf and I think that is forever LOL.
And finally, on feeling negative and stressed, one thing I do is to think about how I will feel about this situation in the future, be it tomorrow, next week, next month, year, five years, etc. It won’t matter to be in five years or even next year (hopefully) that I don’t have a job in my field right now, so I can let go of the stress and anger that surrounds that. Or at least I can try!
February 4, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Your V-day sounds like what I’ve got planned, we’re going to dinner and then Shopaholic (he just doesn’t know that part yet! LOL!!)
I sometimes dance around when I’m cooking/tidy too, makes it fun.
Enjoy your yoga!
February 4, 2009 at 10:08 pm
I love V-day too. Too bad the bf doesn’t.
The yoga thing sounds REALLY neat. I like that a lot.
Happy birthday to the Hubby.
I need to get back to the gym.. give me some of your drive?
February 4, 2009 at 10:08 pm
I love blasting my Ipod while I cook dinner, shaking my booty really does relax me!!
I think your guy’s V-day plans sound GREAT!! I like to keep things kind of low-key on v-day. Also, I definitely recommend scheduling your meals a head of time. The first week will take a bit of work and thinking but after that you can just adapt the meal plan, I always do it on Saturdays and Sundays and then I’ve got my plan for the week! Obviously I don’t stick to it religiously, but it’s been helpful to curb my mindless snacking over the last few weeks!!
February 5, 2009 at 12:36 am
Wow, 9 years!! Congrats, girl! That is amazingggggg!!
I do sometimes dance around like a goofball for Dave, but I want to go all out (but without him as an audience hehe… he loves it, but when he watches I just get silly)
You are definitely a happy person! Your attitude is very infectious!!!
February 5, 2009 at 2:19 pm
I love Valentine’s too! Even tho my very first BF broke up with me on the day.
My current BF and I are going to BP’s for heart shaped pizzas too. YUMMY. Well we were suppose to, who knows now that he got laid off yesterday.
February 5, 2009 at 10:13 pm
It’s hard (for me anyways) as I get older to not become more cynical, especially with facing more disappointments and life choices.
And I love, love, love being home alone because I crank the music and just dance around with no one watching…so much fun!! Makes me feel like I’m 5 again.
February 7, 2009 at 1:04 pm
You have been proactive to make the changes in your life that will improve all of the negativity that you feel is around you and that is AWESOME and I’m so proud of you for doing it!
I think that yoga is awesome and I love it more every time I do it. I also do high intensity in other forms of exercise and I don’t believe that you have to just do one or the other or only enjoy one or the other. I think that there’s room for both and I actually for the first time in my life am enjoying my exercise because I’m incorporating different things that aren’t the “same old gym” grind. I loathed the gym and it was not appealling to me at all and no friggin wonder I couldn’t keep up that routine for long periods. I never realized the intensity that yoga could bring until now and especially since I tried “HOT” yoga where I have never experienced that level of intensity in one hour in my life!